High Life

22 品 对 年轻一辈的古典乐迷而言，他 乃当世顶尖指挥家，其鼎鼎大 名如雷贯耳，余言不赘。年长一辈的 古典乐迷，也许会怀念当年英姿勃发 的小提琴名家梵志登。早于1979年， 当时年仅十八岁的他已英雄出少年， 成为阿姆斯特丹王家音乐厅管弦乐团 历史上最年轻的乐团首席，是为其辉 煌音乐事业之伊始。阿姆斯特丹音乐 厅管弦乐团始建于1888年，及后于 1988年庆祝百年华诞时，获荷兰女王 贝娅特丽克丝授以「王家」衔头。 从一流乐团首席到著名指挥大师 的演变过程，可不是水到渠成般直截 了当。梵志登的故事有多个版本，有 的犹如如保禄归化般神奇。根据看似 最为可信的版本，多年前他与所属乐 团在已故指挥大师兼恩师伦纳德·伯 恩斯坦的带领下，在德国柏林进行巡 F or melophiles of the younger generation, Jaap Van Zweden is the name of a world-renowned conductor who requires no introduction; those of the older generation, meanwhile, might also fondlyrecall his earlierdays as avirtuoso violinist. In 1979, at the tender age of 18, Van Zweden became the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Royal ConcertgebouwOrchestra, which was founded in 1888 and granted the “Royal” title in 1988 by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Such was the illustrious beginning of Van Zweden’s distinguishedmusical journey. Switching from a scintillating career as concertmaster to begin a conducting career from scratch is no small feat, and Van Zweden’s 回演出；练习排演时，伯恩斯坦要求 他代为指挥古斯塔夫·马勒《D 大调 第一交响曲》的第一乐章，好让自己 能忙里偷闲，参观刚完成翻新工程的 音乐厅。 梵志登当时没有任何指挥方面的 经验，却恭敬不如从命。第一乐章练 习排演完毕之时，伯恩斯坦也回到台 上，直言不讳地对他说了这么一番话： 「刚才的表现实在是太差劲了，但我 却清楚地看见你的天赋才华。」正如 梵志登本人承认，此演变过程既是突 然而来的启示，亦是自然而然的转 变。 他透露说：「我当初没有要成为 指挥的念头，但伯恩斯坦启发、鼓励 并促使我朝着这个方向迈进。我于是 开始指挥练习排演，自此踏上新的旅 程。」 story has been told in a number of versions, some as miraculous as a Damascene conversion. The most credible one seems to be that, whilst on tour in Berlin, Leonard Bernstein once asked Van Zweden to conduct a rehearsal of the first movement of GustavMahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major, as he wanted to look around the newly renovated concert hall. Without any conducting experience, Van Zweden dutifully obliged. Upon returning onstage, Bernstein put it bluntly that “it was a truly awful performance, but I can clearly see the genuine talent in you.” As Van Zweden acknowledged, the process of change was simultaneously a sudden revelation and a natural continuation.