圖書名稱:Black and White in Harmony: A Conversation on Music, Literature and Arts
★詩意的音樂人生,乘著音符在文字的雲朵間飛揚! ★收錄中英雙語版本,打破國界和語言的藩籬! - This is the biography of the renowned Austrian-Taiwanese pianist Mr. Rueibin Chen. Departing from traditional biographical formats, Dr. Tzu Yu Allison Lin presents Mr. Chen’s life story in a poetic form. These bio-poems are elegant and profound, weaving together music, art, and literature to tell the pianist’s story. Interspersed between the poems are conversations between the two authors, offering readers intimate glimpses into Mr. Chen’s thoughts, experiences, and inner world.
Dr. Tzu Yu Allison Lin achieved her PhD with her study of Virginia Woolf and London narratives at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research interests are visual/verbal representations, literary criticism. She has articles and books published, including the most recent book, "The Condition of Language" (2021). She is teaching at Gaziantep University, Turkey.
林孜郁博士在倫敦大學金史密斯學院獲得博士學位,現任教於土耳其加濟安泰普大學。她的研究興趣包括視覺藝術、文學批評。她有多篇文章及專書出版、發表,其中最新出版的專書為《The Condition of Language》(2021,秀威資訊)。
陳瑞斌(Rueibin Chen)
Taiwanese-Austrian Concert Pianist, won a total of eighteen medals including in various international piano competitions! He has performed at the Art festivals, Concert Halls and as the Soloist with Orchestras such as Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein Germany, World Expo China, Beijing Int’l Film Festival, NY Carnegie, NY Lincoln Center, DC Kennedy Center, LA Disney Hall, Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Konzerthaus, Opera de Monte Carlo, Warsaw Philharmonie, Bolshoi Hall Moscow, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Tokyo Suntory, Osaka Symphony Hall, Sydney Opera House, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Utah, Pacific, Budapest, Prague, Moscow State, Russian State, Czech State Philharmonic of Brno, Romanian Radio National Orchestra, New Philharmonia Japan and London Chamber Players! Recordings with Universal, Naxos, etc.
The Plate, youth, glory – can they see a future which can be understood only by few. Affirmation, Freedom, Words and Music come to resemble invisible thoughts – Hearing Arts, Seeing Music, And please come to Taste Literature! When you encounter with the Finest, Do not be afraid of Your own imagination. Fly with your Senses. The Greatest ever – born Aries, Conducting Romanticism as the Diamond Rock. The smoking flame, The Fancy love, Sky high. This is a Pipe. And it does want to be Smoked – for a very long time without being disturbed. Give me a Language or a Sign, that is more powerful than Music. The sound of the dustman Comes regularly. The hour, the work, That keeps me awake. From afar, the open sea, You and your traveller's suit Come to keep the civilization alive. A hero, a Myth and the crowd – my reflections discover the Drama inside you. A quest, with imaginations and Symbols – Your foreign collections show you the way Home. The sound of the Music, Your emotion is illustrated On the stage. The Grand Piano – Listen! Passionately – what is going to happen? – our Pride. Cheers to the Undreamed Dreams. The wings of Knowledge can take you. Life is not a film – No cutting, no editing. But remember – once You fly: The world could be Yours. Take it! Before you sink into your over-thinking. The intuition of a Pianist – is Calling. Redemption. Tourists of the Earth as You and I. How adorable is that Angel – looking Backwards? Something New to be found. Premiere – You sail to a Future – Dazzling!
Allison Lin (AL): Hello Rueibin. Thank you for contacting me in January in 2024. The idea of having a conversation came even earlier – is that right, Rueibin?
Rueibin Chen (RB): That is right Allison. Last Summer, in 2023, we were both having very busy schedules. But since then, we have been thinking about doing a joint project, which would allow us to cooperate with each other by music, literature, and arts.
AL: That is correct, Rueibin. Originally we were thinking about something like a biography. But later on, I realised that biography, as a literary genre, has many traditions which may be a sort of a burden. For instance, we may need to deal with issues such as what is a biography? What are the percentages of truth verses fiction?
RB: Yes – that too! After some consideration, I realised that what we can achieve is actually bigger than a so-called biography.
AL: Indeed – that is the point when we see all the "interlude" parts together, in this book. We would say that we create a new literary genre – a bio-poem. I remember a friend, a poet from China, Peter Fong. Once when we were at National Cheng-Chi University, in the English Department in Taipei, having a conference called Romanticism and its Legacy, he said to me that we writers can find freedom through poetry. I guess it is because of our unique poet’s licence [laugh].
RB: Well, for me, as a pianist, with or without music, I am able to maintain my solitude, which I would take it as my freedom. So I would imagine how important for you, as a writer, to have a quest for freedom through words [laugh]. As we are talking now, I just realised that today is the Poet's Day plus the Dragon Boat Festival. What a coincidence!
AL: For sure – since the ancient time, even until now, poetry is not only a literary genre. More importantly, it has a profound connection to music. We know that you were born in Tainan, Taiwan. Can you say something about the connection between your music and your hometown?
RB: Well. In my hometown Tainan, I have my father and my uncle who are both music teachers. So you can actually say that these two men are my first piano teachers. Especially my father – he does not only teach me how to play the piano but also show me the way to appreciate music itself. When I was a ten-year-old boy, back then, we used to listen to music together. For example, Beethoven's Piano Sonata is my favourite. As a young boy who loves music, you can say that this piece of music shows the bond between me and my father.
AL: How about Vienna? Is it your favourite city in the world? Why?
RB: Well, for me, Vienna is my second hometown [laugh]. This city reminds in me beautiful images which are composed by Chopin's waltzes, Vienna New Year Ball, and Vienna coffee with very rich cream and aroma. This city is very important for me. As a young pianist, I took some long train journey back and forth, to see my professor Lazar Berman for the piano lesson.
AL: Can you talk about your professor, Lazar Berman? What did you learn from him, as a young pianist as you were? Why do you respect him so much?
RB: Professor Berman took me as his student, after listening to me playing the piano for about 5 hours. After I became his student, officially, each month I went to see him and play for at least 5 hours. I remember when he was teaching me, he would do a sort of demonstration. He would always want me to play as good as he did – the technique, the energy, the passion! So it was very stressful, yet, unforgettable [laugh].
AL: But why do you like Chopin and his music so much? As you told me before, Chopin is your favourite – but why?
RB: Oh…right! My dear Chopin [laugh]! You know, when I was in Paris, I went to the Louvre to see paintings. Walking around, alone, back and forth, for 8 hours I was there! I didn't know why…I felt something was leading me somewhere – and then there! Chopin's portrait just jumped into my sight. It's a feeling, which is difficult to communicate by language.
AL: For sure I know what you mean [laugh]! I played Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu (op. 66) myself, when I was 12. It's not an easy piece at all – not even about the difficult musical technique – the real difficult thing is to feel the emotional depth. Recently, I watched the film Chopin: Desire for Love. Somehow I can try to understand the sense and sensibility of his life and his music, with George Sand's involvement. As people know Chopin as the Poet of the piano – to read the poem is one thing, but to fully understand is another.
RB: That's very true. I can play all of Chopin's music. So I can say that through time, one can have very different understanding and feeling toward the same piece.
AL: Can you say something more about Liszt?
RB: Why do you want to know more about Liszt? Is he so special to you?
AL: Well, there is a song, Liszt's Liebesträume – Love Dream, which is very impressive especially for me.
The Plate, youth, glory – can they see a future which can be understood only by few. Affirmation, Freedom, Words and Music come to resemble invisible thoughts – Hearing Arts, Seeing Music, And please come to Taste Literature! When you encounter with the Finest, Do not be afraid of Your own imagination. Fly with your Senses. The Greatest ever – born Aries, Conducting Romanticism as the Diamond Rock. The smoking flame, The Fancy love, Sky high. This is a Pipe. And it doe...
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Acknowledgements
The authors want to thank Michael Song, the President of Showwe, for his great support and encouragement for getting this book done. Also, the authors thank Ms Irene Cheng, Ms Lestat Yin, and Ms Fanny Huang. It is impossible to make this book happen without them.
Acknowledgements
The authors want to thank Michael Song, the President of Showwe, for his great support and encouragement for getting this book done. Also, the authors thank Ms Irene Cheng, Ms Lestat Yin, and Ms Fanny Huang. It is impossible to make this book happen without them.
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Acknowledgements Part 1 Introduction -Interlude Generations Part 2 A Pianist's Intuition -Interlude Aesthetics Part 3 Chopin's Portrait -Interlude Health Part 4 Chopin vs. Beethoven -Interlude Psychology Part 5 Music / Film / Literary Texts -Interlude Education Part 6 Female Composers -Interlude Gender -Interlude Technology Music referred to – the Interludes 有關間奏 Photos
Acknowledgements Part 1 Introduction -Interlude Generations Part 2 A Pianist's Intuition -Interlude Aesthetics Part 3 Chopin's Portrait -Interlude Health Part 4 Chopin vs. Beethoven -Interlude Psychology Part 5 Music / Film / Literary Texts -Interlude Education Part 6 Female Composers -Interlude Gender -Interlude Technology Music referred to – the Interludes 有關間奏 Photos