如果要评选当今国际乐坛10位最伟大的钢琴家，毛里奇奥·波利尼(Maurizio Pollini)一定榜上有名。波利尼1942年出生在米兰。父亲是意大利著名建筑师，也是一位音乐素养颇高的出色小提琴手；母亲是一位业余歌唱家。
波利尼5岁起跟随卡罗·罗纳蒂学习钢琴，9岁在米兰举行了第一场个人独奏音乐会，被誉为音乐神童。进入米兰音乐学院之后，拜著名教授卡罗·维德索为师。波利尼1957年
在米兰举办的一场音乐会上演奏肖邦的练习曲，引起关注。翌年，15岁的波利尼参加日内瓦国际钢琴比赛，获得了第二名，当年第一名空缺。1959年波利尼以优异的成绩毕业，1960年参加了第六届肖邦国际钢琴大赛，在参赛的89名选手中，波利尼年龄最小。面对高手云集的肖邦大赛，波利尼以其出类拔萃的演奏荣获第一名。对此，比赛评委主席——钢琴大师阿瑟·鲁宾斯坦无比感慨地说道：“如果论技术，真不知我们在座的评委中有谁能弹得比他还好。”
波利尼籍此声名鹊起，世界各地的邀约纷至沓来，获奖同一年，他开始在欧美各国巡演。巡演中结识了一些世界著名的音乐大师，如卡尔·伯姆、卡拉扬、科林·戴维斯等，在与意大利指挥家克劳迪奥·阿巴多的合作中，阿巴多对他的演奏进行了深入的分析，使其受益匪浅。随即波利尼决定要淡出舞台、潜心苦练——退隐8年，多方求教，并拜在著名钢琴大师米凯朗基利门下重新学习手指触键等技法
重返舞台的波利尼，演奏技艺达到了一个更高的层次，演奏曲目大大拓宽。1968年在伦敦伊丽莎白音乐厅演奏肖邦《24首前奏曲》轰动英国，大有中国武侠重出江湖、扫平天下之势。《经济时报》评论家说：“这是我平生听到的最伟大的演出。波利尼在隐退8年的刻苦训练中，技巧已炉火纯青。他的音乐不再是一面体现个性的镜子，而是一把能击中人心的利剑。”波利尼从此跻身于国际顶尖钢琴演奏家的行列之中。此次参加北京国际音乐节是他首度来华。
波利尼演奏曲目广泛而多样，演奏风格清晰明快，具有丰富的色彩变化和深厚的音乐涵养。从巴洛克、古典乐派、浪漫乐派，直到近现代作品均有涉猎，演奏的贝多芬、肖邦、李斯特、普罗科菲耶夫、斯特拉文斯基、巴托克、贝尔格、曼佐尼等作曲家的作品都深受好评。波利尼天生一双大手，微微张开就可以轻松地覆盖键盘上的八度音程，有人戏称“波利尼有11根手指”。
与很多当代钢琴大师一样，波利尼也是一位既弹琴又指挥的“双料音乐家”，自1978年首次指挥斯图加特广播交响乐团演出后，成功指挥过多场音乐会和歌剧的演出。波利尼还录制了大量的唱片，最经典的是肖邦《夜曲》全集，据说在波利尼之前，还没有一位意大利钢琴家演奏过肖邦《夜曲》全集。波利尼被誉为是演绎肖邦音乐的权威。不仅如此，波利尼也擅长演奏幅度、力度较强的作品，波利尼在演奏中总是在竭力追求音乐的最完美呈现。
Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini was born in 1942 in Milan, the son of the Italian rationalist architect Gino Pollini. He studied the piano with Carlo Lonati, until the age of 9，then studied composition and conducting with Carlo Vidusso at the Milan Conservatory. By 1957, when he performed the Chopin Etudes in Milan, the press had already begun to take notice of him. In 1959, he received a diploma from the Milan Conservatory. His prize-winning performance at the 1960 Warsaw Chopin Competition was followed by a further period of study, this time with Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli. Since the mid-1960s, Maurizio Pollini has given recitals and appeared with major orchestras in Europe, the USA and the Far East. He made his American debut in 1968, undertook his first tour of Japan in 1974, and today still performs regularly at the world's great international music festivals.
Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the day, he is especially noted for his performances of Chopin and modern composers such as Pierre Boulez. He displays an absolute technical sovereignty over the piano, but is sometimes criticized for his emotional conservatism.
Maurizio Pollini has been a regular guest artist of music centers in Europe, America, and Japan, where he has performed with numerous orchestras under the direction of such conductors as Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado, and Riccardo Muti. Mr. Pollini regularly tours the United States, Europe, and Asia with performances in Boston, Chicago, London, New York, Paris, Salzburg, and Vienna.
Mr. Pollini’s repertoire ranges from Bach to the most daring contemporary music and includes the cycle of the complete Beethoven sonatas. In 1987, he was presented the Vienna Philharmonic’s Honorary Ring for his performances of the complete Beethoven piano concertos.
Pollini has conducted both opera and orchestral music, sometimes leading the orchestra from the keyboard in concertos.
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