Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0
Captivating Activities at Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0!
To celebrate Weiwuying's second anniversary, Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0 will kick off in southern Taiwan in October. From Oct. 9 (Fri.) to Oct. 18 (Sun.), captivating activities and performances spanning two weekends will take place in the various areas of Weiwuying. There are also free open house events in Weiwuying's four venues, highly anticipated swing party outdoor concerts, open bookstores, headphone cinemas, and the Weiwuying Family Day. The wonderful activities and performances are organized to celebrate Weiwuying’s second anniversary. Moreover, the immensely popular Weiwuying Sunset Market Strip will begin one week earlier on Oct. 2 (Fri.), introducing dazzling live performances and mouthwatering gourmet food to enable visitors to enjoy a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
▶ Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company : Questioning Heaven
▶ CHIEN Wen-pin X Eugenio Maria FAGIANI X Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
▶【Weiwuying Showtime】1976 Oh, yeah
▶ Exploring the Backstage World of Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company : Questioning Heaven
▶ Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company — Special Project
▶ Italian Organist FAGIANI's Recital — Special Event
▶ Our Theatre's Palaces Preview: 10 Minutes Sneak Peak of “Sheng Goes to Taiwan ”
▶ Army of Clowns
Five professional clowns bring the arts closer to the audience at the unexpected venues at Weiwuying. Inspired by ordinary moments in life and people, the clowns celebrate the amazing power of laughter!
▶ Italian Organist FAGIANI's Recital - The Wizard of Improvisation
▶ Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company : Questioning Heaven
▶【Weiwuying Wonderland】Fun Fun With Legend Lin workshop
▶【Weiwuying Family Day】Mus can be…
▶ Cloud Gate Sounding Light by CHENG Tsung-lung
▶ Headphone Cinema —Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
▶ Ballad of the Six-String - LIN Chia-wei Classical Guitar Concert
▶ Cloud Gate Sounding Light by CHENG Tsung-lung
▶ Rhapsody of Free Reed - CHIEN Wen-Pin & Kaohsiung Chinese Orchestra
PARTY
Outdoor Theater
The Swing Party concert returns to the outdoor theater lawn! After six months of radio silence in the first half of 2020, three of the hottest rock stars in Taiwan will come together at Weiwuying to awaken the purest and rawest emotions that live in our veins with their realism and unpretentious voices. Taiwanese rapper and founder of Kung Fu Entertainment, Dwagie will take the stage with Golden Melody-winning duo Abao and Matzka to perform many of their Golden Melody-certified hits.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）18:00
Venue：Outdoor Theater
Free entry
Banyan Plaza
<Memes Opera House> and <Mandarin Homework> are two of the most unique parties in Taiwan. Founders of the two parties will team up to make a bigger party - <Memes Homework>. A mix genres of music will be played including mandarin music, anime OST, gaming music, memes and flute+beatbox solos. More than music, an audio visual installation built by nearly 100 LED bars will join the show. The three artists will world premiere their original audio visual show.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）20:30
Venue：Banyan Plaza
Free entry
OPEN HOUSE
Playhouse
Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company — Special Project
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）13:00、15:30
Venue：Playhouse
Ticketing Details
Recital Hall
To celebrate Weiwuying's 2nd anniversary, let us take you back to the beginnings of opera as we enjoy and experience it together. Let's Opera is a singing gala open to everyone who loves to sing to express their personal joy through operatic singing. If you are an unknown operatic talent, this is your chance to perform on the stage of the Weiwuying Recital Hall; if not, this may be your chance to witness the discovery of the next Paul Potts, Susan Boyle, or Connie Talbot, who could be standing right next to you.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）14:00、16:30
Venue：Recital Hall
Concert Hall
Italian Organist FAGIANI's Recital — Special Event
Concert organist Eugenio Maria FAGIANI has traveled across Europe, North America, and Russia and performed in just as many places. This October, he will visit Taiwan, where he will perform a solo concert on October 11. Furthermore, as part of Weiwuying's second anniversary celebration, the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts has scheduled a special 30-minute event to showcase the versatility and charm of the pipe organ.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）14:30、16:00
Venue：Concert Hall
[Redeem Free Ticket Online]（Full）
1. Download the OpenArts App for entry.
2. Sign up as a member of NTCH on the NTCH ArtsTicket website. Members will have 12:00 pm Monday 28 September 2020 to redeem their ticket(s) until 12:00 pm Monday 5 October 2020. Each person is allocated to 2 tickets maximum. For more information, please contact +886-7-2626902.
3. One ticket per entry, and lost tickets will not be reissued.
4. Please note that late arriving guests may not enter during the performance.
5. To ensure the rights of the audience, aside from personnel of the presenter(s), no camera, video, or audio recording is allowed during the performance. No food or beverages are permitted inside.
6. If audiences have not entered 5 minutes before the performance begins, their quota will be available for on-site ticketing.
7. Before entering the venue, audiences should be instructed by the staff to redeem their wristbands at the Weiwuying Contact-Based Registration Area under the conditions of epidemic prevention.
[Redeem Free Ticket at the Ticket Booth]
Starting from 11:30 am Saturday 10 October 2020, you can redeem your free ticket at the ticket booth of your selected venue. Each person is allocated to 2 tickets maximum.
Before entering the venue, audiences should redeem their wristbands at the Weiwuying Contact-Based Registration Area to fill out the Weiwuying Contact-Based registration form under the conditions of epidemic prevention.
Weiwuying reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of all the events.
Opera House
“Testing, testing, one two, this is a mic test, one two three…”
We welcome you to push open the door marked STAFF ONLY and join the team behind the preview performance of One Way Two Gather as you anticipate the challenges that lies ahead. Theater is an art form that requires the cooperation of many people, so put on your gloves and helmet, bring your toolkit, and work alongside your colleagues. You are the unsung heroes behind the scenes who help make others'dreams a reality.
Detail
Time：
10/10（Sat）11:00、14:00、16:00
10/11（Sun）11:00、14:00、16:00
Venue：Opera house
Registration Period: from noon 12:00 September 25 (Fri) to noon 12:00 October 1 (Thu), 2020. (GMT+8)
(All sessions are fully booked)
Outsoor Theater Ground
What better place to sate your hunger for both food and spiritual enrichment than the outdoor market at Weiwuying? Here for a limited time only, mini theater plays, bel canto singers, and stunt performers will gather to entertain you. Feeling artsy? Looking for something experimental? Perhaps something local, or maybe with a bit of Japanese flavor? Whatever you crave, Weiwuying has you covered! Let's get outdoors and enjoy a relaxing yet magical afternoon together (while maintaining social distancing, of course!).
Detail
Time：
10/2（Fri）- 10/4（Sun）16:00-21:00
10/9（Fri）- 10/11（Sun）16:00-21:00
10/16（Fri）17:00-22:00
10/17（Sat）16:00-21:00
Venue：Outdoor Theater Ground
Free entry
3F Crown Hall
"Open Bookstore" invites artists in various fields, TaKaoBooks, and Little house bookstore / Dandelion Organization of Storytelling as Literacy Advocacy to have a chitchat of arts, issues, and picture books with publics.Let's choose a book and enjoy the intellectual reading time on the lively Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0!
Reading Zone
Date and time：10/09 (Fri)-10/11 (Sun)、10/17(Sat)-10/18(Sun) 11:00-18:00
Location：3F Reading Corner
Free entry
Talking Zone
Date and time：
10/09（Fri）14:00-14:40、 16:00-16:40
10/10（Sat）14:00-14:40
10/11（Sun）14:00-14:40、16:00-16:40
10/17（Sat）14:00-14:40、 16:00-16:40
10/18（Sun）14:00-14:40、16:00-16:40
Location：3F Crown Hall (west)
Free entry
Flash Mob
Time：10/10（Sat）15:00-15:10、16:00-16:10、17:00-17:10
Venue：3F Crown Hall (west)
Production Team: ShiuKim Taiwanese Opera Troupe x Our Theatre
Program: Our Theatre’s Palaces Preview: 10 Minutes Sneak Peak of “Sheng Goes to Taiwan”
Free entry
Headphone Cinema
Banyan Plaza
Headphone Cinema —Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
Time：10/17（Sat）19:30
Venue：Banyan Plaza
Headphone Cinema —Ballerina
Time：10/18（Sun）19:30
Venue：Banyan Plaza
Exhibition
Exhibition Hall
Return to Southern Taiwan－Chu-shui CHEN & Tyzen HSIAO Joint Exhibition
This year, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and the Taiwan Music Institute, National Center for Traditional Arts have worked together in a collaboration to launch a series of concerts and exhibition on Taiwanese composers. Through this coordination between the two arts institutes, one in the North and the other in the South, we hope to further the musical development of Taiwan by retracing the musical history of Taiwan and promoting the works of Taiwanese composers. The first event of this series is a joint exhibition of two important Taiwanese musicians, Tyzen HSIAO (1938-2015) and Chu-Shui CHEN (1942-1986). Both of themwere born in Kaohsiung then left for Taipei in their youth to pursue musical studies and returned after finishing their studies. The two became close friends even though they had different musical achievements afterwards. This joint exhibition features their rare personal belongings, written correspondence, notes, and manuscripts, it also offers a glimpse into the culturally flourished Kaohsiung in that times.
Detail
Time：9/28（Mon）- 11/8（Sun）
Venue：Exhibition Hall
Free Entry
Sponsor
Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0
Captivating Activities at Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0!
To celebrate Weiwuying's second anniversary, Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0 will kick off in southern Taiwan in October. From Oct. 9 (Fri.) to Oct. 18 (Sun.), captivating activities and performances spanning two weekends will take place in the various areas of Weiwuying. There are also free open house events in Weiwuying's four venues, highly anticipated swing party outdoor concerts, open bookstores, headphone cinemas, and the Weiwuying Family Day. The wonderful activities and performances are organized to celebrate Weiwuying’s second anniversary. Moreover, the immensely popular Weiwuying Sunset Market Strip will begin one week earlier on Oct. 2 (Fri.), introducing dazzling live performances and mouthwatering gourmet food to enable visitors to enjoy a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
▶ Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company : Questioning Heaven
▶ CHIEN Wen-pin X Eugenio Maria FAGIANI X Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra
▶【Weiwuying Showtime】1976 Oh, yeah
▶ Exploring the Backstage World of Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company : Questioning Heaven
▶ Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company — Special Project
▶ Italian Organist FAGIANI's Recital — Special Event
▶ Our Theatre's Palaces Preview: 10 Minutes Sneak Peak of “Sheng Goes to Taiwan ”
▶ Army of Clowns
Five professional clowns bring the arts closer to the audience at the unexpected venues at Weiwuying. Inspired by ordinary moments in life and people, the clowns celebrate the amazing power of laughter!
▶ Italian Organist FAGIANI's Recital - The Wizard of Improvisation
▶ Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company : Questioning Heaven
▶【Weiwuying Wonderland】Fun Fun With Legend Lin workshop
▶【Weiwuying Family Day】Mus can be…
▶ Cloud Gate Sounding Light by CHENG Tsung-lung
▶ Headphone Cinema —Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
▶ Ballad of the Six-String - LIN Chia-wei Classical Guitar Concert
▶ Cloud Gate Sounding Light by CHENG Tsung-lung
▶ Rhapsody of Free Reed - CHIEN Wen-Pin & Kaohsiung Chinese Orchestra
PARTY
Outdoor Theater
The Swing Party concert returns to the outdoor theater lawn! After six months of radio silence in the first half of 2020, three of the hottest rock stars in Taiwan will come together at Weiwuying to awaken the purest and rawest emotions that live in our veins with their realism and unpretentious voices. Taiwanese rapper and founder of Kung Fu Entertainment, Dwagie will take the stage with Golden Melody-winning duo Abao and Matzka to perform many of their Golden Melody-certified hits.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）18:00
Venue：Outdoor Theater
Free entry
Banyan Plaza
<Memes Opera House> and <Mandarin Homework> are two of the most unique parties in Taiwan. Founders of the two parties will team up to make a bigger party - <Memes Homework>. A mix genres of music will be played including mandarin music, anime OST, gaming music, memes and flute+beatbox solos. More than music, an audio visual installation built by nearly 100 LED bars will join the show. The three artists will world premiere their original audio visual show.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）20:30
Venue：Banyan Plaza
Free entry
OPEN HOUSE
Playhouse
Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company — Special Project
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）13:00、15:30
Venue：Playhouse
Ticketing Details
Recital Hall
To celebrate Weiwuying's 2nd anniversary, let us take you back to the beginnings of opera as we enjoy and experience it together. Let's Opera is a singing gala open to everyone who loves to sing to express their personal joy through operatic singing. If you are an unknown operatic talent, this is your chance to perform on the stage of the Weiwuying Recital Hall; if not, this may be your chance to witness the discovery of the next Paul Potts, Susan Boyle, or Connie Talbot, who could be standing right next to you.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）14:00、16:30
Venue：Recital Hall
Concert Hall
Italian Organist FAGIANI's Recital — Special Event
Concert organist Eugenio Maria FAGIANI has traveled across Europe, North America, and Russia and performed in just as many places. This October, he will visit Taiwan, where he will perform a solo concert on October 11. Furthermore, as part of Weiwuying's second anniversary celebration, the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts has scheduled a special 30-minute event to showcase the versatility and charm of the pipe organ.
Detail
Time：10/10（Sat）14:30、16:00
Venue：Concert Hall
[Redeem Free Ticket Online]（Full）
1. Download the OpenArts App for entry.
2. Sign up as a member of NTCH on the NTCH ArtsTicket website. Members will have 12:00 pm Monday 28 September 2020 to redeem their ticket(s) until 12:00 pm Monday 5 October 2020. Each person is allocated to 2 tickets maximum. For more information, please contact +886-7-2626902.
3. One ticket per entry, and lost tickets will not be reissued.
4. Please note that late arriving guests may not enter during the performance.
5. To ensure the rights of the audience, aside from personnel of the presenter(s), no camera, video, or audio recording is allowed during the performance. No food or beverages are permitted inside.
6. If audiences have not entered 5 minutes before the performance begins, their quota will be available for on-site ticketing.
7. Before entering the venue, audiences should be instructed by the staff to redeem their wristbands at the Weiwuying Contact-Based Registration Area under the conditions of epidemic prevention.
[Redeem Free Ticket at the Ticket Booth]
Starting from 11:30 am Saturday 10 October 2020, you can redeem your free ticket at the ticket booth of your selected venue. Each person is allocated to 2 tickets maximum.
Before entering the venue, audiences should redeem their wristbands at the Weiwuying Contact-Based Registration Area to fill out the Weiwuying Contact-Based registration form under the conditions of epidemic prevention.
Weiwuying reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of all the events.
Opera House
“Testing, testing, one two, this is a mic test, one two three…”
We welcome you to push open the door marked STAFF ONLY and join the team behind the preview performance of One Way Two Gather as you anticipate the challenges that lies ahead. Theater is an art form that requires the cooperation of many people, so put on your gloves and helmet, bring your toolkit, and work alongside your colleagues. You are the unsung heroes behind the scenes who help make others'dreams a reality.
Detail
Time：
10/10（Sat）11:00、14:00、16:00
10/11（Sun）11:00、14:00、16:00
Venue：Opera house
Registration Period: from noon 12:00 September 25 (Fri) to noon 12:00 October 1 (Thu), 2020. (GMT+8)
(All sessions are fully booked)
Outsoor Theater Ground
What better place to sate your hunger for both food and spiritual enrichment than the outdoor market at Weiwuying? Here for a limited time only, mini theater plays, bel canto singers, and stunt performers will gather to entertain you. Feeling artsy? Looking for something experimental? Perhaps something local, or maybe with a bit of Japanese flavor? Whatever you crave, Weiwuying has you covered! Let's get outdoors and enjoy a relaxing yet magical afternoon together (while maintaining social distancing, of course!).
Detail
Time：
10/2（Fri）- 10/4（Sun）16:00-21:00
10/9（Fri）- 10/11（Sun）16:00-21:00
10/16（Fri）17:00-22:00
10/17（Sat）16:00-21:00
Venue：Outdoor Theater Ground
Free entry
3F Crown Hall
"Open Bookstore" invites artists in various fields, TaKaoBooks, and Little house bookstore / Dandelion Organization of Storytelling as Literacy Advocacy to have a chitchat of arts, issues, and picture books with publics.Let's choose a book and enjoy the intellectual reading time on the lively Weiwuying Anniversary 2.0!
Reading Zone
Date and time：10/09 (Fri)-10/11 (Sun)、10/17(Sat)-10/18(Sun) 11:00-18:00
Location：3F Reading Corner
Free entry
Talking Zone
Date and time：
10/09（Fri）14:00-14:40、 16:00-16:40
10/10（Sat）14:00-14:40
10/11（Sun）14:00-14:40、16:00-16:40
10/17（Sat）14:00-14:40、 16:00-16:40
10/18（Sun）14:00-14:40、16:00-16:40
Location：3F Crown Hall (west)
Free entry
Flash Mob
Time：10/10（Sat）15:00-15:10、16:00-16:10、17:00-17:10
Venue：3F Crown Hall (west)
Production Team: ShiuKim Taiwanese Opera Troupe x Our Theatre
Program: Our Theatre’s Palaces Preview: 10 Minutes Sneak Peak of “Sheng Goes to Taiwan”
Free entry
Headphone Cinema
Banyan Plaza
Headphone Cinema —Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
Time：10/17（Sat）19:30
Venue：Banyan Plaza
Headphone Cinema —Ballerina
Time：10/18（Sun）19:30
Venue：Banyan Plaza
Exhibition
Exhibition Hall
Return to Southern Taiwan－Chu-shui CHEN & Tyzen HSIAO Joint Exhibition
This year, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and the Taiwan Music Institute, National Center for Traditional Arts have worked together in a collaboration to launch a series of concerts and exhibition on Taiwanese composers. Through this coordination between the two arts institutes, one in the North and the other in the South, we hope to further the musical development of Taiwan by retracing the musical history of Taiwan and promoting the works of Taiwanese composers. The first event of this series is a joint exhibition of two important Taiwanese musicians, Tyzen HSIAO (1938-2015) and Chu-Shui CHEN (1942-1986). Both of themwere born in Kaohsiung then left for Taipei in their youth to pursue musical studies and returned after finishing their studies. The two became close friends even though they had different musical achievements afterwards. This joint exhibition features their rare personal belongings, written correspondence, notes, and manuscripts, it also offers a glimpse into the culturally flourished Kaohsiung in that times.
Detail
Time：9/28（Mon）- 11/8（Sun）
Venue：Exhibition Hall
Free Entry
Sponsor
