- Price: NTD 400, 600, 900,1200, 1600, 2000, 2400
- 11/24(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
25% Discount for Weiwuying member. - 12/1(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
20% Discount for Audience Overall. - Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 115 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 7+.
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
Helpful Guide
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- Weiwuying Youth member: 25% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
※ID and Youth membership card are required at the door. - Weiwuying Unlimited member: 30% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
[2026 Weiwuying International Music Festival] Closing Concert - Four Last Songs
NIETZSCHE said music's task is "to lead our thoughts to higher things, to elevate." In the grand finale of the 2026 Weiwuying International Music Festival, German soprano Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER—praised for a voice "as if cut from crystal"—joins maestro CHIEN Wen-pin and the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra in a thoughtful ascendant journey of life, spirituality, and devotion.
MESSIAEN's Les Offrandes Oubliées moves from the lament of "The Cross" and the plunge into "Sin" to the glowing peace of "The Eucharist." R. STRAUSS's Four Last Songs offers a tender farewell to life, while BRUCKNER's Symphony No. 6 unites grand architecture with deep emotion and philosophical reflection. From spiritual meditation to Late Romantic splendor, this reflective evening crowns the festival in brilliance.
Pre-talk
4/19(Sun)14:00 Concert Hall Auditorium
Program
O. MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes Oubliées
R. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder
A. BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106
Creative and Production Team
Conductor｜CHIEN Wen-pin
Soprano｜Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
Artists Introduction
Conductor｜CHIEN Wen-pin
CHIEN Wen-pin, General and Artistic Director of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), was born in 1967, graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts and received a Master's degree at the National University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna. CHIEN joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf/Duisburg, Germany) in 1996 and served as "Kapellmeister" for 22 years. From 1998 to 2004, he was Resident Conductor of the Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan).
From 2001 to 2007, he was Music Director of National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan Philharmonic); during his tenure the orchestra has achieved several milestones such as creating Subscription series, commissioning Taiwanese composers, introducing an opera series which coroneted with the first production of the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard WAGNER in Chinese speaking areas, upon orchestra's 20th anniversary in 2006. From 2014 to 2016, CHIEN was Artistic Advisor of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. In addition, CHIEN was the winner of the “National Award for Arts” in 2014.
Soprano｜Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER
Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER, possessing "a voice as if cut from crystal" by Salzburger Nachrichten, is considered in equal measure to be one of today's foremost interpreters of Lied and concert repertoire, and one of the most sought-after operatic artists. MÜLLER had her international breakthrough at the 2014 Salzburg Easter Festival as Zdenka in R. STRAUSS' Arabella, co-starring with Renée FLEMING and Thomas HAMPSON under the baton of Christian THIELEMANN. For this role, she was voted "Young Artist of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine. MÜLLER is a frequent guest of the world's leading opera houses and festivals, including the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Dresden's Semperoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opernhaus Zurich, and the Salzburg Festival, among others.
In the 2024-25 season, Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER's peerless versatility is once again on display in a return to the Vienna State Opera, where she debuts the role of Rosalinde in Strauss' Die Fledermaus under the baton of Bertrand de Billy. Additionally in Vienna, she returns to the role of Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. With the Staatsoper Berlin, MÜLLER reprises Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Elettra in Idomeneo alongside Rolando VILLAZÓN in the title role.
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
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 the 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 its repertoire, permeated with its 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, has also been frequently invited to participate in Weiwuying Presented Programs of Weiwuying National Art and Culture Center.
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.
[2026 Weiwuying International Music Festival] Closing Concert - Four Last Songs
NIETZSCHE said music's task is "to lead our thoughts to higher things, to elevate." In the grand finale of the 2026 Weiwuying International Music Festival, German soprano Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER—praised for a voice "as if cut from crystal"—joins maestro CHIEN Wen-pin and the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra in a thoughtful ascendant journey of life, spirituality, and devotion.
MESSIAEN's Les Offrandes Oubliées moves from the lament of "The Cross" and the plunge into "Sin" to the glowing peace of "The Eucharist." R. STRAUSS's Four Last Songs offers a tender farewell to life, while BRUCKNER's Symphony No. 6 unites grand architecture with deep emotion and philosophical reflection. From spiritual meditation to Late Romantic splendor, this reflective evening crowns the festival in brilliance.
Pre-talk
4/19(Sun)14:00 Concert Hall Auditorium
Program
O. MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes Oubliées
R. STRAUSS: Vier letzte Lieder
A. BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106
Creative and Production Team
Conductor｜CHIEN Wen-pin
Soprano｜Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
Artists Introduction
Conductor｜CHIEN Wen-pin
CHIEN Wen-pin, General and Artistic Director of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), was born in 1967, graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts and received a Master's degree at the National University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna. CHIEN joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf/Duisburg, Germany) in 1996 and served as "Kapellmeister" for 22 years. From 1998 to 2004, he was Resident Conductor of the Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan).
From 2001 to 2007, he was Music Director of National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan Philharmonic); during his tenure the orchestra has achieved several milestones such as creating Subscription series, commissioning Taiwanese composers, introducing an opera series which coroneted with the first production of the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard WAGNER in Chinese speaking areas, upon orchestra's 20th anniversary in 2006. From 2014 to 2016, CHIEN was Artistic Advisor of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. In addition, CHIEN was the winner of the “National Award for Arts” in 2014.
Soprano｜Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER
Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER, possessing "a voice as if cut from crystal" by Salzburger Nachrichten, is considered in equal measure to be one of today's foremost interpreters of Lied and concert repertoire, and one of the most sought-after operatic artists. MÜLLER had her international breakthrough at the 2014 Salzburg Easter Festival as Zdenka in R. STRAUSS' Arabella, co-starring with Renée FLEMING and Thomas HAMPSON under the baton of Christian THIELEMANN. For this role, she was voted "Young Artist of the Year" by Opernwelt magazine. MÜLLER is a frequent guest of the world's leading opera houses and festivals, including the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera, Dresden's Semperoper, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opernhaus Zurich, and the Salzburg Festival, among others.
In the 2024-25 season, Hanna-Elisabeth MÜLLER's peerless versatility is once again on display in a return to the Vienna State Opera, where she debuts the role of Rosalinde in Strauss' Die Fledermaus under the baton of Bertrand de Billy. Additionally in Vienna, she returns to the role of Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. With the Staatsoper Berlin, MÜLLER reprises Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Elettra in Idomeneo alongside Rolando VILLAZÓN in the title role.
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
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 the 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 its repertoire, permeated with its 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, has also been frequently invited to participate in Weiwuying Presented Programs of Weiwuying National Art and Culture Center.
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.
- Price: NTD 400, 600, 900,1200, 1600, 2000, 2400
- 11/24(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
25% Discount for Weiwuying member. - 12/1(Mon)12:00 p.m. - 12/8(Mon)12:00 p.m.
20% Discount for Audience Overall. - Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 115 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 7+.
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
Helpful Guide
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- Weiwuying Youth member: 25% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
※ID and Youth membership card are required at the door. - Weiwuying Unlimited member: 30% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
