\ni. Sword Dance
\nii. Nan Qoan
\niii. Prelude
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Symphony in A From Tangsang to Taiwan
\ni. Pioneer
\nii. In Pastoral
\niii. Those miserable and joyful days
\niv. Festival of the mountain tribe
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Concertino for Piano and String Orchestra
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Rhapsody Aboriginal Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
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Orchestra Suite Recollection
\ni. Bacchanale
\nii. Night song
\niii. Folk dance
\niv. Festival
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Creative and Production Team
\n\nConductor|CHENG Li-pin
\n\nPiano|Lina YEH
\n\nNational Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
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Artists introduction
\n\nConductor|CHENG Li-pin
\n\nAs a conductor, CHENG learned violin and piano since childhood, and also studied traditional instruments such as Sheng and Erhu. In 1997, CHENG graduated from the National Academy of Arts majoring in violin performance, and received his master's degree in conducting from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2002. He was mentored by many maestros, including Henry MAZER, HSU Sung-Jen and Felix Chiu-Sen CHEN. In March 2006, he joined the masterclass of Maestro Lorin MAAZEL, where he found great validation from the maestro.
\n\nFrom 2003 to 2004, CHENG started his career as an assistant conductor with Taipei Symphony Orchestra. From 2004 to 2015 he served as the Music Director and Principal Conductor of Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Since 2007, he has been a full-time teacher in the Department of Chinese Music of Chinese Culture University. Between 2015 and 2021 he was seconded to serve as the General Director of Taipei Chinese Orchestra, and as the Acting Director of Taipei Symphony Orchestra in 2021. CHENG has in recent years received numerous invitations as a guest conductor by both professional Chinese orchestras and symphony orchestras from Taiwan and mainland China. His outstanding artistry has also put him on the podiums at concerts in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Sates. Moreover, CHENG has published 17 audio recordings. In 2017, CHENG was recognized with the "Best Interpretation" with Sketches of Taiwan during "The 28th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music"; a year later, he earned "Best Album Producer" in "The 29th Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music" with Taiwanese Aboriginal Carnival.
\n\nBesides extraordinary conducting experience of Chinese and Western orchestras, CHENG is also keen to conduct and promote works by Taiwanese composers. During his tenure as the General Director of Taipei Chinese Orchestra, he led the orchestra to construct the "Voice of Taipei", which is highly acclaimed and its acoustic aesthetics has become highly recognizable from other Chinese orchestras. In 2018, the concert he conducted at the Carnegie Hall in United States made Taipei Chinese Orchestra the first professional orchestra in Taiwan to perform in that hall.
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Piano|Lina YEH
\n\nFor more than fourty years Lina Yeh has been one of Taiwan's most beloved pianists. Her preeminence as this country's most unique artist came into sharp focus in 1990 when she received the National Cultural Award in recognition of her achievements in the performing arts. Lina Yeh has performed all over the world as recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and in a piano duo team together with her husband Rolf-Peter Wille. Her concerts were included tours in Australia and New Zealand, Eastern Europe, South America and the Caribbean as well as appearances in Finland, Estonia, Germany, Russia, Canada, the United States, and the Far East. As soloists and piano duo she performed with various orchestras, including the Russian National Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Ural State Philharmonic, as well as all major orchstras in Taiwan. She collaborated with conductors such as Mikhail Pletnev, Simon Streatfield, Andrei Boreyko, Stephan Soltes, Henry Mazer, Jajah Ling, Alexander Rudin, Carlo Ponti, Shao - Chia Lü, Wen-Pin Chien, Felix Chen and as chamber musician with violinists Ruggiero Ricci, Fredell Lack, cellists Michael Flaksman, Alexander Rudin, and flutist Robert Aitken. She has made guest appearances at festivals, among others "Braunschweig Classix" festival, Germany, the Banff festival, Canada, the Europe-Asian Piano Duo festival in Sverdlovsk, Russia, Klaaspärlimäng festival in Tallinn, Estonia, and the National Concert Hall series, Taipei. The artist's refined musicianship in performing the classical repertoire as well as 20th -century Chinese music has won them great critical acclaim. In 1997 Paul Griffith commented in the New York Times on the strong professional musicianship of her playing. Her latest albums having been released on the Philips and PolyGram labels, Lina Yeh has recorded a substantial part of the two-piano and piano-duet repertoire with Rolf-Peter Wille. Having a diverse cultural and educational background and having graduated from and studied at schools as different as Salzburg, Hanover, Banff, and Juilliard, she has distinguished national careers as professor (Taiwan Normal University), writer and broadcaster as well. Her principal teachers include Jacob Lateiner, Hans Leygraf, Kurt Leimer, and Robert Scholz. She has also worked on contemporary music with John Cage and Robert Aitken. In 2010 and 2012 she has received the "Golden Melody" award for the "best performer" and best "classical music album". And she also received the "Friendship Medal "in 2010 and 2015 the "most outstanding professor" in Arts .
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National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
\n\nFounded in 1945, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) is the oldest symphony orchestra in Taiwan. Since its establishment, it has been successively affiliated with the Taiwan Garrison Command, Taiwan Art Construction Association, Taiwan Provincial Department of Education, Department of Culture, Council for Cultural Affairs, and the Executive Yuan. In May of 2012, it came under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. The orchestra is located in Wufeng, Taichung. It is a full-fledged music group with a full complement of software and hardware.
\n\nOver 70 years of history, under the directors of the past and the efforts of the current director LIU Suan-yung, the NTSO has accumulated extensive performing experience. Countless international teams and musicians have been invited to perform with the NTSO.
\n\nSince 2019, the internationally renowned conductor maestro SHUI Lan has taken on the position of the NTSO Principal Guest Conductor, cooperating with the NTSO Director Liu to enrich artistic skills, innovate on tradition, deepen education, and promote aesthetics, thus enhancing the public's musical life, making music ever-present like air, water and sunshine.
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Co-Presenter: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), National Center for Traditional Arts Taiwan Music Institute, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
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\n\nKUO Chih-yuan Exhibition
\n\n2021/11/5(Fri)-2021/12/5(Sun) 11:00~21:00
\n\nWeiwuying Art Gallery
\n\nFree Entry
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KUO Chih-yuan Memorial Concert, Taipei
\n\n2021/12/4(Sat)19:30
\n\nMain Theatre, Taiwan Traditional Theatre Center
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