7月22日晚，渝中区重庆天地施坦威钢琴音乐厅，都市热报记者见证了一场特别的钢琴独奏音乐会，主角是一名17岁的女孩。她叫周一晨，今年3月开始，她陆续收到了英国北方皇家音乐学院、美国曼哈顿音乐学院以及印第安纳大学雅各布音乐学院三份世界音乐名校录取通知书。

On the evening of July 22nd, at Chongqing Tiandi Steinway Piano Concert Hall in Yuzhong District, a reporter from Urban Hot News witnessed a special piano solo concert featuring a 17-year-old girl as the main character. Her name is Monday Morning. Starting from March this year, she has received admission letters from three world-renowned music schools: the Royal Northern College of Music in the UK, the Manhattan School of Music in the US, and the Jacob School of Music at Indiana University.

周一晨的追梦路上充满了酸甜苦辣，但她从不是一个人在“战斗”。下个月，周一晨即将前往印第安纳大学雅各布音乐学院，开启自己的大学生涯，在离开家乡之前，她决定用这场特殊的毕业礼——钢琴独奏音乐会，感恩父母和老师。

The journey of chasing dreams on Monday morning was full of ups and downs, but she was never alone in the 'battle'. Next month, on Monday morning, she will be heading to the Jacob College of Music at Indiana University to begin her college career. Before leaving her hometown, she has decided to give a special graduation ceremony - a piano solo concert - to thank her parents and teachers.

▲周一晨举办钢琴独奏音乐会

▲ Hold a piano solo concert on Monday morning

考取名校办音乐会“感恩”

Name the school run concert "Gratitude"

22日晚7点，音乐会开始。舞台上，身着黑白长裙的周一晨手指在琴键上游走，从巴赫《平均律前奏曲与赋格5》到肖邦《冬风练习曲》再到贝多芬《降B大调第十一奏鸣曲》，从拉威尔《小奏鸣曲》到舒曼《蝴蝶》，周一晨的精彩演奏赢得了现场阵阵掌声。

On the evening of the 22nd at 7 o'clock, the concert began. On stage, Monday morning, dressed in a black and white long dress, walked his fingers on the piano keys. From Bach's "Prelude to the Well Tempered Clavier and Fugue 5" to Chopin's "Winter Wind Practice" to Beethoven's "Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major", from Ravel's "Sonata Minor" to Schumann's "Butterfly", Monday morning's brilliant performance won rounds of applause from the audience.

▲周一晨在她的钢琴独奏音乐会上演奏

On Monday morning, she performed at her piano solo concert

周一晨告诉都市热报记者，举行这场音乐会，是她和爸妈、老师一起商议后的决定，也是自己举办的第一场个人音乐会，邀请到场的有家人、老师，以及学钢琴时认识的朋友。

On Monday morning, she told the Urban Hot News reporter that holding this concert was a decision she made after discussing with her parents and teachers, and it was also her first solo concert. Family members, teachers, and friends she met while learning piano were invited to attend.

演奏会上的这五首曲子，均是周一晨考学时完成的曲目，每一首她都已经练习了成百上千遍，就如她的学琴之路一样，背后的故事并不像现场嘉宾听到的音乐那般美好，其中经历不少酸甜苦辣。

The five pieces at the concert were all completed during the Monday morning exam. She has practiced each piece hundreds or thousands of times, just like her journey of learning the piano. The stories behind them are not as beautiful as the music heard by the live guests, and she has experienced many ups and downs.

“我从小就梦想当一名钢琴家，现在我考上了理想的大学，离梦想越来越近，我想用自己人生的首场音乐会来感恩。”周一晨说，要是没有父母的坚持和陪伴，老师的悉心教导，自己就不会有今天的成绩，因此这场音乐会不仅仅是自己的“毕业礼”，更是一场感恩父母和老师的音乐会。

I have always dreamed of becoming a pianist since I was young, and now that I have been admitted to my ideal university, I am getting closer and closer to my dream. I want to express my gratitude with my first concert in life. "Monday morning said that without the persistence and companionship of my parents and the careful guidance of my teachers, I would not have achieved today's results. Therefore, this concert is not only my graduation ceremony, but also a concert of gratitude to my parents and teachers.

一路上不是一个人在“战斗”

Not alone in the 'battle' along the way

音乐会上，周一晨的父母周启和陈颖看着台上演奏的女儿，脸上满是欣慰的笑容。周启告诉都市热报记者，女儿这一路走来，充满了不易，是女儿的坚持，也是一家人的坚持。

At the concert, Zhou Qi and Chen Ying, parents on Monday morning, looked at their daughter playing on stage with a relieved smile on their faces. Zhou Qi told a reporter from the Urban Hot News that his daughter's journey has been full of difficulties, which is her perseverance and the perseverance of the whole family.

周启和妻子陈颖从事旅游行业，家里没有从事音乐相关工作的人，“起初女儿学钢琴只想着当兴趣培养，没想到她对钢琴却尤为喜欢，并在一次次的比赛中斩获佳绩。”

Zhou Qi and his wife Chen Ying work in the tourism industry, and there is no one in the family who works in music related fields. "At first, my daughter only wanted to learn piano as a hobby, but I didn't expect her to be particularly fond of it and achieve good results in competitions time and time again

因为在钢琴方面取得了不错的成绩，给周一晨带来了自信和成就感，上初中后，她便告诉爸妈：“我以后想当钢琴家。”周启夫妻也支持女儿的决定，一直陪伴着女儿学琴、练琴。然而初中毕业后，周一晨前往法国参加了一次音乐夏令营，那里汇聚了来自全球学习钢琴的孩子，她发现自己无论是在专业素养上还是在基础上都与别人有着很大的差距，在异国街头打电话给妈妈哭诉道：“我的表演是最差的，我发现自己什么都不是。”

Because she achieved good results in piano, she brought confidence and a sense of achievement to Monday morning. After entering junior high school, she told her parents, "I want to be a pianist in the future." Zhou Qi and his wife also support their daughter's decision and have been accompanying her to learn and practice piano. However, after graduating from junior high school, she went to France on Monday morning to attend a music summer camp, where children from all over the world were gathered to learn piano. She found that she had a big gap between herself and others in terms of professional competence and foundation. She called her mother on the streets of a foreign country and cried, "My performance is the worst. I realized that I am nothing

一直给周一晨带来自豪感的钢琴第一次让她受到挫折，但她还是放不下梦想。于是，周启和陈颖找到了重庆师范大学音乐学院副教授陈曦和王文楠，请他们教导女儿。周一晨从南开中学毕业后，便跟着陈曦和王文楠两位老师开启了钢琴的专业化训练。

The piano, which had always brought pride to Monday morning, caused her a setback for the first time, but she still couldn't let go of her dreams. So Zhou Qi and Chen Ying approached Associate Professors Chen Xi and Wang Wennan from the School of Music at Chongqing Normal University, asking them to teach their daughter. After graduating from Nankai Middle School on Monday morning, I started professional piano training with two teachers, Chen Xi and Wang Wennan.

陈曦告诉都市热报记者，起初周一晨的基本功和同龄的专业学生相比有些差，指法、乐理等都不专业，于是决定纠正周一晨多年的练琴习惯，“她是一个很有韧性的孩子，即便多次给她指出错误后都改不了，但依然流着泪也在坚持，不会放弃。”

Chen Xi told a reporter from the Urban Hot News that at first, Monday morning's basic skills were somewhat inferior compared to other professional students of the same age, such as finger techniques and music theory. Therefore, she decided to correct Monday morning's years of piano practice habits. "She is a very resilient child, even after pointing out her mistakes multiple times, she still perseveres with tears in her eyes and will not give up

周一晨高中就读于重庆育才中学，从高二开始，她基本放弃了校园生活，开始了考学之路。陈曦为她制定了详细的作息时间表，每天练琴10多个小时，从早上7点左右起床，直到晚上10点，练琴结束后还要花3个小时时间来学习文化知识，直到凌晨才休息。

On Monday morning, she attended Chongqing Yucai Middle School for high school. Since her sophomore year, she has basically given up campus life and started her journey of taking exams. Chen Xi has developed a detailed schedule for her, practicing piano for more than 10 hours every day. She wakes up around 7am and stays there until 10pm. After practicing piano, she spends another 3 hours learning cultural knowledge until early morning before resting.

▲周一晨上课时，陈颖在曲谱上记的笔记

On Monday morning during class, Chen Ying took notes on the music score

尽管“追梦”路上是艰辛的，但周一晨从不是一个人在“战斗”。父亲周启有空就给她补文化知识，一直以来学琴都是母亲陈颖在陪学、陪练。“每次上课妈妈都陪着我一起，并且钢琴是越学越难，妈妈怕我记不住，上课时她就帮我记笔记，还给我录像，回去之后巩固学习。”周一晨说，要不是爸妈的坚持，和老师的教导，自己的这条音乐路会走得更加艰难。

Although the journey of pursuing dreams is arduous, Monday morning is never alone in the battle. Father Zhou Qi would supplement her cultural knowledge whenever he had free time, and it was always her mother Chen Ying who accompanied her in learning and practicing the piano. Every time I attend class, my mother accompanies me, and the piano becomes harder and harder to learn. My mother is afraid that I won't remember, so she helps me take notes and videos during class to consolidate my learning after going back, "said Monday morning." If it weren't for my parents' persistence and the teacher's guidance, my music path would have been even more difficult.

陈颖表示，十多年的陪学、陪练，虽然自己还是不会弹钢琴，但女儿弹钢琴时哪里出了错，她一听就会明白。

Chen Ying said that after more than ten years of accompanying students and practicing, although she still doesn't know how to play the piano, she understands what went wrong when her daughter played the piano.

读博后回国帮助更多人追梦

Returning to China after pursuing a PhD to help more people chase their dreams

2021年底，周一晨在通过托福考试后，将钢琴作品录制成视频陆续寄往各个学校，随后又经过了多轮的筛选。终于，从今年3月开始，周一晨陆续收到了英国北方皇家音乐学院、美国曼哈顿音乐学院以及印第安纳大学雅各布音乐学院的录取通知。最终经过综合比较，周一晨选择了印第安纳大学雅各布音乐学院。

At the end of 2021, on Monday morning, after passing the TOEFL exam, I recorded my piano works into videos and sent them to various schools one after another, and then went through multiple rounds of screening. Finally, starting from March this year, we have received admission offers from the Royal Northern College of Music in the UK, the Manhattan School of Music in the US, and the Jacob School of Music at Indiana University on Monday mornings. After comprehensive comparison, Monday morning chose the Jacob School of Music at Indiana University.

下个月，周一晨就将前往美国，开启自己的大学生涯。对于未来的规划，周一晨的目标是深造到博士毕业后回国，“学成后，我想回国陪伴在父母身边，开更多自己的个人钢琴音乐会，同时还想当一名优秀的钢琴老师，帮助莘莘学子去追梦。”

Next month, I will go to the United States on Monday morning to start my college career. For my future plans, Monday morning's goal is to pursue further studies until I graduate with a PhD and return to my home country. "After completing my studies, I want to return to my home country to be with my parents, hold more of my own personal piano concerts, and also become an excellent piano teacher to help students pursue their dreams