臺北市立國樂團

2010年1月出版

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文／鍾耀光

2010年臺北市立國樂團將展現一個「國際啟航．領導群雄」新局面，新樂季除了將邀請國際名家與知名團體外，北市國樂團也將向國際音樂節邁進，樂團在新一年度已經正式與國際接軌。

新年度樂季與北市國合作的名家包括魏海敏、Julian Lloyd Webber、閔惠芬、俞麗拿、殷承宗、Mischa Maisky、Anssi Karttunen．吳蠻、Evelyn Glennie與SharonBezaly等人。此外，樂團還將參與德國杜塞朵夫舉辦的舒曼音樂節、上海世界博覽會與北京國家大劇院的邀約演出，及與Evelyn Glennie和Sharon Bezaly合作出版第四與第五張BIS的唱片。北市國與國際名家的合作，是樂團國際化的手段之一，因為目前單憑演奏國樂合奏曲目，要賺取一份國際錄音合約並不容易。北市國在過去的國際發行的唱片曲目裡，曾促成長笛國際行銷國人作品與台灣民謠，長號吹奏京劇，薩克斯風吹奏管子名曲。2010年的節目裡也準備讓西洋與中國打擊樂交流，更透過大提琴名家把馬頭琴藝術與蒙古民謠行銷到國際舞台。樂團未來的目標除了演奏更多優秀華人現代創作之外，更希望把更多經典國樂合奏曲目實質地帶上國際舞台，並以領航者的身份，為“國樂團”的發展帶來更強大的信心。

12月份國際知名的「留聲機雜誌」（Gramophone）對臺北市立國樂團與BIS公司去年所錄製的《胡旋舞》CD 有一段極具正面的評論，除讚揚樂團的演奏水準外，並指出北市國這張ＣＤ的曲目，不像《黃河》與《臥虎藏龍》這類樂曲風格，也不刻意迎合西方音樂界對中國音樂慣常的認知，卻仍讓人覺得有趣意，顯見歐美人已認同臺北市立國樂團走出一條發展「中國音樂」的路，而這一條路只有「國樂團」才做得到。

樂團未來更長遠的目標， 就是在世界樂壇中找到屬於“國樂團”的定位，它既非世界音樂，也非西方古典樂中國化，而是真正成為全球音樂舞台裡的新樂種，也正是要以這樣的姿態站上國際舞台，不僅在華人世界優遊，更要開拓出國樂的新國際視野。


　　Taipei Chinese Orchestra has set out yet another exci t ing expec tat ion for the upcoming 2010 as the year to “Setting Sail onto World Stage” and “Leading the Pack.” The new season continues to bring world-renowned artists locally, and sees TCO striding confidently towards international music festivals. TCO has successfully indexed on the international par this year.

　　In the upcoming 2009/2010 season, TCO boasts a lineup of splendor right here in Taipei, includingfamous Chinese opera star Hai-Min Wei, well soughtafter cellists Julian Lloyd Webber, Mischa Maisky and Anssi Karttunen, Erhu master HuiFen Ming, violinist Lina Yu, pianist ChengZong Yin, pipaist Man Wu, renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie and flutist Sharon Bezaly. More importantly, TCO is bound to trek the international music scene in Schumann Festival Dusseldorf, Shanghai World Expo and a repeat invitation of Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts. Much anticipated recording projects would be TCO's fourth and fth collaboration with BIS label starring Evelyn Glennie and Sharon Bezaly.

　　TCO's collaborations with international acclaimed artists are means of pushing the orchestra to a new artistic level as well as the international stage. In the past, an album solely devoted to Chinese music repertoire had not received wide popularity, and faced difficulty in obtaining any international contracts. In TCO's past endeavors in recording projects, we successfully marketed to the world the works of Taiwanese composers and traditional Taiwanese folk ballads, realized trombone playing Chinese opera, and saxophone sounding pipe tunes.

　　In the new year, we've not only braced ourselves to a large-scale interchange between western and Chinese percussions, we've taken a step farther engaging a master cellist to resound the beauty of Mongolian ballads to the world. In addition to performing more Chinese contemporary works, TCO has made it our mission to take these brilliant works global. We shall take the navigator role in the Chinese music world and inject hope and possibilities for Chinese orchestras.

　　In the December edition of Gramophone magazine, a review of TCO's recording with BIS Records, Whirling Dance , praised the high virtuosity of orchestra's performance and unlike music such as Yellow River or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , TCO did not have to cater to the western taste of Chinese music to stand out its uniqueness. This is recognition and indicator that TCO has triumphantly paved a new road of Chinese Music which only”Chinese Orchestra” is able to achieve.
　　Our long-term goal lies in searching for the coordinates that the Chinese orchestra will stand unwaveringly. It is neither world music, nor an Asian conversion of western classical music, it will stand tall as a new breed of music universally. We envision TCO will pioneer new grounds and new perspectives in the world.