钢琴家李云迪准备欧洲巡演

 　　Following his triumph at the Spring Festival Gala, pianist Li Yundi is now preparing for his latest European concert tour. This week he has been in London, just one of the cities where he will be showcasing his new Beethoven programme in April.

　　Li said, “I think with an European audience, because music is from western and is a tradition, they know the music since they were young, but nowadays I think the young generation is growing and even from West or even from the East so I feel very confident so I believe they will enjoy.”

　　The most acclaimed¹ Chinese pianist of his generation is about to embark² on a 15-day european tour. But can his popularity in China be replicated³ in Europe? Gillian Moore, Head of Classical Music at London’s SouthBank Centre believes it can. Moore said, “Yundi’s recital⁴ in April is one of the highlight’s of Southbank Centre’s international piano series, where we get pianists from all around the world to come, sometimes they’re small and intimate recitals⁵, sometimes they’re like this one -it’s a great big recital in the Royal Festival Hall.” Chinese fans living in London are also looking forward to it. And it isn’t just Chinese fans.

　　His 2010 recital in London was so well received that the Royal Festival Hall is looking forward to welcoming him back. Confidently predicting that the April concert will be a sell-out. Yundi shot to fame after winning the Fourteenth Chopin International Piano competition just aged⁶ 18, his latest concert will showcase some new repertoires⁷.

　　Dr. Alexander Buhr, Exec. Producer of Yundi’S Beethoven Sonatas⁸, said, “A selection of three of Beethoven’s most famous sonatas, The moonlight, the pathetique and the appasoinata. Yundi chose these pieces and I think he did so very wisely because they perfectly⁹ fit him, his personally and his style, it’s a very romantic programme for a Beethoven programme.”

　　Li said, “I’ve very excited and I heard a lot of concerts are sold-out almost and many young people who join the concert and young generation and that’s good news, and very exciting.”

　　The pianist’s European concert tour begins on March 18th, and 2013 is already shaping up to be a busy one, with Yundi already planning further recitals in China upon his return and even tours and masterclasses for universities.

1 acclaimed   

adj.受人欢迎的

参考例句：

• They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year. 他们称赞他为当年的最佳作者。
• Confuscius is acclaimed as a great thinker. 孔子被赞誉为伟大的思想家。

2 embark   

vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机

参考例句：

• He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。
• Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

3 replicated   

复制( replicate的过去式和过去分词 )； 重复； 再造； 再生

参考例句：

• Later outplant the seedlings in a replicated permanent test plantation. 以后苗木出圃栽植成重复的永久性试验林。
• The phage has replicated and the donor cells have lysed. 噬菌体已复制和给体细胞已发生裂解。

4 recital   

n.朗诵，独奏会，独唱会

参考例句：

• She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
• I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内，他们完全被我吸引了。

5 recitals   

n.独唱会( recital的名词复数 )；独奏会；小型音乐会、舞蹈表演会等；一系列事件等的详述

参考例句：

• His recitals have earned him recognition as a talented performer. 他的演奏会使他赢得了天才演奏家的赞誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her teachers love her playing, and encourage her to recitals. 她的老师欣赏她的演奏，并鼓励她举办独奏会。 来自互联网

6 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

7 repertoires   

全部节目( repertoire的名词复数 )； 演奏曲目

参考例句：

• There were huge repertoires of pipa music in Chinese history, particularly during the Tang Dynasty. 这种情况在我国古代诗词中有大量的记载。

8 sonatas   

n.奏鸣曲( sonata的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The programme includes two Mozart sonatas. 节目单中有两首莫扎特的奏鸣曲。 来自辞典例句
• He would play complete sonatas for violin and piano with no piano in sight. 他会在没有钢琴伴奏的情况下，演奏完整的小提琴与钢琴合奏的奏鸣曲。 来自辞典例句

9 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。