Steven Sharp Nelson

小檔案
外文名 Steven Sharp Nelson
中文名 史蒂芬·夏普·尼爾森
出生地 美國猶他州鹽湖城
職  業(yè) 大提琴手
藝人資料
史蒂芬·夏普·尼爾森（Steven Sharp Nelson），出生于美國猶他州鹽湖城，大提琴手。
史蒂芬·夏普·尼爾森（Steven Sharp Nelson) 是在“大提琴，打擊樂”的另一種表現(xiàn)方法，結(jié)合傳統(tǒng)，標(biāo)新立異的撥弦和撞擊技術(shù)抒情的大提琴技術(shù)的先驅(qū)。 他出生并仍然駐留在猶他州的鹽湖城。 他于8歲開始學(xué)習(xí)演奏大提琴，12歲開始學(xué)習(xí)打擊樂器，而從17歲開始學(xué)習(xí)吉他。他結(jié)合了這三種樂器的特色元素，創(chuàng)造出一種新穎的演奏大提琴的方式。
他曾在Ryan Selberg, Stephen Emerson和John Eckstein門下學(xué)習(xí)大提琴。尼爾森于2002年獲得音樂專業(yè)學(xué)士學(xué)位，從猶他音樂大學(xué)畢業(yè)。
尼爾森的大提琴事業(yè)真正起步于15歲。他被Peter Breinholt招至麾下負(fù)責(zé)弦樂部門的編曲工作并且與Breinholt的樂隊(duì)“Big Parade”共同演奏。打那時起，他共錄制了100多張從民謠、蘭草音樂到嘻哈等各種風(fēng)格迥異的專輯。他也開始了作為獨(dú)奏大提琴演奏家的職業(yè)生涯。他的首張個人錄音室專輯《Sacred Cello》(2006)就一舉登上Billboard榜單。之后，他又發(fā)行了兩張大提琴獨(dú)奏專輯《Tender Mercies》(2008), 《Christmas Cello》(2010)并大獲好評。
尼爾森也因?yàn)樗c鋼琴家Jon Schmidt的合作而名聲大噪，尤其是他們合奏了重新編曲的Taylor Swift的《Love Story》和Cold Play的《Viva La Vida》的混搭曲，在Youtube受到追捧。Schmidt和Nelson經(jīng)常在全美和世界各地合作公開演出。
尼爾森還經(jīng)常與鋼琴家Paul Cardall合作。他給Cardall的大部分作品編寫配器。
值得一提的是，尼爾森與鋼琴家Marshall McDonald也有合作演出及作曲。Nelson與McDonald共同創(chuàng)作了兩首交響曲《Spanish Trail Suite》(2006), 《Africa》(2008)。其中《Africa》曾被世界第一的古典音樂博客推薦，并且被下載超過三千萬次。這兩首交響曲是由南猶他大學(xué)委托創(chuàng)作的，2006年2月首演時也是由南猶他大學(xué)管弦樂團(tuán)演奏。后來被南猶他大學(xué)管弦樂團(tuán)指揮，當(dāng)?shù)厝A人Xun Sun將"Spanish Trail Suite"帶到中國，并且指揮湖南交響樂團(tuán)演奏。之后這首曲目又由中國愛樂樂團(tuán)演奏并錄音，收錄在一張只在中國大陸發(fā)行的專輯《American Journey》上。
尼爾森的作曲演奏風(fēng)格受到包括Victor Borge, Bobby McFerrin, Peter Schickele, 馬友友, U2, Sting以及James Taylor在內(nèi)的影響。他的演奏總是包含戲仿、喜劇以及音樂“滑稽場面”這些標(biāo)志風(fēng)格。
尼爾森是一名耶穌基督后期圣徒教會成員。他和妻子Julie共養(yǎng)育了三個孩子。
作品年表
Sacred Cello（2006）專輯
Tender Mercies: The Sacred Cello Series（2008）專輯
Christmas Cello（2010）專輯
The Cello Song(巴赫G大調(diào)第一號大提琴組曲)（2011）EP
Moonlight（2011）EP
Grace: A Sacred Cello Collection（2014）精選集
Life and career
Steven Sharp Nelson is an American cellist, best known as "The Cello Guy" of The Piano Guys, a YouTube music video channel, as well as a touring band.
When Nelson was seven, his father decided that each of his children would learn to play an instrument invented earlier than the 1800s. He initially tried the violin but instead found his passion for the cello. In 2002 he graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in music and later earned his master's degree in public administration. Prior to joining The Piano Guys, he worked in real estate.
Nelson credits his father with instilling his passion for music by his father displaying his own passion often. He openly credits God for his success but says that he does not want to push his beliefs on others or make others feel pressured by his music.As part of his faith, Nelson participated in a mission to South Korea.
As of 2006, Nelson was a real estate developer and described his music as an escape rather than a vocation. He never intended for music to become his primary income. Nelson signed with Stone Angel Music, an independent record label formed in 1999 by Paul Cardall, and released his first solo album, ‘Sacred Cello’, in 2006 earning him the Pearl Award for Best Instrumental Classical Album. The song reached the top 20 on the Billboard charts top 20 classical recordings. Nelson, and the rest of the Piano Guys, signed a contract with Sony Masterworks in 2012 that allowed them to retain artistic control of the group. He has also played with the China Philharmonic Orchestra. Nelson released two other solo albums: ‘Tender Mercies’ in 2008, followed by ‘Christmas Cello’ in 2010.
EP album ‘Moonlight’ was released in July 2011.
Compilation ‘Grace: A Sacred Cello Collection’ was released in March 2014.