衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

The rich and booming timber of the pipe organ is comparable to that of an orchestra. However, the instrument's scarcity poses quite a challenge for composers creating new pieces, or for soloists rehearsing with an orchestra; as a result, organ concertos are very few in number. The third concert and grand finale of the Weiwuying International Organ Festival brings performances on a never-before-seen scale, featuring three organ concertos as well as pieces for flute, piano and orchestra in a feast for music lovers.

The three organ concertos to be performed in the concert all use special configurations to accentuate the uniqueness of the organ. These concertos are: Francis POULENC's Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in g minor, the most famous organ concerto; Josef RHEINBERGER's Concerto No. 1 in F Major for Organ and Orchestra, arranged for strings and three French horns; Astor PIAZZOLLA's Aconcagua Concerto rearranged for accordion and orchestra. Additionally, the concert also features César FRANCK's Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra and Ferruccio BUSONI's Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra, both pieces with unique characteristics that are rarely performed in concerts. The event will see five world-class musicians perform on the same stage, along with the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, conducted by CHIEN Wen-pin, Artistic Director of National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying). With all the talents involved, this performance is definitely one to look forward to.

  Pre-talk  

2022/4/3(Sun)13:50-14:10 Concert Hall 3rd Floor

  Program  

J. RHEINBERGER: Concerto No. 1 in F Major for Organ and Orchestra

F. BUSONI: Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra in B Flat Major, Op. 52, BV 285

A. PIAZZOLLA:  Moderato and Presto from Aconcagua Concerto for Organ, Chamber Orchestra & Percussion

C. FRANCK: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra

F. POULENC: Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in g minor, FP 93

  Creative and Production Team  

Conductor｜CHIEN Wen-pin

Organ｜Hayo BOREMA, Aart BERGWERFF, Christian SCHMITT

Flute｜Tatjana RUHLAND

Piano｜Joseph MOOG

Orchestra｜Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra

  Artists Introduction  

Conductor｜CHIEN Wen-pin

CHIEN Wen-pin was born in 1967 in Taipei. He received an undergraduate degree from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts and a Master's degree from the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna. From 1998 to 2004, he was Resident Conductor at Japan's Pacific Music Festival, founded by Leonard BERNSTEIN, and he became Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan in 2001, where he remained until 2007. In 1996, he began his 22-year career as Kapellmeister of Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf Duisburg, Germany). From 2014 to 2016, CHIEN served as artistic advisor to the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. In 2014, he was honored with the National Award for Arts. Currently CHIEN is the Executive and Artistic Director of National Performing Arts Center - National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying).

Organ｜Hayo BOEREMA

Fostering the organ to be introduced and appreciated by a wider audience, is what inspires Hayo BOEREMA as organist, lecturer and composer. In his musical interpretations, Hayo is always motivated to look for contrast and color in compositions of both established and contemporary composers to involve a traditional classical music audience as well as a more experimentally curious audience. Hayo's repertoire stretches a long time period. It includes SWEELINCK and BACH as well as more contemporary composers, with a particular interest for Olivier MESSIAEN and French organ music from the 20th century.  

As a performer, Hayo often joins forces with choirs and orchestras. Additionally, he is regularly commissioned to compose. One of his major compositions, his Solemn Mass (Messe Solennelle), a composition for organ, choir, vocal soloist and percussion, was recorded recently and received with wide acclaim.

In addition to his performances, Hayo is professor of Organ at Codarts Conservatory at Rotterdam. He gives master classes in interpretation and improvisation internationally. Also, he is welcomed as a jury member at various international organ competitions. 

Organ｜Aart BERGWERFF

Aart BERGWERFF is a driven and versatile musician. He likes exciting and adventurous concert 

programming. On the one hand Aart has a great passion for the classical repertoire and on the other hand he likes to find new ways and forms in organ culture. Thus, he regularly co-operates with video artist Jaap DRUPSTEEN. Together with the Turkish derwish dancer Kadir SONUK he created the performance East meets West, to the music of Canto Ostinato by Simeon TEN HOLT. Another example is the production Mi Corazõn, in which organ and tango dance meet.

Aart is a teacher at the Rotterdams Conservatorium, part of Codarts Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. Aart BERGWERFF studied organ, choral conducting and church music at the Rotterdams Conservatorium.  He continued his organ study in Paris with Marie-Claire ALAIN and in North Germany with Harald VOGEL. He concluded his study in Paris and obtained the Prix de Virtuosité. In 2003 he was awarded the silver medal of the Société Académique "Arts, Science et Lettres" because of his merits for the French organ culture.

Organ｜Christian SCHMITT

Christian SCHMITT performs regularly with well-known conductors and soloists including Sir Simon RATTLE, Phillipe HERREWEGHE, Jakub HRŮŠA, Marek JANOWSKI, Manfred HONECK, Magdalena KOŽENA, Martin GRUBINGER, Juliane BANSE or Michael VOLLE. He has performed in renowned venues including Philharmonie Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikverein Vienna, and Kölner Philharmonie. As an organ virtuoso, he is undoubtedly one of the most charismatic and internationally sought-after concert organists and chamber music partners of today. 

Christian SCHMITT's great passion is the extensive romantic organ repertoire, yet his artistic spectrum goes far beyond that. He has given concerts on many of the historic organs of Europe and also devotes himself to contemporary repertoire. Christian SCHMITT serves as organ consultant for the restoration and reconstruction of organs, a.o. Berlin, Zurich, Lucerne and Brno. He is a member of numerous international music competition juries. 

Flute｜Tatjana RUHLAND

Once called the "Paganini of the flute" by a critic, OPUS KLASSIK winner Tatjana RUHLAND has numbered among the most acclaimed performers of her instrument at least since her Carnegie Hall début. In December 2018, she performed DEBUSSY's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune with the Berlin Philharmonic, described as "a fabulous faun" by Berlin's leading newspaper and highly acclaimed by the audience. Being the solo flutist of the SWR Symphony Orchestra (chief conductor Teodor CURRENTZIS) since 2000, she is a frequent guest in other radio, opera and symphony orchestras. 

Tatjana RUHLAND was born in Regensburg and received her training in Munich, New York and Siena. Besides winning first prizes at the German University Competition and the Prague Spring International Competition (1996), she is a laureate of the prestigious Kobe International Flute Competition (Japan, 1997) and the East&West International Auditions (New York, 1999) and has held a scholarship from the German Music Competition.

Piano｜Joseph MOOG

Joseph MOOG's ability to combine exquisite technical skill with a mature and intelligent musicality set him apart as a pianist of exceptional diversity. A champion of the well-known masterworks as well as a true advocate of rare and forgotten repertoire paired with his quality to compose and arrange, Joseph was awarded the accolade of Gramophone Young Artist of the Year 2015 and was also nominated for the GRAMMY in 2016.

Joseph has an extensive discography and has received countless awards for his recordings, as well as outstanding critiques from the international press: November 2017 saw the release of his eleventh CD featuring BRAHMS' Piano Concerto No. 2 and STRAUSS' Burleske which was nominated for the 2018 ICMA Awards. It was followed by his recording of DEBUSSY's complete Etudes and RAVEL's Gaspard de la Nuit released in November 2018 which was rated 5 Diapasons in France among many other rave reviews. His much-anticipated album Heaven and Hell of LISZT's Sonatas & Legends will be released in October 2019.

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Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra

The Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1981. It was merged with the Kaohsiung Chinese Orchestra in 2009 as "Kaohsiung Philharmonic Culture and Arts Foundation." In 2012, the orchestra officially moved into Dadong Arts Center, where it has a more exclusive and stable rehearsal space. The end of 2018 marked the grand opening of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), where the KSO participated in the center's inauguration. It is our hope that he orchestra will play a more important role in the center's vineyard style concert hall, which is the only one of its kind in Taiwan.

The KSO has been invited to perform on international stages in the USA, Macao, Nanking, Shanghai, Qingdao, Suzhou, Singapore and Beijing. In 2017, the KSO was invited to the BEETHOVEN-themed Spring Green Music Festival in Kanazawa, Japan, as well as Hong Kong's 2017 Taiwan Culture Festival. With the self-development goal of becoming an internationally acclaimed orchestra, the KSO has gradually reached beyond city and country borders. 

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