吳哲仁：把中德文化交流當作藝術(shù)品來做

湯建馳

德國漢堡當?shù)貢r間2018年2月20日，正是中國歡度春節(jié)時節(jié)，第七屆德國漢堡“中國時代”活動在當?shù)貑印Ｔ诨顒又校瑓钦苋试谥腥A人民共和國駐德國漢堡總領(lǐng)館孫從彬總領(lǐng)事的見證下，把一幅寓意著中德兩國友好發(fā)展的作品《漢堡之夢》贈送給德國漢堡第一市長肖爾茨先生。這張畫寓意著中德兩國的自由平等、共同友好發(fā)展，取名《漢堡之夢》，表達了畫家吳哲仁的美好愿望和祝福。吳哲仁對市長先生說，這幅作品是特意為此次活動創(chuàng)作的，對于他本人而言意義重大，因為能夠為中德文化交流做些力所能及的事自己感到非常榮幸。

吳哲仁是浙江湖州人，雖是一位畫家，但是近幾年來，熱衷于兩國文化交流，努力將德國藝術(shù)家介紹到中國，近一年來，在他的努力下，德國音樂家在中國舉辦的音樂會有18場。一位畫家緣何鐘情于中德文化交流呢？

吳哲仁自幼喜歡繪畫。高中畢業(yè)后，他到德國求學，有幸得到浙江籍漢堡自由藝術(shù)研究院院士、德國品牌學院——設(shè)計與傳播應用科學大學校長、德國政府“藝術(shù)與學術(shù)”勛章獲得者單凡的幫助，考進了漢堡藝術(shù)學院。漢堡藝術(shù)學院是世界上最好的十所美術(shù)學院之一，有200多年的歷史，培養(yǎng)了不少有名的藝術(shù)家。在漢堡藝術(shù)學院，他學的是自由藝術(shù)專業(yè)，在這里，學生可以選擇雞蛋、紅酒、沙子、水泥、洗潔精等任何繪畫材料，不拘形式，自由創(chuàng)作。4年的大學學習，讓他不僅有了繪畫的技巧，更有了全新的創(chuàng)作思維。畢業(yè)后，他簽約于漢堡畫廊。

在漢堡，吳哲仁認識了許多藝術(shù)家。在2014年年底的一次聚會上，很多德國音樂藝術(shù)家向吳哲仁建議，能不能搭建一個平臺，組織我們到中國交流藝術(shù)？

一開始，吳哲仁還是有點猶豫，一是自己從事的是美術(shù)專業(yè)，如去做更大藝術(shù)領(lǐng)域的文化交流，是不是不務正業(yè)？二是自己沒有這方面的經(jīng)驗，難度太大，弄不好會搞砸！轉(zhuǎn)而一想：“藝術(shù)是相通的，把文化交流做好也是一件藝術(shù)作品。”

“要做中德文化藝術(shù)交流，必須成立一個藝術(shù)機構(gòu)。”有朋友建議說。2015年初，吳哲仁和在漢堡的其他兩位中國朋友開始策劃籌備，次年初，漢堡時代藝術(shù)中心正式成立，吳哲仁任董事長和藝術(shù)總監(jiān)。漢堡時代藝術(shù)中心主要是開展美術(shù)和音樂的中德文化交流。為了順利地開展工作，吳哲仁先在德國介紹藝術(shù)家在本土進行音樂演出和美術(shù)展覽，爾后著手籌備到中國演出的簽約。

經(jīng)過一年的努力，由吳哲仁代表漢堡藝術(shù)中心和漢堡交響樂團管樂五重奏精英演奏家簽約成功！漢堡交響樂團五重奏精英由該團團長、終身首席長笛演奏家蘇珊娜·班納，大管首席克里斯蒂安·岡茨霍恩，終身首席雙簧管馬克·雷納，終身首席單簧管艾瑪·霍尼格，終身首席圓號皮特·古力卡組成。

2017年5月19日，吳哲仁帶領(lǐng)漢堡交響樂團管樂五重奏的藝術(shù)家啟程到中國演出。浙江舟山市是他們在中國的第一場演出，500位觀眾欣賞了德國音樂家的精湛演奏。5位演奏家都是第一次來中國，更是第一次在中國的舞臺上演奏，他們想不到中國觀眾具有很好的音樂素養(yǎng)，不僅聆聽音樂會時秩序井然，最后一曲演奏結(jié)束時，觀眾的鼓掌聲經(jīng)久不息。德國演奏家被觀眾的熱情所打動，返場加演曲目。演出結(jié)束后，不少觀眾還熱情上臺向德國演奏家獻花并合影，有的用外語和德國演奏家熱情交流。

舟山演出結(jié)束后，吳哲仁帶領(lǐng)德國藝術(shù)家先后到浙江嘉興、湖州和福建晉江、上海等5個城市演出。演出之余，德國藝術(shù)家游覽了當?shù)氐拿麆俟袍E，對中國的建筑文化和優(yōu)美的自然環(huán)境感到驚訝好奇。

為了讓德國藝術(shù)家接觸更多的中國文化，5月23日，在湖州演出之余，吳哲仁安排他們到湖州市領(lǐng)軍人才、著名畫家劉祖鵬藝術(shù)工作室交流。德國演奏家對劉祖鵬創(chuàng)作的國畫露出了好奇的目光：“一支又長又軟的毛筆怎么會畫出如此美妙的中國畫？”劉祖鵬熱情地教蘇珊娜用湖筆畫鴨、畫梅花，在一旁的克里斯蒂安和艾瑪也忍不住先后從畫桌上拿起湖筆描上幾筆。德國朋友被中國畫的神韻和魅力所折服，拿起自己創(chuàng)作的畫作和劉祖鵬合影留念。臨別時，劉祖鵬還向5位德國藝術(shù)家分別贈送了印有自己作品的國畫絲巾，留作紀念。

巡演5個城市，所到之處，吳哲仁不僅聽到了觀眾對德國藝術(shù)家演奏美妙西方音樂的贊美聲，也聽到了德國藝術(shù)家對中國美好印象的贊美聲！首次成功巡演，驅(qū)走了吳哲仁為演出奔忙而付出的辛勞！

接著，吳哲仁又先后和北德廣播交響樂團弦樂四重奏精英演奏家和斯坦威雙鋼琴重奏兩個藝術(shù)團隊簽約到中國巡演。北德廣播交響樂團弦樂四重奏精英由北德廣播交響樂團的終身首席大提琴尤里-夏洛特·克里斯蒂安森、第一小提琴副首席霍夫漢內(nèi)斯·巴格哈達薩良、首席小提琴演奏家亞歷山德拉·薩熱娃、中提琴演奏家阿拉·路特四人組成;斯坦威雙鋼琴重奏由施坦威簽約鋼琴演奏藝術(shù)家尤利婭·波奇科夫斯卡婭和漢堡交響樂團鋼琴演奏家瑪麗婭·楊科娃兩位女士演奏家組成。7月29日至8月6日和9月8日至9月13日，吳哲仁先后率領(lǐng)北德廣播交響樂團弦樂四重奏精英演奏家和斯坦威雙鋼琴重奏赴中國上海，浙江嘉興、湖州、杭州和福建晉江5個城市巡演。這兩個演奏團隊的德國藝術(shù)家也都是第一次來中國，他們的演出都獲得了中國觀眾的贊美，而中國也給德國演奏家留下了美好的印象！

2017年，吳哲仁成功引領(lǐng)德國演奏家來中國演出18場。做好中德文化交流這件藝術(shù)品，對吳哲仁來說只是一個開頭，未來的路還很長。他說：“我還很年輕，做中德文化交流是一件有意義的事，我還想把中國的畫家、音樂家介紹到德國，把更多的德國藝術(shù)家?guī)У街袊涣鳎瑪U大中德文化交流的領(lǐng)域，通過交流來講述中德兩國的故事，讓兩國人民分享彼此的優(yōu)秀文化！這也是漢堡時代藝術(shù)中心的職責！”

Wu Zheren， a Chinese artist who lives in Germany， has successfully built a bridge for cultural exchanges between Germany and China since 2017. In last year alone， German musicians held 18 concerts in China thanks to the arrangements of Wu.

Wu is a native of Huzhou， a central city in northern Zhejiang province. Upon graduation from Hamburg Academy of Art， he has stayed in the great city. In 2014， he met some German musicians， who suggested that Wu make arrangements so that they could perform in China. Wu and his friends thought it was a good idea.

Nevertheless， Wu hesitated， not sure whether he should engage himself in cultural exchanges， which were apparently beyond his specialty. He worried he might make mistakes since he lacked expertise about music shows. He persuaded himself with this argument： promoting cultural exchanges resembles creating an artwork and such a project would be worth trying since all it engaged is art.

He was advised to set up an agency to make such arrangements with China possible. In 2015， he and two Chinese friends in Hamburg began to make preparations for setting up the agency. In early 2016， Hamburg Modern Art Center came into being. With Wu Zheren as president and art supervisor， the center aims to promote Sino-German cultural exchanges in the field of art and music. Wu familiarized himself with business by holding concerts and art exhibitions in Germany. Eventually he signed a performance contract with the woodwind quintet of Hamburg Symphony Orchestra to perform in China.

The quintet artists left Hamburg for China on May 19， 2017. The first concert was held in Zhoushan， the capital city of Chinas largest archipelago in Zhejiang. Five hundred people attended the concert. The German musicians were surprised to find that the audience was versed in the concert manner. After a long standing ovation， the musicians came back and made an encore. After the show， some audience members came upon stage presenting flowers to the musicians and taking photos with the musicians. Some even conversed in English with the German musicians.

With Wu Zheren as the group leader， the quintet performed in Jiaxing and Huzhou in Zhejiang Province， Jinjiang in Fujian Province， and Shanghai， the largest metropolis in the Yangtze River delta. The concerts were successful. Wu felt relieved and happy.

In Huzhou， the quintet musicians visited the studio of Liu Zupeng， one of the best artists in Huzhou. The Germans were amazed by the brush pens Liu used to paint in the Chinese traditional style. Liu gave some tips and two German musicians tried their hands at painting.

Shortly after the initial success of the woodwind quintet in May， two more German musician groups visited China with Wus arrangements. The first was a string quartet which performed in Shanghai， Jiaxing， Huzhou， Hangzhou and Jinjiang from July 29 to August 6. The second group was a piano duo. The two pianists also held concerts in the five cities.

Wu considers the 18 concerts in China as a beginning of an artwork which is the China-German cultural exchanges. “I am young and there is a long way to go for more cultural exchanges between the two countries. I want to introduce Chinese artists and musicians to Germany and more German artists and musicians to China. This way， we can promote exchanges and share stories of China and Germany. The center considers it a responsibility，” said Wu.