2018/6/9

5/6 Hasu Patel祝福之音@身聲淡水小劇場













北印音樂及樂器簡介:
#北印度傳統音樂有它特定時間、天氣、季節所對應的旋律,在這場午后音樂會中,將演出屬於下午的旋律、也邀請大家一起來享受這股輕快而愉悅的氛圍!

#西塔琴(Sitar):
最具代表性的印度古典樂器,在北印度稱為興都斯坦音樂,具獨特的音色魅力,能將聲樂、器樂,北印度的古典舞蹈等畫龍點睛,發揮到淋漓盡致,琴身有18條弦,上層的主弦7條,琴格下層的11條弦是持續共鳴弦,只共振幾乎從未被彈奏,它的Meend滑降音,又稱裝飾音或泛音,17世紀南印度學著Somanatha在Raga-Ragavibodha著作中指出「裝飾音」是印度音樂最高表現,正如古籍《樂舞論》中所述:裝飾音是河中的水,沒有裝飾音的印度音樂,就像河裡沒有水流,沒有花的蔓藤,女人不戴手飾。西塔琴大師Nikhil Banerjee,1931-1986認為,印度音樂應超越物質世界,達到虛空,不是為了娛樂和享受,沒有折衷,音樂家必須使聽眾的靈魂得以昇華,並把他們帶到塵世之外。印度音樂稱Nada是創造者的聲音,音樂是「樂以載道」,負有神聖使命。

#艾斯拉吉琴(Esraj),源自孟加拉的傳統擦弦樂器,約有二十根弦。撥弦時的振動產生獨特共鳴及底蘊,現已少有人演奏。它有許多產生共鳴的弦,與琴弓同步震動,發出豐富的、共鳴的、甜美的聲音。

#塔布拉手鼓(Tabla) 在印度最受歡迎的打擊樂器之一。起初來自北印度,而在現今時日,於印度與鄰近國家當中漸趨流行。根據印度的歷史記載,塔布拉手鼓算是相當年輕的樂器,大約三百到四百年的歷史左右。 此兩種樂器之合奏為北印度的古典音樂型式,也直接被稱為「Hindustani北印度典音樂」。有複雜的曲式Raga、節奏Tala、並包含大量即興。有時巧妙幽微,有時渾然大器。

#西藏頌缽:缽產生的振動聲頻,與我們身體的細胞以及它的能量輪(脈輪)相應。幫助身體調和平衡各部位的功能運作,並促使自我修復的過程。浸沐在頌缽的振動裡也意味著沈澱身心回歸自在,並進入冥想狀態。頌缽冥想的場次會幫助聽眾深度放鬆,在那狀態之下,療瘉本能因然開始。

#Hasuji簡介:
Hasuji是作曲家、表演家和教育家,少數世界級的女性藝術家之一,以印度最受歡迎的弦樂器西塔琴演奏古典音樂。她以一種叫做Gayaki Ang(聲樂風格)的獨特曲風演奏西塔琴,琴聲複製了人聲的流暢性及細緻微妙的差別。這一創新技術,歸功於她的上師,西塔琴傳奇人物Ustad Imidad Khani Gharana,以及Vilayat Khan Sahib,這二位上師對她音樂的傳承具重要的貢獻。她一生致力於保存和傳播古印度的純粹古典音樂,引人入勝的古典音樂。

Hasu Patel出生在印度巴羅達這個文化豐富的城市,從小就開始她的音樂學習。 10歲時,她首次公開亮相。在傑出的Gurus教授下進行了多年嚴格的培訓。她是表演藝術學院75年歴史中首位獲得金牌音樂學位的女性。 21歲在印度巴羅達大學時,她贏得了古吉拉特邦的全印度電台舉辦的弦樂器比賽的一等獎。

“我的音樂是我的夢想 - 當我在教學生以及在世界各地的音樂愛好者面前表演時,它給了我一種永恆的快樂“。當一個人演奏越多時,就越能表現出謙遜的魅力”,Hasu以極大的決心和喜悅地說著。對她來說,印度古典音樂是一種罕見的神聖藝術,它要求絕對的奉獻,稱為sadhana。

她在美國過去的三十年裡一直在不斷追求音樂。她曾在不同的大學、表演藝術中心、音樂和聲音治療會議、世界/爵士樂/鄉村音樂祭、 電台/電視台、教堂/寺廟,瑜伽靜修林、以及印度古典舞蹈團,表演印度的古典音樂Raga Sangeet(科學,精確,微妙和美感的旋律音符系統,與無比生命力的塔布拉鼓合奏)。

#她的一些表演包括:
•1999年伍德斯托克成立30週年
•芝加哥亞洲爵士音樂節
•克利夫蘭樂團的萊因伯格廳
•奧伯林學院音樂學院的華納音樂廳
•伊斯曼音樂學院的音樂節婦女節
•賓夕法尼亞州印第安納大學第九屆女性作曲家節

#國際活動:Hasu Patel的國際活動包括在加拿大、印度和中國北京中國音樂學院舉辦的“2008北京國際音樂女性國際大會”做西塔琴的音樂會演出。

#創舉事蹟:以印度Raga為主旋律與西方管弦樂團錄製全球首發的西塔琴協奏曲
Hasu接受了三位西方指揮家獨特的挑戰,共同創作了西塔琴協奏曲,錄製印度古典Raga,結果呈現三個驚人非凡的作品,前二項 Mangal Dhwani(吉祥聲音)和Swara Mangalam(吉祥音符)是為西塔琴、Tabla鼓、及樂團創作的,而第三個Swara Leela(音符的表現)是為合唱和管弦樂隊創作的。全球首演有:
2008年2月與休斯敦醫生管弦樂隊合作演奏Mangal Dhwani(Raga Bageswari)
2008年3月與密歇根州廣州管弦樂團合作演出Swara Mangalam(Raga Yaman Kalyan)
2017年4月與拉法葉學院合作演出Swara Leela(Raga Yaman Kalyan)

#榮譽獎項: Hasu成為第一位印度女作曲家和西塔琴協奏曲的演奏家,在表演藝術,公共服務和音樂方面具傑出成就。

美國賓夕法尼亞大學拉斐特學院Jennifer Kelly博士的一本名為“In Her Own Words”書中,她是美國著名的25位女作曲家中唯一的一位印度音樂家
“卓越獎” - 俄亥俄州克利夫蘭的國際濕婆舞蹈
“全球國際女性作曲家” - 第八屆年度女性作曲家節,哈特福德,CT。
“後藤條獎” - 印度NRI(印度非居民印度)福利協會,印度德里


#HASU PATEL, a disciple of Sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb is one of the few distinguished female artists performing today classical music on Sitar, the most popular string instrument of India. As a performer, composer, and educator, she has dedicated her life to preserving and propagating in its pristine purity the fascinating, highly evolved classical music of Ancient India.

Born in the culturally rich city of Baroda, India, Hasu began her musical studies in early childhood. Her father was her mentor who instilled the love and discipline needed to become a musician. At the age of 10, she made her first public appearance. After many years of rigorous training under her illustrious Gurus Prof. N.B. Kikani and Ustad Anwar Khan Saheb, she became the first woman to receive a music degree with a Gold Medal in the 75 years history of the Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda, India. She has received many awards, scholarships, and fellowships including at the age of 21, the first prize winner in the state of Gujarat for the stringed instrument competition held by All India Radio.

In her early twenties, she emigrated to the United States and has pursued music ceaselessly since then. Hasu plays the Sitar in a special style known as Gayaki Ang (Singing Style), in which the sitar replicates fluidity and subtle nuances of the human voice. This innovative technique, which is credited to her Guru Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb of Imdad Khani Gharana, is the most significant contribution to her music inheritance.

She has performed the Classical Music of India known as Raga Sangeet (scientific, precise, subtle and aesthetic system of melodic notes accompanied with rhythm of tremendous vitality on Tabla, a pair of two drums) at various Performing Art Centers, Music Conferences, World/Jazz/Country music festivals such as Woodstock's 30th anniversary and Chicago Jazz festivals, Universities, radio/television stations, churches/temples/meditation centers etc. around the country, conducted duets with Western classical and Jazz musicians, composed and performed sitar concerto in Indian raga for symphony orchestra. She has given many residences/workshops/lecture demonstrations in schools and colleges, and has offered her unique talent to terminally ill patients in hospitals as a music therapy. She has also performed as a musician in Indian classical dance ensembles.

Hasu is affiliated with the Ohio Arts Council (Ohio Artists on Tour), Greater Columbus Arts Council, Mid-America Arts Alliance and International Alliance of Women in Music. Hasu teaches Sitar, Tabla, and Vocal music to many students at her Sursangam School of Music as well as credit hours course at Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College of Ohio.

"My Music, My Dream - It gives me an eternal pleasure when I teach the students and play before music lovers around the world. The more one plays, the more humility captivates one," says Hasu with much determination and joy. To her, Indian classical music is a rare and divine art, which calls for absolute dedication called sadhana.

Hasu's debut album, Gayaki Sitar, is presented in bold Alap, improvisation which embodies the very essence of pure classicism. The music is spiritual and meditative, and rendered as such to bring forth the transcendental experience of the moods called rasas.

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