水藍 Lan SHUI

指揮家水藍素以擅長塑造、帶領樂團聞名，他熱衷於委託、首演和錄製亞洲及世界各地優秀當代管弦樂作曲家的新作品。

水藍於1997至2019年間擔任新加坡交響樂團音樂總監，《美國唱片評論》雜誌（American Record Review）：「將一支優秀的地方樂團提升至世界級樂團之林，在每場音樂會均毫不保留，全力以赴。」 他們一起在歐洲、亞洲和美國進行多場極受歡迎的巡演，並於2014年9月首度在BBC英國逍遙音樂會演出。水藍自2019年1月起被任命為新加坡交響樂團桂冠指揮。2007至2015年間水藍擔任哥本哈根愛樂樂團首席指揮，目前任該樂團的榮譽指揮。2019年1月起為國立臺灣交響樂團首席客席指揮。

水藍在美國曾與洛杉磯愛樂樂團、舊金山交響樂團、巴爾的摩交響樂團、底特律交響樂團和羅徹斯特愛樂合作。在歐洲曾與柏林德意志交響樂團、法蘭克福廣播交響樂團、丹麥國家交響樂團、斯圖加特廣播交響樂團、德國廣播愛樂樂團、哥德堡交響樂團、法國國家交響樂團、瑞典皇家交響樂團和里爾國家管弦樂團合作演出，以及於德勒斯登音樂節指揮威爾第《安魂曲》。在亞洲地區曾指揮香港、馬來西亞和日本愛樂樂團，並與中國和杭州愛樂樂團以及上海和廣州交響樂團維持密切合作關係。2026/27樂季，水藍將重返新加坡交響樂團、上海交響樂團及杭州愛樂樂團。

自 1998 年起，水藍與新加坡交響樂團合作為國際知名唱片公司 BIS 灌錄超過40張專輯，包括史上首套齊爾品（Alexander Tcherepnin）交響曲全集以及拉赫曼尼諾夫和德布西的管弦樂作品全集。他也與哥本哈根愛樂合作錄製貝多芬的完整交響曲全集。諸多專輯中曾獲兩次葛萊美提名。

水藍的演繹以其結構清晰、嚴謹有度與節制的情感表達廣受讚譽。樂評們特別盛讚他強烈的結構感與明確的詮釋脈絡，指出其演出既富有震撼力又精確受控，並能引領樂團奏出色彩鮮明、層次清晰且反應敏銳的管弦樂聲響之能力。他與新加坡交響樂團合作錄製的唱片，特別是在後浪漫主義及印象派曲目上，憑藉其音樂的嚴謹完整性、耳目一新的生命力與獨樹一幟的藝術風格而備受推崇。

水藍曾獲得北京藝術節、紐約齊爾品協會、法國第 37 屆貝桑松指揮大賽、波士頓大學（傑出校友獎）等多個國際獎項，此外，他還獲得新加坡文化藝術界最高榮譽－新加坡文化獎。

水藍出生於中國杭州，早年在上海音樂學院學習作曲，後畢業於北京中央音樂學院。隨後前往波士頓大學繼續深造，並在此期間參加了檀格塢音樂節 （Tanglewood），與知名指揮家伯恩斯坦密切合作。他曾擔任巴爾的摩交響樂團指揮助理，與大衛．辛曼（David Zinman）合作共事；在底特律交響樂園擔任尼姆．賈維 （Neeme Järvi）的助理指揮；以及與紐約愛樂樂團的庫特．馬舒 （Kurt Masur） 和克里夫蘭管弦樂團的皮耶．布列茲（Pierre Boulez）合作過。

Lan SHUI is renowned for his abilities as an orchestral builder and for his passion in commissioning, premiering and recording new works by leading composers from Asia and elsewhere on the international contemporary orchestral scene.

SHUI served as the Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra from 1997 to 2019, playing a central role in raising the orchestra’s international profile, with American Record Review noting that SHUI “turned a good regional orchestra into a world-class ensemble that plays its heart out at every concert”. Lan SHUI has the Singapore Symphony on excellent form throughout, proving very responsive to the music’s physicality and character. They made several acclaimed tours of Europe, Asia and the United States and appeared for the first time at the BBC Proms in September 2014. As of January 2019, SHUI has been appointed the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate. He also held the position of Chief Conductor of the Copenhagen Philharmonic from 2007 to 2015, currently serving as the orchestra’s Honorary Conductor. From January 2019, he is the Principal Guest Conductor of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.

In the United States, he has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and the Baltimore, Detroit Symphony Orchestras and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In Europe, he has performed with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Gothenburg Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Royal Swedish Orchestra and Orchestre National de Lille, and Dresdner Musikfestspiele where he conducted Verdi’s Requiem. In Asia, he has conducted the Hong Kong, Malaysian and Japan Philharmonic Orchestras and maintains close relationships with the China and Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras. In 2026/2027, Lan SHUI will return to Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestras and Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestras.

Since 1998, SHUI has recorded over 40 CDs with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for BIS — including the first ever complete cycle of Tcherepnin’s symphonies, as well as complete orchestral works by Rachmaninov and Debussy. He has also recorded Beethoven’s complete symphonies with the Copenhagen Philharmonic. His albums have received two Grammy nominations.

Lan SHUI’s work has been widely praised for its architectural clarity, discipline and expressive restraint. Critics have highlighted his strong sense of structure and purpose, noting performances that are powerful yet finely controlled, and his ability to draw a rich, creamy orchestral sound marked by colour, clarity and responsiveness. His recordings with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, particularly in late Romantic and Impressionist repertoire, have been recognised for their musical integrity, freshness and distinctive artistic voice.

SHUI is the recipient of several international awards, including honours from the Beijing Arts Festival and the New York Tcherepnin Society, the 37th Besançon Conductors’ Competition, Boston University’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Cultural Medallion — Singapore’s highest accolade in the arts.

Born in Hangzhou, China, SHUI studied composition at the Shanghai Conservatory and graduated from the Beijing Central Conservatory. He continued his graduate studies at Boston University while working closely with Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Festival. He has worked with David Zinman as Conducting Affiliate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as Associate Conductor to Neeme Järvi at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic and with Pierre Boulez at The Cleveland Orchestra.