基思·埃默森是上世纪60年代和70年代兴起的英伦摇滚乐坛上最重要的人物之一，被称为键盘上的传奇。作为前卫摇滚运动中一位最杰出的领军人物，他把摇滚乐与多种音乐风格（例如古典音乐、爵士乐、世界音乐等）相融合。他是一个电子键盘和原声键盘（最主要是风琴和合成器）音乐的现代奇才，他树立的标准成为对他人的评判标准。埃默森先后与“美妙”和“埃默森、雷克和帕尔默”两支乐队合作，编写和录制了摇滚乐史上一些最富冒险精神的乐曲，并以无与伦比的激情和炉火纯青的表演将这些乐曲带给了广大观众。 　　埃默森在其演艺生涯中录制了40多盘唱片，大部分由他本人作曲，他在北美、欧洲和日本尤为受欢迎，他的多盘唱片创造了黄金和白金销量。埃默森在上世纪60年代后期和70年代为自己的乐队编写了一系列世界闻名的乐曲之后，于1977年创作了他的第一部钢琴协奏曲，讲述了一个不同的大自然循环往复的故事－从欢乐和破坏，到充满乐观精神的胜利凯旋。埃默森也是一位成就斐然的电影音乐作曲家。 　　Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English musician and composer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before he found his first commercial success with the Nice, formerly P. P. Arnold's backing band, in the late 1960s.He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era. Emerson wrote and arranged much of ELP's music on albums such as Tarkus (1971) and Brain Salad Surgery (1973), combining his own original compositions with classical or traditional pieces adapted into a rock format. 　　Following ELP's break-up at the end of the 1970s, Emerson pursued a solo career, composed several film soundtracks, and formed the bands Emerson, Lake & Powell and 3 to carry on in the style of ELP. In the early 1990s, Emerson rejoined ELP, which reunited for two more albums and several tours before breaking up again in the late 1990s. Emerson also reunited the Nice in 2002 for a tour. 　　During the 2000s, Emerson resumed his solo career, including touring with his own Keith Emerson Band and collaborating with several orchestras. He reunited with ELP bandmate Greg Lake in 2010 for a duo tour, culminating in a one-off ELP reunion show in London to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary.Emerson's last album, The Three Fates Project, was released in 2012.Emerson reportedly suffered from depression, and in his later years developed nerve damage that hampered his playing, making him anxious about upcoming performances. He committed suicide on 11 March 2016 at his home in Santa Monica, California(although his death was reported as having occurred on the night of 10 March,his grave memorial lists his date of death as 11 March 2016). 　　Emerson is widely regarded as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era.AllMusic describes Emerson as "perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history".