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本周一, 本地的Public Channel播放了Julliard School的百年慶祝晚會,數位Julliard School畢業的著名藝術家上台獻藝. 而晚會的壓軸戲卻是由13歲的華裔少年Peng Peng和Julliard School的交響樂團一起演奏的鋼琴協奏曲, 成為晚會的高潮.
碰巧, 兩周前在NPR的From the Top節目中聽到Peng Peng和好朋友10歲的Conrad Tao一起演奏由Conrad創作的雙人鋼琴曲, 曲子寫得氣勢磅礴, 兩人的演奏也是扣人心弦. 兩人隨後的采訪也是十分有趣. 我把NPR對他們的介紹也放在這裏供有興趣的家長閑時一讀.
Radio & Television: Young Performers: Conrad Tao and Peng-Peng Gong
Appeared On Shows: hl-9,107
Instruments: Composition,Piano
Home State: NY
Ages: 10-12
"It's time for a new kind of classical music," proclaims 10-year-old composer Conrad Tao. "I think young composers should strive to create something new for the 21st century." To this end, when he composes, Conrad works to find his own unique voice. He finds inspiration in contemporary composers who are outside the realm of traditional classical music. "I admit I used to mimic 'old style people' like Mozart, but it isn't 1700 anymore," he says. "We have computers now; we have cell phones; it's time for some new music!"
Conrad has been composing since the age of five, but he started plunking out songs on the piano before he'd even turned two! He writes music using Sibelius music notation software and has written several chamber works. He especially loves performing those works with friends. "Playing music with your friends is the best part of being a musician," he says.
One of Conrad's closest friends is 12-year-old Peng-Peng Gong, also a pianist and composer. The two go to school together in New York and study music at the Juilliard Pre-College Division. Conrad loves playing music with Peng-Peng because he is "such a good faker." "That's definitely a compliment!" assures Conrad. "Peng-Peng is such an amazing sight reader. You can put any music in front of him, a part only a 17-year-old could reach, for example, and he'll find a way around it so it will sound right." Conrad admits he often writes music that is technically impossible for someone with smaller hands to be able to play correctly. "Sometimes I write pieces that I can't even play," he says.
On From the Top's radio show, Conrad and Peng-Peng stunned the audience with a fabulous two piano piece written by Conrad. Conrad is also an honoree of From the Top's Young Composer Project and will be working with professional composer Libby Larsen.
碰巧, 兩周前在NPR的From the Top節目中聽到Peng Peng和好朋友10歲的Conrad Tao一起演奏由Conrad創作的雙人鋼琴曲, 曲子寫得氣勢磅礴, 兩人的演奏也是扣人心弦. 兩人隨後的采訪也是十分有趣. 我把NPR對他們的介紹也放在這裏供有興趣的家長閑時一讀.
Radio & Television: Young Performers: Conrad Tao and Peng-Peng Gong
Appeared On Shows: hl-9,107
Instruments: Composition,Piano
Home State: NY
Ages: 10-12
"It's time for a new kind of classical music," proclaims 10-year-old composer Conrad Tao. "I think young composers should strive to create something new for the 21st century." To this end, when he composes, Conrad works to find his own unique voice. He finds inspiration in contemporary composers who are outside the realm of traditional classical music. "I admit I used to mimic 'old style people' like Mozart, but it isn't 1700 anymore," he says. "We have computers now; we have cell phones; it's time for some new music!"
Conrad has been composing since the age of five, but he started plunking out songs on the piano before he'd even turned two! He writes music using Sibelius music notation software and has written several chamber works. He especially loves performing those works with friends. "Playing music with your friends is the best part of being a musician," he says.
One of Conrad's closest friends is 12-year-old Peng-Peng Gong, also a pianist and composer. The two go to school together in New York and study music at the Juilliard Pre-College Division. Conrad loves playing music with Peng-Peng because he is "such a good faker." "That's definitely a compliment!" assures Conrad. "Peng-Peng is such an amazing sight reader. You can put any music in front of him, a part only a 17-year-old could reach, for example, and he'll find a way around it so it will sound right." Conrad admits he often writes music that is technically impossible for someone with smaller hands to be able to play correctly. "Sometimes I write pieces that I can't even play," he says.
On From the Top's radio show, Conrad and Peng-Peng stunned the audience with a fabulous two piano piece written by Conrad. Conrad is also an honoree of From the Top's Young Composer Project and will be working with professional composer Libby Larsen.
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