龙凤呈祥2017嘉宾简介：赵梅笛

赵梅笛（钢琴）

3岁学琴，9岁被日内瓦音乐大学预科破格录取，14岁获学士学位，16岁即获硕士学位，瑞士籍华裔少女赵梅笛堪称钢琴奇才。日内瓦音乐大学校长、钢琴家Philippe Dinkel先生曾毫不掩饰地说：“赵梅笛(Mélodie Zhao)是我任日内瓦音乐大学校长近30年来遇到的最有才华的学生，是李斯特先生创建的本校钢琴系最杰出的代表。她获得了我们学校能够给予的一切荣誉和奖项。作为一名全面的音乐家，她正在影响瑞士乃至欧洲乐坛。”赵梅笛以她超众的天才刷新着一项项纪录：13岁即录制出版肖邦24首练习曲，16岁录制出版李斯特12首超级技术练习曲，2012年至2013年，19岁的她更录制完成了被称为钢琴领域喜马拉雅的贝多芬32首钢琴奏鸣曲全集唱片，受到欧洲业界人士极大关注，为此，瑞士电视台新闻做了专题报道，该全集唱片获得了瑞士2014年度古典音乐唱片销量第一。此外在2013年，赵梅笛与瑞士最好的法语区（国家）交响乐团（瑞士罗曼达交响乐团）合作，录制了柴可夫斯基第一和第二钢琴协奏曲，该唱片获得法国最权威的古典音乐杂志Diapason最高的五音叉评鉴。

2008年，赵梅笛获得了瑞士米格罗斯（Migros）文化百分比基金会器乐比赛第一名，从而获得了2009至2012年度瑞士独奏家称号。2011年，她还荣获了瑞士奖金最高的雷纳斯（Leenaards）文化奖。2010年与2011年，赵梅笛在瑞士最辉煌最具影响力可容纳1800人的维多利亚音乐大厅分别举办了肖邦练习曲和李斯特超技练习曲独奏音乐会，日内瓦时报的一篇署名文章为此写道：“赵梅笛在这两场重量级的超难度音乐会中的出色表现，为世人进一步展现了作曲家、作品以及钢琴艺术的无穷魅力，并使梅笛因此而跻身于世界级实力派钢琴家行列。”近年来，作为瑞士最大的演出经纪公司CAECILIA最年轻的签约人，梅笛演奏活动非常活跃，曾与瑞士罗曼德交响乐团、日内瓦交响乐团、苏黎世室内乐团、洛桑室内乐团、波兰广播交响乐团、中国国家交响乐团、中国中央芭蕾舞团交响乐团、杭州爱乐乐团、上海爱乐乐团、广州交响乐团、俄罗斯交响乐团、立陶宛国家交响乐团等合作，曲目涵盖了古典、浪漫和现代作曲家的钢琴协奏曲。赵梅笛还是中国著名的龙四重奏的长期合作钢琴家，2016年7月，她与龙四重奏一起受邀在中国驻日内瓦联合国使团举行室内乐音乐会，代表华人音乐家向各国驻联合国使节充分展示了当今中国的文化实力。

在钢琴演奏事业发展的同时，赵梅笛还开启了她的作曲及指挥事业，成功创作了以济南趵突泉为背景的钢琴奏鸣曲《泉》，钢琴随想曲《白毛女》，芭蕾舞《鹤》(交响乐)、《古典交响序曲》等；指挥乐队并自己演奏了肖邦第二钢琴协奏曲，贝多芬《C小调钢琴与合唱幻想曲》及巴赫钢琴协奏曲等。

瑞士著名电视主持人Alain Morisod先生曾对电视观众说：“作为一名杰出的、神奇的瑞士籍华裔钢琴家，赵梅笛（Mélodie Zhao）是我们瑞士人民和中国人民的共同骄傲。”

MéLODIE ZHAO

At age 22, Mélodie Zhao is one of the most promising pianists of the new generation: she recorded Chopin’s 24 Etudes at 13, Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Studies at 16, then played these monumental complete cycles at the Victoria Hall of Geneva with great success; between 17 and 19, Mélodie recorded Beethoven’s complete 32 sonatas under the Swiss label Claves Records, and in 2013, she recorded Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande，Diapason give this recording a 5 Pitchfork, the highest grade.

Swiss of Chinese origin, Mélodie Zhao was born in September 1994 in Gruyères into a musical family. She began studying piano at age 3 with Jiaquan Chen, professor at Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music of China. At 9, she entered the Geneva Conservatory under the instruction of Mayumi Kameda-Balet. At 13, she began studying under Pascal Devoyon at Geneva Music University where at 14, she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree with the highest honors, and also received the Fran?ois Dumont Prize for the best interpretation of a Beethoven sonata. At 16, she was awarded the Master’s Degree in Soloist Performance with distinction, as well as the Georges Filipinetti and Carola Pajonk prizes for the musician with the highest and most refined musical sensitivity. Mélodie Zhao was Migros Cultural Percent Soloist during years 2009 to 2012, and was awarded Leenaards Foundation’s 2011 scholarship.

Accustomed to the stage since age 6, she gave her first solo recital as well as her debut performance as soloist with an orchestra at age 10 in Geneva. At age 12, she began her career as an international concert pianist, performing in Migros-Classics Tour as well as at festivals such as the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Davos Festival, Zurich Festival, Zermatt Festival, Zurich Tonhalle Gesellschaft, Budapest Festival, Valldemossa Piano Festival, Bratislava Festival. Swiss and French radio and television broadcast regularly Mélodie Zhao’s live concerts and recordings. From 2015,  She has become a long term partner of the Dragon Quartet, a top chamber music ensemble in China.

Since she was 13, Mélodie Zhao has performed regularly with many major ensembles such as the Suisse Romande Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Lausanne and Zurich Chamber Orchestras, Swiss Camerata, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, China National Ballet Orchestra, Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra, Russian Belgorod Symphony Orchestra etc.

In parallel to the development of her pianistic career, Mélodie Zhao is also a composer and a conductor. Her first opus, a piano sonata entitled ”Sources” (Water Springs), received a standing ovation when it was premiered in Europe and China and has featured on radio and television programmes. Her other works include Piano Capriccio “White Haired Woman”, “Phantasmagories” for chamber ensemble ordered bythe Rudra-Béjart Ballet Atelier and the ? Classical Overture ? for symphonic orchestra. She studies composing with Jean-Claude Schlaepfer in Geneva and Nicolas Bacri in Paris and Brussels.

Mélodie Zhao has performed as pianist while conducting at the same time Chopin’s 2nd Concerto, Beethoven’s Fantasy for Piano, Orchestra & Choral, Bach Piano Concerto, among others, steadily developing her multi-faceted talents to full scale. She takes conducting lessons with Mischa Damev in Zurich and Yi Zhang in Beijing.