【No.005】
[标题]: 10 Minutes With…Classical Music Sensation Yundi
[来源]: 精日传媒Jing Daily
[时间]: 2013.2.27
[链接]:
http://www.jingdaily.com/10-minutes-with-classical-music-sensation-yundi/24191/[摘要]: 【教授缩: Music Is One Of The Only Things In This World That Doesn't Judge Or Have Boundaries.
教授又缩:The rumors will not define me, I will only allow my music to. (给这句深深点赞!)】
[正文]:
10 Minutes With…Classical Music Sensation Yundi By Alessa Beatriz
Published: February 27, 2013
Music “Is One Of The Only Things In This World That Doesn’t Judge Or Have Boundaries”
Classical pianist Yundi (Li Yundi) Above all else, classical pianist Yundi (李云迪, aka Li Yundi) is a true global phenomenon. Over a decade ago, Yundi — then only a teenager — rose from obscurity to become the youngest winner of the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition award after 13 unclaimed years. Yet in addition to his reputation as a piano icon, Yundi is one of the more interesting figures in modern Chinese classical music, having most recently been smeared with titillating scandal.
Recently, Jing Daily, open mind in tow, caught up with Yundi at the Langham Hotel in London to discover whether he is indeed a pianist prodigy or philharmonic philanderer.
Jing Daily (JD): You are regarded as a leading exponent of Chopin’s music, but on your new album Deutsche Grammophon, you recorded Beethoven’s later sonatas. Why did you feel the need to incorporate his music on the new album?
Yundi (Y): I recently rekindled my love and admiration for Beethoven. This newfound love came from a connection, a passion and romanticism that I never discovered before. The sonatas towards the end of his life have an untreated energy, which I allied with. The new album is the fruition of a colossal challenge I set upon myself. I am living a new era of my life, a new character is forming and Beethoven expresses this evolutionary transition. This is a statement album of where I am now, full of fervor and life.
JD: You spend a lot of time in Germany. Why is that?
Y: The story began for me there. After winning the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Award, [Germany] was my home for over half a year. I hold a deep fondness and nostalgia towards that country that I consider my second home. Germany has incredibly beautiful untapped concert halls that I regularly revisit. Beethoven was from there, too, so there’s no better reason. (laughs)
JD: I’ve heard that when you play the same piece over time it always sounds different. How have you developed as an artist over the years?
Y: It is normal for me to play the same song over time and [it always sounds] diverse. Akin to Beethoven, there were different keys and elements as he got older within the same piece. I have grown from a little boy to a man. The music played comes from a place I can’t express — that’s an integral part of my being, so the sound matures with me. It grows with me. The confidence gained over the years influenced my harmony to become powerful and vivid. Now when I hear Chopin it invokes a completely different feeling from ten years ago. I communicate that with my audience. Only when I play does the audience see the true me.