 日期：2009年3月28日（周六）
 时间：14:00~16:00
 地点：苏州科技文化艺术中心 大剧院
 主讲：马蒂•罗西与亨利•西格弗里德森
 特邀：苏州科技文化艺术中心艺术总监陈正哲现场中文讲解和艺术指导
 票价：免费公益
 领票：3月14日起科文中心二楼服务台

活动介绍：
      大提琴与钢琴的相遇，成就了美丽的经典。3月28日下午，科文中心将于当晚音乐会前为大提琴与钢琴爱好者呈上一份艺术大餐：“琴声悠扬”-- 大提琴与钢琴国际大师班。届时两位来自芬兰的国际级大师将为观众进行精彩的现场演示和指导，敬请期待！

      马蒂•罗西，芬兰顶尖大提琴演奏家。1968年师从Timo Hanhinen和Seppo Kimanen学习，后进入西贝柳斯学院（Sibelius- Academy）接受世界著名大提琴独奏家Arto Noras的指导。早在1982年他已获得土尔库大提琴比赛的冠军，并与芬兰所有的著名乐团同台演出。1985年他荣获美国政府颁发的富布赖特奖学金（Fulbright scholarship）进入印第安纳州立大学，师从匈牙利大提琴家Janos Starker，并赢得当地一年一度的大提琴协奏大赛的冠军。
      1986年罗西在莫斯科荣获著名的柴可夫斯基比赛的银奖，至此他开始与斯堪的纳维亚各国及欧洲顶尖乐团合作。罗西还经常受邀参加欧洲和美国的知名室内音乐节。自1993年起他开始担任土尔库音乐节的艺术总监，2年后成为西贝柳斯学院的教授。

      亨利•西格弗里德森，2000年苏黎世盖札安达钢琴赛银奖得主，同时赢得了当年大赛的最受观众欢迎奖。2005年赢得波恩贝多芬国际钢琴比赛的冠军及最受观众欢迎奖和室内音乐大奖，还曾荣获著名的芬兰ABOA艺术大奖，1994年李斯特国际钢琴大赛金奖和1995年北欧钢琴独奏大赛的第一名。他先后就读于土尔库音乐学院和赫尔辛基的西贝柳斯学院，1995至1997年于魏玛音乐学院深造。西格弗里德森担任钢琴独奏与芬兰最主要的管弦乐团及欧洲众多管弦乐团合作演出。2006年起受邀担任李斯特钢琴大赛的评委。2008年他开始担任格拉兹大学音乐戏剧专业的教授。

International Master Class on Cello and Piano

Date: March 28, 2009
Time: from 2pm to 4pm
Place: Grand Theatre of Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre
Speaker: Martti Rousi and Henri Sigfridsson
Invited: Christopher Chen, Artistic Director of Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre, will give Chinese explanation and artistic guidance
Price: Free
Ticket: Get ticket from March 14 on the Information Desk, 2nd floor of Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre

Introduction:
    On the afternoon of March 28, an International Master Class will be presented before the Night Concert. Martti Rousi and Henri Sigfridsson, two masters from Finland, will present a live demonstration and guidance on Cello and Piano.

Martti Rousi, one of the leading Finnish string players, began his studies in his home 　town Turku in 1968 and studied with Timo Hanhinen and Seppo Kimanen and later with Arto Noras at the Sibelius- Academy.  Already in 1982 he won the first prize at Turku cello competition, after which he played with all major Finnish orchestras. In 1985 he got a Fulbright scholarship to study with Janos Starker at the Indiana University winning the annual cello concerto competition there. He also had lessons with William Pleeth, Valter Deshpalj and Natalia Gutman.
In 1986 Rousi won the silver medal at the prestigious Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow. Since that he has been performing with leading Scandinavian and European orchestras．On the side of his solo career, Rousi is regularly playing on major chamber music festivals both in Europe and USA. Since 1993 Rousi is the artistic director of Turku music festival, and in 1995 he became professor at the Sibelius – Academy in Helsinki. In 2010 he is the artistic director of SIBAFEST in Helsinki.

Henri Sigfridsson, born in Turku, winner of the Second Prize of the Zurich Geza Anda Piano competition 2000, not only impressed the Jury under the chairmanship of Vladimir Ashkenazy, he won the hearts of many members of the public who attended the final concert in the Zurich Tonhalle, and he walked off with the Geza Anda Audience Prize. In 2005 he won the First Prize at the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Bonn, where he got the Audience Prize and Chamber Music Prize as well. And since 2006 he is invited as a Jury to Liszt Piano Competition. From 2008 he has a professorship at the Graz University or Music and Dramatic Arts.