本刊记者 李静
用音乐写诗
——专访意大利著名钢琴家乔万尼·维塔莱蒂
本刊记者 李静
在与记者的谈话中,冀宏飞也一直反复强调,团队是最重要的,“我们有最好的员工,这就是我们的企业文化。”
“世界上只有很少几位钢琴家像意大利的乔万尼·维塔莱蒂那样,他们在娴熟地驾驭乐器、从容不迫之外,还拥有高度的敏感。”
——瑞士《联邦报》
乔万尼·维塔莱蒂演奏的音乐具有动态的细腻、美妙的分句和创造性的造型力量。我们深深地感受到侏儒笨拙和怪诞的行走;我们被劫持到一个城堡,那里一个行吟诗人正在演唱一曲悲歌;我们与一些正在玩乐和争吵的孩童会面;最后,在钟鸣和强烈的和声中,我们在“基辅的大门”前流连忘返。
——《卢塞恩最新消息》
在和意大利著名钢琴家乔万尼·维塔莱蒂约定采访前,一直认为艺术家都是高高在上,清高不凡的。没有想到与他面对面的交流竟是这么轻松愉快。来到舞台后台,乔万尼就已经在那等着了,微笑地站着,纤瘦、优雅,又带点小孩子般纯真可爱,双手交叉放在身前,尽显绅士风度。
4月25日晚,这位被称为是意大利最帅的男人、钢琴界最绅士的大师来到重庆,为重庆的观众带来了一场超高水准的钢琴独奏音乐会,演奏了贝多芬、肖邦等大师的经典名曲,同时演绎了世界上最难演奏的钢琴曲《图画展览会》。演出后,乔万尼仍然一脸兴奋,他非常开心能成功的完成此次演出,这次来到重庆开音乐会主要是做两件事情,一件是为了慈善,另一件便是为重庆的观众演奏。作为一位资深的钢琴大师,乔万尼告诉我们,不论是大型还是小型的音乐会,他都会尽全力去演奏,“弹奏钢琴让我快乐,我能为观众们演奏,看到他们他们专注欣赏的样子,热烈的回应,会让我觉得很满足,让我感觉到自己就是台上的主角。重庆的观众非常棒,非常优秀。”
事实上,乔万尼也是中国乐迷的老朋友,他曾于2007和2008年两度访问中国。首次访华在北京大学举办自己的个人独奏音乐会,受到广大学生们的欢迎。随后,他又赴天津、长春、沈阳、大连、长沙和西安等地举办独奏音乐会,现在的他也应邀在西安音乐学院主持大师班,作为他们的客座教授。
被艺术界誉为“钢琴王子”的理查德·克莱德曼和“钢琴玩家”马克西姆都来重庆开过钢琴独奏会,然而意大利钢琴家乔万尼·维塔莱蒂的影响更是超越于他们之上,被业内称之为钢琴大师。此次重庆之行,乔万尼有说不出的惊叹,这是他在09年后第二次来到这座城市,即使只有短短一年的时间,乔万尼对重庆的变化依然赞不绝口。提到筹备这次音乐会的初衷,乔万尼表示,是应自己的好朋友,在重庆伽利略意大利中心担任主任的马提亚的邀请,当他得知重庆当地的慈善组织国际妇女社一直长期资助綦江县的贫困孩子时非常感动和支持,便一口答应下来,并决定将此次在渝演出售票所得收入的50%捐给重庆国际妇女社,支助綦江中小学“一斤奶爱心工程”以及贫困儿童。对于乔万尼来说,这场演出不仅只是一个秀,而是他对重庆贫困地区孩子们的一片爱心。“重庆的发展很快,我一直都想再来重庆。重庆的观众乐意接受古典音乐,我认为古典音乐在重庆会有很好的未来,这是一个很好的开始,也是我选择来重庆演奏的主要原因。”坐在他身旁的马提亚也告诉我们,乔万尼一直都渴望将自己的演出与慈善融合在一起,而这一次,算是圆了他的梦想。
本刊记者与乔万尼(中)合影
在和乔万尼的侃侃对话中,可以感受到他作为一流钢琴大师的谦逊和自信,他更像一位诗人,用自己特有的音乐的方式描述着自己的钢琴人生。乔万尼自小学习钢琴,与钢琴似乎已经浑然一体。他喜欢弹奏17世纪的古典音乐,而那时甚至还没有发明钢琴,有的只是一些音乐片段和记录,但越是具有挑战的事情越能激发他的热情。能够达到今天这样的成就,乔万尼表示不是因为只喜欢某一位钢琴家,而是很多很多的综合,他所做的就是集大家之所长,将其变成为自己的特色发挥出来。当问到有没有见过中国的李云迪和朗朗,他开心地回应,虽然没有见面,但早已经听说过他们了,也许有一天可以见面,同台演出一定会不错的。
今年正值伟大音乐家肖邦诞辰200年,而乔万尼也在此次音乐会上演绎了肖邦的著名《g小调叙事曲》(作品第23号),《C小调第三十二号奏鸣曲》和《降B小调奏鸣曲作品第35号》,在对音乐家的专注和演奏力量要求极高的“终曲急板”中,他的精湛技巧再一次得到充分体现。正如他所说,每一个音乐家演奏的音乐都是不同的,他希望保持开放的心态去学习每一首曲子。肖邦是一个很伟大的音乐家,他也非常喜欢他,谈到这里,乔万尼也激动地告诉我们他的目标是希望可以开一场只演奏肖邦音乐的钢琴会,弹完肖邦所有的曲子,目前他已经完成了一半左右,正在努力朝这个方向迈进。
这就是乔万尼的钢琴人生,就像他演奏的音乐,具有动态的细腻,美妙的分句和创造性的造型力量,琴键之上行云流水般的演奏,沉醉其中的观众,共同交织出一幅以音乐为主题的诗篇。
In the evening o f Ap ril 25, the m an who is ca lled the m ost hand som e and gen tle in Ita ly, the fam ous Ita lian p ianist G iovanni Vita le tti cam e to Chongq ing to p lay a p iano so lo conce rt w ith trem endous leve ls o f skill and expe rtise fo r the aud ience in Chongq ing. He p layed c lassic p iano m usic o f Bee thoven and Chop in and a lso p e rfo rm ed the wo rld's m ost d ifficu lt p iano m usic“Pic tu res a t an Exhib ition.” G iovanni was extrem e ly hap p y to ac com p lish the pe rfo rm ance suc cess fu lly, the pu rpose o f opening the conce rt is m ain ly fo r two th ings, one is fo r cha rity, and the o the r is to p lay fo r Chongq ing peop le. As a senio r m aste r p ianist, G iovanni to ld us tha t no m a tte r la rge o r sm a ll conce rt, he w ill do his best to p lay. “Playing the p iano m akes m e hap p y. Fo r m e to p lay fo r the aud ience and wa tching them en joying m y p e rfo rm ance, a lso rece iving response from them, m akes m e fee l rea lly sa tisfied and a lead ing ac to r on the stage. The Chongq ing aud ience was ve ry good.”
In fac t, G iovanni is an o ld friend o f the Chinese peop le; he visited China tw ice in 2007 and 2008. He he ld his pe rsona l so lo conce rt in Beijing Unive rsity fo r the first tim e visiting, which was we lcom ed by the studen ts. Then he wen t to Tian jin, Shenyang, Da lian, Changsha and Xi'an to ho ld his so lo conce rt, and he w as a lso invited to hos t m as te r c lass in Xi'an Conse rva to ry o f Music as a guest p ro fesso r.
This is G iovanni's second tim e to visit Chongq ing, and he rhap sod ized abou t the changes in Chongq ing. When m en tioned why he cam e to Chongq ing to ho ld this conce rt, G iovanni said he was invited by his good friend, the ac ting d irec to r o f Ga lileo Ga lilei Ita lian Institu te in Chongq ing Ma ttia Be llom i. When he hea rd tha t the loca l cha ritab le o rganiza tion——Chongq ing In te rna tiona l Wom en's G roup has been sup po rting poo r child ren from Q ijiang, he was ve ry m oved and dec ided to dona te 50% o f a ll the incom e from this conce rt to CQ IWG to sup po rt the “1 lite r m ilk” love p ro jec t o f Q ijiang p rim a ry and second a ry schoo ls and those poo r ch ild ren. Fo r G iovanni, th is pe rfo rm ance is no t just a show, bu t a lso a love fo r the child ren in poo r a reas.“Chongq ing is d eve lop ing rap id ly, Chongq ing's aud ience is w illing to take c lassica l m usic, and I think c lassica l m usic in Chongq ing w ill have a good fu tu re, th is is a ve ry good sta rt.”
Du ring ou r ta lk w ith G iovanni, I can fee l the hum ility and se lf-con fidence o f him being an exce llen t p iano m aste r; he is m o re like a poe t, desc rib ing his life o f p iano w ith his un ique way o f m usic. G iovann i sta rted to lea rn p iano when he was a kid, he likes p laying c lassica l m usic tha t's back in the seven teen th cen tu ry, and a t tha t tim e tha t d idn't even have p iano, bu t just som e o the r m usic reco rd s, bu t the m o re the cha llenge is, the m o re en thusiasm he has. By him to achieve this today is because he like lo ts o f p ianists, it's m any o f the com p rehensive, wha t he does is to abso rb a ll the ad van tages from peop le, then m ake it becom e his own pa rticu la r fea tu res.
This yea r is the 200 th yea r o f g rea t m usic ian Chop in's b irthday, and G iovanni pe rfo rm ed som e o f Chop in's fam ous p iano m usic G M ino r Ba llad, Sona ta in b-Fla t M ino r and so on in the conce rt. As he said, eve ry m usic ian p lays d iffe ren t m usic, he hopes to keep an open m ind to stud y each p iece. Chop in is a g rea t m usic ian and he is a lso ve ry fond o f him, speaking o f this, G iovanni a lso to ld us tha t his aim is to ho ld a pe rfo rm ance abou t a ll the Chop in's p iano m usic; he has done ha lf fo r now and is wo rking towa rd s this d irec tion righ t now.
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