女高音；徐晓英
　　男中音：杨小勇
　　指　挥：余隆
　　上海歌剧院合唱团

　　余 隆 艺术总监 / 首席指挥

　　余隆是活跃于当今国际乐坛的最杰出的中国指挥家之一。现任中国爱乐乐团艺术总监和首席指挥、广州交响乐团音乐总监、上海交响乐团音乐总监和北京国际音乐节艺术总监。

　　作为第一位应邀指挥美国五大交响乐团之一费城交响乐团的中国指挥家，也是与世界顶尖级交响乐团合作最多的华人指挥家，余隆与众多世界各地知名交响乐团和歌剧院有着广泛合作，其中包括芝加哥交响乐团、费城交响乐团、洛杉矶爱乐乐团、华盛顿国家交响乐团、巴黎管弦乐团、班贝格交响乐团、汉堡国家歌剧院、柏林广播交响乐团、莱比锡广播交响乐团、威尼斯凤凰歌剧院、悉尼交响乐团、香港管弦乐团、东京爱乐乐团和新加坡交响乐团等。

　　余隆1964年出生于上海的音乐世家，自幼随外祖父、著名作曲家丁善德教授学习音乐。后求学于上海音乐学院和德国柏林高等艺术大学。先后受教于中国音乐教育家黄晓同教授和德国歌剧指挥家鲁宾斯坦教授等名师。出色的音乐天赋以及优越的音乐教育为余隆的艺术生涯奠定了坚实基础，使得他能够迅速成长为一位成就卓著的指挥家。

　　余隆的艺术生涯涵盖指挥和艺术管理领域。1992年，余隆担任中央歌剧院常任指挥。同年，他创办了首届北京新年音乐会，并连续三年担任指挥，开启国内演出新年音乐会之先河。1993年起，余隆连续五年为香港市政局指挥歌剧演出。1998年，余隆发起创办了北京国际音乐节，担任艺术总监。在他的出色领导下，北京国际音乐节不仅成为中国和亚洲规模最大的音乐节，也跻身于全球最重要的音乐节之列。在过去十一年间，金秋时节的北京国际音乐节上呈现了由众多著名乐团如柏林爱乐乐团和纽约爱乐乐团演出的精彩音乐会以及柏林德意志歌剧院、威尼斯凤凰歌剧院和圣彼得堡马林斯基剧院等带来的歌剧盛典，如《尼伯龙根的指环》、《玫瑰骑士》、《唐豪瑟》、《茶花女》、《纳布科》、《璐璐》和《姆钦斯克县的麦克白夫人》。

　　2000年，余隆参与创建了中国爱乐乐团，并担任艺术总监和首席指挥。余隆期望通过与众多世界知名音乐家的合作，使中国爱乐乐团发展成一个全能型职业化乐团，不仅向全世界介绍优秀的中国交响乐作品，也使得中国音乐家对西方音乐各时期及各种风格作品的演奏达到全新水准，并且在不同音乐形式上均有建树。余隆指挥中国爱乐乐团举行了许多大型作品的中国首演。2002年10月，作为第五届北京国际音乐节开幕式音乐会，余隆指挥包括中国爱乐乐团在内的近千名中外音乐家演出了马勒的第八《千人》交响曲，完成了这部宏伟巨作的历史性中国首演。

　　2001年9月，余隆率中国爱乐乐团在台湾地区举行了成功的巡回演出。2002年6月，余隆率中国爱乐乐团参加了波多黎各的卡萨尔斯音乐节，随后在圣何塞、洛杉矶等地进行了美国西海岸巡演。同年9月，余隆再次率中国爱乐乐团赴海外巡演，在日本东京、神户、大阪和韩国汉城演出，所到之处均深受欢迎，尤其是在东京三得利音乐厅的音乐会，赢得了包括日本皇室成员在内的两千余名日本听众的热烈喝采，取得了轰动性成功。2003年，余隆的一系列重要指挥活动包括与东京爱乐乐团合作并率该团在中国巡演。同年5月起，他在作为北京国际音乐节艺术总监与中国爱乐乐团艺术总监和首席指挥的同时兼任广州交响乐团音乐总监。9月，余隆率领中国爱乐乐团赴欧洲巡演，在著名的巴黎国家歌剧院、华沙国家大剧院和维也纳音乐之友协会金色大厅演出，获得巨大成功。11月至12月间，余隆与大提琴家米沙•麦斯基和广州交响乐团一道进行大规模巡演，在巴黎香榭丽舍剧院、卢森堡音乐学院音乐厅、荷兰阿姆斯特丹音乐厅、开罗歌剧院和亚历山大音乐厅演出。2005年2月至4月，余隆率领中国爱乐乐团进行了规模空前的环球世界巡演，历时四十多天，跨越北美和欧洲，不仅在中国乐团出访史上前所未有，在全亚洲交响乐团中亦属罕见。2008年5月7日晚，余隆指挥中国爱乐乐团和上海歌剧院合唱团在梵蒂冈城保罗六世礼堂为教宗本笃十六世及八千余名听众演出了莫扎特的《安魂曲》，成为令全世界瞩目的重要文化盛世。英国《卫报》称此次意义非凡的演出为“中梵借音乐外交‘破冰’”。

　　余隆作为出色的乐团和音乐节领导者为推动东西方音乐文化交流作出了卓越贡献。他大力倡导当代音乐，他领导下的北京国际音乐节、中国爱乐乐团和广州交响乐团等机构和团体向当今最重要的作曲家委约创作，包括克里斯托夫•潘德列茨基、菲利普•格拉斯、郭文景、谭盾、叶小刚和陈银淑等。

　　余隆指挥的录音包括德意志唱片公司录制发行、中国爱乐乐团演奏的勃拉姆斯G小调钢琴四重奏（阿诺德•勋伯格配器）和瓦格纳的《唐豪瑟》序曲、中国管弦乐作品集以及由郎朗担任钢琴独奏的钢琴协奏曲《黄河》。拿索斯公司发行有余隆指挥的科恩格尔德的小提琴协奏曲和丁善德的《长征交响曲》。

　　鉴于余隆在推动当今世界古典音乐事业发展和促进国际间文化交流方面所做的突出贡献，2002年，德国万宝龙文化基金会向余隆颁发了年度“万宝龙卓越艺术成就奖”；2003年，法国政府特别授予余隆“法兰西文学艺术骑士勋章”；2005年，意大利政府向余隆颁发了“共和国骑士勋章”。

　　Long Yu Artistic Director & Chief Conductor

　　As one of the most distinguished Chinese conductors with an established international reputation, Maestro Long Yu is currently Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Beijing Music Festival.

　　As the first Chinese conductor to be invited to conduct one of the “Big Five” orchestras of the America, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and as one who conducts the world top-class orchestras most frequently among Chinese conductors, Maestro Long Yu has appeared with a prestigious list of leading orchestras and opera companies around the world, including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Washington National Symphony, the Orchestre de Paris, the Bamberg Symphony, the Hamburg State Opera, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Sydney Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Tokyo Philharmonic and the Singapore Symphony.

　　Long Yu was born in 1964 into a family of musicians in Shanghai. Musical education in his early childhood came from his grandfather Ding Shande, a composer of great renown, and he later studied at the Shanghai Conservatory and the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin.

　　Long Yu’s career has included both artistic and administrative appointments. In 1992, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Central Opera Theatre in Beijing, and in the same year, he was involved in the planning of the first Beijing New Year’s Concert and served as its conductor for three consecutive years. He also produced operas for The Urban Council of Hong Kong for five successive years. In 1998, he led the creation of the Beijing Music Festival and was its Founding Artistic Director. Under his leadership the Beijing Music Festival is regarded as the largest classical music festival in the eastern hemisphere and one of the world’s most important music festivals. During the past 11years at this annual autumn festival there have been many splendid concerts given by leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic, as well as outstanding productions of the Ring, Der Rosenkavalier, Tannhäuser, La Traviata, Nabucco, Lulu and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by visiting opera companies including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Teatro la Fenice and the Mariinsky Theatre.

　　In 2000, Long Yu co-founded the China Philharmonic Orchestra and was appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor. Now entering his 9th season with the China Philharmonic, he has maintained the high standard of orchestral performance and artistic administration and built the ensemble’s reputation as not only a leading Chinese orchestra but also a world-famous one. In 2003, Long Yu was appointed the Music Director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and he has been raising the level and fame of the orchestra rapidly. He toured extensively with both the China Philharmonic and the Guangzhou Symphony. In September 2003, under his leadership, the China Philharmonic Orchestra toured Europe, with memorable concerts at the Palais Garnier, Paris, the Teatr Wielki - National Opera Warsaw and the Grosser Saal of the Musikverein, Vienna. In December of the same year he undertook a major European and Egyptian tour with the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Mischa Maisky, giving concerts at Theatre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Luxemburg, Cairo Opera House and Alexander Opera House. From February to April 2005, he led the China Philharmonic Orchestra on an international tour. With in 40 days they appeared in 22 cities throughout North America and Europe. In 2008, for the first time in history, the China Philharmonic Orchestra performed under the baton of maestro Long Yu at the Vatican in the Paul VI Auditorium. The concert was attended by The Holy Father Pope Benedict XIV and marked a giant step in bringing eastern and western cultures closer together. In April 2009 the China Philharmonic Orchestra was selected by the Gramophone, which is widely regarded as the best classical music magazine in the world, as one of “the world’s 10 most inspiring orchestras”.

　　Maestro Long Yu’s reputation has been enhanced by his activities as a widely admired and respected figure in administration of orchestras and festival as well as in international exchanging of musical culture. As a champion of contemporary music Long Yu has been commissioning a number of works from today’s prominent composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Philip Glass, Guo Wenjing, Tan Dun, Ye Xiaogang and Unsuk Chin.

　　Mr. Long Yu’s recordings include, on Deutsche Grammophon with the China Philharmonic, Brahms’s Piano Quartet in G Minor (orch. Arnold Schoenberg) and Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture, highlights of Chinese symphonic music and Yellow River Concerto with Lang Lang as featured soloist. Recordings on Naxos include Korngold’s Violin Concerto and Ding Shande’s Long March Symphony.

　　Long Yu received the 2002 Montblanc Arts Patronage Award from the Montblanc Cultural Foundation, and in 2003 came Le grade de chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres (The Honor of Chevalier of French Art and Culture) from the Government of France. In 2005, Italian President honored Maestro Long Yu L’onorificenza di commendatore.