王强：Denis Azabagic的采访，在来华之前

    Hello Sam!
I am sorry to be alte to reply to your questions, but i was away for two
weeks.
Here are my answers;

> Is this tour China the first time to China?
Yes, this is my first your in China.
> what will be your interests on this tour China?
My interest in every concert is to play well, to play music and to bring to
the audience experience that I have when I play. For me it is very exciting
the fact that I am going to play for a people from the other side of the
world from where I live. I am verry happy about this visit to China.
> Can you please say something on your debut recital?
Well, I will be playing pieces by composers from Spain and South America,
mainly. This is kind of repertoire that I have been playing in last 2-3
years and I feel very conected to that kind of musical language. Few names:
Brouwer, Rodrigo, Torroba, Asencio, Rivera,...
> Do you feel if you have any problem communicate with the Chinese?
Ha, ha, if they speak English I have no problem, I sure do not speak
Chinese. I think that I will have poeple who will help with the translation.
I don't think that I will have problem with Chinese people, after all we are
all people and if we get around the language we realize that we are all the
same.
> Do you think guitar is not suitable for playing for the Chinese?
I think that the guitar is instrument like any other and everybody can play
it. The question is not in the suitability, I think maybe we can have a
question of Chinese culture and music, and maybe a fact that in order to
understand a certain music, culture, folklore, art we have to study it and
we need to be exposed to it. Chinese poeple have incredible richness of
their culture and if they want to explore other cultures and music it is
just a question of studing it.
> Can you please say something to the Chinese guitar fans?
Well, I would say the same as in the previous question. Guitar is just an
instrument which we use to express the music. We ofcurse need a good
techique in order to have a smooth way to deliver all our musical ideas, but
we must not forget what the music is about. it is important to listen a lot
of other performances, CDs, not only of guitarists but other
instrumentalists, singers, orchestras, etc... That expand our musical
vision, taste and ability to perform better.
> The guitar fans in those three cities will be easy to go to the concert
hall, but guitar fans in the other cities will not. Do you have the plan to
visit the other cities of China some time later?
I would love to go all arroung China to play. I hope that after this visit
there will be more interest from presenters in other cities to bring me to
China.
> If you are interest in make DVD program or make CD recordings on this
tour ,please let me know !
i have contracts with record companies in Spain and America and i can not do
CDs and DVDs if it is not for them.

I hope to come to play and meet you one day in Beijing!
Sincerely,
Denis Azabagic

本贴由王强于2002年10月01日16:46:23在乐趣园〖古典吉他村论坛〗发表.

Amos：??????????

    "> Do you think guitar is not suitable for playing for the Chinese?"

sooooooorryyyyyyyyy?????!!!!!!
what is the point of asking a question like that?
It is the most stupid question I've ever heard in my life. sorry about a reply in this vein. But please do not ask any questions like this to any foreigners ( i.e. non-chinese).
The second most stupid question I've heard is that after the US surveillance plane crashed with the Chinese fighter jet in South China Sea, a chinese audience (from Nan Jing?) wrote a letter to VOA (Voice of America) to ask, "what is the differrence bettween 'sorry' and 'apology'"?
Speechless!

本贴由Amos于2002年10月02日14:17:56在乐趣园〖古典吉他村论坛〗发表.

哈哈：一点意见想说说

    guitar is not suitable for playing for the chinese.
这样的问话越想越难受，现在我忍不住要说出来，作为中国人，问这样的问题恐怕不是很妥当。

本贴由哈哈于2002年10月02日18:01:33在乐趣园〖古典吉他村论坛〗发表.