法國鋼琴家Jean-Yves Thibaudet

一聽名字叫Jean-Yves 的，那這人多半是法國人，電台，報紙，雜誌常提到他的名字， 常常聽到有人說《Jean-Yves Thibaudet是我最喜歡的鋼琴家之一》。第一次聽他彈的曲子還是《傲慢與偏見》裏的主題曲《 Dawn 黎明》， 當時覺得很特別，非常好聽。

Jean-Yves Thibaudet是著名的法國鋼琴家，按咱中國人的說法，他屬於60後， 19 61年出生在法國裏昂一個不是職業音樂家卻酷愛音樂的家庭，父親喜歡拉小提琴，有德國血統的母親能彈一手好鋼琴， 也是他學琴的啟蒙老師，最開始他跟父親學拉小提琴，當他7歲正式在法國的conservatoire學琴（相當於音樂學校，公立的，在每個城市大一點的社區都有，孩子可以下課後去學音樂，舞蹈等學琴， 有職業老師教課，也就交個年費而已），15歲獲法國conservatoire一等獎，18歲獲美國紐約的年輕藝術家音樂會獎， 當然還獲得很多其他了許多其他國際鋼琴獎項，它被認為是當今國際頂級鋼琴家之一，也被譽為當今最令人興奮的天才鋼琴家之一，他與眾多著名樂團，演奏家一起合作過，由英國的Deeca灌製的CD就有40餘CD。  在法國他也獲得很多榮譽，2001年被法國總統授予文學藝術騎士

Jean-Yves Thibaudet 還為多部電影彈琴配音，如電影《伴我一世情The Portrait of a Lady》（19960）, 《 Bride of the Wind》（2001）, 《傲慢與偏見Pride & Prejudice》（2005）, 和《贖罪Atonement》,其中《Atonement》獲奧斯卡最佳配樂獎。

上個星期去聽音樂會，在Music Hall裏的CD商店裏看到他的名字，其中他最新出的《Opera without words》很吸引人，我自個兒在想：熱烈的花腔會被Jean-Yves Thibaudet用鋼琴詮釋成什麽樣呢？法國人在藝術上總是有他們獨特不受拘束的風格，會給人驚喜，那應該是一個優美的反差， 一個熱烈，一個柔靜中的奔放，在amazon試聽了他這CD， 果真是這樣，Jean-Yves Thibaudet的演奏非常優美浪漫，純淨流暢，他的感情和他的音樂想象力就這麽自然地讓每個音符裝載著，飄灑在空氣裏，一點也沒有讓人感覺他是在刻意用力表達什麽，可又表達得那麽自如，很自由飄逸，給人想像的餘地。

Jean-Yves Thibaudet 在下麵的錄像中談到肖邦鋼琴協奏曲第二樂章的感覺，他說那感覺就像要離開地球，去一個夢幻的地方（Dream land），當樂章最後一個音符來到時，他感覺特別難受，又回到地球。了。
他在接受澳大利亞記者采訪時說了一段話， 讓我印象很深，那段話的大意是: "作為一個藝術家，你不可能讓所有的人高興，喜歡，不可能，任何藝術都是這樣，從一開始（藝術家）就要明白這一點，你就按自己的信念去做就好了" ， Jean-Yves Thibaudet 一個地道的法式藝術家，思想自由，不喜歡受束縛，我行我素，有時為了堅持自己的觀點還會固執， 不愧為德彪西，薩蒂的後輩， Bravo， Jean-Yves Thibaudet ！

Thibaudet plays Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 N.2, Minute Waltz and Prelude

Thibaudet on Chopin with Rubinstein Video
（我喜歡看這一段video）

Thibaudet 演奏的Shostakovich的第二鋼琴協奏曲第二樂章

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (born 7 September 1961 in Lyon) is a French pianist.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet was born in Lyon, France to non-professional musical parents. His father played the violin and his mother,of German origin and a somewhat accomplished pianist herself, introduced the instrument to Jean-Yves.

Thibaudet thus began seriously studying the piano with several prominent teachers and made his first public appearance at the age of seven. When he was twelve, Thibaudet entered the Paris Conservatory where he studied with Aldo Ciccolini and Lucette Descaves. Three years later he won the premier Prix du Conservatoire, and at the age of 18 he won the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York.

He has performed with most of the world's leading symphonic orchestras including: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Orchestre National de France, among others. He also frequents the great concert halls of Europe and North America and is quite fond of travelling to Australia, where he has a strong fan-base.

Among his collaborators in performances and recordings are soprano, Renée Fleming; mezzo-sopranos, Cecilia Bartoli and Angelika Kirchschlager; violist, Yuri Bashmet; violinists, Joshua Bell and Julia Fischer; cellists, Truls Mørk, Daniel Müller-Schott and Gautier Capucon, and the Rossetti String Quartet.

Thibaudet has made over 40 recordings for the British label, Decca Records.

He has made forays into the world of jazz as well, including Reflections on Duke and Conversations with Bill Evans.

His playing can be heard on the movie soundtracks of The Portrait of a Lady, Bride of the Wind, Pride & Prejudice, and Atonement, the latter of which earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Thibaudet's concert attire is designed by Vivienne Westwood.

In 2001, the French Republic made Thibaudet a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

In the early months of 2007, Jean-Yves Thibaudet released a recording through Decca titled Aria - Opera Without Words in which he has selected several of his favorite arias and overtures. It has been over 10 years since the pianist has returned to opera transcriptions; his last was a recording of Liszt transcriptions made in 1993. Thibaudet's latest recording is a disc of Piano Concertos Nos.2 and 5 by Camille Saint-Saens (with Dutoit/Orchestra de la Suisse Romande), released by Decca in October 2007.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet has recorded compositions by the following composers: Addinsell, Chopin, Debussy, Vincent d'Indy, Gershwin, Grieg, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Satie, Schumann and Richard Strauss.

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