Chinese Music Ensemble Of New York

在纽约的中国城，有一个成立２８年的纽约中国民族乐团，她固守着自己独特的民族风格，从不追星崇洋，以每年近３０场的示范演出，向华人及喜欢中国音乐的西方人士宣传中国的传统音乐。“纽约中国民族乐团”创办于１９６１年，是全美历史最悠久、规模最大的民乐团体。乐团团长、创办人张铨念已７０多岁，他精于二胡、中胡、笙、箫、笛、筝、三弦等乐器，是纽约国乐界的前辈与高手，在港台、纽约等地久负盛名。张铨念先生曾说：孔夫子喜欢古琴，中国文人也很偏爱它，古琴具有很高的历史价值和丰富的表现力。国乐有七音，古琴的按、捺、挑、拨可以变化出１００多个音来，应该发扬光大。张铨念先生退休后全身心投入到民乐普及工作中去，他有两项绝招：一是他可以用流利的英语演说，因为半数以上的观众是西方人；再是精彩表演，演出结束之后并公开与听众交谈，回答问题，台上台下可以相互沟通，可以让观众上台学习各种乐器的演奏，也可以由演员走近观众。乐团一次受邀在宾州的国际艺术节演出，因为每次至少可以携带６件以上中国乐器，仅这一点就不仅征服了西方观听众，而且台上台下融为一体把演出推向高潮。乐团在一次与布鲁克赛交响乐团合作演出的晚会上，一位老华侨听完中国乐器演奏后，流着泪水写下了一首诗，让观众产生了广泛的艺术共鸣：
《游子吟》
病痛时，我正被流放；
弦上的音更像一张大网。
思绪撒向梦的深处，
也无法网住亲爱的故乡。
遥远的家，
游子的梦。
被连根拔起的一棵草，
曾往回家的路上长，
这依然的山呀，依旧的水，
可否告诉我——
哪一缕炊烟袅袅飘自我家烟囱上。
转自天易娱乐论坛，感谢原作者依竹听箫73。文字介绍转自网络。
THE CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE OF NEW YORK
Founded in 1961 by the Director Emeritus Tsuan-nien Chang, THE CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE OF NEW YORK has grown from a few music lovers to the oldest and largest Chinese orchestra in the United States. Its present director is Yu-chiung Teng and its membership of over forty-five members consists of both amateur and professional musicians, who play practically every type of Chinese musical instrument. Recognized as the only full scale Chinese orchestra in the United States, the Ensemble maintains its standard of excellence through a program of musical exchanges with professional musicians in China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. One of the main objectives of THE CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE is to introduce the music of China to Western audiences.
This album makes for very pleasant listening, and quite readily proves false the myth that Chinese vocal music is little more than "nasal screeching." Culled from the vast and varied repetoire of Chinese folk music and cinema, "Beloved Chinese Songs" captures the many moods expressed in these genres -- exuberant, wistful, humorous, poignant. The Chinese Music Ensemble of New York is truly an "army of generals," performing these pieces with both the sensitivity and exuberance requisite of such music, as well as with the technical mastery achieved by only the best of musicians.