哈羅驕傲 | 兩年蟬聯冰心獎學金，完美教育之外的答案

周君潤 Kevin Zhou

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(資料圖片)

哈羅?？凇副莫剬W金獲得者」

肖邦紀念獎香港國際鋼琴公開賽總決賽「一等獎」

第四屆漢諾威國際鋼琴奧林匹亞邀請賽德國總決賽 「特等獎」

第八屆香港音樂節全國總決賽 「特等獎」

2021伯牙鋼琴藝術節全國總決賽 「特等獎」

全球公開在線音樂比賽 「第一名」

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在哈羅海口成立百日慶典上，是周君潤第一次在校園里發現有演奏的機會，但臺上的表演者不是他。帶著對舞臺的渴望和對演奏的熱愛，初入哈羅?？谛W的他帶著羞澀和勇氣向老師毛遂自薦。在后來的院舍音樂會上，他憑借行云流水的演奏一鳴驚人。自此，這位鋼琴少年開始被全校所熟知。

蟬聯哈羅?？趦蓪帽莫剬W金，讓他再次走進我們的視野，也讓我們有機會了解這位獎學金獲得者背后的故事。

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黑白琴鍵上完美主義者

憑實力贏得郎朗大師課

| 周君潤以組別最高分贏得郎朗大師課

年僅12歲的周君潤，已經斬獲了各類國際國內大賽的60多項大獎！這得益于他對鋼琴演奏的極致熱愛和精益求精。

| 周君潤在各類國際國內大賽中斬獲60多項大獎

在一次鋼琴演奏比賽上，獲得特等獎的演奏者可以得到鋼琴大師郎朗的指導。周君潤曾坦言自己最喜歡的演奏家就是郎朗，而他也不負期望以組別最高分得到了這個機會。

當時郎朗在指導他彈奏《羅馬尼亞民間舞曲》，強烈歡快的舞曲風格和琴鍵間的大跨度，導致他總是彈錯一個很輕的低音，郎朗對他說：

「“你需要不停地練習這個音，練習到你不需要看為止。否則，哪怕你已經很熟練了，你在舞臺上還是會有1%的幾率會錯?！薄?/p>

這給當時還未明確音樂夢想的他很大的震撼。從那以后，為了避免1%的錯誤，周君潤會在每次下臺后，都會找個安靜的時間重復看自己的彈奏回放，找到錯誤的地方不停練習。

“如果沒有及時去改掉這些錯誤，就會在我以后的舞臺上多一份風險，也會讓我更緊張，因為緊張來源于不自信?！彼V定地談到。

周君潤的兩位音樂老師陳老師和鄧老師這樣評價他：

「周君潤是一位非常優秀的鋼琴演奏者，他對音樂有著非凡的領悟力，并對自己的演奏有著深刻的思考。這是一種天賦，不僅僅在手指上，在他的身體里，更在他的頭腦之中。」

很多人喜歡談論天賦的重要性，但是往往忽略了他刻苦的訓練。他的演奏高度已經是同齡學生難以企及的水平，但放眼全球，他還將面臨更激烈的競爭。而在哈羅我們能做的，就是盡最大的能力支持他走好音樂的道路，享受音樂。

周君潤曾在一兩千觀眾規模的音樂會上表演過，那種轟動、熱烈的場面讓他至今難忘，他夢想著有一天能夠在悉尼歌劇院開演奏會。在那里，有足夠大的舞臺，與世界知名的音樂家交流，有更加閃耀的榮譽和掌聲。

他也深知，這一切，需要他成為更專業演奏家，也需要堅定不移的勇氣。

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成為專業的演奏家

需要獨自上路的勇氣

在來哈羅之前，周君潤曾一度有一種“身在局外”的感受。

在傳統學校，他是一名上午上課，下午練琴的學生；要在兩個方向兼顧，因此在學業上投入的時間少，與同學相處的時間就更少。體育課經常被更重要的通識課占用，題海戰術提升成績的學習方式使他每天都非常疲憊， 得不到應有的體能鍛煉。

想要走專業的音樂家道路，意味著要更多地放棄學業。傳統教育的學習已經令他疲憊不堪，于是他和家長果斷選擇了評價維度更加多元的國際教育。

沒有完美的教育，只有適合的道路。

事實證明全人教育的選擇是適合他的，周君潤爸爸說：

「“來到哈羅之后，學校里有大量的他喜歡的活動和興趣課，游泳、足球、籃球、乒乓球，他特別喜歡，學業壓力也小了很多，短短一學期，我們發現孩子明顯身體長壯了，每天看到他陽光燦爛地從校車上下來，讓我和媽媽有一種生活靜好的幸福感。

另一個大收獲就是，他的英語迎來了突飛猛進的提升，通過學校的課外活動室內樂團認識了更多熱愛音樂的同學，在學校舉辦的個人鋼琴獨奏會。“」

談到對哈羅的選擇，爸爸感慨良多?！皞鹘y教育希望按照全才培養孩子，我們也讓孩子嘗試過，但是并不適合我們。有些孩子只擅長一方面，如果他繼續走這條路，他面臨的結果可能就是被傳統教育淘汰。早早出局，泯然眾人矣。于是我們開始做減法，尊重孩子的意愿專注音樂道路——這也是我們果斷來到哈羅的原因，學校傾力支持孩子的專長，以更多維度去評價他，而不是唯分數論。

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獎學金既是一種榮譽

也是一種責任

冰心獎學金給周君潤帶來了強烈的榮譽感，更重要的是，他懂得獲得獎學金更是一種責任，他會帶著把音樂熱愛傳遞給周圍的同學。讓自己的演奏技藝更加精進，才可以幫忙指導同學們，和同學一起組建樂隊，同臺表演。他希望能夠影響更多同學，一起學習音樂，分享音樂帶來的樂趣。

事實證明，他做到了，哈羅?？谠O立獎學金以來，周君潤連續兩年蟬聯冰心獎學金。他在學校和他的朋友們舉辦了一場盛大的個人演奏會，他在室內樂團和同學們一起合奏，在莎士比亞英語口語節展現自信……

他的天賦、努力和堅持得到了大家的認可，也被更多人看到，我想這就是全人教育的意義——支持你的內心所往，收獲友誼和團隊互助，引領你走向更高、更遠的世界。

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周君潤 Kevin Zhou

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? Harrow Haikou Bingxin Scholar

?Chopin Memorial Award Hong Kong International Piano Open Finals, First Prize

? 2022 The 4th Hannover International Piano Olympia Invitational Competition German Finals, Grand Prize

? 2021 The 8th Hong Kong Music Festival National Finals, Grand Prize

? 2021 Boya Piano Art Festival National Finals, Grand Prize

? 1st Place in Global Open Online Music Competition

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At the 100-day celebration of Harrow Haikou, Kevin Zhou found an studentplayedpiano on theceremony, he wished it was him on the stage.For the first time, with a passion for piano and performance, he introduced himself to his teacher’s with shyness and a great deal of courage when he first entered our School. In the later House Music Concert, he became a star, with his excellent performance. Since then, the ‘piano boy’ has become well known by the whole school.

Being awarded the Harrow Haikou Bing Xin Scholarship for two consecutive years made Kevin a prominent musical star, but what is the story behind this outstanding scholar?

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‘Perfectionist on the piano wins the Lang Lang master class with strength’

| Kevin won Lang Lang"s master class with highest score in his age group

Kevin Zhou, at 12 years old, has won more than 60 awards in various international and domestic competitions, due to his extreme love of and excellence in piano performance.

In this piano performance competition, the musician who wins the grand prize can get the guidance of world reknowned pianist Lang Lang. Kevin Zhou once admitted that his favorite performer is Lang Lang, and he lived up to his expectations and got this opportunity with the highest score in the group. He still remembers that Lang Lang instructed him to play "Romanian Folk Dance". The strong and cheerful dance style and the large span between the keys caused him to always miss a very light bass. Lang Lang said to him:

「"You need to keep practicing this sound until you don’t need to look at it. Otherwise, even if you are very proficient, you will still have a 1% chance of making the mistake on stage.”」

This was a great shock to Kevin, who had not yet clearly defined his music dream at the time.

Since then, in order to avoid this 1% mistake, Kevin Zhou will find a quiet time to watch the replay of his playing repeatedly after stepping off the stage every time, and find out the mistakes and keep practicing.

“If I don"t correct these mistakes in time, I will have more risks on the stage in the future, and it will also make me more nervous, because the nervousness comes from lack of self-confidence." Kevin said firmly.

Kevin Zhou"s two music teachers, Ms. Chen and Mr. Deng, commented on him like this:

「Kevin is an excellent pianist. He has an extraordinary understanding of music and has a deep thinking about his playing. This is a talent, not only in his fingers, but also in his body and in his brain. People like to talk about the importance of talent, but often ignore his hard training. His playing level has far surpassed his peers, but he will face more intense competition within the world. What we can do at Harrow is to try our best to support him on music expertise and lead him enjoy music.」

Kevin once performed at a concert with an audience of two thousand people. The sensational and enthusiastic scene is still unforgettable to him. He dreams of giving a concert at the Sydney Opera House one day. There, there is a stage big enough to communicate with world-renowned musicians, and there are more shining honors and applause. He also knows that all of this requires him to become a more professional performer and also requires unswerving courage.

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Becoming a professional performer, takes courage to move forward

In a traditional school, he was a student who attended classes in the morning and practice piano in the afternoon. He tried hard to achieve a work balance, he spent less time on his studies and less time with his classmates. P.E classes are often taken up by other key subjects, and a mountain of questions in a test paper makes him very tired every day and cannot get the physical exercise he deserves.

It seemed that his desire to be a professional musician would mean giving up more of his academic studies. Traditional education made him exhausted, so he and his parents decisively chose international education with more diverse evaluation dimensions.

There is no perfect education, only the right pathway.“Facts have proved that the choice of holistic education is suitable for him.” Kevin’s father said:

「"Since we joined Harrow Haikou, there has been always a lot of activities and E.A. classes for Kevin, such as swimming, football, basketball, and table tennis. I cherish every school day afternoon, seeing Kevin getting off school bus with a big smile in the sunlight, indicating this young man has spent another happy day in school. That moment is exactly what happiness means to me and Kevin’s mom. That never happened before.”

Another big achievement is that his English has improved in leaps and bounds! Through the school"s extracurricular activities, including the chamber orchestra, he has met more students who love music, they practice together quite a lot, and he held a personal concert with his friends at the school. "」

When it comes to the question Why Harrow?

Dad shows lots of feeling. "Traditional education require children to be good at every aspect in one standard, we tried and found out it is not suitable for us. Some children are only good at one aspect, if he continues to follow this path, he may face the result of being eliminated by traditional education. Therefore, we started to do subtraction, respecting Kevin’s aspiration to focus on music, this is why we came to Harrow without doubts. The school fully supports the child"s expertise and evaluates him from more dimensions than scores on test papers.

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Scholarships is an honour, also means responsibility

Bing Xin Scholarship has brought a strong sense of honour to Kevin. More importantly, he understands that being a scholar means he has more responsibility, the responsibility to bring his music passion to the community. "Only by improving my playing skills , I can help support my classmates to make a music band, and perform together". He hopes to influence more students, learn music together, and share the joy of music.

Facts have proved that he has done it. Since the establishment of the scholarship in Harrow Haikou, Kevin has won the Bing Xin Scholarship for two consecutive years. He held a grand solo recital with his friends at school, played with his classmates in the Chamber Ensemble, and showed confidence at the Shakespeare Oral English Festival.

His talent, hard work and persistence have been recognised and witnessed by the public. I think this is the meaning of holistic education --- support your inner desire, gain friendship and teamwork, and lead you to a higher level and further world