劉雲平

一个充满好奇心的物理博士，一位永远不满足于现况的吉他手，总是想着如何把指尖所有的触弦，经过各种物理变化，成为新奇却又自然的声响。从物理的理论计算跳到吉他指板，高中开始接触吉他一路走来，历经佛朗明哥、蓝调、摇滚、放克、爵士等多元风格的洗礼，云平所表现出的音乐风格多元且丰富。 在爵士乐方面，曾参与「台北青年爵士大乐团TYJO」、「MajaM麻将乐团」于各大Jazz Bar、Live House、爵士音乐节演出；而佛朗明哥方面，云平也是台湾少数有佛朗明哥现场伴奏能力之吉他手，也曾与「迷火佛拉门戈」、「赛米亚佛朗明哥」、「 Beta佛拉明哥」、「小野狂花乐舞合作社 La Gitanita」、「沃 佛朗明哥 W.O Flamenco」合作担任伴奏吉他手，于各大展演空间、剧场、艺穗节演出。 于2012年在指标性指弹大赛「乌托邦吉他大赛」夺得冠军之后，云平持续累绩指弹吉他的作品，并且在2016年发行了首张个人演奏专辑「指板上的旅程」，此张专辑更入围了《第七届金音创作奖》《最佳乐手》奖项。 除了本身的创作作品之外，云平也在推广吉他弹奏上不遗余力，着有风靡各校社团、教室的「流行吉他弹唱教材」，并且至各校比赛担任评审以及讲座等等。教材分为「初级班」、「中级班」、「乐风篇」三本，适合不同阶段学习的吉他手。另外，为了促进老师间的交流，自2019年主办「GET吉他教学论坛」，针对现代各种教学现况做讨论与社群学习的平台。 另外，云平也与许多创作歌手、艺人、舞台剧、佛朗明哥、电影配乐、电视剧配乐等合作演出。如：哈林（庾澄庆）、孙盛希、张克帆、四叶草、许富凯、邵大伦、王欣晨 Amanda、林绫、吴蓓雅PiA、闪灵Freddy、温岚、万芳、黄连煜、黄玮杰等等。 在经历各种风格、现场演出、歌曲制作之后，亦开始担纲制作人的角色，从编曲、录音、混音为技术核心，让歌曲从制作到完成有了全新的面貌。担任歌手林绫、黄于庭、游腾霖、乌克丽丽演奏家Annier的专辑制作人。 Yun-Ping Liu, Ph.D., a man full of curiosity and passion, is an experienced guitar player who cares deeply about making great music with his fingertips. As an experienced guitar player, Yun-Ping plays in many different kinds of styles, such as Flamenco, Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Latin and Fingerstyle. In the jazz field, Yun-Ping was part of the “Taipei Youth Jazz Orchestra (TYJO)” and “MajaM Jazz Band”, and playing in all kinds of jazz bar, livehouses and music festivals. In the flamenco field, Yun-Ping is the ones who can play live flamenco with singers and dancers, which is not common in Taiwan. He has collaborated with many flamenco groups such as Semilla, Beta, La Gitanita, W.O Flamenco and playing in tablao, theaters and all kinds of art festivals. Since winning first prize at the “Guitar Utopia Fingerstyle Competition” in 2012, Yun-Ping has continued to compose many pieces for fingerstyle guitar. In 2016, Yun-Ping released his first album, “The Journey on the Fingerboard,” which was shortlisted in the “Best Musicians” category at the Golden Indie Music Awards (GIMA). Yun-Ping is also the author of the guitar book series “Fundamental of Pop Guitar,” which is the most well-known guitar/music textbook in Taiwan. There are three volumes — Elementary, Intermediate and Music Styles — three different levels appropriate for different needs. Also, from 2019, Yun-Ping held a forum called “Guitar Education Talks, GET”, which is for sharing ideas and thoughts for teachers. Lastly, Yun-Ping has participated in diverse types of musical productions, including musical theater performances and TV/movie film score production, and has served as an instrumentalist for several well-known bands and singers such as Harlem Yu, Shi Shi,Jonathan Chang, Joyce Chu, Henry Hsu, Amanda, PiA, ChthoniC, Wen-Lan (Landy), Wan-Fang , Ayugo Huang and Huang Wei-Jie. For going through all these live, recording, session, solo as a player, Yun-Ping started to take a different position as a music producer. Form songwriting, arrangement, recoding, mixing, hoping to bring new taste and energy to people’s ears. He had been the producer of Singer Lin-lin, Yu-tin, Yu Teng-Lin and ukulele artist Annier Lee.