Xavier de Maistre, Harp
泽维尔·德·梅斯特: 竖琴王子
饮誉国际的法国竖琴大师梅斯特（Xavier de Maistre），德国回声大奖、美国国际竖琴大赛金牌得主、维也纳爱乐管弦乐团首席竖琴家。挟着「法国竖琴王子」的美名，高大俊朗的外形，才华洋溢的梅斯特早于二十五岁时便成为维也纳爱乐乐团的首位法国乐手，出道至今他的优美琴音风靡无数欧美及亚洲乐迷。
以柔软的演奏的技巧，成功解放竖琴美妙音响，让竖琴得以成为音乐厅中独奏的主角。
萨米耶·狄·梅斯特九 岁在学习竖琴，其后转往巴黎，拜于一代名师波霍（Jacqueline Borot）与竖琴大师米歇尔（Catherine Michel）门下，与竖琴名家萨巴列塔（Nicanor Zabaleta, 1907-1993）师出同门。
大学时期并同时于著名的巴黎高等政治学院与伦敦政经学院取得经济与政治学位。随即于1998年一举拿下第四届美国国际竖琴大赛的金牌，并获得维也纳爱乐首席竖琴家的职位，演奏事业一帆风顺。
梅斯特曾以独奏家身份与无数顶尖的乐团及知名指挥家合作，包括历图、慕迪、普列文、格蒂及席夫。他经常获邀参与多个著名的音乐节，包括维也纳音乐节、布达佩斯春季艺术节、萨尔茨堡音乐节、石勒苏益格─荷尔斯泰因音乐节、费比尔音乐节及莱茵高音乐节。另外，他亦与多位音乐家合作，包括芭图、邦妮、特本及卡斯天奴。
近年演出包括与维也纳爱乐乐团及格蒂巡演，在阿姆斯特丹音乐厅、科隆爱乐音乐厅及维也纳音乐厅演出；亦与慕迪及法国国家乐团于香榭丽舍剧院演出；他与女高音歌唱家丹姆劳的演奏会系列，演出地点包括德国巴登巴登节庆大剧院、巴黎歌剧院、史卡拉歌剧院及汉堡音乐厅；他亦与男高音歌唱家斯高夫斯于德累斯顿塞帕歌剧院、杜塞尔多夫音乐厅及维也纳音乐协会会堂举行演奏会。
梅斯特是一位最高层次的演奏家，以卓越的能力，表现出深刻且具层次的的音乐性。
留声机杂志（Gramophone）
无论是琶音或是模仿笛子的音色，梅斯特的演奏实在令人无法言喻。奇妙的浮动的音色，敏感的层次和巨大动力，以及最令人印象深刻的演奏强度，这些都使得他的演奏不断令人感到屏息，而其深入之处，更令人无从置喙。
南德意志报（Süddeutsche Zeitung）
他的演奏蕴含有更精致、宛如天籁的声音；梅斯特重新定义了竖琴的自信形象，同时亦让它成为古典乐界中的明星。
瑞士广播电台（DRS, Swiss Radio）
There is more to his playing than delicate, celestial sounds: Xavier de Maistre redefines with self-assurance the image of the harp, and in the meantime is one of the stars of the classical scene.
DRS, Swiss Radio
This man conjures up entire worlds. | Waves of tempestuous applause.”
Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
De Maistre is a man with a mission and with a fresh, contemporary manner.
Gramophone
De Maistre is brilliant, he really makes the harp dance.
Kurier, Vienna
His tone is all silvery shimmer, his sound weightless and angelic.
Audio
Pure Music … Xavier de Maistre is a virtuoso of the highest order, profoundly musical and capable of realizing a remarkable range of nuance.
Gramophone
Xavier de Maistre belongs to an elite category of soloists who are redefining what is possible with their instrument. Aside from commissions from composers such as Kaija Saariaho, he performs works like Smetana’s “Ma Vlast“ with breathtaking precision, presenting masterful arrangements of works that are usually played by an entire orchestra. The interpretation of these works, that few harpists before him have even considered playing, has contributed to his reputation as one of the most creative and extraordinary musicians of his generation.
Xavier de Maistre has appeared with major orchestras under the direction of such eminent con-ductors as Bertrand de Billy, Lionel Bringuier, Daniele Gatti, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Daniel Harding, Kristjan Järvi, Philippe Jordan, Riccardo Muti, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle and Yuri Temirkanov. He performs at many leading international festivals, including Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Salzburg Festival, Budapest Spring Festival and Mostly Mozart in New York. He collaborates with such chamber music partners as Diana Damrau, Daniel Müller-Schott and Baiba Skride.
The 2017/2018 season started for de Maistre entirely under the auspices of contemporary music. In September he played three national premieres of “Trans”, Kaija Saariaho’s new harp concerto, with the Frankfurt and Swedish Radio Symphonies and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Further season highlights include concerts with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Turku Philharmonic, Münchener Kammerorchester, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Moscow Virtuosi, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and China Philharmonic Orchestra. A recital tour in Germany with the Spanish-Mexican flamenco legend Lucero Tena (castanets) brings him to venues such as the Stuttgarter Liederhalle, the Elbphilharmonie, the Boulezsaal Berlin, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf and the NDR Hannover.
De Maistre has an exclusive recording contract with Sony Music. Releases have included music by Haydn, Rodrigo, Ginastera and Debussy – the latter for which he was awarded the Echo Klassik Award 2009 as “Instrumentalist of the Year”. In 2012 his album “Notte Veneziana” entered the top ten in the classical music charts. His most recent releases include a DVD with Diana Damrau and a CD recording of Mozart piano concertos arranged for harp. In 2015 “Moldau – The Romantic Album”, a recital CD featuring Slavonic repertoire received high critical acclaim. „La Harpe Reine“ with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie was released in October 2016 (harmonia mundi). A new solo CD with Spanish repertoire will be available in spring 2018 (Sony).
Xavier de Maistre was born in Toulon and began studying harp aged nine. He studied in Paris and in 1998 he was awarded first prize at the International Harp Competition in Bloomington, Indiana, immediately becoming the first French musician to join the ranks of the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2001 Xavier de Maistre has taught at the Hamburg Academy of Music. He also gives regular masterclasses at New York’s Juilliard School of Music, Tokyo’s Toho University and London’s Trinity College of Music.
Xavier de Maistre plays a Lyon & Healy harp.
Bio updated 27 September 2018. Please destroy any previous or undated bios.
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