当今最伟大的钢琴家之一，

“钢琴女大祭司”玛塔•阿格里奇最信任的钢琴家，

唱片屡次获得大奖，

法国艺术与文化勋章获得者。

　　尼尔森•弗莱尔是当今最伟大的钢琴家之一。他的乐坛生涯是慢热式的。他从没在聚光灯下放出耀眼的光芒，虽然他也是一个获奖专业户（包括1964年获得迪努•利帕蒂大奖）。他不经常出现在音乐厅演奏圈内，而是谨慎、明智地选择出场时机。

　　尼尔森•弗莱尔出生于巴西，从三岁起，他就跟随尼泽•奥比诺、露西亚•布兰科学习钢琴，这两位老师曾是李斯特的弟子。在他五岁时进行了他的第一次公开演出，演奏的是莫扎特的A大调奏鸣曲K331。1957年，他以演奏贝多芬的“皇帝”钢琴协奏曲在里约热内卢国际钢琴比赛上获奖，此后就奔赴维也纳跟随布鲁诺•塞德尔霍夫老师学习，这位老师也是弗里德里希•古尔达的老师。他还跟随瑟夫•马克思学习作曲。在维也纳完成这些课程之后，他又出国深造，在巴黎师从伊夫•纳特，在萨尔布吕肯师从瓦尔特•吉塞金，之后又跟随威廉•肯普夫和阿尔图罗•米开朗吉利学习。

　　尼尔森•弗莱尔的国际化职业生涯始于1959年，足迹遍及欧洲、美国、中美及南美洲、日本和以色列。他曾经与许多世界杰出的指挥合作过，包括皮埃尔•布列兹、莱昂内尔•布尔古伊尔、里卡多•夏伊、郑明勋、夏尔•迪图瓦、弗吕贝克•伯格斯、瓦列里•捷吉耶夫、尤金•约胡姆、法比奥•刘易斯、洛林•马泽尔、库特•马祖尔、尹戈•麦茨玛特、鲁道夫•肯佩（跟随皇家爱乐乐团在美国、德国巡演）、瓦兹拉夫•纽曼、小泽征尔、安德烈•普列文、图干•索吉耶夫、尤里•泰米卡诺夫、伊兰•沃尔科夫等。

　　他曾被著名的交响乐团邀请，比如柏林爱乐、莱比锡布商大厦管弦乐团、慕尼黑爱乐乐团、巴伐利亚广播交响乐团、德意志交响乐团、阿姆斯特丹音乐厅管弦乐团、鹿特丹爱乐乐团、丹麦广播交响乐团、马林斯基管弦乐团、圣彼得堡爱乐乐团、伦敦交响乐团、BBC苏格兰交响乐团、BBC交响乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、捷克爱乐乐团、伦敦交响乐团、首尔爱乐乐团、法国国家交响乐团、巴黎管弦乐团、图卢兹首都管弦乐团、法国广播爱乐乐团、瑞士罗曼德管弦乐团，以及北美的巴尔的摩、波士顿、芝加哥、克利夫兰、洛杉矶、蒙特利尔、纽约、费城的交响乐团等。

　　
　　他也和玛塔•阿格里奇一起完成了2003年在日本、2004年在巴西、阿根廷以及2005年在北美的巡演（包括纽约、旧金山、费城、魁北克）。

　　尼尔森•弗莱尔曾为索尼哥伦比亚唱片公司、德国泰尔德克、德意志唱片公司、IPAM、伦敦等品牌录制唱片。飞利浦唱片公司在他们最令人羡慕的系列唱片——《20世纪最伟大的钢琴家》中，发行了他在哥伦比亚广播公司录制的《肖邦24首前奏曲》的录音，获得了爱迪生大奖。

　　作为DECCA的独家签约艺术家，他录制了肖邦、舒曼的作品；由里卡多•夏伊指挥的德国莱比锡布商大厦管弦乐团演奏勃拉姆斯《第一、第二协奏曲》的唱片专辑（获得法国金音叉年度大奖、法国十字学院大奖、法国世界音乐大奖、10 de Répertoire、Classica奖）和贝多芬《第五钢琴协奏曲》；贝多芬奏鸣曲（获得月度金音叉奖）；德彪西的前奏曲、肖邦的夜曲（获得金音叉奖），以及在萨尔茨堡与马尔塔•阿格里齐合作的现场录音（DGG）。最近还出版了李斯特独奏作品和《巴西维拉•洛伯斯与朋友们》唱片。尼尔森•弗莱尔的纪录片由巴西的“视频影片”发行。

　　尼尔森•弗莱尔曾在伦敦获得了迪努•里帕蒂奖，以及在里斯本国际Vianna da Motta比赛上获得的第一名。尼尔森•弗莱尔被法国政府授予艺术与文学勋章。他还被法国音乐的胜利者提名为“2002年度独奏家”，并在2005年1月获得了特别荣誉奖。他录制的肖邦专辑被2006年的格莱美奖提名。他与里卡多•夏伊合作的勃拉姆斯协奏曲被2007年的格莱美提名，并被2007年古典FM留声机大奖授予“协奏曲类奖”。他的肖邦夜曲的专辑被2010年格莱美器乐独奏类提名。

Nelson Freire has long been seen as a connoisseur's pianist, a series of superb recordings have raised his profile to the extent that he is now renowned of as one of today’s greatest musicians.

Born in Boa Esperança, Brazil, he began his piano lessons at the age of three with Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, who had worked with a pupil of Liszt. He made his first public appearance at the age of five playing Mozart’s Sonata K. 331. In 1957, and after winning a grant at the Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition with Beethoven’s Emperor concerto, he went to Vienna to study with Bruno Seidlhofer, teacher of Friedrich Gulda. Seven years later he won the Dinu Lipatti Medal in London and the first prize at the International Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon.

His international career began at 1959, Freire has appeared at almost every important musical center, in recital and working with countless distinguished conductors and orchestras. As a great musical collaborator, he has toured extensively with Martha Argerich, with whom he shares a long-time musical collaboration and friendship. They have produced several recordings together, which includesa live recital from the Salzburg Festival.

He has an extensive discography and was included by Philips in its historic series Great Pianists of the 20th Century, released in 1999. He has also been an exclusive Decca artist since 2001, his release includes major works by Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Liszt, as well as the two Brahms Concertos with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly. The Chopin bicentenary year of 2010 saw two new releases by Freire: he records the complete Nocturnes and a recital album. In the Liszt bicentenary year of 2011 Decca released his recital album Harmonies du Soir, he also releases an album of his compatriot Villa-Lobos, Brasileiro, in summer 2012.

In October 2014 he celebrated his 70th birthday with the first release of Beethoven concerto cycle with Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, coupling the Emperor concerto with the Sonata Op 111, it was followed by a recording of the Chopin F minor concerto with the Gurzenich Orchestra Köln under Lionel Bringuier, prompting BBC Music Magazine to say: “. . . it would be a rare connoisseur not to recognise a major master in the lyrical, rhythmically buoyant, spiritually abundant playing here”. Radio Days, a two-CD collection of concerto radio broadcasts from 1968 to 1979, included repertoire Freire had never recorded commercially, as well as his legendary Paris debut in Tchaikovsky’s first concerto with Masur in 1969. In March 2016 comes his first recorded recital of the music of Bach, featuring four great keyboard works and a collection of shorter pieces and arrangements.

Freire will be including Bach in his recitals during spring 2016 in Lyon, Paris, Berlin, Perugia, Baltimore, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Vancouver. His diary also has two recitals in Brazil and dates in Finland, Luxembourg, France and Germany, with Beethoven and Brahms concertos featuring prominently.

In March 2007, Nelson Freire was appointed a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French government and in January 2011 he was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion de’Honneur, the French government’s highest award to a foreigner.

“Few pianists alive convey the sheer joy and exhilaration of being masters of their craft more vividly and uncomplicatedly than Nelson Freire.” – The Guardian