骆奇伟
骆奇伟,1993年出生于高雄,2010–2016年之间荣获美国纽约茱莉亚音乐学院(The Juilliard School) 学士与硕士,主修钢琴演奏,师承国际知名大师Jerome Lowenthal与陈宏宽教授,并接受知名艺术家Roberto Poli、Ran Blake、Anthony Coleman、Russell Sherman、Wha Kyung Byun、宋如音教授、刘孟捷教授、陈必先教授、Joseph Kalichstein、Matti Raekallio、Robert Levin…等大师指导。2005年参加波士顿胡桃山艺术学院(Walnut Hill School for the Arts) 中华艺术表演基金会举行的协奏曲比赛荣获第一名,在户外音乐广场(Esplanade)与波士顿芭蕾舞团指挥Jonathan Mcphee波士顿长木乐团(Long Wood Symphony) 演出李斯特的「死之舞」。随后获得奖学金而跳级进入胡桃山艺术高中 (Walnut Hill School for the Arts)。 2008年在新英格兰音乐院协奏曲比赛拿下第一名,并在音乐学院的乔登厅(Jordan Hall)由大师Benjamin Zander指挥演出拉威尔「G大调钢琴协奏曲」,并在同场次演出史特拉文斯基芭蕾舞剧「彼德洛西卡」担任钢琴演出。同年,在A. Ramon Rivera钢琴比赛拿下了第一名。 2010年赢得了Williams Chorales比赛第二名、Harvard Musical Association 第三名、 Steinway Competition (史坦威比赛) 第一名。除了古典乐,奇伟也专心投入现代即兴演奏,并在美国与欧洲各地重新诠释麦克杰克森 (Michael Jackson),詹姆斯布朗 (James Brown),以及皇后乐团 (Queen) 等经典名曲。2016年奇伟与即兴室内乐团The Illustrators在纽约各地演出,一起录制了一张实验性专辑。 2017年九月成为美国新英格兰音乐学院(New England Conservatory)博士候选人,主修现代钢琴即兴。 2018年五月和Psychopomp Contemporary Ensemble (普绪科蓬现代即兴乐团) 在Bandcamp发行了第一张网路专辑。2018年六月,在高雄捷运公司的邀约下推出「高捷十年,幸福绵延」一系列公益活动。在「致高雄」记者会,奇伟发表为高捷制作全球首发乐曲「致高雄」,随后在光之穹顶大厅举行「奔放文森‧梵谷:高捷公益快闪钢琴音乐会」,并进行现场征答,赠送「骆奇伟音乐会特仕版一卡通」。同月,奇伟在高雄文化中心至善厅举办个人钢琴独奏会 「奔放文森」。音乐人许馨心老师写到:「看到了ㄧ场融合音乐、戏剧、绘画、诗词的多元艺术表演,而且全部都由ㄧ人包办[...]演奏者不仅在表演形式上跳脱框架,于音乐上的改编与即兴也是一绝,实则力行此场音乐会所欲传达之理念,足见演奏者其用心,令人欣喜!」Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, pianist Chi Wei Lo started studying piano at the age of three. He soon established himself as one of the prominently gifted children in the country, and has experienced success sharing his sincere love for music, winning all the major national piano competitions. After winning First Prize in the Chinese Performing Arts Festival in 2005, he performed Liszt's Totentanz with Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Boston's Esplanade, under the baton of Jonathan McPhee. Mr. Lo's creativity and style made the year 2008 marked by numerous accomplishments, including First Prize in the A. Ramon Rivera Piano Competition, The New England Conservatory's Preparatory School Concerto Competition in the top category. In the year of 2010, Mr. Lo would go on to win the Steinway competition.Along with standard repertoire, Mr. Lo has arranged songs from pop and rock artists including Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and Queen, and has received praises for these repertoires in Asia, the United States, and Europe. Having graduated from the Juilliard School under the guidance of Mr. Jerome Lowenthal and Mr. Hung Kuan Chen in 2016, Mr. Lo also enjoys an active schedule of performances as a soloist and chamber player and is expanding his creativity through different genres of music. In 2017, Mr. Lo became a doctoral candidate at the New England Conservatory, majoring in contemporary piano improvisation, under the guidance of Mr. Ran Blake and Mr. Anthony Coleman. Performances in 2018 include a debut at TECO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York) with New Asia Chamber Society; a debut at Tufts University with Psychopomp, improvising on the “intermezzo” of the silent film, Metropolis (1927), using a prepared piano and newly made percussion instruments.During the summer of 2018, Mr. Lo received high praise for his multi-arts piano recital, “Declaration of Aesthetics,” which acts out the life of Vincent van Gogh. In addition, Mr. Lo was commissioned by the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation (KRTC) to write a composition, “For Kaohsiung,” in celebration of its 10 years anniversary, and was invited to participate in a series of relating events: a press conference, a flashmob recital, and the publishing of Mr. Lo's limited edition Metro card.