| Regina Spektor is a petite woman with striking red hair and bright lipstick. She writes about what's on her mind, and her music often defies explanation. But she says that doesn't concern her. |
身材嬌小的蕾吉娜•史派克特長著一頭張揚的紅發，涂著鮮艷的唇膏。她將心中所想訴諸筆端，她的音樂難以闡釋。然而她說她從不為此困擾。 |
| "If I could explain every word of this song, then I wouldn't have been very inspired when I wrote it. I would have been more crafty and intellectual," she says. "I would really hate it if I could call up Kafka or Hemingway or Salinger and any question I could throw at them they would have an answer. That's the magic when you read or hear something wonderful — there's no one that has all the answers." |
“如果我能將這首歌中的每一個字都解釋得清清楚楚，那必然意味著我在寫歌的時候缺乏靈感，只能以更加圓滑的方式進行創作，”史派克特說。“假使我能夠致電卡夫卡、海明威或者塞林格，而我提問的所有問題他們都能回答，那么我將非常失望。當你閱讀或聆聽偉大作品的時候，神奇之處就在于，沒有人無所不知。” |
| Spektor is a Russian Jew who fled the anti-Semitism of the Soviet Union with her parents and immigrated to the Bronx when she was nine. Spektor studied classical piano at the SUNY Purchase Music Conservatory, where she was also exposed to jazz and blues. |
史派克特原本是俄羅斯籍猶太人。九歲時，為躲避當時蘇聯的反猶主義浪潮，她跟隨父母移民到美國的布朗克斯區。后來她在紐約州立大學頗切斯音樂學院學習古典鋼琴，同時也接觸了爵士樂與藍調。 |
| By the time she was 20, Spektor was playing small clubs in and around New York. At the shows, she'd sold copies of her homemade CDs 11:11 and Songs. By 2003, she'd landed a record deal with Sire, and her self-released album Soviet Kitsch was reissued by the label. |
20歲的時候，史派克特在紐約市內及周邊地區的小酒吧里演出，順帶出售她自己錄制的音樂光盤《11：11》和《Songs》。到了2003年，她和Sire公司簽訂唱片合同，重新發行了她曾經自己發行過的專輯《Soviet Kitsch》（蘇聯的奇趣作品）。 |
| Spektor's tantalizing piano playing and her quirky character pieces helped land her widespread exposure, particularly after the 2006 release of Begin to Hope. Buoyed by the hit song "Fidelity," the album was critically acclaimed and helped cement Spektor's place as a pop-music phenomenon. |
史派克特以動人心弦的鋼琴演奏和風格詭譎的性格小品聞名于世，特別是在2006年發行了專輯《Begin to Hope》（開始期待）之后，她為更多人所熟知。這張專輯以熱門歌曲《Fidelity》（忠貞）為主打，受到了評論界的廣泛好評，史派克特也由此成為一種流行音樂現象。 |
| As a fiercely independent and idiosyncratic singer/songwriter who plays the piano, Regina Spektor draws easy comparisons to Tori Amos. But her work feels less remote and more versatile, thanks in large part to a singular songwriting voice that spans genres and personas with grace and apparent ease. |
蕾吉娜•史派克特為人特立獨行，身兼歌手、歌曲作者與鋼琴演奏者三職，人們很容易拿她和另一位女唱作人托瑞·艾莫絲相比較。但是史派克特的作品更加多元化，更加貼近聽眾，這在很大程度上是因為她的創作風格十分鮮明，跨越多種音樂類型，角色多變，優雅而舉重若輕。
（China.org.cn 李瀟 譯）
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