The lead judge of this provincial music competition was called He Wencheng, the vice president of China Classical Musicians Association, and he was also a composer on an international level, and he was already in his sixties.
Long story short, he is an influential person in the field of classical music, and he was in charge of the provincial music competition in Jiang Nan, this already showed that the music competition was a solemn affair.
As a famous composer himself, He Wencheng loved seeing performers who gave their respects to the original song, improvisation was taboo to him!
So, among all the judges, He Wencheng was the one who emphasized on accuracy the most. If someone manages to play the song accurately, while showing off their techniques, that would be perfect for him.
How hard would it be to perfectly match every beat and note of a music score?