Ask anyone to name a well-known classical musician of modern times and it’s a pretty safe bet that one name in particular will crop up repeatedly. Yo-Yo Ma, probably the world’s greatest living cellist, is enjoying a level of popularity almost unprecedented for a classical musician in the electronic age.
Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. A cello prodigy at the age of four, he entered the prestigious1 Juilliard School in 1962. His first big achievement came in 1978, when he received the Avery Fisher Prize. Soon after graduating from Harvard University, Ma began a long love affair with Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, which culminated2 in his reinterpretation of the pieces in a series of Canadian films.
Ma has gone on to experiment widely with other types of music. He has tried his hand at everything from country and western to traditional Chinese melodies, the latter most recently featuring significantly on the sound track3of the hit film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He has even explored the rhythms of the Bush people of the Kalahari Desert in Africa.
With the success of Yo-Yo Ma's recent concerts, a warm welcome is pretty much guaranteed whenever this versatile4 performer decides to visit. In the meantime, concertgoers eagerly anticipate another feast of musical magic from his talented bow and awesome repertoire.
中國(guó)古典的調(diào)“琴”圣手--馬友友
要中國(guó)人舉出一位當(dāng)代的古典音樂(lè)家，這個(gè)名字保證在他們口中不斷重復(fù)出現(xiàn)──馬友友。馬友友堪稱時(shí)下最偉大的大提琴家，以古典音樂(lè)家的身份能在這個(gè)電子時(shí)代廣受歡迎，幾乎史無(wú)前例。
馬友友出生于1955年，父母是旅居巴黎的中國(guó)人。他四歲便被視為大提琴神童，七歲便進(jìn)入享譽(yù)全球的茱莉亞音樂(lè)學(xué)校就讀。1978年他嶄露頭角，贏得艾維·費(fèi)雪獎(jiǎng)。不久后馬友友自哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)，開(kāi)始沉浸于巴哈的大提琴獨(dú)奏組曲，并重新詮釋系列加拿大影片中的幾首樂(lè)曲，他紅極一時(shí)。
馬友友也廣泛涉獵其他類型的音樂(lè)。從鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)、西洋音樂(lè)到傳統(tǒng)的中國(guó)樂(lè)曲，他都有所嘗試，他為賣(mài)座電影《臥虎藏龍》演奏的原聲配樂(lè)是近年來(lái)最富盛名的中國(guó)音樂(lè)作品。此外，他甚至還研究了非洲卡拉哈里沙漠內(nèi)地人民的音律。
有了上次音樂(lè)會(huì)的完美演出，相信這位才華洋溢的演奏家再次蒞臨定會(huì)受到更熱情的歡迎。同時(shí)，每位愛(ài)樂(lè)者都將引領(lǐng)企盼下一場(chǎng)魔力音樂(lè)的饗宴，再次領(lǐng)略他絕倫的拉弓風(fēng)采及精湛的曲目表演。