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在哈罗海口成立百日庆典上，是周君润第一次在校园里发现有演奏的机会，但台上的表演者不是他。带着对舞台的渴望和对演奏的热爱，初入哈罗海口小学的他带着羞涩和勇气向老师毛遂自荐。在后来的院舍音乐会上，他凭借行云流水的演奏一鸣惊人。自此，这位钢琴少年开始被全校所熟知。

蝉联哈罗海口两届冰心奖学金，让他再次走进我们的视野，也让我们有机会了解这位奖学金获得者背后的故事。

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黑白琴键上完美主义者

凭实力赢得郎朗大师课

年仅12岁的周君润，已经斩获了各类国际国内大赛的60多项大奖！这得益于他对钢琴演奏的极致热爱和精益求精。

在一次钢琴演奏比赛上，获得特等奖的演奏者可以得到钢琴大师郎朗的指导。周君润曾坦言自己最喜欢的演奏家就是郎朗，而他也不负期望以组别最高分得到了这个机会。

当时郎朗在指导他弹奏《罗马尼亚民间舞曲》，强烈欢快的舞曲风格和琴键间的大跨度，导致他总是弹错一个很轻的低音，郎朗对他说：

「“你需要不停地练习这个音，练习到你不需要看为止。否则，哪怕你已经很熟练了，你在舞台上还是会有1%的几率会错。”」 

这给当时还未明确音乐梦想的他很大的震撼。从那以后，为了避免1%的错误，周君润会在每次下台后，都会找个安静的时间重复看自己的弹奏回放，找到错误的地方不停练习。

“如果没有及时去改掉这些错误，就会在我以后的舞台上多一份风险，也会让我更紧张，因为紧张来源于不自信。”他笃定地谈到。

周君润的两位音乐老师陈老师和邓老师这样评价他：

「 周君润是一位非常优秀的钢琴演奏者，他对音乐有着非凡的领悟力，并对自己的演奏有着深刻的思考。这是一种天赋，不仅仅在手指上，在他的身体里，更在他的头脑之中。 」

很多人喜欢谈论天赋的重要性，但是往往忽略了他刻苦的训练。他的演奏高度已经是同龄学生难以企及的水平，但放眼全球，他还将面临更激烈的竞争。而在哈罗我们能做的，就是尽最大的能力支持他走好音乐的道路，享受音乐。

周君润曾在一两千观众规模的音乐会上表演过，那种轰动、热烈的场面让他至今难忘，他梦想着有一天能够在悉尼歌剧院开演奏会。在那里，有足够大的舞台，与世界知名的音乐家交流，有更加闪耀的荣誉和掌声。

他也深知，这一切，需要他成为更专业演奏家，也需要坚定不移的勇气。

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成为专业的演奏家

需要独自上路的勇气

在来哈罗之前，周君润曾一度有一种“身在局外”的感受。

在传统学校，他是一名上午上课，下午练琴的学生；要在两个方向兼顾，因此在学业上投入的时间少，与同学相处的时间就更少。体育课经常被更重要的通识课占用，题海战术提升成绩的学习方式使他每天都非常疲惫， 得不到应有的体能锻炼。

想要走专业的音乐家道路，意味着要更多地放弃学业。传统教育的学习已经令他疲惫不堪，于是他和家长果断选择了评价维度更加多元的国际教育。

没有完美的教育，只有适合的道路。

事实证明全人教育的选择是适合他的，周君润爸爸说：

「“来到哈罗之后，学校里有大量的他喜欢的活动和兴趣课，游泳、足球、篮球、乒乓球，他特别喜欢，学业压力也小了很多，短短一学期，我们发现孩子明显身体长壮了，每天看到他阳光灿烂地从校车上下来，让我和妈妈有一种生活静好的幸福感。

另一个大收获就是，他的英语迎来了突飞猛进的提升，通过学校的课外活动室内乐团认识了更多热爱音乐的同学，在学校举办的个人钢琴独奏会。“」

谈到对哈罗的选择，爸爸感慨良多。“传统教育希望按照全才培养孩子，我们也让孩子尝试过，但是并不适合我们。有些孩子只擅长一方面，如果他继续走这条路，他面临的结果可能就是被传统教育淘汰。早早出局，泯然众人矣。于是我们开始做减法，尊重孩子的意愿专注音乐道路——这也是我们果断来到哈罗的原因，学校倾力支持孩子的专长，以更多维度去评价他，而不是唯分数论。

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奖学金既是一种荣誉

也是一种责任

冰心奖学金给周君润带来了强烈的荣誉感，更重要的是，他懂得获得奖学金更是一种责任，他会带着把音乐热爱传递给周围的同学。让自己的演奏技艺更加精进，才可以帮忙指导同学们，和同学一起组建乐队，同台表演。他希望能够影响更多同学，一起学习音乐，分享音乐带来的乐趣。

事实证明，他做到了，哈罗海口设立奖学金以来，周君润连续两年蝉联冰心奖学金。他在学校和他的朋友们举办了一场盛大的个人演奏会，他在室内乐团和同学们一起合奏，在莎士比亚英语口语节展现自信……

他的天赋、努力和坚持得到了大家的认可，也被更多人看到，我想这就是全人教育的意义——支持你的内心所往，收获友谊和团队互助，引领你走向更高、更远的世界。

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At the 100-day celebration of Harrow Haikou, Kevin Zhou found an student played piano on the ceremony, 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 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