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莫里斯．史蒂格｜木笛

被樂評推崇為「木笛界之帕格尼尼」、英國獨立報譽為「世界首席木笛大師」的莫里斯․史蒂格，在早期音樂的領域中集三種專長於一身:木笛演奏家、指揮以及教授；無論以何種身分登台，他在世界各地多元化的演出形式總是帶給聽眾無比的感動。
史蒂格是一位充滿個人魅力的音樂家，機靈、迷人而且精力充沛；這位「木笛奇葩」總是以旺盛活力、飽滿音色和驚人技巧將木笛變化出十八般武藝來；他的傑出表現，獲得了2015年德國古典回聲「年度器樂演奏家」獎項肯定。
在史蒂格的音樂會上，聽眾像是踏上一段心醉神迷的旅程，從每一首樂曲得到不同的啟發。他經常以獨奏家、指揮或是兩者兼具的姿態與樂壇一線的古樂團合作，包括柏林古樂學會樂團、威尼斯巴洛克樂團、英國古樂合奏團以及巴洛克音樂家古樂團等；另外也與許多傑出的交響樂團，像是蘇黎世室內樂團、法蘭克福廣播交響、溫特圖爾交響、柏林愛樂巴洛克獨奏家室內樂團、魁北克宮廷樂團以及北德廣播交響樂團等同台演出。
室內樂始終是史蒂格最看重的一環，他的好友搭檔包括了希兒佩爾(古大提琴)、卡蜜尼提(大魯特琴)、北古直樹(大鍵琴)、瓦里(大提琴)、威納德(古鋼琴)及董納提斯，共同為發掘早期音樂曲目持續付出心力。女高音芭托莉、紐瑞雅．莉兒、桑德琳．皮奧，假聲男高音修爾，指揮艾拉斯卡薩多、康明斯、拉巴迪、法索利斯及大提琴家修兒．嘉碧妲等音樂家也是他的音樂會演出夥伴；史蒂格藉由嶄新的演出形式將古樂與現代作品同時帶給觀眾。
他在亞洲與澳洲舉行過數次巡演，得以與澳洲布蘭登堡管絃、馬來西亞愛樂與台北市立交響樂團等團體合作，並且成為首位與台北市立國樂團合作的木笛演奏家。除此之外，他也定期於北美洲、南美洲舉行音樂會。
史蒂格十分重視音樂教育所起的作用，特別發想出《吹笛手提諾》(Tino Flautino)這號人物，以提諾為主人翁推出了數百場兒童音樂會，寓教於樂，讓學童與古典音樂快樂地玩成一片。他最新創作的音樂童話故事，叫作《小木偶皮諾丘與木笛手》。
史蒂格每年固定舉行各種木笛大師班，自2013年起，接下了於瑞士格施塔德舉辦的曼紐因藝術節巴洛克學苑總監職務。
《柯瑞里先生在倫敦》、《拿坡里佛利亞舞曲》、《韋瓦第:長笛協奏曲集》、《泰勒曼:直笛專輯》是史蒂格分別與英國古樂合奏團、巴洛克音樂家古樂團、柏林古樂學會樂團所灌錄的熱銷專輯。法國唱片公司harmonia mundi亦發行了史蒂格不少CD，通過他的獨到詮釋，這些專輯皆獲獎無數。

Maurice Steger｜Recorder

He has been celebrated as the "the Paganini of the recorder" by music critics and been succinctly described as "the world’s leading recorder virtuoso" (the Independent) – today Maurice Steger is one of the most fascinating recorder players, conductors and musical professors working in the sphere of Early music. In these different capacities, he thrills audiences around the world with a variety of concert formats.
Maurice Steger is an incredibly charismatic musician: spontaneous, captivating and full of energy. With his vibrant manner, intense and full instrumental sound and amazing technique, this "recorder wizard" has managed to bring to prominence the recorder as an instrument in all its fascinating forms. The 2015 ECHO Classic Award which he received as "Instrumentalist of the Year" is testimony to his success.
In his concerts, Maurice Steger takes listeners on a spellbinding musical journey, with every piece of music offering something to discover. As a soloist, conductor or both at once, he regularly performs with the top period instrument ensembles, such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the English Concert and I Barocchisti. He also performs with leading modern orchestras such as the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, the Musikkollegium Winterthur, the Berlin Baroque Soloists (Berlin Philharmonic), the Canadian Violons du Roy or the NDR Radiophilharmonie. 
Chamber music plays a notable role in the richly varied spectrum of Maurice Steger's artistic endeavours. With fellow musicians and friends such as Hille Perl, Daniele Caminiti, Naoki Kitaya, Mauro Valli, Sebastian Wienand and Fiorenza de Donatis, he dedicates himself to a continuously updated repertoire of Early music. He also performs with artist colleagues such as Cecilia Bartoli, Andreas Scholl, Pablo Heras-Casado, Laurence Cummings, Nuria Rial, Bernard Labadie, Sandrine Piau, Diego Fasolis and Sol Gabetta. Along with early music, Maurice Steger also engages with new concert formats and contemporary compositions.
Tours of Asia and Australia have led to performances with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, the Taipei Symphony among others. He was the first recorder player from the West to perform with the Traditional Taipei Chinese Orchestra. He also regularly performs in North and South America.
His commitment to musical education is also extremely important to him: in order to encourage young children to playfully engage with classical music, he invented the character of "Tino Flautino", and has performed hundreds of children's concerts in this role. For his latest musical fairytale, he invented "Pinocchio and the recorder player". Maurice Steger also gives various master classes each year, and in 2013 took over the directorship of the Gstaad Baroque Academy at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad.
'Mr. Corelli in London', 'Una Follia di Napoli', 'Vivaldi: Concerti per flauto' and 'Telemann: Recorder Works' with The English Concert, I Barocchisti and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin: numerous award-winning CD recordings published by harmonia mundi, most of them with highly imaginative thematic concepts, are a long-standing testament to the unique prominence achieved by this artist.