24 Hours TCHAIKOVSKY - Great Orchestral Works 3
Time
2025/2/22(Sat) 22:15-23:25
Duration is approximately 70 minutes.
Venue: Concert Hall
Program
P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64
Performer(s)
Conductor|WU Yao-yu
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
Team Introduction
Conductor|WU Yao-yu
Praised for his passionate and elegant conducting style, Taiwanese conductor WU Yao-yu is regarded as one of the most promising conductors of his generation. He first came to international attention in 2013 at the age of 24 when he won the First Prize, Orchestra Award and Audience Award at the 53rd Besançon International Conducting Competition for Young Conductors, recently also won the Second Prize, Audience Prize (Live Audience,) and Best Interpretation of the New Commissioned Work at the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition in 2023. Previously Associate Conductor of the Taiwan Philharmonic in the 2021/22 and the 2022/23 seasons. He is currently the Resident Conductor of Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra.
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra (KSO)
Wherever there is music, there is you.
- A young orchestra moving forward with determination.
Founded in 1981; officially renamed the "Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra" (KSO) by 2000. The present chairperson of the Foundation is WANG Wen-tsui, Director of Kaohsiung City's Bureau of Cultural Affairs. CHU Hung-chang is the CEO of Foundation, and the resident conductor is WU Yao-yu.
Taking pride as the music ambassador of Kaohsiung City, the KSO has collaborated with a variety of prestigious conductors and renowned artists. The KSO strives to incorporate classical and cross-border performances into their repertoire, permeated with their unique passion.
Recently, the orchestra has played a pivotal role in the Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival and successfully established the reputation of the "Grassland Concert" and the full-scale opera productions, also frequently being invited to participate in Presented Programs of National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying).
On the international stage, KSO has been successively invited to perform in the USA, Japan, Singapore, China and Hong Kong. KSO will keep taking the international-level orchestra as the goal of self-enhancement and growth, steadily stepping beyond countries and borders, and moving forward firmly.