Three Young Musical Geniuses from China 中國三位年輕的音樂天才

張超供稿

Li Yundi 李云迪

As is known to us all， Li Yundi is a famous Chinese pianist. He was born in an ordinary family in Chongqing City and loved music very much. When he was a small boy， he could hum1? ?several songs and difficult pieces of music. He began to learn the accordion2 at the age of four， and started to learn the piano when he was seven. For years， he practised playing the piano for many hours every day， and he was greatly talented in the taste of music. In October， 2000， 18-year-old Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won the first prize in his group. He was also the first Chinese pianist to win the prize in the 70-year history of the competition. Now he has released3 several wonderful albums4， which made him famous all over the world.

眾所周知，李云迪是中國著名的鋼琴家。他出生于重慶市一個普通的家庭，非常喜歡音樂。在他還是個小男孩的時候，就能哼唱幾首歌曲和一些有難度的曲子。他四歲開始學手風琴，七歲開始學鋼琴。多年來，他每天都要練習好幾個小時的鋼琴，而且他在音樂品味方面很有天賦。2000年10月，18歲的李云迪參加了在波蘭舉行的第14屆肖邦國際鋼琴比賽，他贏得了所在組別的第一名。他也是該比賽70年歷史中第一位獲得該獎項的中國鋼琴家。現在他已經發行了多張出色的專輯，聞名世界。

Lang Lang 郎朗

Lang Lang is not only a great Chinese pianist， but also one of the most famous pianists in the world.

Lang Lang was born on June 14， 1982 in Shenyang， China. He was fond of the piano and began to learn to play the piano when he was 3. At the age of 5， he won the Shenyang Piano Competition and played his first public recital5. He entered Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1991 and won first prize in International Youth Music Competition. In December 1997， Lang Lang signed a contract6 with IMG management company and began his professional career. In August 1999， he attended the star concert of the Century Celebration of the Ravinia Festival in Chicago， USA. He toured in the Great Hall of People to celebrate Philadelphia Symphony Orchestras 100th anniversary7 in 2001.

Nowadays Lang Lang has become one of the most famous young pianists in the world and often performs with many of the major orchestras8 of the world.

郎朗不僅是一位優秀的中國鋼琴家，也是世界上最著名的鋼琴家之一。

郎朗，1982年6月14日出生于中國沈陽。他喜歡鋼琴，3歲時開始學鋼琴。5歲時，他在沈陽鋼琴比賽中獲勝，并首次公開演出。1991年他考入中央音樂學院，獲國際青年鋼琴家大賽一等獎。1997年12月，郎朗與IMG經紀公司簽約，開啟了職業生涯。1999年8月，郎朗參加了美國芝加哥“拉維尼亞音樂節”世紀慶典明星音樂會。2001年，郎朗在人民大會堂參加了（美國）費城交響樂團100周年慶典巡演。

如今，朗朗已成為世界最著名的青年鋼琴家之一，經常與世界上一些主要的管弦樂隊一起演奏。

Jay Chou 周杰倫

Jay Chou was born on January 18， 1979 in Taiwan and graduated from a music school. He is one of the famous star in China and Asia， as well as a famous musician， music creator， producer， and director. He breaks through the themes and forms of Asian original music and creates his changeable style， especially hip-hop or R&B， which integrates9 Chinese and Western music styles. He is said to be the pioneer of “Chinese style” in Chinese pop music.

So far， Jay Chou has released many albums， such as Jay， Fantasy， Eight Spaces， Yehuimei， Qilixiang， Novembers Chopin， Still Fantasty and so on.

Jay Chou has achieved his dream through his constant10 efforts. As the old saying goes， no pains， no gains. We sincerely hope that Jay Chou will bring more popular music works to people in the future.

周杰倫，1979年1月18日出生于臺灣省，畢業于一所音樂學校。他不僅是中國和亞洲著名的明星之一，也是著名音樂家、音樂創作人、制作人和導演。他突破了亞洲原創音樂的主題和形式，創造出多變的風格，尤以融合中西方曲風的嘻哈或節奏藍調最為著名，可以說是開創華語流行音樂中的“中國風”的先驅。

迄今為止，周杰倫已經發行了很多張專輯，如《JAY》《范特西》《八度空間》《葉惠美》《七里香》《十一月的蕭邦》《依然范特西》等等。

周杰倫通過自己的不懈努力實現了自己的夢想。俗話說，“沒有付出就沒有回報”。我們衷心希望周杰倫會帶給人們更多膾炙人口的音樂作品。