魏樂富(Rolf-Peter Wille)

鋼琴家，1954年生於德國，1978年畢業於漢諾威音樂院，隨即抵台定居。紐約Manhattan School of Music鋼琴演奏博士。1990年國家文藝獎，2010年金曲獎最佳古典專輯及最佳演奏獎得主。目前為國立台北藝術大學教授。

近年來，他以敏銳的音樂感受寫成幽默的文章，在國內主要報章雜誌上發表，廣受喜愛。魏樂富博覽群籍，所涉獵的藝術領域極為廣泛。魏樂富於三十年前剛到台灣時，讀了馬偕的《 From far Formosa 》，之後陸續深入閱讀許多有關台灣的書籍，特別受到影響的有　Davidson和 Kerr之著作。2009年初，偶然讀到《魯賓遜漂流記續集》中有關福爾摩沙的記載，再加上進入小琉球烏鬼洞的經歷，深受震撼，彷彿之前只存在於書中的所有想像，突然和現實聯結在一起。

其著述翻譯成中文的有《冷笑的鋼琴》、《怎樣暗算鋼琴家》、《台北沙拉》、《鋼琴家醒來作夢》、《魏樂富葉綠娜雙鋼琴二十五週年》，以及由Philips品牌，Universal 唱片出版之多套獨奏專輯與『雙鋼琴演奏專輯』，均備受好評。

Born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany (1954), Wille, pianist and piano teacher, lives in Taipei since 1978. He studied music in Hannover, Germany, and later in Canada and New York (Doctor of Musical Arts, Manhattan School of Music, 1987). Since 1987 he is professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts. His wife, pianist Lina Yeh, and Wille toured and recorded extensively as a piano duo their albums having been released on the Philips, PolyGram and Universal labels.

Wille’s literary activity began with the publication of music reviews and satirical short stories in Taiwanese newspapers and magazines. Three collections of satirical stories,translated into Chinese by Lina Yeh, were published in Taiwan. Books on piano playing appeared in English and Chinese. German short stories were published in anthologies of various literary forums and the Betzel Verlag. His works include, among others, The Cold Smiling Piano (satirical short stories, 1988), How to Sabotage the Pianist (satirical short stories, 1991), Taipei Salad (satirical short stories, 1994), Pianist: Wake Up and Dream! (2001). In 2002 satirical short stories appeared in the Project Gutenberg-DE and since 2003 short stories have been published in anthologies (Leselupe, Webstories, Betzel, Meiendorfer Drucke). In Taiwan Wille and Yeh have been awarded the National Cultural Award in 1988 and the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy in 2010. Their 30-year anniversary album (Rolf-Peter Wille and Lina Yeh: 30 Years of Piano Duo) won the Golden Melody Award for best performance and best classical album.