古典吉他作曲家和演奏家：斯德潘·拉克吉他中国★古典吉他中国

　　斯德潘·拉克（Stepan Rak)——一位优秀的演奏家、一位独一无二的作曲家——排上了古典吉他的精英榜。拉克的五指吉他技巧迷住了全世界的观众。

　　拉克出生于二战末期；当时俄国士兵在乌克兰发现了他，便把他带到了布拉格，在布拉格他由养父养母收留并养大。但是，他的出生日期却被官方定为1945年8月8日。

　　拉克的艺术爱好很早就显示出来。在布拉格美术学校，他学习形象艺术以及绘画。后来，在他的未来憧憬中，音乐变得越来越重要了，于是18岁时，他便开始在不同的爵士和摇滚乐队学习吉他及双贝斯。他取得了很大的进步，不久便开始对古典音乐感兴趣起来。他在布拉格音乐学校学习吉他和作曲，开始了他作为令人称奇的著名作曲家和演奏家的生涯。

　　毕业后，他移居到了芬兰工作，在芬兰教学并生活了5年。作为一位才华横溢的演奏家和锐意革新的作曲家，他的声誉传遍了全世界。

　　斯德潘·拉克已经在7个以上的国家开办了演奏会和大师班。他为不同的乐器和乐队（包括交响乐团）谱写了不计其数的作品，但他的大部分作品是献给吉他独奏的。

　　1981年斯德潘·拉克在布拉格音乐艺术学院建立了古典吉他专业，从此开始了教学工作。他还被捷克共和国的吉他专业研究机构任命为第一位大学教授。

　　2001年，他作为第一位在莫斯科柴可夫斯基音乐学校的拉奇曼尼诺夫（Rachmaninov）音乐厅举办独奏音乐会的演奏家，首演了自己的作品《海底2万同盟（20.000 Leagues Beneath The Sea）》，献给“库尔斯克战役”的牺牲者。第二年，他又回到了莫斯科，并作为莫斯科夏季音乐节历史上的第一位古典吉他演奏家表演了自己的作品。

特讯：吉他中国正在策划斯德潘·拉克中国行北京、上海演出，预定时间3月15～19日，详细信息请关注吉他中国最新通知。

　　　　　　　　　　

评论：

“一位技巧娴熟的演奏家……” 兰西·波斯曼（1985）

“贝多芬把吉他描述为“一个小型的管弦乐团”；没有谁比斯德潘·拉克更能使这句话变得可信的了”。约翰·W·杜瓦特（1988）

佳评如潮：

"In the world of the classical guitar there are bad guitarists, good guitarists, superb guitarists and stěpán Rak."

"Beethoven described the guitar as a 'miniature orchestra'; no one has done more then Štěpán Rak to make this believable."

"Mozart of the guitar…stěpán Rak is simply one of the top two or three players in the world today, arguably the best."

"There can be little doubt that future generations of guitarists will look upon stěpán Rak as one of the great geniuses of our time."

"A virtuoso guitarist and composer placed in the same league as Bach, Mozart and Beethoven."

"Like a one-man-band busker with a third leg and a hidden extra arm, he conjures up effects that seem to defy the reality of six strings and 10 fingers."

"Rak is alone in entrusting to the guitar even the most violent and disturbin emotions and in the extraordinary array of sounds he extracts from the instrument."

"stěpán Rak is a true artist in every sense of the word, an excellent composer, a sensitive musician, and a brilliant guitarist."

"Throughout music history, no matter which instrument, there stnd out composers, usually instrumental performers, whose works have developed the musical possibilities of their instrument, thus furthering its technigue. Sor, Giuliani, Regondi, Tárrega, Barrios and Brouwer (to name but few) are the more significant players to have achieved this. stěpán Rak is perhaps the newest arrival to this tradition."

"stěpán Rak has shown through his own works how he has transormed the guitar from a solo instrument into a whole orchestra…"

"There is no real purpose in the course of this brief review for juxtaposing adjectives acclaiming his brilliance, technical mastery, and what-not. Those who have heard Rak 'live' in concert will know what I mean, while those who have not heard him in such a setting, cannot fully appreciate the magic and wizardry involved. Go to his concert, listen with your ears and with your heart, and the you'll understand."