| 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. |
身材娇小的蕾吉娜•史派克特长着一头张扬的红发，涂着鲜艳的唇膏。她将心中所想诉诸笔端，她的音乐难以阐释。然而她说她从不为此困扰。 |
| "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." |
“如果我能将这首歌中的每一个字都解释得清清楚楚，那必然意味着我在写歌的时候缺乏灵感，只能以更加圆滑的方式进行创作，”史派克特说。“假使我能够致电卡夫卡、海明威或者塞林格，而我提问的所有问题他们都能回答，那么我将非常失望。当你阅读或聆听伟大作品的时候，神奇之处就在于，没有人无所不知。” |
| 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. |
史派克特原本是俄罗斯籍犹太人。九岁时，为躲避当时苏联的反犹主义浪潮，她跟随父母移民到美国的布朗克斯区。后来她在纽约州立大学颇切斯音乐学院学习古典钢琴，同时也接触了爵士乐与蓝调。 |
| 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岁的时候，史派克特在纽约市内及周边地区的小酒吧里演出，顺带出售她自己录制的音乐光盘《11：11》和《Songs》。到了2003年，她和Sire公司签订唱片合同，重新发行了她曾经自己发行过的专辑《Soviet Kitsch》（苏联的奇趣作品）。 |
| 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. |
史派克特以动人心弦的钢琴演奏和风格诡谲的性格小品闻名于世，特别是在2006年发行了专辑《Begin to Hope》（开始期待）之后，她为更多人所熟知。这张专辑以热门歌曲《Fidelity》（忠贞）为主打，受到了评论界的广泛好评，史派克特也由此成为一种流行音乐现象。 |
| 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•史派克特为人特立独行，身兼歌手、歌曲作者与钢琴演奏者三职，人们很容易拿她和另一位女唱作人托瑞·艾莫丝相比较。但是史派克特的作品更加多元化，更加贴近听众，这在很大程度上是因为她的创作风格十分鲜明，跨越多种音乐类型，角色多变，优雅而举重若轻。
（China.org.cn 李潇 译）
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