Maya Beiser(s) and her cello(s)

翻译人员: Jenny Yang 校对人员: Angelia King

(Music)

（音乐）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

（谢谢）

Imagining a solo cello concert,

如果我请你们想象一场大提琴演奏

one would most likely think of Johann Sebastian Bach

大多数人都会想到约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫的

unaccompanied cello suites.

无伴奏大提琴组曲

As a child

小时候

studying these eternal masterpieces,

我研习这些大师的永恒杰作

Bach's music would intermingle

巴赫的音乐总是将

with the singing voices of Muslim prayers

以色列集体农场北部

from the neighboring Arab village

阿拉伯村庄里的

of the northern Kibbutz in Israel

穆斯林诵祷声融汇其中

where I grew up.

我就是在那里长大的

Late at night, after hours of practicing,

深夜，每当我完成练习

I would listen to Janis Joplin and Billie Holiday

我会聆听詹尼斯·乔普林和比莉·哈乐黛的音乐

as the sounds of tango music

并伴随着从我父母

would be creeping from my parents' stereo.

收音机里流泻出来的探戈的乐调

It all became music to me.

这一切都是我的音乐。

I didn't hear the boundaries.

我听不出界限

I still start every day

我还是每天开始

practicing playing Bach.

练习巴赫

His music never ceases

他的音乐始终

to sound fresh and surprising to me.

让我感到新鲜和惊奇

But as I was moving away

但是当我开始从

from the traditional classical repertoire

传统的古典曲目转换为

and trying to find new ways

尝试用新的方法

of musical expression,

来表达音乐时

I realized that with today's technological resources,

我意识到有着今天的技术资源

there's no reason to limit

并没有什么能限制

what can be produced at one time

一种弦乐器可以

from a single string instrument.

在同一时间的创作

The power and coherency

那种力量和凝聚力

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

是从一个人聆听，感知和演奏所有的声音

makes a very different experience.

创造了一个完全不同的体验

The excitement of a great orchestra performance

交响乐团表演之所以令人兴奋

comes from the attempt to have a collective of musicians

是因为一群音乐家都尝试着

producing one unified whole concept.

演奏一个一致的概念

The excitement from using multi-tracking,

用多声道令人兴奋的地方是

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

也就是等会儿我要让你们听的方法

comes from the attempt

来自与想要

to build and create a whole universe

用一个声源来创造

with many diverse layers,

一个多层的

all generated from a single source.

完整的宇宙

My cello and my voice are layered

我的大提琴和我的声音都分层了

to create this large sonic canvas.

挥洒出这幅音乐的画布

When composers write music for me,

所以当作曲家为我作曲时

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

我告诉他们忘记他们所了解的大提琴

I hope to arrive at new territories

我希望到达一个新的境界

to discover sounds I have never heard before.

发掘我从来没有听到过的音乐

I want to create endless possibilities

我和我的大提琴

with this cello.

创造出无限的可能

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

我成为传递音乐渠道的媒介

and in the process, when all is right,

在这个过程中， 当一切都顺利

the music is transformed

音乐转变了

and so am I.

我也得到了升华

(Music)

（音乐）

(Applause)

（掌声）