当今的古典乐迷无不为内尔森·弗莱尔(Nelson Freire)的卓越艺术而喝彩。这从何而来？来自他非凡的经历：他一生都在诠释和思考那些不朽的钢琴文献。作品凡是经他的诠释，都能达到极致的高度。在他的指间，那些作品都变得极富诗意，几近完美，感人至深。

Classical music lovers today unanimously praise the art of Nelson Freire for its transcendence. What motivates such a statement? A remarkable phenomenon: having spent his entire life playing and pondering the great pianistic repertoire, the artist has reached a point of culmination where any work  he  chooses to  interpret nowadays, becomes  under his fingers, the most poetic, the most perfect, the most moving version imaginable. 

内尔森·弗莱尔出生于巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州的一个叫做好望的小镇，他今天已享誉世界。他在许多国家获得过殊荣，并应邀在最好的音乐厅举办音乐会，与一流的交响乐团和指挥家合作演出。他是Decca的独家录音艺术家，频频推出新唱片。他用对作品的诠释不断加深，以独具创意的才华赋予作品有了新的生命。

Born in Boa Esperança, a small town in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), Nelson Freire is now a universally acclaimed artist. He has received honours and decorations in numerous countries, been invited to play in the best concert halls, with the most prestigious orchestras and the most prominent conductors. He has signed an exclusive contract with DECCA and his regular recordings have led him to explore the works with a deeper and deeper insight and to renew and illuminate his interpretations with a unique creative power.

无论世间如何变幻，都无法改变好望小镇出生的这个小男孩。在5岁时，父母发现了爱子罕有的天赋，就举家迁到了里约热内卢，希望在那里能获得更好的音乐教育。他们获得了成功：在两位杰出的教师——来自南大河的的尼瑟·奥比诺（Nise Obino）和来自圣保罗的露琪亚·布兰科（Lucia Branco）的教导下，年仅14岁的内尔森，就已经被认为是伟大的钢琴大师了。

Worldly pomps and vanities, however, have not altered the character of the little boy born in Boa Esperança, and transplanted at the age of five in Rio de Janeiro when his parents, impressed by the precocious talent of their son, moved to the great city with the whole family in search of better music teaching conditions. And successful they were: under the guidance of two outstandingteachers, Nise Obino, from Rio Grande do Sul,  and Lucia Branco from São Paulo, the young Nelson, aged only fourteen, could already  be considered a great master of the piano.  

12岁的时候，他进入了里约热内卢国际钢琴比赛（乔玛尔·诺瓦斯（Guiomar Novaes）担任评委）的决赛，巴西总统儒塞利诺·库比契克（Juscelino Kubitschek）特别资助他去维也纳，随布鲁诺·赛德霍夫（Bruno Seidlhofer，弗里德里希·古尔达的老师）深造，19岁时内尔森·弗莱尔在伦敦获得了迪努·里帕蒂奖，在里斯本国际Vianna da Motta比赛上获得的第一名，他也因此与马德里丹尼尔音乐会经纪公司签约。随后他开始在南美和西班牙巡演。

At the age of twelve, as finalist at the first International Piano Competition of Rio de Janeiro (Guiomar Novaes being a member of the jury), he received a grant from the  Brazilian President, Juscelino Kubitschek and went to study in Vienna under Bruno Seidlhofer,  the teacher of Friedrich Gulda. At the age of nineteen, Nelson Freire was awarded the Dinu Lipatti Medal in London and later won 1st Prize at the International Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon , which earned him a contract with the agency Conciertos Daniel from Madrid.  He then toured most South American  countries  as well as Spain . 

23岁时，他在伦敦首演引起轰动，《泰晤士报》称他为“键盘上年轻的狮子”。第二年，在他与纽约爱乐在纽约首演后，《时代周刊》把他称为“前所未有的最令人激动的钢琴家”。

At the age of twenty-three for his London début, he made a sensation and The Times called him “The young lion of the keyboard”. The following year, after his performance with the New York Philharmonic for his New York debut, Time Magazine hailed him as “One of the most exciting pianists of this or any age”.

在之后的五十多年时间里，内尔森·弗莱尔在超过七十个国家演出，成为世界乐坛一颗耀眼的明星。他的唱片获得了金音叉奖、法国唱片大奖、法国胜利荣誉大奖、爱迪生奖、留声机奖和2013年的拉丁格莱美（《巴西作品专辑》）。最近，内尔森·弗莱尔获得2019年国际古典唱片大奖的终身艺术家。

From then on and for five decades, Nelson Freire has performed in over seventy countries and become a bright star in the international music world. His recordings have been rewarded with   Diapason d’Or, Grand Prix du Disque, Victoire d’Honneur, Edison Award, Gramophone Award and the Grammy Latino for “Nelson Freire Brasileiro”, in 2013. Recently, Nelson Freire received the Lifetime Achievement Award by International Classical Music Award.

他还获得了许多荣誉：里约市民奖，里约布兰科骑士勋章、法兰西共和骑士勋章、法国艺术及文学勋章、佩德罗·厄尼斯托奖章、巴黎城市奖、布宜诺斯艾利斯城市奖、里约热内卢联邦大学音乐学校荣誉勋章。

He has been the recipient of the most prestigious decorations: Citizen of Rio, Knight of the Order of Rio Branco, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Medal Pedro Ernesto, Medal of the City of Paris, Medal of the City of Buenos Aires and doctor honoris causa   from the Music School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

内尔森·弗莱尔与世界上很多一流指挥家合作过：瓦列里·杰基耶夫、尤里·特米尔卡诺夫、小泽征尔、皮埃尔·布列兹、里卡多·夏依、夏尔·迪图瓦、尤金·约胡姆、安德烈·普列文、洛林·马泽尔、鲁道夫·肯佩、拉斐尔·库贝利克、大卫·金曼、库特·马祖尔和科林·戴维斯爵士。他合作的重要乐团有：柏林、伦敦、纽约、以色列爱乐；阿姆斯特丹皇家音乐厅管弦乐团、莱比锡格万特豪斯管弦乐团、还有慕尼黑、巴黎、东京、圣彼得堡（包括马林斯基）、维也纳、波士顿、费城、克利夫兰、洛杉矶、芝加哥和蒙特利尔的交响乐团。

Nelson Freire has performed with many of the world's major conductors, such asValery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Seiji Osawa, Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Chailly, Charles  Dutoit, Eugen Jochum, André Previn, Lorin Maazel, Rudolf Kempe, Rafael Kubelik, David Zinman, Kurt Masur and Sir Colin Davis. He has appeared with the greatest orchestras:  the Philharmonics of Berlin, London, New York and Israel, as well with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the orchestras of Munich, Paris, Tokyo, St. Petersbourg- including the Mariinsky - Vienna, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Chicago and Montreal.

在2003年出版的，由若阿·莫雷拉·萨勒斯执导的纪录片《一个人和他的音乐》中，可以看到一些音乐会演出的片段。

Several extracts from his concerts can be seen in the 2003 acclaimed documentary   "Nelson Freire: a Man and his Music", directed by João Moreira Salles .

他经常应邀担任一些顶级钢琴比赛的评委，包括肖邦、柴可夫斯基和范·克莱本。

He is regularly invited to be a member of the jury for the most prominent piano competitions such as the Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Van Cliburn.

他会说多种语言。内尔森·弗莱尔居住在他热爱的里约热内卢，在繁忙的巡演之间，这里是他的家。

Fluent in several languages, Nelson Freire has made his home in Rio de Janeiro, his city of predilection, Where he returns regularly between tours.