Next stage, the piano teacher is back on stage. He's happy to be back. He tells the piano student that he's doing well in his exams and that he has been invited to perform at a festival in the country. The piano student thanks him for making her so full of herself. He also tells her that she can call him if she wants to return to Russia next year. He thanks her for teaching him how to play the piano and for making him so happy. He says that if she ever returns to Russia, he'll have her perform for him. She thanks him again and tells him that she's been studying chamber music with a professor. The professor is a big fan of hers. She's also in love with her student, franck. They're both studying at a prestigious conservatoire in Paris. The two of them are planning to go to a festival that's going to be held in their village in the countryside. The conductor says that he wants to see the orchestra loved by its audiences, filled with life, like it was when he was a kid. He hopes that they'll be able to practice together and that they will have the chance to perform together. He adds that he hopes that he and the conductor will have a chance to play together in the future. Finally, the conductor tells the audience that he is happy that nodame has accepted a job as a conductor. It's the first time he has ever been a conductor, he says, and it's a big deal for him to be the conductor of such a famous orchestra.