24 Hours MOZART - Great Orchestral Works 7
Time
2023/2/12(Sun) 16:00-16:55
Duration is approximately 60 minutes
Venue: Concert Hall
Program
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 "Prague"
Performer(s)
Conductor|LIAO Chia-hong Drapal
Violin|HSIEH Pei-yin
National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Artists Introduction
Conductor|LIAO Chia-hong Drapal
"He is a stylish Viennese, with subtle musicality and profound interpretation ability."——M. Ruedenauer
"… virtuoso performance, a musician full of confidence and oriental charisma…"——Washington Post
Professor LIAO Chia-hong Drapal, a well-known violinist, conductor, holds the Konzertfach-Diplom, and Magister artium, from Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, is now the Dean of College of Music and a full time professor of music at the National Taiwan Normal University.
Professor LIAO has performed and been invited lecture master class around the world. He had invited as violin soloist and conductor with Wien Kammerphilharmonie (Austria), San Diego Symphony (America), Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Satu Mare Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra (Romania)、Sonora Philharmonic Orchestra (Mexico) and Orchestra del Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia (Roma). At the flag-raising ceremony on New Year's Day for the 100th anniversary of Taiwan, he was honored to be invited to conduct eight major symphony orchestras up to 200-member in Taiwan.
Professor LIAO pays special attention to the educational function of the orchestra. After returning from Austria, he founded Pro Arte Music Production, Taiwan Pro Arte Orchestra and Andersen Philharmonic Soloists, promoting fine arts and diversified performances. And he also has excavated many talented young artists.
Violin|HSIEH Pei-yin
HSIEH Pei-yin holds the position of concertmaster with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
While attending various musical activities locally and overseas, Miss HSIEH accumulated rich playing experiences during her school years or professional career, and ever had distinguished performance. She represented Taiwan in the Asian Youth Orchestra, Eastman Philharmonic at the Heidelberg Festival in Germany, and Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Japan.
In addition to her duties as concertmaster, she is also active in the chamber music scene. She has performed many chamber music concerts with NOBUKO Imai, TSENG Keng-yuen, Kaspar ZEHNDER, Paul HUANG, Palladio String Quartet, Formosa String Quartet and Taiwan String Quartet.
The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Founded 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.
Over 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.
Since 2019, the internationally renowned conductor maestro Lan Shui 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.