2017考研英语拓展阅读：俄罗斯无指少年成为著名钢琴家

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2017考研英语拓展阅读：俄罗斯无指少年成为著名钢琴家

　　Teenager Alexey Romanov has become a promising piano player despite a debilitating illness that has deprived him of his fingers since birth.

　　Sixteen-year-old prodigy Romanov from Zelenodolsk, a village in the Republic of Tatarstan, first took up music two years ago after being inspired by the works of Mozart and Vivaldi.

　　In the short time since he has performed for the republic’s orchestra and has found fame on national TV.

　　Romanov’s music teacher at a specialist school for children with disabilities helped him get started, beginning with the melodies from films including vampire series Twilight and 1990s Hollywood blockbuster Titanic, both popular in Russia.

　　He credits two friends for teaching him the basics of music and how to read notes. “They still help me. They send me sheet music, which I study and if I like something, I let it settle inside me,” he said.

　　Romanov, who is at boarding school in Tatarstan’s capital Kazan, was adopted two years ago.

　　His adoptive parents, Vladimir and Luisa Levachkovye, noticed his predisposition for art and bought him a synthesizer. With time and a lot of practice, Romanov began participating in competitions – and winning them.

　　In February he performed with Kazan’s respected La Primavera chamber orchestra, which led to an invitation to join a music school in the capital.

　　The orchestra’s chief conductor also invited Romanov to participate in the television programme Guests from Tomorrow, where he performed River Flows in You, a composition written by South Korean pianist Lee Ru-ma for Twilight.

　　The young musician’s performance, seen across Russia, attracted admiration from the public and attention from the media.

　　One Facebook user said: “Alexey is a hero, he deserves respect and praise! [I] wish you health and happiness in life.”

　　“We all are constantly complaining about life. One can only admire such people. The guy is fantastic,” added another.

　　“During the [TV] concert I was shaking from the tension. I can’t even remember what was happening,” reflected Romanov.

　　“I walked on to the stage, sat down and started playing. I felt my knees shaking. Then I realised that I was doing well, it’s as if the melody started flowing by itself.”

　　He explained how hard it was for him to learn the music early on, and how worried he was about trembling when he had to speak in front of a large audience.

　　Romanov, modest to the point of being shy, seemed embarrassed when it was suggested that his story provides inspiration for young musicians and the wider public.

　　Last week he travelled to Moscow for the first time to take part in the reality show Let Them Talk and met Australian motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, which he said was a lifelong dream.

　　As for who inspires him, he said: “Sometimes it seems that there is an invisible, endless spiritual source out of which I can draw strength.”

　　少年阿列克谢·罗曼诺夫目前已经成为钢琴界的一颗新星，即便他出生就因为衰竭性疾病失去了十指。

　　十六岁的神童罗曼诺夫来自泽廖诺多利斯克(鞑靼斯坦共和国的一个小村庄)。两年前，受到莫扎特和维瓦尔第的作品的启发，他开始接触音乐。

　　在很短的时间内，他就已经开始在共和国乐团表演，后经国家电视台成名。

　　罗曼诺夫的音乐老师是一所儿童残疾人特殊学校的教授。是他帮助罗曼诺夫开始与音乐结下不解之缘。他从电影中的旋律教起，包括吸血鬼系列电影《暮光之城》以及90年代好莱坞大片《泰坦尼克号》，这两部电影在俄罗斯深受大家喜爱。

　　他让两位朋友教罗曼诺夫基本的音乐知识以及如何识读乐谱。“他们仍在帮助我。他们将我学习的乐谱发给我。对于我喜欢的，我就会记在心里，“他说。

　　罗曼诺夫，目前就读于鞑靼斯坦共和国首府喀山市的寄宿学校，两年前被人领养。

　　他的养父母，弗拉基米尔和路易莎，发现了他的艺术天分，并给他买了一个合成器。随着时间的推移和不断的练习，罗曼诺夫开始参加比赛，并不断获奖。

　　2月，他与喀山广受尊敬的普里马韦拉室内乐团合作演出，随后，他就收到了首都一所音乐学校的邀请。

　　乐团的首席指挥也邀请罗曼诺夫参加电视节目《明日之客》的录制，在节目中，他演奏了钢琴曲《你的心河》(由韩国钢琴家李闰珉创作，出现在电影《暮光之城》中)

　　俄罗斯各地都播放了这位年轻音乐家的表演，他的表演也受到了公众的钦佩和媒体的重视。

　　脸书的一位用户说：“阿列克谢是一个英雄，值得尊重和好评!希望你身体健康、生活愉快。”

　　“我们总是在不停地抱怨生活。这样的人才值得钦佩。这家伙真是太棒了，”另一位用户说。

　　“在电视台的音乐会上，我紧张到发抖。我甚至不记得发生了什么事，“罗曼诺夫回忆。

　　“我走上舞台，坐了下来，开始演奏。我感觉我的膝盖在发抖。然后，我意识到我做的很好，就好像旋律自行开始流动。”

　　他说明了早期音乐学习的艰难，并且他十分担心面对众多观众，自己会紧张得说不出话来。

　　罗曼诺夫，谦虚到几近害羞。当有人建议将他的故事作为年轻音乐家和广大公众的借鉴时，他显得有点尴尬。

　　上周，他前往莫斯科，首次参加真人秀节目“让他们说”，并见到了他心目中一辈子的梦想——澳大利亚激励人心的演说家尼克·胡哲。

　　而提到究竟是谁鼓舞了他，他说：“冥冥之中似乎有一种无形无尽的精神之源，从中我可以汲取力量。”

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