Fou Ts’ong, the first Chinese pianist to win global acclaim① and success, has died aged 86 after contracting Covid-19. Fou died on Monday in London, where he had been living since 1959. Fou was born in China in 1934 to a family of China’s intellectual elite. He first heard western classical music at a young age when his father, the renowned translator Fu Lei, returned to China after several years living in France. Aged 19, Fou left China to continue his musical education in Europe, moving to then-Communist Poland to study in Warsaw. Two years later, he won awards and international recognition at the prestigious Chopin competition②. Staying true to his earlier training in Poland, Fou became especially known for his interpretations of Chopin. He continued to be associated with the Polish composer, and the Chopin Institute③ said in a statement on Wednesday that his death marked “the closure of an extremely important page in the Chopin tradition”.
12月28日,首位赢得全球赞誉和成功的华人钢琴家傅聪因感染新冠肺炎于伦敦病逝,享年86岁——他自1959年起定居伦敦。1934年,傅聪出生于中国知识精英家庭,他的父亲是著名翻译家傅雷。傅雷留法数年后归国,让傅聪自小就接触到西方古典音乐。19岁时,傅聪出国赴欧深造,来到当时共产主义波兰的首都华沙学习音乐。两年后,他在著名的肖邦国际钢琴大赛上获奖,赢得国际认可。忠于他早年在波兰受到的训练,傅聪以其对肖邦作品的诠释而格外闻名。他始终致力于这位波兰作曲家作品的传播,30日波兰肖邦研究所发布悼文称,傅聪的离去标志着“肖邦传统翻过了极为重要的一页”。
【注释】
① acclaim: [əˈkleɪm] n. praise and approval for somebody/something, especially an artistic achievement (尤指对艺术成就的)称誉,高度评价。
② Chopin competition: 肖邦国际钢琴比赛是五年一度的国际钢琴比赛,每届颁发六项大奖及特别奖。1955年3月傅聪获第五届肖赛第三名和“玛祖卡”特别奖。
③ Chopin Institute: 弗里德里克·肖邦研究所致力于研究和宣传波兰作曲家肖邦的生平和作品。该研究所于2001年经波兰议会立法成立,由文化和民族遗产部直接管理。该研究所是五年一次的肖邦国际钢琴比赛的组织者。
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