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田润德 编译文/图
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida
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伊达·哈恩黛尔演奏西贝柳斯小提琴协奏曲
(Ida Haendel) J SIBELIUS
VIOLIN CONCERTO |
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埃达·亨德尔(Ida Haendel)
J SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO
I AM THE VIOLIN - Ida Haendel |
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音乐历史上的今天
2020年7月2日，
伟大的小提琴家的亲属在媒体上公布了“伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel）昨晚在迈阿密的家中平静地去世……”的消息。
“我心爱的姑妈，传奇和举世闻名的小提琴手伊达·哈恩黛尔昨晚在迈阿密的家中平静地去世……”哈恩黛尔的侄子理查德·格伦伯格通过社交媒体说：“我对她有很多美好的回忆，她对我来说是个很棒的姨妈，我把她当成第二个妈妈……”
“我的姨妈是英国人的骄傲，是加拿大公民，美国居民，以色列的恩人，杰出的全球公民和神童，在音乐界留下了深远的烙印。世界失去了一位音乐传奇，所有认识并钦佩她的朋友和深爱她的亲密家人都会怀念她。”
伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida
Haendel1928-2020）的一生跨越了二十世纪的大部分时间，她仍然是音乐舞台上最不朽的偶像之一，通过她的许多录音以及她的现场表演和广播，她对表演者和音乐爱好者都是一种激励。
1928年12月15日，Ida Haendel出生在波兰的Chelm，是Nathan和Fela
Hendel(原文如此)的两个女儿中最小的一个。一些资料表明她的出生年份是1923年或1924年。哈恩黛尔声称，这种困惑源于她1937年9岁时在伦敦的一次表演；在她要出场之前，她的经纪人被告知任何演员都不能低于14岁，所以他声称那确实是她的年龄。
艾达出生时，她的姐姐阿拉(Ala)，也就是后来的爱丽丝(Alice)，才六岁。尽管两人在生理和心理上都截然不同，但他们始终是亲密的朋友。她的父母深信他们的第二个孩子会是个男孩，所以他们决定按她外祖父的名字给她取名以撒，尽管她是个女孩，但他们还是这么做了，并保留了艾达作为她的非正式名;她说，通过这种方式，“我被灌输了一种男性的元素。”
内森·亨德尔是一名肖像画家，他的生活很不稳定，这使他的家庭陷入了一段时间的贫困。尽管亨德夫妇不是特别虔诚，但他们是传统的犹太人，艾达描述了她母亲在周五晚上提供的庆祝晚餐，无论家庭的经济状况如何。除了成为一名有天赋的艺术家，内森还渴望成为一名专业的小提琴家，并通过一个不情愿的
阿拉Ala来实现他受挫的抱负。他给阿拉Ala买了一件乐器，让她学习她并不喜欢的课程。然而，艾达却对这种乐器表现出了一种异乎寻常的本能的喜爱：她描述了一个春天的早晨，作为一个三岁的孩子，她和母亲一起呆在家里，她从琴盒中取出
姐姐的小提琴，第一次弹奏起来。尽管对她来说，琴实在是太大了，但她的演奏却让她的母亲和围观的邻居们都感到惊奇。
内森迅速将注意力转移到艾达身上，并带她去了华沙音乐学院，师从米契兹斯拉夫·米哈洛维奇（Miecyzslaw
Michalowicz），并于1933年4岁时获得音乐学院的金牌。随后，内森带她去了德国、巴黎和伦敦，先后与卡尔·弗莱什和乔治·埃内斯库学习。她接触的教师和音乐家包括约瑟夫·斯基盖蒂，尼基塔·玛格洛夫和阿图尔·鲁宾斯坦的兄弟伊格纳斯·鲁宾斯坦，他们于1933年秋天在巴黎相遇。1935年，7岁的她在华沙举行的第一届维尼亚斯基比赛中获得波兰奖，总成绩第七。第一名是16岁的吉乃特·奈芙，第二名是27岁的大卫·奥斯特拉赫，奈芙一直是年轻的伊达·哈恩黛尔的朋友和导师，直到她在1949年英年早逝。亨德夫妇追求艾达事业的强烈激情，强化了这位小提琴家所声称的她性格中固有的一种孤立感。然而，幸运的是，她有一个当代神童，约瑟夫·哈西德(Josef
Hassid)，一个经历着类似生活方式的孩子，她可以和他联系起来。
1937年，在亨利·伍德的指挥棒下，她在伦敦的女王大厅首次登台，随后又在他的漫步音乐会中定期露面。就在这个时候，她的经理建议她把姓氏的拼写从“Hendel”改为“Haendel”，这让她想起了同名的作曲家。第二次世界大战期间，她经常在米拉·赫斯夫人组织的国家美术馆音乐会中表演，也花了很多时间巡回演出，为盟军部队演奏，通常是在恶劣的条件下;她于1940年成为英国公民。
1946年她第一次去了美国，四处巡演，1952年定居在蒙特利尔;1979年，她搬到了迈阿密，至今仍是她的家。她一直是一个真正的国际艺术家，与许多20世纪最伟大的指挥家和独奏者一起表演，尽管她的名字特别与塞尔吉奥独身者联系在一起。2001年，英国广播公司(BBC)在伦敦对她进行了为期一周的“现场表演”，利用了一些档案材料，并穿插了对哈恩黛尔本人的采访。在她所获得的荣誉中，有1982年颁发给她的西贝柳斯奖，以表彰她在西贝柳斯小提琴协奏曲中的杰出表现，她在听到广播后得到了作曲家的赞扬。1991年，她被任命为大英帝国司令，2000年被伦敦皇家音乐学院授予荣誉博士学位。1970年，她写了自传《小提琴的女人》。
在二十世纪上半叶，伊达·哈恩黛尔实现了她童年的诺言，已成长为二十一世纪的传奇人物。
(参考书目:乔治·格罗夫，斯坦利·萨迪，约翰·提利尔编，《新格罗夫音乐和音乐家词典》，纽约:2001年；海德尔，艾达，《小提琴女人》，伦敦:1970年。)
今日视频：1、伊达·哈恩黛尔演奏西贝柳斯《小提琴协奏曲
》；2、纪录片《我是小提琴》——伊达·哈恩黛尔。 |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)。 |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔1928年12月15日生于波兰东部Che?m一个传统犹太家庭。
她是华沙音乐学院米夏洛维奇(Michalowitch)的学生，1933年获音乐学院金牌奖和胡贝尔曼奖，12岁举行个人音乐会，此后开始巡回演出。在旅居巴黎期间曾先后师从埃乃斯库和弗莱什进修，1937年在伦敦交响乐团音乐会上因演奏贝多芬和勃拉姆斯的协奏曲而轰动乐坛。
哈恩黛尔早期的单声道录音包括40年代晚期的78转和50年代的LP，都是收藏家爱物，但通常价格很高。
哈恩黛尔游刃有余的技巧和激扬的演奏可以让我们重新审视勃拉姆斯和柴科夫斯基的协奏曲。值得一提的是，哈恩黛尔作为一个小提琴家手掌异常的小，她使用的是1696年的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，这把琴到她晚年还一直在用。她手中的音色，时而轻松、时而强健，时而艳丽，时而严酷。 |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel) |
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IDA Hahndel was born on December 15, 1928, in Che?M a traditional Jewish
family.
A student of Michalowitch at the Warsaw Conservatory of Music, she won
the Gold and Hubermann awards at the Conservatory in 1933. She gave solo
concerts at the age of 12 and toured since then.During his stay in
Paris, he studied with Enescu and Fleisch, and in 1937 he made a
sensation in the music world by playing Beethoven and Brahms concertos
at a Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Hahndel's early mono recordings, including 78 RPM in the late 1940s and
LP in the 1950s, were collectors' favorites, but often at high prices.
Hahndel's skilful and thrilling performance makes us revisit the Brahms
and Tchaikovsky concertos.It's worth noting that As a violinist She had
unusually small hands and used the 1696 Strativali, which she continued
to play well into her later years.The tone of her hand was now easy, now
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上面这张1935年的照片，是首届维尼亚夫斯基小提琴大赛获奖者的合影，照片右侧的三个孩子，是传奇小提琴教育家卡尔·弗莱什的三位高徒。
穿白色水手服的男孩是早逝的天才哈西德，白群长袜的是力压奥伊斯特拉赫夺冠的内弗，中间那个穿短裤长袜的正是哈恩黛尔，不到7岁的她获得了不错的名次。
哈恩黛尔出生于波兰的一个贫苦家庭，但有幸得到了埃内斯库和卡尔·弗莱什两位大师的指点，她的天赋得到了充分的发觉，超凡的琴技和成熟的表达令她年少成名，并一路成长为真正的大师级演奏家。
从巴赫到巴托克，她的演奏曲目广泛，她的演奏犀利而清晰，毫不矫揉造作，有着男性般刚强的气质和宏伟的气魄。她演奏的西贝柳斯《小提琴协奏曲》尤其备受赞誉。 |
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Above, winners of
the first Winiavsky Violin Competition are pictured in 1935, right,
three children of legendary violin educator Carl Fleish.
The boy in the white sailor suit is Hasid, the genius who died young.
The white stocking is Neve, who beat Easterlach to the title.
Born into a poor family in Poland, But with the help of two masters,
Enescu and Karl Fleisch, Hahndel's talent was fully realized, and her
extraordinary skill and mature expression made her famous at a young
age, and she grew up to be a true master player.
From Bach to Bartok, she played a wide range of repertoire, her
performance sharp and clear, without affectation, with masculine
virility and magnificent verve.Her performance of Sibelius's Violin
Concerto was particularly acclaimed |
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1950 年 2 月 13 日，22 岁的伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)带着1726年的斯特拉迪瓦鲁斯小提琴来到伊斯坦布尔，绰号睡美人。 |
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On February 13,
1950, 22-year-old Ida Haendel arrived in Istanbul with her 1726
Stradivarus violin, nicknamed Sleeping Beauty. |
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1958年伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)到捷克斯洛伐克的布拉格访问演出 |
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violinist ida haendel
visits prague in 1958 czechoslovkia |
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1958年伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)晚年一直用这把斯特拉迪瓦里1699年制作的小提琴，过去她曾经使用过斯特拉迪瓦里1724年的小提琴和一把瓜奈力小提琴。 |
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In
1958 Ida Haendel used Stradivari's 1699 violin for the
rest of her life, having used Stradivari's 1724 violin
and a Guarneri violin in the past. |
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年轻时代的伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel) |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)的西贝柳斯小提琴协奏曲唱片封面 |
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西蒙对伊达·哈恩黛尔演奏的西贝柳斯小提琴协奏曲的评论 |
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我一直认为，由艾达•享德尔演奏的西贝柳斯(Sibelius)的小提琴协奏曲是无人可超越的，基至是无人可与之并驾齐驱的。作曲家本人一次给她写信说：“请接受我最热诚的谢意，你把我的小提琴协奏曲作了如此卓越的演奏。从各个方面来看，你的处理都是出自艺木大师之手，我祝贺你巨大的成功，但首先我要祝贸我自已——因为我的协奏曲终于找到了稀有的高水平的介释者。”在这里，不仅仅是她把精湛的技巧服务于音乐，更主要的是亨德尔小姐对音色的卓越地运用——尤其是第一乐章中小提琴的冰冷的进入，它唤起人们对萧瑟而辽阔的芬兰风光的遐想。使我发生兴趣的是，她还从视觉方面来看待这部作品：同时，她还告诉我，有些演奏家把它表现得过于热烈，过于激动，还使用了大幅度的採弦(vibrato)，而其他一些人则把它演奏得过于压抑。她认为，过分热烈或过分冷淡的演奏都是不好的，秘诀应为“二者之间”。——《艾达·亨德尔访问记》西蒙·柯林斯（Simon
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Simon's review
of the Sibelius Violin Concerto performed by IDA Hahndelle |
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I have always
believed that the Sibelius violin concerto, performed by Ada Hendel, is
unsurpassed, even unequalled. The composer himself once wrote to her:
"Please accept my warmest thanks for such an excellent performance of my
violin concerto." In every respect, your treatment is the work of a
master of art wood, and I congratulate you on your great success, but
above all I congratulate myself - my concerto has found a rare and
highly qualified interpreter." Here, it is not only her exquisite skill
in the service of music, but more importantly, Miss Handel's remarkable
use of timbre - especially the icy entry of the violin in the first
movement, which evokes the bleak and vast Finnish landscape. What
interested me was that she also looked at the work from a visual
perspective: at the same time she told me that some players made it too
intense, too exciting, and used a large vibrato, while others played it
too repressively. She believes that too warm or too cold playing is not
good, the secret should be "between the two." The Ada Handel Visit, by
Simon Collins |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)演奏恰空 |
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1958年伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel)历史的回归唱片封面 |
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Today in music history
On July 2, 2020, relatives of the great
violinist announced in the media that "Ida
Haendel passed away peacefully last night at her
home in Miami..." The news.
"My beloved aunt, legendary and world-renowned
violinist IDA Handelle passed away peacefully
last night at her home in Miami..." Hahndelle's
nephew Richard Grunberg said via social media:
"I have so many great memories of her, she was a
great aunt to me, I thought of her as a second
mom..."
"My aunt was a British pride, a Canadian
citizen, a resident of the United States, a
benefactor of Israel, a distinguished global
citizen and child prodigy who left a profound
mark on the music industry. The world has lost a
musical legend who will be missed by all her
friends who knew and admired her and by her
close family who loved her dearly."
Ida Haendale (1928-2020), whose life spanned
most of the twentieth century, remains one of
the music scene's most enduring ICONS, an
inspiration to performers and music lovers alike
through her many recordings as well as her live
performances and radio broadcasts.
Ida Haendel was born on December 15, 1928 in
Chelm, Poland, the youngest of two daughters of
Nathan and Fela Hendel(sic). Some sources give
her birth as 1923 or 1924. Ms. Hahndelle claimed
that the confusion stemmed from a performance
she gave in London in 1937, when she was nine;
Before she was due to appear, her manager was
told that no actor could be younger than 14, so
he claimed that was indeed her age.
When IDA was born, her older sister Ala, later
Alice, was just six years old. Although the two
were very different physically and mentally,
they remained close friends. Her parents were
convinced that their second child would be a
boy, so they decided to name her Isaac after her
maternal grandfather, which they did even though
she was a girl, and kept IDA as her informal
name; That way, she said, "I was instilled with
an element of masculinity."
Nathan Handel is a portrait painter whose life
is very unstable, which causes his family to
fall into poverty for a time. Although the Hends
were not particularly religious, they were
traditionally Jewish, and Ada described the
celebratory dinners her mother served on Friday
nights, regardless of the family's financial
situation. In addition to becoming a gifted
artist, Nathan aspires to become a professional
violinist and pursues his thwarted ambition
through a reluctant Ala Ala. He bought Alala a
musical instrument and made her take lessons she
didn't like. Ada, however, showed an unusually
instinctive fondness for the instrument: she
described how one spring morning, as a
three-year-old at home with her mother, she
removed her sister's violin from its case and
played it for the first time. Although the piano
was too big for her, her playing surprised her
mother and onlookers.
Nathan quickly turned his attention to Ada and
took her to the Warsaw Conservatory to study
with Miecyzslaw Michalowicz, where she won a
gold medal at the conservatory in 1933 at the
age of four. Nathan then took her to Germany,
Paris and London, where she studied first with
Carl Flesch and then with George Enescu. Among
the teachers and musicians she came into contact
with were Joseph Schighetti, Nikita Margelov and
Artur Rubinstein's brother Ignace Rubinstein,
whom she met in Paris in the fall of 1933. In
1935, at the age of seven, she won the Polish
Prize at the first Viniaski Competition in
Warsaw, finishing seventh overall. First was
Ginette Neveu, 16, and second was David Ostrach,
27. Neveu remained a friend and mentor to the
young IDA Handelle until her unyoung death in
1949. The intense passion with which the Hends
pursued Ada's career reinforced what the
violinist claimed was a sense of isolation
inherent in her character. Fortunately, however,
she had a contemporary prodigy, Josef Hassid, a
child experiencing a similar lifestyle, with
whom she could relate.
In 1937, under the baton of Henry Wood, she made
her stage debut at the Queen's Hall in London,
and subsequently made regular appearances in his
Walking concerts. It was around this time that
her manager suggested she change the spelling of
her last name from "Hendel" to "Haendel," which
reminded her of the composer of the same name.
During World War II, she often performed in
National Gallery concerts organized by Lady Mira
Hess, and also spent much of her time touring,
playing for Allied troops, often in harsh
conditions; She became a British citizen in
1940.
She traveled to the United States for the first
time in 1946, toured extensively, and settled in
Montreal in 1952. In 1979, she moved to Miami,
which remains her home today. She has been a
truly international artist, performing with many
of the greatest conductors and soloists of the
20th century, although her name is particularly
associated with Sergio Celibate. In 2001, the
BBC conducted a week-long "live performance" of
her in London, drawing on archival material and
interspersed with interviews with Hahndelle
herself. Among the honors she received was the
Sibelius Prize awarded to her in 1982 for her
outstanding performance in the Sibelius Violin
Concerto, which she received praise from the
composer after hearing the broadcast. In 1991
she was appointed Commander of the British
Empire and in 2000 was awarded an honorary
doctorate by the Royal College of Music in
London. In 1970, she wrote her autobiography,
The Violin Woman.
In the first half of the 20th century, IDA
Hahndelle fulfilled her childhood promise and
has grown into a legend of the 21st century.
(Bibliography: George Grove, Stanley Sadi, John
Tyrell, eds., The New Grove Dictionary of Music
and Musicians, New York :2001; Haider, IDA,
Violin Woman, London :1970.)
Video of the day: 1. IDA Handelle performs
Sibelius' Violin Concerto; 2, the documentary "I
Am the Violin" - IDA Handelle. |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida
Haendel)曾经用过的鞋子，这些鞋子曾经带她走过世界各地，踏遍千山万水。 |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida
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She made
her first trip to the United States in 1946, toured extensively,
and settled in Montreal in 1952;In 1979, she moved to Miami,
where she still lives.She has been a truly international artist,
performing with many of the greatest conductors and soloists of
the 20th century, although her name is particularly associated
with Sergio Singletons.In 2001, the BBC gave her a week of "live
performances" in London, using archive material and interspersed
with interviews with Hahndel herself.Among her other honors, the
Sibelius Prize was awarded to her in 1982 for her outstanding
performance in Sibelius violin concerto, and she was praised by
the composer after hearing the radio.She was appointed Commander
of the British Empire in 1991 and was awarded an honorary
doctorate by the Royal College of Music in London in 2000.In
1970, she wrote her autobiography, The Violin Woman.
In the first half of the twentieth century, IDA Hahndel
fulfilled her childhood promise and has grown into a legend of
the twenty-first century.
(Bibliography: George Grove, Stanley Sadie, edited by John
Tyrell, New York :2001;Haider, IDA, The Violin Woman, London
:1970.)
Today's video: 1.IDA Haendel: Sibelius' Violin Concerto;2.
Documentary "I am the Violin" by IDA Hahndel. |
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根据伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel）
所作的现代派画作 |
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伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida Haendel）
和指挥家在一起 |
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田元现在的老师爱德华·施密德（Eduard
Schmieder）博士，作为小提琴家、指挥家在洛杉矶比佛利山庄创办的
一年一度的帕尔皮蒂室内乐团（iPalpiti）
，伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida
Haendel）曾经多次受邀参加帕尔皮蒂室内乐团（iPalpiti）
的演出，和施密德博士有过多次成功的合作。 |
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Tian
Yuan's current teacher, Dr. Eduard Schmieder, is the
violinist and conductor of the annual Palpiti Chamber Orchestra
in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Ida Haendel has been invited to
perform with the iPalpiti Chamber Orchestra on several occasions
and has had many successful collaborations with Dr. Schmid. |
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晚年的伊达·哈恩黛尔（Ida
Haendel）依然辛勤工作，九十高龄还经常举办小型的音乐会，为喜爱的观众演奏小提琴。 |
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Ida
Haendel still works hard in her later years, often giving small
concerts and playing the violin for her favorite audiences in
her nineties. |
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我是小提琴——伊达·哈恩黛尔 |
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I AM THE VIOLIN - Ida
Haendel |
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《我是小提琴》是一部2004年的纪录片，讲述的是伟大的小提琴家IDA HAENDEL的故事，由Paul
Cohen编剧和导演，荷兰阿姆斯特丹IDTV制作。我们感谢他们允许我们发布这部优秀的电影
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I AM THE VIOLIN , a 2004 documentary about the great violinist
IDA HAENDEL written and directed by Paul Cohen and produced by
IDTV in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We thank them for permission
to post this excellent film |
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StevenIsserlis成员告别，Ida -小提琴家Ida Haendel 1923-2020
2020年7月2日，上午9:39·所以Ida
Haendel离开了我们-一个传奇已经离开了。真是个小提琴家!真是个女人!华丽、独特、无可救药——她就是她自己的法律。小提琴家Ida
Haendel。首先，一部关于她的电影被恰如其分地命名为《我是小提琴》。她确实是!小提琴是她的生命;她掌握了它，为它倾注了那么多生命，那么在乎它。每一场演出都是一件大事，她都非常认真地对待，每场演出都全力以赴。她通过她的小提琴说话，通过它证明自己，在她的音乐中生活。她是一个奇迹，一个偶像;她演奏的每一个音符都是完全确信的结果，因此是完全令人信服的。她从一开始就被培养成一个明星——她确实是一个明星。但她也是一个可爱的人。当然，我从小就听说过她——大家不是都听说过吗?但我直到2000年才见到她，当时我参加了她在威格莫尔音乐厅举办的一场令人难忘的独奏会(显然是她在那里的首次亮相!)，最后以埃内斯库的第三奏鸣曲结束。令我高兴的是，我听说她在什么地方听到了我的声音，而且很喜欢，所以我后来大胆地去了后台。由于对她的演奏充满了热情，我很不确定地告诉她我就是史蒂文。她怀疑地看着我。“你不是。”她用她那美妙而低沉的声音宣布。我向她保证，我上次照镜子时肯定是这样的。她接受了这一点，并提议我们一起演奏勃拉姆斯的双曲。这是一种莫大的荣幸;但是，唉，我就是不能按照她的建议去约会。
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So Ida
Haendel has left us – a legend has departed. What a
violinist! What a woman! Magnificent, unique,
incorrigible – she was
First, the playing: a film about her was aptly
entitled: I
AM the Violin. And she was! The violin was her life;
she mastered it, devoted so much of her existence to it,
cared so much about it. Every performance was an event,
which she took absolutely seriously, giving each concert
her all. She spoke through her violin, proved herself
through it, lived within the music she made. She was a
marvel, an icon; each note she played was the result of
total conviction – and as a consequence was totally
convincing. She had been groomed from the beginning to
be a star – and a star she was.
But she was also an adorable person. I had heard of
her, of course, from my childhood onwards – hadn’t
everybody? But I didn’t meet her until - I think - 2000,
when I attended a memorable recital she gave at the
Wigmore Hall (apparently her debut there!), concluding
with a magisterial performance of Enescu’s 3rd sonata.
I’d heard, to my delight, that she’d heard me somewhere,
and had liked it, so I dared to go backstage afterwards.
Having enthused about her playing, I rather uncertainly
told her that I was Steven. She looked at me
disbelievingly. ‘You’re NOT’ she announced, in her
wonderful deep voice. I assured her that I certainly had
been last time I looked in the mirror. She accepted
this, and proposed that we play the Brahms Double
together. It was such an honour; but alas, I just
couldn’t do the dates she suggested. |
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