美国作曲家戴保罗先生的音乐作品《盘旋海湾的海鸥》- 为弦乐五重奏而写

杨柳青青

美国作曲家戴保罗先生

戴保罗年轻时代是摇滚乐贝斯吉他乐手

《盘旋海湾的海鸥》- 为弦乐五重奏而写现场演出录像

戴保罗（Paul Dice）在十多岁和二十几岁的时候，是美国摇滚乐、爵士乐队的低音吉他演奏员。八十年代，他对中国乐器丰富的表现力和生动描述自然风光的曲目而着迷。他开始研究中国音乐的谱子和录音，并开始在他的作品中把中国乐器作为他音乐创作中的主要乐器。在这首“盘旋海湾的海鸥”的视频是由美国著名的五重奏室内乐队Sybarite5演出的的现场录像。这是在2020年3月7日在俄亥俄州丹尼森大学举行的TUTTI音乐节闭幕音乐会上首演了此弦乐五重奏版本。

这个作品的灵感源于在海湾数小时的观察和记录海鸥的飞翔，以及在美国威斯康星州门县罗利湾上的海鸥的撞击和碰撞的情景-这是一个风景如画的密歇根湖半岛，充满了野生动植物和令人眼花的风景。最初的弦乐四重奏版本于1994年由俄国新西伯利亚的著名Filarmonica四重奏在俄罗斯新西伯利亚首演，他们还在美国著名的明尼阿波利斯的沃克艺术中心进行了美国首演。该作品还被英格兰的Arditti弦乐四重奏组选中，参加了由美国作曲家协会资助的阅读试奏演出。修订版在2017年卡罗来纳室内音乐节上首映。后又改编为中国琵琶和弦乐四重奏的版本成为“飞翔”三乐章中的第一乐章，这是由北京中央音乐学院委托由琵琶演奏家高虹和Leven弦乐四重奏在北京首演的组曲。高虹又与美国明尼苏达交响乐团的弦乐四重奏演奏家在2017年明尼苏达交响乐团音乐厅的晚会上在美国举行了首演。 弦乐五重奏小组Sybarite5在2020年3月7日在俄亥俄州丹尼森大学举行的第十一届TUTTI音乐节闭幕音乐会上首演了此弦乐五重奏的最新版本。 弦乐五重奏小组Sybarite5是一个出色的弦乐五重奏。 Sybarite5最近在美国被称为“千禧一代的Kronos”，是一个充满活力的室内乐小组，汇集了五位超级出色的演奏家-Sami Merdinian和Sarah Whitney，小提琴；中提琴安吉拉·皮克特（Angela Pickett）；劳拉·梅特卡夫（Laura Metcalf），大提琴；贝斯和路易斯·莱维特（Louis Levitt）。

戴保罗简历：

戴保罗曾就学于波士顿音乐学院，从师于John Adams。他在美国佛罗里达大西洋艺术中心学习作曲，是美国著名作曲家Lou Harrison的学生。戴保罗的音乐曾在美国各地、中国和俄罗斯公演。美国作曲家协会，骄荣基金会（ Jerome Foundation), 新潮声乐团Listen及Fedogan & Bremer出版社，中央音乐学院，卡尔顿中乐团，依黛娜音乐会乐团，中国传统基金会以及费多安和不来梅出版公司的等很多乐团和组织委托作曲。 戴保罗还获得了明尼苏达州艺术委员会的奖项资助，包括2019年和2013年的“创新奖”Artist Initiative Grants，并获得了明尼苏达州东南艺术委员会颁发的2012年和2017年McKnight著名艺术家奖。

在创作非传统西方乐器或非同寻常的乐器时，戴保罗为呼麦歌手，中国传统乐器，印度尼西亚佳美兰音乐，菲律宾kulintang，金属雕塑以及西方乐器作曲。自2018年以来，他还一直为英国制作的电影短片创作音乐。

他的音乐主要是受到自然界中运动和声音的启发，以及其他艺术形式或文化传统中使用的技术和实践，这些技术和实践使他形成了自己的特殊音乐个性，用自然的声响和律动来启发他的灵感。

戴保罗作曲生涯的第一次成功是在1981年，他的钢琴作品《肖像》在美国著名的明尼阿波利斯沃克艺术中心Walker Arts Center首演。同年，他在明尼苏达州国家电台的MPR“明尼苏达州音乐”广播中得到专题报道。随后，他的作品在美国各地进行了演出和广播。 1986年，他受创新性声乐团Listen的委托，创作了一部利用声乐谐波的作品，这是他在与大卫·海克斯（David Hykes）和和声合唱团（Harmonic Choir）作为驻团作曲家期间研究的一种做法，并且在他的一些作品中得到了运用。 1990年古典音乐评论家迈克尔·安东尼（Michael Anthony）在 《明尼阿波利斯星坛报》（Minneapolis Star Tribune）中的一篇文章中对戴保罗进行了大幅面的报道。戴保罗创作的弦乐四重奏的第一首作品《盘旋海湾的海鸥》由俄罗斯新西伯利亚的新西伯利亚Filharmonica四重奏首演并被英国著名的Arditti String Quartet 选为阅读试奏演出。这首作品于1994年在沃克艺术中心在美国首演，并于2017年在北卡罗来纳州新伯尔尼的卡罗莱纳室内音乐节上演出，同年，明尼苏达交响乐团的弦乐四重奏小组和琵琶演奏家高虹在明尼苏达交响乐团音乐厅的晚会上演奏了中国琵琶与弦乐四重奏的版本 。弦乐五重奏的最新版本在2020 TUTTI音乐节上由Sybarite5进行了世界首演。

2009年，戴保罗受中央音乐学院新作品委托，创作了结合西方和传统的中国乐器的组合。 2011年7月4日在中央音乐学院大礼堂由中央音乐学院Leven弦乐四重奏和琵琶演奏家高虹首演了他的作品《飞翔》。2016年，戴保罗的古琴与贝斯作品《尘归》获得古琴敦煌杯新作品优秀奖，后又在2017年的北京现代音乐节的“古琴现代音乐音乐会”上演出，其作品并由中央音乐学院在中国发行。他的最新作品小提琴和大提琴二重奏《繁星之间》原计划由Duo-B（小提琴家杉本浩郎和大提琴家菲利普·波特）三场音乐季的演出，由于COVID-19大流行迫使所有的演出的取消。2019年创作的二胡与杨琴同名作品由中国著名二胡演奏家曹德维和著名扬琴演奏家谌向阳在美国卡尔顿学院世界首演。

1992年，戴保罗参加了“美国作曲家访华团”前往中国和哈萨克斯坦。他于1993年受中国音协的邀请又回到中国，在无锡参加了中国著名音乐家阿炳诞辰100周年的国际会议并发表了论文。1995年受西安音乐学院邀请做客座讲座。 戴保罗曾担任TPT明州国家电视台的六集电视连续剧《中国制造》的音乐顾问，还担任高虹撰写的由美国最有盛誉的音乐出版公司发行的第一本英文版《琵琶教程》的英文编辑。

戴保罗与著名音乐理论家曹安和以及著名作曲家鲁日融在阿炳100周年诞辰纪念大会时留影

戴保罗在西安音乐学院与著名指挥家彭修文大师、作曲家鲁日融大师、琵琶大师任鸿翔交谈

戴保罗是美国国际艺术友好协会会长和创建人。戴先生为多国民族音乐家提供项目的赞助。其中包括中国音乐家胡咏言，高虹；非洲加纳音乐家曼沙·索瓦；柬埔寨音乐家彭伦以及墨西哥音乐家图桑等。自1994年到至今，美国国际艺术友好协会在美国和明尼苏达州年年举办《中国音乐大师系列音乐会》，其中包括中国著名音乐家林石城，高虹，赵家珍，八大锤，陈涛，胡健兵，包健，扬艺，汪洪，赵扬琴、曹德维、谌向阳等演奏家以及昆曲名家沈逸丽、海南保亭苗族歌舞团、美国天之韵民乐队等。

戴保罗致力于通过表演艺术活动促进文化间的友谊，理解和互动，专为职业世界音乐家和乐团组织世界各地的演出活动。同时，也是美国明州佳美兰乐团的创建人之一及副会长。戴先生作为制作人也为世界音乐发行了10张不同风格的音乐光盘并得到了许多同行和报刊的赞赏。 www.iftpausa.com

戴保罗与著名二胡的演奏家曹德维与著名杨琴演奏家谌向阳合影

美国国际艺术友好协会支持著名中国指挥家胡咏言、著名墨西哥贝斯演奏家、著名西班牙打击乐演奏家项目

美国国际艺术友好协会邀请“天之韵”来明州演出戴保罗与美国“天之韵“小乐队合影 (左一右)著名古筝演奏家杨艺，著名古琴演奏家刘丽、著名笛子演奏家陈涛、著名胡琴演奏家汪洪

美国国际艺术友好协会邀请中国著名打击乐音乐家小组“八大锤”来明州演出

美国国际艺术友好协会邀请著名古琴演奏家赵家珍到明州演出

戴保罗与他的恩师著名美国作曲家“亚洲音乐之父”卢·哈尔森大师 Lou Harrison

Gulls Circling a Bay was inspired by hours of watching and documenting the flight patterns and near collisions of seagulls soaring over Rowley's Bay in Door County, Wisconsin in the U.S. - a picturesque Lake Michigan peninsula full of wildlife and dazzling scenery. The string quartet version was premiered in Novosibirsk, Russia in 1994 by the Filarmonica Quartet of Novosibirsk who also performed the U.S. premiere at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The piece was also chosen by the Arditti String Quartet from England for a reading session funded by the American Composers Forum. A revised version was premiered at the 2017 Carolina Chamber Music Festival. A version for Chinese pipa (lute) and string quartet became the first of three movements of Birds in Flight, a suite commissioned by the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing that was premiered in Beijing by pipa soloist Gao Hong and the Leven String Quartet. It was premiered in the U.S. at the 2017 Minnesota Orchestra Donor Party at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, by Gao Hong and members of the Minnesota Orchestra. Sybarite5 premiered this string quintet version in the closing concert of the TUTTI Festival on March 7, 2020 at Denison University in Ohio. Sybarite5 is a remarkable string quintet that defies categorization. Having recently been dubbed “the millennial Kronos” (Theater Jones), Sybarite5 is a dynamic chamber music ensemble featuring five daring virtuoso musicians - Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violins; Angela Pickett, viola; Laura Metcalf, cello; and Louis Levitt, bass. 

Paul Dice

About Paul Dice

Paul Dice studied composition at the Boston Conservatory of Music with Joel Kabakov, privately in Boston with John Adams, and with his most influential teacher, Lou Harrison, at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida and in California. His commissions include those from the American Composers Forum, Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, Carleton Chinese Music Ensemble, the experimental vocal ensemble Listen, the Edina Concert Orchestra, the Chinese Heritage Foundation, and Fedogan and Bremer Publishing among others. Dice has also received funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board, including 2019 and 2013 Artist Initiative Grants, and was the recipient of 2012 and 2017 McKnight Established Artist Awards from the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council. Finding enjoyment in composing for foreign or unusual instruments, Dice has composed for harmonic singers, traditional Chinese instruments, Indonesian gamelan, Philippine kulintang, metal sculpture, in addition to Western instruments. His music is primarily inspired by movement and sounds found in nature, and techniques and practices used in other art forms or cultural traditions that he adapts for use in his own special brand of music. Since 2018 he has also been composing music for short films produced in the United Kingdom.

Dice’s first success as a composer came in 1981 when his piano piece "Portrait" was premiered at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The same year he was featured on a broadcast of “Music in Minnesota” on Minnesota Public Radio. Performances and broadcasts of his works throughout the US soon followed. In 1986 he was commissioned by the experimental vocal ensemble Listen to write a piece that utilized vocal harmonics, a practice he studied during a residency with David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir and has used in several of his pieces. In 1990 Dice was featured in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune written by classical music critic Michael Anthony. Dice’s first piece for string quartet, Gulls Circling a Bay, was premiered by the Filharmonica Quartet of Novosibirsk in Novosibirsk, Russia; and was chosen for a reading session by the esteemed Arditti String Quartet from England. It received its US premiere at Walker Art Center in 1994, and in 2017 was performed at the Carolina Chamber Music Festival in New Bern, North Carolina. A version of the piece with Chinese pipa was performed at the Minnesota Orchestra Donor Party in 2017 by members of the Minnesota Orchestra with Gao Hong on pipa. The most recent version for string quintet was premiered at the 2020 TUTTI Festival by Sybarite5 (Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violins; Angela Pickett, viola; Laura Metcalf, cello; and Louis Levitt, bass).

In 2009 Dice became the only foreigner to be commissioned by a new program at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing designed to encourage composers to combine Western and traditional Chinese instruments in their works. The Leven String Quartet and pipa master Gao Hong premiered his Birds in Flight in the conservatory’s concert hall on July 4, 2011. In 2016, Dice’s Back to the Bass Licks for guqin (7-string ancient Chinese zither) and bass was performed at a nationwide guqin conference in Nanchang, China. It was also performed at the 2017 Beijing Modern Music Festival’s “Lights and Shade - Concert of Modern Music for Guqin” and was published in China by the Central Conservatory. His most recent composition, Between the Stars for violin and cello, was scheduled for three spring performances by Duo-B (violinist Hirono Sugimoto Borter and cellist Philip Borter) before the COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellation of all public events. An earlier version of the piece for Chinese erhu and yangqin was premiered in 2019 at Carleton College by Cao Dewei, erhu; and Chen Xiangyang, yangqin.

In 1992 Dice travelled to China and Kazakhstan as part of a People to People Citizen Ambassador Program Music of the Minorities Delegation. He returned to China in 1993 to present his paper on the famous Chinese composer A Bing at an international conference in Wuxi. He returned again in 1995 to serve as an Artist-in-Residence at the Xian Conservatory of Music. Dice served as Music Advisor for the six-episode Twin City Public Television series “Made in China” and as an English editor for the Hal Leonard Pipa Method Book written by Gao Hong. He is the president of International Friendship Through the Performing Arts, a non-profit organization that promotes intercultural friendship, understanding and interaction through activities in the performing arts. www.iftpausa.com

戴保罗与著名美国五重奏组Sybarite5排练后合影