我的生活故事及基督信徒的表白：帕肯宁自传（一）

wangjianguo

我的生活故事及基督信徒的表白

二、三十年来，我一直秉承着伟大的西班牙吉他演奏家安德鲁·塞戈维亚的传统，以音乐会吉他演奏家的身份知名于古典音乐圈内。然而，在我的生命中有一段时间，我停止了演出和录音，甚至放弃了吉他练习。除了在蒙大纳州立大学有少量的教学外，我完全离开了吉他。下面就是我为什么决定要重出江湖的故事。[/COLOR]

第一部分 成长于洛山基

我是在洛山基长大的，受我堂兄杰克·马歇尔所影响，11岁开始弹吉他。马歇尔当时是MGM工作室的吉他演奏成员，我喜欢他弹吉他的方式，并向他请教关于学习乐器的问题。他建议我首先学习古典吉他演奏技巧，打下扎实的基础。他还推荐我购买世界伟大的吉他演奏家安德鲁·塞戈维亚的唱片。我被塞戈维亚的演奏深深打动了，于是便开始学习古典吉他，热爱古典吉他并一直坚持下来。

还是在开始弹吉他以前，我有许多户外爱好，尤其是抛饵钓鱼。我六岁时，父亲就开始教我钓鱼的艺术。我生命中最快乐的时光就这样在北加州高塞拉斯的鳟鱼小溪中度过了。我生活的目标就是到某一天，拥有自己的农场，拥有自己的私人鳟鱼小溪。

长大后，我开始意识到我的目标应该是赚大钱、早退休，并享受快乐的生活。我父亲在47岁时就退休了，因此我决定30岁退休是大好年龄。随着我对吉他越来越精通，我在考虑，我的音乐才能是否在一定程度上帮助我实现这个目标。

第二部分 为提早退休而工作

我成长在一个教我勤奋工作和遵守纪律美德的家庭。在父亲的鼓励下，我早上5点起床，在上学前练习一个半小时的吉他，下午同样。你可以想象，对一个热爱运动的年轻人来说，这是多么的矛盾。

然而，在我父母的支持下，艰苦劳动终于得到了回报。四年以后我15岁，我受邀参加安德鲁·塞戈维亚在伯克利加州大学举办的第一场美国吉他大师班。向一个激发了我这么多年的人演奏真是莫大的荣耀，塞戈维亚告诉我，我具备了靠古典吉他吃饭的潜力，并鼓励我继续努力。我真幸运能继续私下向塞戈维亚学习，之后还进入南卡大学向世界知名的大提琴演奏家Gregor Piatigorsky学习音乐表现。

19岁那年，我和Capitol唱片公司签约录制六张系列专集，并获邀在南卡大学开办吉他专业。第二年我和哥伦比亚艺术家管理公司签约，音乐会日程排得满满的，周游了美国、加拿大、欧洲及亚洲，最终我一年要演出的音乐会超过了90场！

不用说，随着教学、录音和约以及音乐会日程的增加，我的生活节奏越来越紧张。坦白地说，整个旅程中我很悲惨。我对旅馆房间、飞机以及接二连三单调乏味的音乐会烦透了。但是，我想终有一天我会快乐起来的，我将拥有自己的农场，拥有自己的鳟鱼小溪，我还可以退休，去做想做的事，去想去的地方，直到心满意足。这就是我追求的目标。

30岁时，我达到了自己的目标。我停止了弹吉他，在蒙大纳买下一个农场，农场周围环绕一条美丽的小河。我从南加州搬到了这里，并致电感谢Capitol唱片公司、USC以及哥伦比亚艺术家管理公司，让他们知道我不再弹吉他了。我实现了生命的梦想。

随后的四年，我做着我想做的任何事情。我全身心地钓鱼，熟悉那个地方的每一条小河。我生活得真是惬意——至我是这么想的。

wangjianguo

原文：

Life Story and   Christian Testimony  
Part One  

For over a quarter century, I have been known in the classical music world as a concert guitarist, following the tradition of the great Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia. However, there was a time in my life when I stopped concertizing and recording, and even gave up practicing the instrument. Apart from a small amount of teaching at Montana State University, I quit the guitar completely. This is the story of why I decided to perform once again.  

  

I grew up in Los Angeles and started playing the guitar at the age of 11, inspired by my cousin, Jack Marshall, who was staff guitarist at MGM Studios. I loved the way he played the guitar, and I asked him about studying the instrument. He recommended that I learn classical technique first to establish solid technical skills. He also suggested I purchase the recordings of Andrés Segovia, the greatest guitarist in the world. I was so impressed with Segovia’s playing that I started classical, loved it, and stayed with it.  

Even before I began playing the guitar, I had a great love of the outdoors, in particular, fly-fishing for trout. My dad taught me the art of dry fly-fishing when I was six years old. The most enjoyable times of my life were spent on a trout stream in the High Sierras of Northern California. My goal in life was to some day own my own ranch with my own private trout stream.  

As I grew up, I became convinced that my aim should be to make a lot of money, retire early and enjoy the good life. Since my father had retired at 47, I decided that 30 would be a good retirement age for me. And as I became more proficient with the guitar, I wondered if my musical ability might somehow help me achieve that goal.  

Part Two



I grew up in a home that taught me the value of hard work and discipline. With my father’s encouragement, I would get up at 5:00 a.m. and practice for an hour and a half before school and again in the afternoon. You can imagine what a conflict that created for a young man with a keen interest in sports.

However, with the support of my parents, the hard work began to pay off. Four years later, at age 15, I was invited to attend Andrés Segovia’s first United States master class held at the University of California at Berkeley. It was a great honor to play for the man who had inspired me for so many years. He told me I had the potential for a wonderful career with the classical guitar and encouraged me to work “very hard.” It was my good fortune to continue private study with Segovia and later, when I attended the University of Southern California, to study musical interpretation with the world renowned cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.

At age 19, I signed with Capitol Records for a series of six albums, and was asked to start a guitar department at the University of Southern California. The following year I signed with Columbia Artists Management for a rigorous concert schedule touring the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, eventually performing over 90 concerts a year!

Needless to say, as I added a grueling concert schedule to my teaching and recording obligations, my life became ever more stressful. Frankly, I was miserable on tour. I hated the hotel rooms, the airplanes, the monotony of one concert after the next. But, I thought, There will come a day when I will be happy. I’ll have my own ranch with my own trout stream and I can retire. I can do what I want to do, go where I want to go, and be content. And that was the goal I pursued.

At 30, I achieved my goal. I stopped playing the guitar, I found a ranch with a beautiful trout stream in Montana, and I moved there from Southern California. I called Capitol Records, USC, and Columbia Artists Management to thank them, and to let them know that I wouldn’t be playing the guitar anymore. I had achieved my life’s dream.

For the next four years I was doing everything I wanted to do. I was fishing to my heart’s content, learning every trout stream in the area, and going back to Southern California in the winter to escape the snow and cold weather. I was living the good life—or so I thought.

yage

还有吗，等待看下文，呵``

oldold

“还是在开始弹吉他以前，我有许多户外爱好，尤其是抛饵钓鱼。我六岁时，父亲就开始教我钓鱼的艺术。我生命中最快乐的时光就这样在北加州高塞拉斯的鳟鱼小溪中度过了。我生活的目标就是到某一天，拥有自己的农场，拥有自己的私人鳟鱼小溪。

长大后，我开始意识到我的目标应该是赚大钱、早退休，并享受快乐的生活。我父亲在47岁时就退休了，因此我决定30岁退休是大好年龄。随着我对吉他越来越精通，我在考虑，我的音乐才能是否在一定程度上帮助我实现这个目标。”

这两段真精彩，俨然“采菊东离下，悠然见南山”，也谈到了“赚大钱”——>“快乐的生活”， 瞧人志气：30岁退休，而我们呢？30而立估计都没站起来。

wwcm338

佩服，我也想早退休！

wangjianguo

下面的部分比较难翻，尤其有一些圣经段落，我再加加油和想想办法。

看了人家的自传，感叹那种国度所熏陶的人文气氛，人活着就是为了快乐，尽情挥展自我的爱好，赚自己想赚的钱、做自己想做的事大钱而不是革命、当官整人。而我小的时候目标就是读书考大学升官发财、为建设家乡贡献力量。呵呵。

casio

挣得钱花完了

lb1698

这也是我最喜欢的生活，悠然向往而不得！
不为生活而弹吉他也是快乐的！所以我们还是有点快乐。
哈哈哈~~~~~~

李巴赫

以下是引用casio在2003-12-8 22:00:00的发言：
挣得钱花完了

哈哈有道理~~~

yage

以下是引用wangjianguo在2003-12-8 20:39:00的发言：
下面的部分比较难翻，尤其有一些圣经段落，我再加加油和想想办法。
…………

你有圣经吗？可以买一本参照一下。
热切期待也。。。。。。。。。

gambol

I am a christian. Maybe I can help you with the transaltion. Pls send me the article.

wangjianguo

Thanks a lot.