2015年九月在南非開普敦Paul Bothner音樂中心舉辦專題工作坊所受到的熱烈迴響 Positive Feedbacks about the Workshop at Paul Bothener Music, Cape Town, September 22nd 2015
九月二十二日：啟彬與凱雅現代小提琴與效果器使用工作坊（保羅巴特納樂器）09.22 Modern Violin & Beyond (Workshop at Paul Bothner Music)Chipin & Kaiya's Jazz Site - http://www.chipinkaiyajazz.com/
Posted by 啟彬與凱雅的爵士樂 Chipin & Kaiya's Jazz on 2015年9月26日
From the Official Website of Paul Bothner Music:
The internationally renowned violinist Chi-Pin Hsieh recently presented a workshop at Paul Bothner Music in Plumstead. The great bass player, Alistair Andrews was in attendance and this to say about the workshop:
Our Plumstead Superstore had the honor of hosting a fantastic workshop by Taiwanese violinist Chi-pin Hsieh, accompanied by his wife Kai-ya Chang on piano.
The workshop was super informative and Chi-pin has the ability to present things that are complicated in a very simple way. He also has a great sense of humor.
Those present were taken on a journey from Blues to Rock to Funk to Country to Classical to Asian to Latin to Jazz and Fusion Music.
He is an amazing player and teacher and explained music expressions, that went far beyond the violin and could benefit anybody that loves music regardless of their taste or level in music and irrespective of whether they play a musical instrument or not. Kai-ya is an awesome piano player and assisted with practical examples. Alistair Andrews joined them on bass on a Latin tune.
He uses effects on his violin, which is not very common and explained how to use them in a way that could benefit any instrumentalist. They also touched on their journey as musicians and the studies and hard work they put in and sacrifices they made to get where they are.
In the Q&A at the end of the workshop, I think that every one had their questions answered in a very satisfactory way. All and all, one of those workshops that is just a cut above the rest. It was absolute magic and those who missed it missed a lot.
（中文翻譯）
國際知名的小提琴家謝啟彬，近期在Paul Bothner Music的開普敦Plumstead中心舉行了一場工作坊，本中心的貝斯老師，也是很棒的貝斯手Alistair Andrews參與了這場活動，並且分享了他的現場目擊：
本中心非常榮幸能夠主辦這場由台灣來的小提琴家謝啟彬老師，以及他的妻子鋼琴家張凱雅老師所呈現的精彩工作坊。
這場工作坊的內容實在是太豐富，而啟彬具有一種化繁為簡的能力，總能將複雜的事情用很簡單的方式表達出來，他同時也超級幽默的。
他們以現場講解及示範，帶著我們走過一趟豐富的音樂旅程，從藍調到搖滾到放克到鄉村到古典到亞洲到拉丁到爵士到融合樂...
啟彬是一位了不起的演奏家與教師，在傳授音樂的表現力上，其實已經超越了小提琴，對所有熱愛音樂且不分程度的觀眾都非常有幫助，甚至不管他們會不會演奏樂器，即便是單純的愛樂者都能學到很多。凱雅也是一位很厲害的演奏家，並且在工作坊中隨時提供許多實用的範例。而貝斯手Alistair Andrews最後也參與合奏了一首拉丁曲風的曲子。
啟彬也解釋了如何在小提琴上使用效果器，這不但不常見，而且他所提供的訣竅與示範對任何樂手都極有助益。他們也跟在場的參與者分享了學習音樂的經驗與其間所下的苦功，甚至許多犧牲與付出，才能達到他們現在這樣的功力。
最後開放問答的時間中，我認為每個人都得到了相當滿意的答案，比起其他活動，這是我參加過最不同凡響的音樂工作坊之一，實在是太神奇了！錯過的朋友，我只能說你虧大了！
南非知名爵士樂評人Paul Sedres，也是南非爵士樂諸多商業、推廣與教育活動的推手，在主動參與了多場啟彬與凱雅的音樂會、講座與教學後，對來自台灣的我們留下了這樣的評語！The South African Jazz...
Posted by 啟彬與凱雅的爵士樂 Chipin & Kaiya's Jazz on 2015年10月4日
One of the best music workshops I've attended in a long time. The musicians simplified complex musical elements and concepts, and brought understanding of this in a way that is fun and educational. Chi-pin and Kai-ya are amazing pioneers for jazz in Taiwan and great ambassadors for their country. After this, I'm keen to visit Taiwan.
（中文翻譯）
這是我這麼多年來，參加過最棒的音樂工作坊之一！啟彬與凱雅將複雜的音樂元素與概念簡單化，並用趣味但深具教育意義的方式，讓在場每個人都能充分理解。他們是來自台灣，了不起的爵士樂先鋒，也是他們國家最好的音樂大使，因為在參加完他們的活動之後，我更想造訪台灣了！
(Paul Sedres 南非知名爵士樂評人與策展人)
啟彬與凱雅自己的感想：
其實不管用什麼語言，我們呈現的內容都是一樣的，但是可能也就是都把困難的東西變簡單了，所以很多人以為這麼做很簡單，甚至不會覺得有什麼稀奇之處。而如果這整件事對華文社群來說不是真的很重要，那我們就真的一點也不重要，甚至無用武之地了！
藉由啟彬與凱雅，大家對台灣留下好印象，所以真的也希望更多人一起加油，別讓他們失望，我們是啟彬與凱雅，不是台灣「派去」的，但是我們用專業與能力，證明了在台灣也是有國際人才的。
這麼多年來，在國外收到的肯定多是我們能把困難的事情變得很簡單，然而在台灣，只想做很簡單的事，卻永遠是困難重重～
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Chi-pin Hsieh as the Educator & Lecturer
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