Maya Beiser(s) and her cello(s)

譯者: Ana Choi 審譯者: Te-Hao Chien

(Music)

(音樂)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Thank you.

謝謝

Imagining a solo cello concert,

如果我請你們想像一場大提琴獨奏會

one would most likely think of Johann Sebastian Bach

大多數人都會想到巴赫的

unaccompanied cello suites.

無伴奏大提琴組曲

As a child

小時候

studying these eternal masterpieces,

我鑽研這些永恆的大師傑作

Bach's music would intermingle

巴赫的音樂總是融會

with the singing voices of Muslim prayers

鄰近阿拉伯村莊的穆斯林頌禱聲

from the neighboring Arab village

傳響以色列的

of the northern Kibbutz in Israel

北吉布茨

where I grew up.

我長大的地方

Late at night, after hours of practicing,

深夜 經過長時間的練習

I would listen to Janis Joplin and Billie Holiday

我會聽珍妮絲•賈普林和比莉·哈樂黛的音樂

as the sounds of tango music

探戈的樂音從

would be creeping from my parents' stereo.

我父母的立體音響蔓延至我的耳中

It all became music to me.

這一切對我來說都是音樂

I didn't hear the boundaries.

我沒有聽見界限

I still start every day

我仍然每天一開始

practicing playing Bach.

便練習演奏巴赫

His music never ceases

他的音樂始終

to sound fresh and surprising to me.

令我感覺新鮮和驚訝

But as I was moving away

但當我逐漸遠離

from the traditional classical repertoire

傳統的經典曲目

and trying to find new ways

並試圖尋找新的方式

of musical expression,

來表達音樂

I realized that with today's technological resources,

我意識到 運用今天的技術資源

there's no reason to limit

我們沒有理由限制

what can be produced at one time

一根樂器弦

from a single string instrument.

的無限可能

The power and coherency

那種力量以及凝聚性

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

來自一個人的傾聽、感受和演奏

makes a very different experience.

給人的感受是不同的

The excitement of a great orchestra performance

交響樂團表演之所以讓人興奮

comes from the attempt to have a collective of musicians

是因為一群音樂家嘗試

producing one unified whole concept.

產生唯一 一致的概念

The excitement from using multi-tracking,

多軌重疊的興奮處在於

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

喔 你們會在我下一段演奏聽到這種呈現

comes from the attempt

它試圖

to build and create a whole universe

建設和創造整個宇宙

with many diverse layers,

擁有許多不同層次的宇宙

all generated from a single source.

而且全都來自同個源頭

My cello and my voice are layered

我的大提琴和我的聲音分層

to create this large sonic canvas.

揮灑出這片巨幅的樂音畫布

When composers write music for me,

當作曲家為我寫音樂

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

我要求他們忘記自己對大提琴的了解

I hope to arrive at new territories

我希望能達到全新境界

to discover sounds I have never heard before.

發掘我從沒聽過的樂音

I want to create endless possibilities

我想和我的大提琴

with this cello.

創發無限可能

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

我要成為發送音樂的媒介

and in the process, when all is right,

而在過程中 當什麼都對了的時候

the music is transformed

音樂便會蛻變

and so am I.

我也是

(Music)

（音樂）

(Applause)

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