第五届鼓浪屿钢琴节将于今天顺利落幕。本届鼓浪屿钢琴节由青少年钢琴比赛、中外名家音乐会、配套活动三大板块组成。作为全国最高水平的青少年钢琴赛事，第五届全国青少年钢琴比赛分为少年组和青年组，共有42名来自国内九大音乐学院的选手参赛。

       7月27日至31日，乐迷在鼓浪屿音乐厅欣赏到了四场高水平的中外名家音乐会，分别是美国著名钢琴家约瑟夫·班诺维兹钢琴独奏音乐会，以色列男高音歌唱家大卫·迪奥声乐音乐会，香港孪生姐妹周乐娉、周乐婷双钢琴音乐会以及钢琴家亚历山大·帕雷钢琴独奏肖邦专场音乐会。

       作为鼓浪屿钢琴节的配套活动，来自8个国家的音乐家在鼓浪屿乐器博物馆院内的音乐家纪念林里，亲手种下纪念树，不同树种代表着不同国家。此外，他们还在乐器博物馆的世界音乐家手印墙上留下手印模。

    Translated by Feiyan Li，
    Xiamen University student

    The fifth Gulangyu Piano Festival concludes today after well-known domestic and foreign pianists as well as promising young Chinese pianists put on a series of performances that began on July 26.

    The Gulangyu Piano Festival consisted of the National Juvenile Piano Contest and a concert series featuring Chinese and overseas pianists.

    During the festival, winners from previous National Juvenile Piano Contests, including Yuan Jie, Hao Duanduan, Zhou Yunqing and Chen Xiaoyu, gave performances at the Gulangyu Music Hall. This year’s event featured 42 contestants from the top nine music schools in China, 19 teenagers and 23 youngsters.

    In the final round of the youngster’s group, six contestants were required to choose a pair of musical works from previous festivals or from a selection of ten classical piano concertos. The Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra accompanied the contestants during the final round.

    The second National Amateur Teenagers Piano Performance Contest featured non-professional teenage pianists. This year’s contest included 229 amateurs in five age groups from 28 regions in China. Competition winners received Blüthner pianos.

    Four concerts were held in the Gulangyu Music Hall during the festival. Featured performers included American pianist Joseph Banowetz, Israeli tenor Davide Dionigi, the piano duo of Hong Kong twin sisters Zhou Yueping and Zhou Yueting, and piano soloist Alexandre Paley.

    Other festival activities included the planting of commemorative trees from various countries in the Musician Memorial Forest at the Gulangyu Musical Instrument Museum. The musicians also left their imprints on the museum’s handprint wall.

    The organizing committee placed 11 pianos at the festival hotels and public places including the Gulangyu ferry pier, the Sanyou Holiday Department Store, the Lizhidao Hotel and the lobby of the People’s Bank Hotel. Contestants gave live performances at the various sites.