Maya Beiser(s) and her cello(s)

Translator: Matej Divjak Reviewer: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

(Music)

(Glasba)

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

Thank you.

Hvala.

Imagining a solo cello concert,

Če si zamislimo solo koncert s čelom,

one would most likely think of Johann Sebastian Bach

si zelo verjetno zamislimo suite za čelo

unaccompanied cello suites.

Johanna Sebastiana Bacha brez spremljave.

As a child

Kot otroku,

studying these eternal masterpieces,

ki je študiral te večne mojstrovine,

Bach's music would intermingle

se je Bachova glasba mešala

with the singing voices of Muslim prayers

z glasovi petja muslimanskih molitev

from the neighboring Arab village

iz sosednjih arabskih vasi

of the northern Kibbutz in Israel

v severnem Kibbutzu v Izraelu,

where I grew up.

kjer sem odrasla.

Late at night, after hours of practicing,

Pozno ponoči, po urah vadb,

I would listen to Janis Joplin and Billie Holiday

sem poslušala Janis Joplin in Billie Holiday,

as the sounds of tango music

med tem ko so se zvoki tanga

would be creeping from my parents' stereo.

plazili iz radia staršev.

It all became music to me.

Vse mi je postala glasba.

I didn't hear the boundaries.

Nisem slišala omejitev.

I still start every day

Še vedno vsak dan začnem

practicing playing Bach.

z vadbo igranja Bacha.

His music never ceases

Njegova glasba mi nikoli ne neha

to sound fresh and surprising to me.

zveneti sveže in presenetljivo.

But as I was moving away

Ko pa sem se začela odmikati

from the traditional classical repertoire

od tradicionalnega klasičnega repertoarja

and trying to find new ways

in poskušala najti nove načine

of musical expression,

glasbenega izražanja,

I realized that with today's technological resources,

sem spoznala, da ob današnjih tehnoloških virih

there's no reason to limit

ni razloga, da bi omejevali,

what can be produced at one time

kaj se lahko ustvari naenkrat

from a single string instrument.

iz samo enega inštrumenta s strunami.

The power and coherency

Moč in skladnost,

that comes from one person hearing, perceiving and playing all the voices

ki prihaja iz ene osebe, ki sliši, zaznava in igra vse glasove,

makes a very different experience.

naredi zelo drugačno izkušnjo.

The excitement of a great orchestra performance

Razburljivost odličnega nastopa orkestra

comes from the attempt to have a collective of musicians

prihaja iz poskusa, da bi kolektiv glasbenikov

producing one unified whole concept.

izvajal en združen celoten koncept.

The excitement from using multi-tracking,

Razburljivost uporabe več kanalnega snemanja,

the way I did in the piece you will hear next,

kot sem naredila pri skladbi, ki jo boste zdaj slišali,

comes from the attempt

prihaja iz poskusa,

to build and create a whole universe

da zgradim in ustvarim celo vesolje

with many diverse layers,

z mnogimi raznolikimi sloji,

all generated from a single source.

ki so vsi ustvarjeni iz istega vira.

My cello and my voice are layered

Moje čelo in moj glas sta v slojih,

to create this large sonic canvas.

da bi ustvarila to veliko glasbeno platno.

When composers write music for me,

Ko skladatelji pišejo glasbo zame,

I ask them to forget what they know about the cello.

jih prosim, naj pozabijo vse, kar vedo o čelu.

I hope to arrive at new territories

Upam, da bom prispela na nova področja,

to discover sounds I have never heard before.

da bi odkrila zvoke, ki jih še nikoli nisem slišala.

I want to create endless possibilities

S tem čelom želim ustvariti

with this cello.

neskončne možnosti.

I become the medium through which the music is being channeled,

Postanem medij, skozi katerega se kanalizira glasba

and in the process, when all is right,

in v tem postopku, ko je vse prav,

the music is transformed

se glasba transformira

and so am I.

in z njo tudi jaz.

(Music)

(Glasba)

(Applause)

(Aplavz)