小提琴/陳慕融
Violin: Robert Chen
陳慕融於1999年獲聘為芝加哥交響樂團樂團首席。擔任首席的這幾年間以獨奏家身分與里卡多‧穆蒂、丹尼爾‧巴倫波因、皮耶‧布雷茲、伯納德‧海汀克、克里斯多福‧艾森巴赫、夏爾‧杜特華、唐‧庫普曼、奧斯莫‧萬斯凱、瓦西里‧彼得連科、尼古拉斯‧克羅默及詹姆斯‧康隆等指揮大師合作過;並與芝加哥交響樂團共同首演利蓋蒂‧捷爾吉的《小提琴協奏曲》、艾略特‧卡特的《小提琴協奏曲》、維托爾德‧盧托斯瓦夫斯基的《Chain 2》以及奧古斯塔‧里德‧托馬斯《星際讚歌》的世界首演。
樂團首席工作之外,陳慕融會以獨立演奏家身分與其他樂團同台演出,包括洛杉磯愛樂樂團、瑞典廣播交響樂團、莫斯科愛樂、新日本愛樂交響樂團、漢諾威北德廣播愛樂樂團、亞洲愛樂樂團和波茅斯市立交響樂團;合作過的指揮家有鄭明勳、埃薩–佩卡‧薩洛寧、曼弗雷德‧霍內克、帕維爾‧科甘和安德烈亞斯‧戴夫斯。
陳慕融也活躍於室內樂演出,合作過的音樂家包括指揮丹尼爾‧巴倫波因、伊扎克‧帕爾曼、平夏斯‧祖克曼、馬友友、朗朗、克里斯多福‧艾森巴赫、鄭明勳、伊曼紐爾‧艾克斯、內田光子、林恩‧哈瑞爾和史塔克‧亞諾什。他也是音樂節常客,曾參與美國亞斯本音樂節、聖塔菲音樂節、拉荷雅室內樂音樂節及德國莫里茲堡音樂節。陳慕融是約翰拿斯四重奏室內樂團的創團成員,也曾與「萬寶路來的音樂家」(Musicians from Marlboro)巡迴演出。
陳慕融加入芝加哥交響樂團之前,在漢諾威國際小提琴大賽榮獲首獎,並因此獲得為Berlin Klassics公司錄製柴科夫斯基完整小提琴作品集的機會。
陳慕融出生於臺灣,七歲時即開始學小提琴。1979年隨父母遷居洛杉磯後,在世界著名小提琴教育家羅伯特‧李普賽門下精進琴藝。他也上過雅沙‧海飛茲的大師課。陳慕融在茱莉亞音樂學院師從桃樂絲‧狄蕾和川崎雅夫,並在此學院取得音樂學士與碩士學位。空暇時間他喜歡與妻子蘿拉與兩名子女碧翠絲和諾亞在家共享天倫樂。
早期芝加哥交響樂團演出
聖桑斯:《詩人與繆思》(與馬友友共同演出),克里斯多福‧艾森巴赫指揮;拉維尼亞音樂節,2000年6月25日
莫札特:《第四號小提琴協奏曲》,丹尼爾‧巴倫波因指揮;交響大廳,2000年11月30日、12月1-3日
近期芝加哥交響樂團演出
布拉姆斯:《小提琴協奏曲》,詹姆斯‧康隆指揮;拉維尼亞音樂節 ,2011年7月24日
孟德爾頌:《E小調小提琴協奏曲》,唐納德‧倫尼爾斯指揮;交響大廳,2014年10月9-10、12日
聖桑斯:《詩人與繆思》,夏爾‧杜特華指揮;交響大廳,2015年3月19-21日
The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
Robert Chen has been concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1999. During that time, he has been featured as soloist with conductors including Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Christoph Eschenbach, Charles Dutoit, Ton Koopman, Osmo Vänskä, Vasily Petrenko, Nicholas Kraemer and James Conlon. He gave the CSO premiere of György Ligeti’s Violin Concerto, Elliott Carter’s Violin Concerto and Witold Lutosławski’s Chain Two, as well as the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’s Astral Canticle.
In addition to his duties as concertmaster, Chen enjoys a solo career that includes performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, NDR Orchestra of Hanover, Asia Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in collaborations with such conductors as Myung-Whun Chung, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Pavel Kogan and Andreas Delfs.
An avid chamber musician, Chen has performed with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Lang Lang, Christoph Eschenbach, Myung-Whun Chung, Emanuel Ax, Mitsuko Uchida, Lynn Harrell and János Starker. Also a frequent participant at numerous music festivals including Aspen, Santa Fe, La Jolla and Schloss Moritzburg in Germany, he has toured extensively with Musicians from Marlboro and is a founding member of the Johannes Quartet.
Prior to joining the CSO, Robert Chen won first prize in the Hanover International Violin Competition. As part of that prize, he recorded Tchaikovsky’s works for violin for the Berlin Klassics label.
A native of Taiwan, Robert Chen began violin studies at the age of seven and continued with Robert Lipsett when he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1979. While in Los Angeles, he participated in Jascha Heifetz’s master classes. Chen received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, where he was a student of Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki.
In his free time, he enjoys relaxing at home with his wife Laura and children Beatrice and Noah.
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