尼高拉斯．麥卡菲鋼琴示範演奏會《單手、一戰、孤城 》及《尼高拉斯．麥卡菲：我的故事》

內容簡介：

左手鋼琴曲目多彩多姿，《單手、一戰、孤城》帶領我們窺探箇中二百年的動盪歲月，並集中介紹第一批單手鋼琴家，例如保羅 ．維根斯坦。他在1913年首次以鋼琴演奏家身分在維也納演出，隨後卻在第一次世界大戰中失去了一隻手臂。戰後，他委約二十世紀多位顯赫作曲家為他譜寫左手樂曲，包括拉威爾、李察．史特勞斯、普羅科菲耶夫等。在這場示範演奏會中，尼高拉斯．麥卡菲將會概述左手鋼琴曲目的二百年歷史，並將演奏巴赫和史克里亞賓的作品。

在《尼高拉斯．麥卡菲：我的故事》中，麥卡菲會談及自己的故事，強調永不放棄夢想與抱負的重要，以及如何專注於自己的目標。麥卡菲將會從他小時候說起，細訴他的成長經歷並坦然談論自己的殘疾，以及堅毅不屈的精神一正是這種精神，使他成為一百三十五年來，首位從英國倫敦皇家音樂學院畢業的單手鋼琴演奏家。這場示範演奏會中，麥卡菲會表演史特勞斯、拉赫曼尼諾夫、巴托克等偉大作曲家的古典作品，以及一首新委約的樂曲——茱莉．古柏的 《伽利略衛星》。

演出系列：

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計畫／藝術節：

第三屆「無限亮」

藝術範疇：

音樂

影片監製與導演： 亞歷山大．巴恩斯
助理監製： 麥特．喬利
鋼琴： 尼高拉斯．麥卡菲

Nicholas McCarthy Piano Lecture Recitals One Hand, One War, One City and Nicholas McCarthy: My Story 

Presented by: Hong Kong Arts Festival
Produced by: Nicholas McCarthy
Platform: Website

Synopsis: An insight into 200 years of turbulent history in establishing a rich repertoire of music
for the left hand piano, One Hand, One War, One City focuses on the first one-handed
pianists such as Paul Wittgenstein, who made his debut as a concert pianist in 1913 in
Vienna but lost his arm fighting in World War I and commissioned some of the most
illustrious composers of the 20th century, including Ravel, Richard Strauss and Prokofiev,
to compose for the left hand alone. In this lecture recital, Nicholas McCarthy will give a
talk outlining the 200-year history of piano repertoire written for the left hand and will
also feature works by Bach and Scriabin.

In Nicholas McCarthy: My Story, Nicholas McCarthy will give a personal talk, in
which he emphasises the importance of never giving up on dreams and ambitions
and how to focus on one’s goals. McCarthy relates his inspiring story from the
beginning, discusses his upbringing and talks openly about his disability and the spirit
of perseverance that saw him become the first one-handed concert pianist to graduate
from the Royal College of Music in its 135-year history. McCarthy will also perform works
by some of the greatest composers of classical music, including Strauss, Rachmaninov
and Bartók and also a newly commissioned piece, Galilean Moons by Julie Cooper.

Scheme/ Festival: The third edition of “No Limits”
Art Form: Music

Filming Producer & Director: Alexander Barnes
Assistant Producer: Matt Jolly
Piano: Nicholas McCarthy