High Life

玛 德莲娜·科泽娜乃当今首屈一指的女中音，其演出剧目极为广博，从文艺 复兴前期一直伸延至后浪漫主义时代。欣赏她的演出，犹如阅读古典音乐 和歌剧的百科全书，每次开卷必有新领悟。与科泽娜同台演出的国际级指挥家、 管弦乐队及乐队不计其数；要枚举她曾莅临的顶尖音乐厅和歌剧院甚是费劲，倒 不如指出少数她还未光临的殿堂。 捷克传统上分为三大区域，即西部波希米亚、东部摩拉维亚与东北部西里西 亚。科泽娜生于摩拉维亚首府布尔诺，父母均来自波希米亚。她曾在捷克布尔 诺音乐学院和斯洛伐克布拉迪斯拉发表演艺术学院，学习声音及钢琴。在捷克 国内，她是演绎安东宁·德沃夏克、莱奥什·雅那切克和博胡斯拉夫·马尔蒂努 等民族作曲家的二十一世纪权威。捷克如要委任国家音乐大使，应该非科泽娜莫 属；若非在1993年元旦解体——史称天鹅绒分离——捷克斯洛伐克的国家音乐 大使，大概也会是她。 音乐是世界语言，不受国界约束；精通多国语言的女中音翘楚科泽娜，同样 不受国籍束缚。她多年来屡获国际大奖，早在而立之年已获法国颁发艺术与文学 勋章，彰显其对法国音乐的贡献。于2008年与西蒙·拉特尔爵士共偕连理后， 科泽娜的正式称谓应是拉特尔夫人，但她却绝少以此头衔示人；事实上，她在婚 前已屡获殊荣。古典音乐爱好者无不知道，西蒙·拉特尔爵士自2002起担任柏 林爱乐乐团首席指挥达十六年之久，并将在乐季结束后卸任。 O ne of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of our time, Magdalena Kožená is renowned for her encyclopedic repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the Romantic era. She has performed with the finest conductors, orchestras and ensembles around theworld; indeed, itwould be easier to name those concert halls and opera houses which she has not yet graced than the ones she has. Born in Moravia to parents from Bohemia, Kožená studied voice and piano at Brno Conservatory in the Czech Republic and at theAcademy of PerformingArts in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the Czech Republic, her interpretation of Antonín Dvořák, Leoš JanáčekandBohuslavMartinů remains authoritative. If hernative country is to nominate a doyenne, itwould be difficult to look past Kožená, who could have been the national patroness of music for Czechoslovakia, but for its dissolution in 1993. Nationality matters little to the universal language of music and to Kožená, who is of global stature and speaks multiple languages with native fluency. She has garnered numerous prizes over the years and, at the age of 30, was a foreign recipient of France’s Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2003. Much of this was achieved well before her marriage to Sir Simon Rattle in 2008, after which Lady Rattle became her formal title, if onewishes to be de règle. Sir Simon Rattle is Principal Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. PLAY