理察·克萊德曼（Richard Clayderman，1953年12月28日－），法國鋼琴演奏家。本名菲利浦·羅貝路易·帕傑斯。理察·克萊德曼的鋼琴演奏作品主要以大眾接受度高的樂曲為主，而較少演奏學院派古典音樂。
1976年，他的生活有了戲劇性的改變。一個叫保羅·德·森納維爾(Paul de Senneville）的製作人相中了他，決定讓他演奏一首優雅的曲子，就是著名的《給愛德琳的詩》(Ballade pour Adeline)。那張單曲一鳴驚人，創下了在38個國家2千2百萬張的銷售記錄。從此以後，他開始他作為一個鋼琴演奏家的音樂生涯，錄製了1000多首鋼琴曲，成為了世界上最成功的通俗樂器演奏家之一，在世界各地賣出了7千萬張專輯。在他的高峰期，曾經在250天內演出200場。
在中國，理察深受普通老百姓的喜愛。因為他是在中國改革開放時期最初進軍中國市場的少數外國音樂家之一。優雅的鋼琴讓改革開放初期仍有一點保守的中國人找到了一種浪漫而又不露骨的美。在中國演出之後的轟動，培養起了當時80年代的一批「琴童」。很多中國孩子選擇學習鋼琴，都是因為理察的影響。
理察也經常訪問中國。每年都在中國有數場演出。理察也已經成為了「中國人民的老朋友」，在SARS時期無法成行的理察，還特別為鼓勵中國的醫務工作者們錄製的特別的MTV，鼓勵他們要努力共度難關。理察在中國的愛好者年齡層次相當廣泛，有年過半百的老人，也有中學生。
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès, 28 December 1953, Paris, France) is aFrench pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of classical music.
Early life
Clayderman learned piano from his father, a piano teacher.
At the age of twelve, he was accepted into the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won great acclaim in his later adolescent years. Financial difficulties, not the least precipitated by his father's illness, forestalled a promising career as a classical pianist. So in order to earn a living, he found work as a bank clerk and as an accompanist to contemporary bands. He accompanied French singers such as Johnny Hallyday,Thierry Le Luron, and Michel Sardou.
[edit]Ballade pour Adeline
In 1976, he was invited by Olivier Toussaint, a French record producer, and his partnerPaul de Senneville, to record a gentle piano ballad. de Senneville had composed this ballad as a tribute to his new daughter "Adeline". The 23-year-old Pagès was auditioned along with 20 other pianists and got the job. "He was an interesting musician with a soft touch and good technique", said Toussaint. "And he looked good, too".[1]
Pagès' name was changed to Richard Clayderman (he adopted his great-grandmother's last name to avoid mispronunciation of his real name outside France), and the single took off, selling 22 million copies in 38 countries.[citation needed] It was called "Ballade pour Adeline".
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