五明佳廉
Karen Gomyo

出生於東京，於蒙特婁與紐約成長，小提琴家五明佳廉目前定居柏林。身為一位一流的音樂家，她曾被《芝加哥論壇報》盛讚：「頂尖的音樂才華，活力、才智及投入都屬一流。」

在歐洲，佳廉近期合作對象包括了伯明罕市立交響樂團、班貝格交響樂團、丹麥交響樂團、法國國家廣播交響、海牙愛樂、斯圖加特廣播交響樂團、維也納室內管絃樂團，以及科隆的西德廣播交響樂團。

她也已在北美建立起名聲，五明佳廉經常與當地樂團合作，例如克里夫蘭管絃樂團、達拉斯交響樂團、底特律交響樂團、休士頓交響樂團、加拿大國家藝術中心樂團、華盛頓交響樂團、紐約愛樂、費城管絃樂團、舊金山交響樂團……等。

2017/18樂季的重要計劃則包括了在雪梨歌劇院的獨奏會，與迪華特領軍的紐西蘭交響樂團進行巡迴，與西澳交響樂團以及塔斯馬尼亞交響樂團合作。五明佳廉並將首次與挪威的克里斯蒂安桑交響樂團合作，並再度與聖路易斯交響樂團、加拿大國家藝術中心樂團，密爾瓦基、蒙特婁、辛辛那提、底特律和印第安納波利斯等地的交響樂團合作。作為常年回訪的系列演出，她也在丹麥的路易斯安那現代藝術博物館演出室內樂。

五明佳廉致力於演出現代作品，曾與作曲家本人指揮的美國國家交響樂團合作，演出了平徹爾第二號協奏曲的北美首演、與約翰．史托加德指揮的拉布蘭室內樂團演出彼得里斯．瓦斯克斯《愛之聲》幻想曲，以及在室內樂中演出奧利．穆斯托寧、約格．魏德曼、蘇菲亞．顧拜杜里納的作品。

五明佳廉曾有幸與許多指揮大師合作，例如安德魯．戴維斯爵士、梵志登、史特拉金、尼姆．賈維、大衛．金曼、大衛．羅伯森、亞尼克．聶澤-賽金、路易斯．朗格萊、卡琳娜．卡內拉琪斯、湯瑪斯．道斯加德、詹姆斯．加菲根、祖克曼、格拉欽-泰拉、林圖、瓦西里．佩特連科、亞庫．胡薩、克利斯提安．馬卡列盧、湯瑪斯．宋德嘉，以及馬克．威格沃斯。

在獨奏會與室內樂方面，她也曾在歐洲與美國的許多藝術節參與演出，近期曾與澳洲室內管絃樂團以及客席音樂家，次女高音蘇珊．葛蘭姆一起巡迴。而佳廉的室內樂合作對象則包括了大提琴家海因里希．席夫、克里斯蒂安．波爾泰拉、愛莉莎．薇勒絲坦、鋼琴家安斯涅、奧利．穆斯托年、凱瑟琳．史托特、克里斯蒂安．霍利．哈德蘭、中提琴家安東．塔梅斯提、勞倫斯·鮑爾，以及小提琴家伊莎貝爾．范．庫倫。2018年，她也參與了西雅圖室內樂節，以及於湯斯維爾舉辦的澳洲室內樂藝術節。

佳廉對於皮亞佐拉的新探戈音樂有著深厚的興趣，與皮亞佐拉長期合作的傳奇探戈鋼琴家Pablo Ziegler，以及他的夥伴班多紐手風琴家Hector del Curto、電吉他手Claudio Ragazzi、以及低音提琴手Pedro Giraudo一起演奏。她也經常與芬蘭的吉他手Ismo Eskelinen合作，一同現身於德國德勒斯登與美茵茲的藝術節，以及紐約和赫爾辛基的音樂會上。

五明佳廉在日本NHK電視臺最近製作有關史特拉底瓦里的紀錄片《曠世名琴的奧秘》，身兼主持、說書以及小提琴家的工作，而這部紀錄片透過NHK World 頻道在世界各地播出。

佳廉目前演奏的的是1703年的史特拉底瓦里Aurora, exFoulis，由私人贊助者提供其專用。

Born in Tokyo and having grown up in Montréal and New York, violinist Karen Gomyo has recently made Berlin her home. A musician of the highest calibre, the Chicago Tribune praised her as "…a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity…".

In Europe, Karen has most recently performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Radio France, Residentie Orkest, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and WDR Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester in Cologne.

Already strongly established in North America, Karen regularly performs with orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa (NACO), National Symphony in Washington, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony among others.

Highlights of the 2017/18 season will include a recital at the Sydney Opera House, a tour with Edo de Waart and the New Zealand Symphony, followed by performances with WASO Perth and the Tasmanian Symphony. Karen will make her debut with the Kristiansand Symfoniorkester, and will also return to St. Louis Symphony, NACO, and the symphony orchestras of Milwaukee, Montreal, Cincinnati, Detroit and Indianapolis among others. Karen also performs in chamber music at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark, as part of her annual visit on their series.

Strongly committed to contemporary works, Karen performed the North American premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Concerto No. 2 Mar'eh with the composer conducting the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as Peteris Vasks' Vox Amoris with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds, and has collaborated in chamber music compositions with Jörg Widmann, Olli Mustonen, and Sofia Gubaidulina.

Karen has had the privilege of working with such conductors as Sir Andrew Davis, Jaap van Zweden, Leonard Slatkin, Neeme Järvi, David Robertson, David Zinman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Louis Langrée, Karina Canellakis, Thomas Dausgaard, James Gaffigan, Pinchas Zukerman, Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, Hannu Lintu, Vasily Petrenko, Jakub Hruša, Cristian Macaleru, Thomas Søndergård and Mark Wigglesworth.

In recital and chamber music, Karen has performed in festivals throughout the USA and Europe. She recently toured with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and fellow guest artist, the mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Her chamber music collaborators have included the late Heinrich Schiff, Christian Poltéra, Alisa Weilerstein, Leif Ove Andsnes, Olli Mustonen, Kathryn Stott, Christian Ihle Hadland, Antoine Tamestit, Isabelle Van Keulen, and Lawrence Power. In 2018 she appears at the Seattle Chamber Festival and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, Australia.

Karen is deeply interested in the Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla, and performs with Piazzolla’s longtime pianist and tango legend Pablo Ziegler and his partners Hector del Curto (bandoneon), Claudio Ragazzi (electric guitar) and Pedro Giraudo (double bass). She also performs regularly with the Finnish guitarist Ismo Eskelinen, with whom she has appeared at the Dresden and Mainz Festivals in Germany, and in recitals in Helsinki and New York.

NHK Japan recently produced a documentary film produced by NHK Japan about Antonio Stradivarius called “The Mysteries of the Supreme Violin”, in which Karen is violinist, host, and narrator, was broadcast worldwide on NHK WORLD.

Karen plays on the Aurora, exFoulis Stradivarius violin of 1703 that was bought for her exclusive use by a private sponsor.

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