【人物】 賴德和
賴德和(1943生),作曲家、音樂教育家。出生於臺中州員林郡員林街(今彰化縣員林市)。畢業於員林實驗中學師範部、國立藝術專科學校,主修作曲。1968年,與陳懋良、馬水龍、游昌發、沈錦堂、温隆信共組「向日葵樂會」,發表新作。1973年於臺灣省立交響樂團擔任研究部主任,1978年赴奧地利,於奧福學院研習音樂教育,並在莫札特音樂院研習作曲。於1982年任教於國立藝術學院直至退休。曾多次獲得吳三連獎、國家文藝獎、傳藝金曲獎等獎項。代表作品有:舞劇音樂《眾妙》(1975,為傳統樂器及打擊樂)、交響曲《紅樓夢》(1983)、《安魂曲:祭九二一臺灣世紀末大地震》(2009)。
LAI, Deh-Ho(born 1943)is a composer and music educator. He was born in Changhua, Taiwan. He graduated from Yuanlin Experimental High School and at the National Taiwan College of Arts(present day the National Taiwan University of Arts)majoring in composition. In 1968, Lai, along with Mau-Liang Chen, Shui-Long Ma, Chang-Fa Yu, Chin-Tang Shan and Lung-Hsin Wen, established the "Sunflower Music Assembly" and produced new music compositions. In 1973, he was the director of research department at the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, and Lai studied music education at the Orff Institute in Austria and composition at Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1978. He took up a teaching position at the National Taipei University of Arts in 1982 until his retirement. Lai has been the recipient of the Wu San-Lien Award, the National Cultural and Arts Award and the Golden Melody Award in traditional music. Lai’s main compositions include Chung Miao for traditional instruments and percussions(1975), the symphony The Dream of the Red Chamber(1983)and Requiem: September 21st 1999 in Memoriam(2009).