Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road … and in the air

翻译人员: Yumeng Guo 校对人员: Eric Chiang

Recently, I flew over a crowd

最近在巴西，我一边在数千人头顶飞驰而过，

of thousands of people in Brazil

playing music by George Frideric Handel.

一边在空中弹奏乔治·弗里德里希·亨德尔的曲目。

I also drove along the streets of Amsterdam,

我还乘车驶过阿姆斯特丹的大道，

again playing music by this same composer.

同样一边弹奏着亨德尔的曲目。

Let's take a look.

让我们看一下。

(Music: George Frideric Handel, "Allegro." Performed by Daria van den Bercken.)

（音乐：亨德尔《Allegro》，由Daria演奏）

(Video) Daria van den Bercken: I live there on the third floor.

（视频）Daria：我住在那边的第三层楼上。

(In Dutch) I live there on the corner.

（荷兰语）我住在那边的街角。

I actually live there, around the corner.

我确实住在那，街角附近，非常欢迎你来玩。

and you'd be really welcome.

男子：（荷兰语）听起来有趣吗？ 孩童：（荷兰语）是的！

Man: (In Dutch) Does that sound like fun? Child: (In Dutch) Yes!

[（荷兰语）亨德尔的《house concert》]

[(In Dutch) "Handel house concert"]

(Applause)

（掌声）

Daria van den Bercken: All this was a real

Daria：你可以有成千上万的理由认为，这感觉真是太奇妙了

magical experience for hundreds of reasons.

Now you may ask, why have I done these things?

你或许会问：我为什么要做这些？

They're not really typical for a musician's

这并不是一个音乐家典型的的日常生活。

day-to-day life.

Well, I did it because I fell in love with the music

我这么做，是因为我从心底热爱音乐，

and I wanted to share it with as many people

我想跟尽可能多的人分享。

as possible.

It started a couple of years ago.

要从几年前说起，

I was sitting at home on the couch with the flu

那时，我患了流感，在家中沙发上坐着，

and browsing the Internet a little,

浏览着网页，

when I found out that Handel had written works

我发现亨德尔曾谱写过钢琴曲。

for the keyboard.

Well, I was surprised. I did not know this.

我感到惊讶，我之前并不知道。

So I downloaded the sheet music and started playing.

因此我下载了曲谱，开始弹奏。

And what happened next was

随后，我步入了一种纯粹的、惊奇的

that I entered this state of pure,

unprejudiced amazement.

可以心无旁骛的境界中。

It was an experience

这是一种对音乐全然敬畏的感觉，

of being totally in awe of the music,

and I had not felt that in a long time.

对我来说，这感觉真的是久违了。

It might be easier to relate to this when you hear it.

当你们听到这支曲子，你们更能理解我的感受。

The first piece that I played through

我弹奏的第一章曲目是这样开始的。

started like this.

(Music)

（音乐）

Well this sounds very melancholic, doesn't it?

听起来非常忧郁，不是吗？

And I turned the page and what came next

翻过这一页，接下来是这样的。

was this.

(Music)

（音乐）

Well, this sounds very energetic, doesn't it?

听起来充满活力，不是吗？

So within a couple of minutes,

这只是几分钟之内，

and the piece isn't even finished yet,

而且这一章还没结束，

I experienced two very contrasting characters:

我从中体会到了两个对比强烈的风格：

beautiful melancholy and sheer energy.

明媚的忧伤和满满的能量。

And I consider these two elements to be

我认为这是人类情感中至关重要的两种元素。

vital human expressions.

纯粹的音乐让你深深地体会到这种情感。

And the purity of the music makes you hear it

very effectively.

I've given a lot of children's concerts

我曾给很多七八岁的小朋友演奏音乐，

for children of seven and eight years old,

and whatever I play, whether it's Bach, Beethoven,

无论我演奏的是谁音乐，巴赫，贝多芬，甚至斯托克豪森，

even Stockhausen,

or some jazzy music,

或是爵士乐，

they are open to hear it,

他们都能打开心扉去聆听，而且真的非常愿意去聆听，

really willing to listen,

and they are comfortable doing so.

他们觉得这样做很自然。

And when classes come in

当我给稍大一些的小朋友演奏音乐，如十一二岁，

with children who are just a few years older,

11, 12, I felt that I sometimes already had trouble

我觉得有些难以达到那种效果了。

in reaching them like that.

The complexity of the music does become an issue,

音乐难以理解是一个因素，

and actually the opinions of others —

他们开始在意其他人，如父母、朋友、媒体的意见事实上也是一个因素。

parents, friends, media — they start to count.

But the young ones, they don't question

但年轻一点的孩子不会质疑内心的想法。

their own opinion.

They are in this constant state of wonder,

他们一直在好奇、探索的状态中，

and I do firmly believe that we can keep listening

而且我坚信，我们也可以像七岁小朋友那样聆听，

like these seven-year-old children,

even when growing up.

尽管我们已经长大了。

And that is why I have played

这就是我为何不只是在音乐厅里演奏，

not only in the concert hall

but also on the street, online, in the air:

也在马路上、网上、空中演奏的原因：

to feel that state of wonder,

让人们感受那种好奇、探索，

to truly listen,

真正地聆听，

and to listen without prejudice.

心无旁骛地去欣赏。

And I would like to invite you

所以，现在我想请你们来一起聆听。

to do so now.

(Music: George Frideric Handel, "Chaconne in G Major." Performed by Daria van den Bercken.)

（音乐：亨德尔《Chaconne in G Major》，由Daria演奏）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）