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鋼琴／丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫
Piano: Denis Matsuev

自1998年在第十一屆國際柴可夫斯基小提琴比賽中獲勝後，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫便成為繼承俄國鋼琴弘大傳統的音樂名家，並快速建立身為同世代最具聲望的鋼琴家地位。

馬祖耶夫先生與世界各大知名管弦樂團均有合作，包括：纽约愛樂樂團、洛杉磯愛樂樂團、芝加哥交響樂團、費城管弦樂團、匹茲堡交響樂團、柏林愛樂管弦樂團、慕尼黑愛樂樂團、巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、薩克森德勒斯登國立樂團、萊比錫布商大廈樂團、法國國家交響樂團、巴黎交響樂團、法國廣播愛樂樂團、倫敦交響樂團、倫敦愛樂樂團、皇家愛樂管弦樂團、維也納愛樂管弦樂團、阿姆斯特丹皇家大會堂管弦樂團、國家交響樂團、BBC交響樂團、倫敦愛樂管弦樂團、蒙特婁交響樂團、史卡拉愛樂管弦樂團、羅馬國立聖西西里亞學院管弦樂團、維也納交響樂團、以色列愛樂及鹿特丹愛樂、奧斯陸交響樂團、比利時國家交響樂團、瑞士羅曼德交響樂團、琉森交響樂團、韋比爾和布達佩斯音樂節交響樂團、佛羅倫斯五月音樂節、NHK交響樂團以及歐洲室內樂團。他也持續與俄國傳奇管弦樂團一再合作，例如：聖彼得堡愛樂樂團、馬林斯基管弦樂團，以及俄羅斯國家管弦樂團。

此外，丹尼斯也於多處舉辦獨奏會，足跡遍布美國波士頓、華盛頓和紐約的卡內基音樂廳（鋼琴名家系列）、倫敦的皇家音節日大廳（國際鋼琴系列）、馬德里的國家音樂廳、阿姆斯特丹的皇家大會堂（鋼琴大師系列），以及莫斯科（莫斯科音樂院大禮堂）。

馬祖耶夫固定與當今最傑出的指揮家同台演出，包括：瓦列里‧葛濟夫、尤里·捷米爾卡諾夫、楊頌斯、祖賓‧梅塔、里卡多‧夏伊、提勒曼、庫特‧馬舒、洛林‧馬滋爾、帕佛‧賈維、帕帕諾爵士、夏爾‧杜特華、阿蘭‧吉伯特、史拉特金、鄭明勳、畢契柯夫、伊凡‧費雪、亞當·費雪、迦南德里亞‧諾謝達、薩拉斯特、曼佛雷‧霍內克、詹姆斯‧康隆、史畢瓦可夫、普雷特涅夫、費多雪夫、尤里‧巴什梅特、斯拉德科夫斯基，以及克利斯欽‧賈維等人。

他也是世界各大音樂節的常客，曾參與瑞士的韋比爾音樂節和琉森音樂節，英國的BBC 逍遙音樂節和愛丁堡國際音樂節，德國的石荷州音樂節、萊茵高以及巴登-巴登音樂節，法國的奧朗日歌劇節和安瑟宏音樂節，美國的瑞維尼亞音樂節和好萊塢露天劇場，波蘭的蕭邦音樂節，義大利的佛羅倫斯五月音樂節和米托音樂節，瑞士的蒙特羅音樂節，羅馬尼亞的安奈斯可音樂節，瑞典的波羅的海音樂節和俄羅斯的白夜之星音樂節等。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫連續十一年在莫斯科音樂院大禮堂舉辦他的原創系列節目〈丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫邀請...〉，許多知名管弦樂團、指揮名家、頂尖的獨奏家都曾參與演出。

2010年，紐約愛樂樂團於艾維里費雪音樂廳舉辦第一萬五千場紀念演出，這是其他管弦樂團都只能望其項背的紀錄。而丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫便在這場具有里程碑紀念意義的演奏會中擔任首席獨奏，與指揮瓦列里‧葛濟夫同台，演出獲得樂評家高度讚賞。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫多年來也帶領許多音樂節及教育計畫，使他成為知名公眾人物。他從2004年開始，於西伯利亞的伊爾庫次克舉辦「貝加爾之星音樂節」（2009年獲得伊爾庫次克榮譽市民身份），2005年開始擔任「漸強音樂節」的藝術總監，此音樂節在莫斯科、聖彼得堡、葉卡捷琳堡、特拉維夫、卡里寧格勒、巴黎、紐約等國際大城市舉辦一系列活動。2010年，馬祖耶夫接下法國安錫音樂節藝術總監一職，以促進俄國與法國音樂文化的交流為目標。2012年，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫擔任國際「阿斯塔納鋼琴大賽」音樂節和競賽的藝術總監，2013年擔任基輔「瑟邦克初試啼聲」國際音樂節和競賽的藝術總監。2016年，他以競賽藝術總監暨籌委會主席身份，在莫斯科開始舉辦針對青年鋼琴家的新賽事--「鋼琴大賽」。此外，馬祖耶夫先生還是俄國慈善基金會「未來之星」主席，專門發掘與照顧有才華的兒童，並協助他的祖國俄羅斯各地發展音樂教育。目前已有超過一萬名兒童獲得基金會的獎學金和/或在專業舞台上演出的機會。

2007年，RCA紅印鑒為馬祖耶夫先生發行《未知的拉赫曼尼諾夫》專輯，他的精湛技巧與創意獲得一致好評。2007年十一月他在卡內基音樂廳的獨奏會也接受錄音，並於2009年發行，專輯名稱為《丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫--卡內基音樂廳演奏會》，這場演出也獲得《紐約時報》盛讚：「...他詩意的本質在溫柔的時刻依舊清晰可辨，而他的顫音無比傳神令人讚嘆，超乎聽眾預期。」

馬林斯基唱片公司則發行他在著名的馬林斯基音樂廳與瓦列里‧葛濟夫和馬林斯基管弦樂團一起演奏的拉赫曼尼諾夫第三號協奏曲、蕭斯塔可維奇第一號、第二號協奏曲和謝德林第五號協奏曲，獲得《BBC音樂雜誌》五星評價等許多獎項肯定。諾曼‧萊布列希寫道：「除了作曲家本身之外，還沒有一位鋼琴家能將這些作品作為自己的代表作，也沒有哪一位能以高超的技巧加以演奏這些曲目。但出身西伯利亞，以拉赫曼尼諾夫的作品名揚世界的丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫應該是第一位最接近這個地位的人。」

2013年4月，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫在紐約愛樂樂團的音樂總監阿蘭‧吉伯特的指揮下，與紐約愛樂合作錄製拉赫曼尼諾夫的《第二號鋼琴協奏曲》和蓋希文的《藍色狂想曲》專輯（RCA紅印鑒）。

2013年9月，唱片公司LSO Live發行了一張新專輯，由丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫和倫敦交響樂團在瓦列里‧葛濟夫的指揮下演奏齊瑪諾夫斯基的協奏交響曲。

《留聲機雜誌》將他的《柴可夫斯基第一、二號協奏曲》的專輯選為2014年4月的本月最佳專輯。

「馬祖耶夫的《柴可夫斯基第一號協奏曲》令人激賞，作品的戲劇性極為傑出，達到新的『個人標竿』，」傑瑞米‧尼古拉斯說：「當然，最後還是你決定，但一定要先聽過再說。」《留聲機》雜誌（英國）

2018年，馬林斯基唱片公司發行專輯，收錄兩首傳奇的鋼琴協奏曲：浦羅柯菲夫的第二號鋼琴協奏曲和拉赫曼尼諾夫的第二號鋼琴協奏曲，由丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫和馬林斯基劇院管弦樂團合作，瓦列里‧葛濟夫指揮。

2019年，馬林斯基唱片公司推出拉赫曼尼諾夫的第四號鋼琴協奏曲，由丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫、馬林斯基管弦樂團和瓦列里‧葛濟夫共同演繹。因此，拉赫曼尼諾夫所有鋼琴協奏曲的合輯也將隨之發行。

多年來，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫一直與拉赫曼尼諾夫基金會合作。基金會由作曲家的孫子亞歷山大‧拉赫曼尼諾夫創立，特別邀請馬祖耶夫先生前往拉赫曼尼諾夫位於琉森的 「塞納爾別墅」，用作曲家的鋼琴演奏並錄製了拉赫曼尼諾夫的未發表作品。之後，他也擔任該基金會的藝術總監。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫於2021年擔任莫斯科新拉赫曼尼諾夫大賽的藝術總監，並獲得鋼琴家、作曲家和指揮家三項提名。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫曾榮獲著名的蕭斯塔可維奇音樂獎，以及俄羅斯聯邦國家文學藝術獎。他也是「俄羅斯人民藝術家」；馬祖耶夫也獲頒莫斯科國立大學名譽教授，擔任俄羅斯總統文化藝術委員會委員、俄羅斯榮譽藝術家，亦曾任俄羅斯聯邦文化部下屬公共委員會主任。

2014年2月，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫有幸獲得於第二十二屆索契冬奧閉幕式上演出的殊榮；同年，聯合國教科文組織指定丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫擔任聯合國教科文組織親善大使。

2016年，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫獲選為2018年俄羅斯世界盃足球賽親善大使。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫已獲頒國家榮譽勳章。

2017年，馬祖耶夫因在伊爾庫次克舉辦「貝加爾之星音樂節」獲得文化領域的俄羅斯政府獎。

2018年6月13日，丹尼斯以俄羅斯世界盃大使的身份，在莫斯科紅場舉辦了一場別開生面的音樂會，邀請瓦列里‧葛濟夫、安娜‧聶翠、普拉西多‧多明哥等古典樂壇明星共襄盛舉。

2019年，丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫被授予列夫‧尼古拉耶夫金質獎章，表彰他在教育和科學文化普及方面的重大貢獻。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫曾擔任第十六屆國際柴可夫斯基鋼琴比賽鋼琴組的評審團主席。

在本樂季，馬祖耶夫先生將與萊比錫布商大廈樂團、聖彼德堡愛樂樂團及尤里‧捷米爾卡諾夫攜手演出；其他合作還包括：紐約愛樂樂團、慕尼黑愛樂樂團、馬林斯基管弦樂團（葛濟夫擔任指揮）、芝加哥交響樂團（史拉特金指揮）、以色列愛樂樂團（祖賓‧梅塔）、薩克森德勒斯登國立樂團（雅諾夫斯基）、維也納和柏林愛樂樂團（楊頌斯）、倫敦交響樂團（迦南德里亞‧諾謝達）、史卡拉管弦樂團和琉森音樂節管弦樂團（里卡多‧夏伊）、蒙特婁交響樂團（長野健）、聖卡洛劇院管弦樂團（尼米‧賈維）。

他也於各大知名音樂廳舉辦獨奏會，包括卡內基音樂廳、芝加哥交響樂中心、蒙特婁交響廳、多倫多的皇家音樂學院演奏廳、日內瓦的維多利亞音樂廳、維也納的演奏廳及金色音樂大廳、萊比錫的布商大廈、馬德里的國家音樂廳、杜林的威爾第音樂學院、蘇黎世的音樂廳、阿姆斯特丹的皇家大會堂、巴黎的香榭麗舍劇院、漢堡的易北愛樂廳、慕尼克黑的文化中心愛樂廳、羅馬的羅馬愛樂學會、米蘭音樂學院的威爾第廳，以及布魯塞爾的費拉哲音樂廳。

丹尼斯‧馬祖耶夫參加許多國際音樂節，如瑞維尼亞音樂節、韋比爾音樂節、琉森音樂節、薩爾斯堡復活節慶典、普羅旺斯艾克斯音樂節、安瑟宏音樂節、史翠莎音樂節、布加勒斯特音樂節等。

Since his triumph in the 1998 at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition, Denis Matsuev has become a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian pianistic tradition and has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation.

Mr. Matsuev performs with the world's best known orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapella Dresden, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra,  BBC Symphony, “Philharmonia” Orchestra of London, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Vienna Symphony, Israel Philharmonic and Rotterdam Philharmonic, Oslo Symphony, National Orchestra of Belgium, Swiss Romande orchestra, Lucerne Symphony orchestra, Verbier and Budapest Festival Orchestras, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, NHK Symphony, as well as the European Chamber Orchestra. He is continually re-engaged with the legendary Russian orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Russian National Orchestra.

Denis gives recitals in the USA in Boston, Washington and New York in Carnegie Hall (Keyboard Virtuosos series), in London in Royal Festival Hall (International Piano series), Madrid in Auditorio Nacional de Musica, Amsterdam in Concertgebouw (Master Pianists series) and Moscow (the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory).

Denis Matsuev regularly appears with the most distinguished conductors on a stage today, including Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Ricardo Chailly, Christian Thielemann, Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel, Paavo Jarvi, Antonio Pappano, Charles Dutoit, Alain Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Myung-Whun Chung, Semyon Bychkov, Iván Fischer, Adam Fisher, Gianandrea Noseda, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Manfred Honeck, James Conlon, Vladimir Spivakov, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Yury Bashmet, Alexander Sladkovsky, Kristian Jarvi and others.

Mr. Matsuev is a frequent guest of world famous music festivals such as Verbier Festival and Lucerne Music Festival in Switzerland, BBC Proms and Edinburgh International Festival in Great Britain, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Germany, Les Chorégies d’Orange and Festival de la Rogue d’Anthéron in France, Ravinia and the Hollywood Bowl in the U.S., Chopin Festival in Poland, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Mito Festival in Italy, Montreux Festival in Switzerland, Enescu Festival in Romania, Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden and Stars of the White Nights Festival in Russia.

For 11 consecutive years Denis Matsuev has his original series at The Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory “Denis Matsuev invites…”. Many famous orchestras, prominent conductors, outstanding soloists have taken part in it.

In 2010, in Avery Fisher Hall, the New York Philharmonic gave the orchestra’s 15,000th concert – a number unmatched by any other orchestra. Denis Matsuev was a leading soloist in this unprecedented milestone concert, which was conducted by Maestro Valery Gergiev, and was praised highly by music critics.

For many years Denis Matsuev has led numerous musical festivals and educational projects which have added to his role as a prominent public figure. Since 2004 he has organized “Stars on Baikal” in Irkutsk, Siberia (in 2009 he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Irkutsk), and since 2005 he has been the artistic director of the music festival “Crescendo” (a series of events held in international cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tel Aviv, Kaliningrad, Paris and New York). In 2010 he became the artistic director of Annecy Music Festival in Annecy, France, with the goal to bring together Russian and French music cultures. In 2012 Denis Matsuev became the artistic director of I International “Astana Piano Passion” Festival and Competition as well as the artistic director of International Festival and Competition “Sberbank DEBUT” in Kiev in 2013. In 2016 Denis Matsuev as the artistic director of the Competition and chairman of the Organizing Committee started a new competition for young pianists in Moscow - Grand Piano Competition. Additionally, Mr. Matsuev is the president of the charitable Russian foundation “New Names” that discovers and supports talented children and helps to develop music education in regions of his native Russia. More than 10000 children received monetary grants and/or opportunity to perform at the professional stage.

In 2007, RCA Red Seal released “Unknown Rachmaninoff” featuring Mr. Matsuev. The recording has received strong positive reviews praising his execution and creativity. His Carnegie Hall recital in November 2007 was recorded and released in 2009 as an album entitled “Denis Matsuev – Concert at Carnegie Hall.” The New York Times praised this performance writing “…his poetic instincts held fast in tender moments, with trills as thrillingly precise as one might ever hope to hear.”

Mariinsky Label releases include Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich Concertos No. 1, No. 2 and Schedrin’s Fifth with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in the famed Mariinsky Concert Hall. Among many awards granted is the Five Star rating of BBC Music Magazine. Norman Lebrecht wrote: “Neither is a virtuoso vehicle and, the composer apart, there is no pianist who has stamped these works decisively as his or her own. Denis Matsuev, a Siberian who made his name in Rachmaninoff is perhaps the first to come close”.

In April 2013 Denis Matsuev presented the record (RCA Red Seal) with S. Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody in Blue by G. Gershwin, accompanied by the New York Philharmonic under the baton of its music director Alan Gilbert.

In September 2013 the label LSO Live released a new disc with Denis Matsuev and LSO under baton of Valery Gergiev performing Symphonia Concertante by K. Szymanowski.

Gramophone has chosen Denis Matsuev’s recording of Tchaikovsky Concerti Nos. 1 & 2 as their recording of the month in April 2014.

“Matsuev’s Tchaikovsky No 1 is thrilling, the work’s drama excitingly to the fore – a new ‘personal benchmark’, says Jeremy Nicholas. That’s for you to decide, of course, but do hear it.” Gramophone (UK)

In 2018 Mariinsky Label released a disc with the record of two legendary piano concertos – Piano concerto #2 by S. Prokofiev and Piano concerto #2 by S. Rachmaninoff, performed by Denis Matsuev and Mariinsky Theatre orchestra under baton of Valery Gergiev.

In 2019 Mariinsky Label presents the recording of S. V. Rachmaninoff’s Piano concerto №4 with Denis Matsuev, Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev. And consequently the box of records with all Rachmaninoff’s concertos will be released.

For many years Denis Matsuev has collaborated with the Sergei Rachmaninov Foundation, established by Alexander Rachmaninov, the grandson of the composer. Mr. Matsuev was chosen by the Foundation to perform and record Rachmaninov’s unknown pieces on the composer's own piano at the Rachmaninov house “Villa Senar” in Lucerne. Later, he became the artistic director of the Foundation.

In 2021 Denis Matsuev becomes the artistic director of renewed Rachmaninoff Competition in Moscow with three nominations: pianist, composer and conductor.

Denis Matsuev is a laureate of prestigious “Shostakovich’s Prize” in Music as well as the State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts. He also is a “People’s Artist of Russia.” Denis Matsuev was named Honorary Professor of the Moscow State University. He is a member of The Presidential Council for Culture and Arts, Honored Artist of Russia and was the head of The Public Council under The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

In February 2014 Denis Matsuev was awarded the honour of performing at the official Closing Ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic games in Sochi and at the same year UNESCO designated Denis Matsuev as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

In 2016 Denis Matsuev was announced as 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia ambassador.

Denis Matsuev was awarded with State Order of Honour.

And in 2017 he received Government of Russia Prize in the sphere of Culture for his International Music Festival in Irkutsk “Stars on the Baikal”.

As the Ambassador of FIFA World Cup Russia Denis organized the unique concert with participation of Valery Gergiev, Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo and other stars of classical music at the Red Square in Moscow on 13th of June 2018.

In 2019 Denis Matsuev was awarded with Lev Nikolaev gold medal for his significant contribution to education and popularization of science and culture.

Denis Matsuev was the Chairman of the jury for XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in the piano category.

This season sees Mr. Matsuev performs with the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra and Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra with Yuri Temirkanov, with New-York Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Mariinsky orchestras under baton of Maestro Gergiev, Chicago Symphony orchestra with Leonard Sladkin, Israel Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, Staatskapella Dresden and Christian Thielemann, Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras under baton of Mariss Jansons, London Symphony orchestra under baton of Gianandrea Noseda, La Scala Orchestra and Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly, Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Kent Nagano, the Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo with Neeme Jarvi.

He performs recitals at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Maison symphonique de Montréal, Koerner Hall in Toronto, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid, G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin, Tonhalle in Zurich, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Gasteig in Munich, Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Rome, Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan and Flagey in Brussels.

Denis Matsuev participates in international music festivals such as Ravinia festival, Verbier Festival, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Easter Festival, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, La Roque d'Anthéron Festival, Stresa Festival and Bucharest Music festival.