Chinese Music Ensemble Of New York

在紐約的中國城，有一個成立２８年的紐約中國民族樂團，她固守著自己獨特的民族風格，從不追星崇洋，以每年近３０場的示范演出，向華人及喜歡中國音樂的西方人士宣傳中國的傳統(tǒng)音樂。“紐約中國民族樂團”創(chuàng)辦于１９６１年，是全美歷史最悠久、規(guī)模最大的民樂團體。樂團團長、創(chuàng)辦人張銓念已７０多歲，他精于二胡、中胡、笙、簫、笛、箏、三弦等樂器，是紐約國樂界的前輩與高手，在港臺、紐約等地久負盛名。張銓念先生曾說：孔夫子喜歡古琴，中國文人也很偏愛它，古琴具有很高的歷史價值和豐富的表現(xiàn)力。國樂有七音，古琴的按、捺、挑、撥可以變化出１００多個音來，應該發(fā)揚光大。張銓念先生退休后全身心投入到民樂普及工作中去，他有兩項絕招：一是他可以用流利的英語演說，因為半數(shù)以上的觀眾是西方人；再是精彩表演，演出結束之后并公開與聽眾交談，回答問題，臺上臺下可以相互溝通，可以讓觀眾上臺學習各種樂器的演奏，也可以由演員走近觀眾。樂團一次受邀在賓州的國際藝術節(jié)演出，因為每次至少可以攜帶６件以上中國樂器，僅這一點就不僅征服了西方觀聽眾，而且臺上臺下融為一體把演出推向高潮。樂團在一次與布魯克賽交響樂團合作演出的晚會上，一位老華僑聽完中國樂器演奏后，流著淚水寫下了一首詩，讓觀眾產生了廣泛的藝術共鳴：
《游子吟》
病痛時，我正被流放；
弦上的音更像一張大網。
思緒撒向夢的深處，
也無法網住親愛的故鄉(xiāng)。
遙遠的家，
游子的夢。
被連根拔起的一棵草，
曾往回家的路上長，
這依然的山呀，依舊的水，
可否告訴我——
哪一縷炊煙裊裊飄自我家煙囪上。
轉自天易娛樂論壇，感謝原作者依竹聽簫73。文字介紹轉自網絡。
THE CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE OF NEW YORK
Founded in 1961 by the Director Emeritus Tsuan-nien Chang, THE CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE OF NEW YORK has grown from a few music lovers to the oldest and largest Chinese orchestra in the United States. Its present director is Yu-chiung Teng and its membership of over forty-five members consists of both amateur and professional musicians, who play practically every type of Chinese musical instrument. Recognized as the only full scale Chinese orchestra in the United States, the Ensemble maintains its standard of excellence through a program of musical exchanges with professional musicians in China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. One of the main objectives of THE CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE is to introduce the music of China to Western audiences.
This album makes for very pleasant listening, and quite readily proves false the myth that Chinese vocal music is little more than "nasal screeching." Culled from the vast and varied repetoire of Chinese folk music and cinema, "Beloved Chinese Songs" captures the many moods expressed in these genres -- exuberant, wistful, humorous, poignant. The Chinese Music Ensemble of New York is truly an "army of generals," performing these pieces with both the sensitivity and exuberance requisite of such music, as well as with the technical mastery achieved by only the best of musicians.