- Price: 300, 500, 800, 1200, 1600
- Co-Presented: Weiwuying、TSO
- Duration is 110 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 6+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For more offers, please visit the website's purchase page.
(Program cancelled) 2022 TSO Classic- Eliahu INBAL & Gwhyneth CHEN
| ※The program has been changed. For more information, please contact +886-7-2626666. |
Pre-talk
2022/5/1(Sun)13:50-14:10 Concert Hall 3rd Floor
Program
Maurice RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole, M.54
Sergey PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, Op.26
Maurice RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.1 & 2
Creative and Production Team
Conductor｜Eliahu INBAL
Piano｜Gwhyneth CHEN
Chorus Master : PENG Meng-hsien
TSO Chorus
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Artists Introduction
Conductor：Eliahu INBAL
"In INBAL, one can trace the clear traits of role models and teachers such as Franco FERRARA and Sergiu CELIBIDACHE; he possesses the strength for tranquility and the sense to create unbridled passion and dramatic effect."——Die Welt
Since winning first prize in the Cantelli Conducting Competition at the age of 26, INBAL has enjoyed a career of international renown, conducting leading orchestras around the world. Over the years, he has been appointed principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester), Teatro La Fenice in Venice, RAI National Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Czech Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, who named him Conductor Laureate in 2014. From August 2019 on, Eliahu INBAL will take on the role of Principal Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.
During his tenure with the hr-Sinfonieorchester, whose honorary conductor he remains today, he distinguished himself with his outstanding musicianship. Based in Berlin, the charismatic Israeli conductor has garnered international acclaim for his interpretations of Mahler and Bruckner on a number of award-winning recordings (Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque), and was the first to record the original versions of Bruckner's symphonies. He has received special recognition particularly for his interpretations of Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonies with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Eliahu INBAL's operatic engagements include an award-winning production of Parsifal, as well as Tristan and Isolde and The Ring tetralogy of Wagner. His extensive discography features a performance of MAHLER's Symphony No.10 (completed version by D. Cooke), as part of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's MAHLER cycle in 2010, which was also released on DVD.
Born in Israel, INBAL studied violin and composition at the Jerusalem Music Academy before completing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris on the recommendation of Leonard Bernstein. His teachers there included Louis Fourestier, Olivier Messiaen, and Nadia Boulanger. He was also greatly influenced by Franco Ferrara in Hilversum (Netherlands) and Sergiu Celibidache in Siena (Italy). In 1990, the French government named Eliahu Inbal an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. In February 2001 he was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit from the city of Vienna. He received the Goethe Badge of Honour from the City of Frankfurt and the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany in 2006.
Piano：Gwhyneth CHEN
Gwhyneth CHEN is a Taiwanese-American pianist who won Grand Prix at the 1993 Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competition. Subsequent to the award, Mr. POGORELICH himself said of her talent, "She is too good to be true." Immediately recognized as one of the foremost pianists of her generation, the victory was broadcast internationally on CNN television.
Born in Taiwan, Ms. CHEN emigrated to the United States with her family in 1980, where she continued her musical studies with Robert Turner, and Aube Tzerko. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Martin CANIN. While in New York, she also studied with Byron JANIS and YIN Cheng-zong.
At the age of 12, CHEN was the first prize national winner at the 50-state Music Teachers National Piano Association Competition in the Junior High School Division. Three years later, she was again the national winner in the Senior High School Division at the MTNA Competition. She continued on to capture first prizes at the International Piano Recording Competition, Bullocks National Piano Competition and Young Keyboard Artists Association Competition (where she also won a grand piano), setting the American record for winning five U.S. national piano competitions before the age of 18.
Gwhyneth CHEN was a finalist in the 1990 Tschaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. She was also awarded the “Best Lady Prize” for being the only female finalist.
A leading musical figure, Gwhyneth CHEN was included in the 1995 edition of the 100 Most Successful Chinese People. In 1997, Ms. CHEN performed at the Presidential Palace for President LEE Deng-hui, in 2008 she performed at the inauguration of President MA Ing-jeou. In the same year, Ms. CHEN represented her country with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra under the direction of LU Shao-chia, as "the Pride of Taiwan" at the countdown concert in the National Grand Theatre ("Steel Egg") in Beijing, China, to celebrate the 2008 Olympics. In 2018, she represented her country again as a soloist with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra at the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
Ms. CHEN's CD on the Chimei label, "Gwhyneth CHEN: Chopin Favorites", celebrating Chopin's 200th anniversary, won "Best Performance" in the Golden Melody Awards in 2011. Gwhyneth CHEN is a Steinway Artist and was recently featured by Steinway & Sons in the global promotional video for the innovative Steinway SPIRIO, the world’s finest high resolution player piano.
TSO Chorus
The TSO Chorus was founded in 1993 on the initiative of the former Taipei Symphony Orchestra General Director, Maestro Felix Chiu-Sheng CHEN. TSO Chorus's founding mission is to promote the musical and cultural life of Taipei as well as expanding TSO's performance repertoire. Under the direction of former assistant conductor WU Hsiu-ling, TSO Chorus has developed solid musicality in a diverse range of performances, preparing TSO Chorus for professional performance. At present, Ms. LI Hsiu-chin and Ms. MO Ch'i-hui are in charge of vocal coaching and piano accompaniment, respectively.
In its debut performance, TSO Chorus performed Verdi's Requiem and makes regular appearances in TSO's annual concert program. TSO Chorus has also pioneered productions of several opera classics in Taiwan such as Carmen, Turandot, Aida, La Traviata, and Madama Butterfly among other classic playbills. TSO Chorus has also received invitations to perform in Macau and has before embarked on a concert tour on the West Coast of the USA, which were both met with rave reviews for the choir's outstanding professionalism..
Recent performances include MAHLER's Symphony No. 3, Commemorative Concert in honor of Maestro MA Shui-long, RACHMANINOFF's Symphony op. 35 The Bells, MOZART's Requiem, Bernstein Centennial Celebration, MAHLER's Symphony No. 8, as well as numerous appearances in Daan Forest Park Music Festival, promoting interest in choral music among the public.
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
"....the 91-member orchestra played with a sonorous sound......, striking a warm balance between the radiant strings, majestic brass and glowing winds..." -" The Washington Post", Nov. 2019
"The clarity, agility, and expressiveness of the TSO are awe–inspiring, an orchestra destined to take its place as one of the world's top symphony orchestras." -"Saarbrücker Zeitung"
"You are outstanding musicians with an inspiring enthusiasm who play on a technical level of doubtlessly international standard. I really loved working with you and especially enjoyed the warm personal contact with you and Maestro Varga. For me it was like playing with friends and I hope to come back soon."- Sabine Meyer
Taipei Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1969, in the past 5 decades, it has evolved from a small group of musicians into a professional ensemble with over 100 members. TSO has graced the city with beautiful music since it was first founded, and its 50th anniversary also opened a brilliant new chapter in Taiwan's music history.
From the ensemble's inception, TSO has been known for its high musical standards, and has invited innumerable renowned musicians to perform and collaborate with them, including sopranos Anna Netrebko and Angela Gheorghiu, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and Maxim Vengerov, cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor Yuri Temirkanov, clarinetist Sabine Meyer, trombonist Christian Lindberg and composer Tan Dun. In 1979, when the first Taipei Music Festival was held, it set the precedent for large-scale music festivals in Taiwan, and aside from inviting renowned international orchestras, such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, TSO also established its long tradition of performing an opera every year, including such classic works as "Pagliacci", "La Dame aux Camelias", "Faust", "Carmen", "Turandot", and "La bohème". In October of 2011, TSO's production of Verdi's "Aida" was the first time a full opera was ever performed at the Taipei Arena. In recent years, TSO performed "La Clemenza di Tito" in its entirety for the first time ever in Taiwan, as well as the Taiwan debuts of "Ariadne auf Naxos", "Eugene Onegin", "Die Kluge" and "Der Mond", establishing the importance of TSO in the performance of opera in Taiwan.
Apart from performing in Taiwan, TSO is also no stranger to international concert halls, having performed in Austria, the U.S., Japan, Russia, France, Spain, Germany, Luxembourg, Singapore, China, and the Philippines; in particular, TSO's 2017 return tour of the west coast of the United states after 26 years gave fans on the other side of the Pacific Ocean the opportunity to hear the pride of Taipei and indeed the whole of Taiwan! In recent years, the orchestra has participated in many international music festivals and important events, such as the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, the closing ceremony of the Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion in 2011, La Folle Journee in Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo, Japan in 2012, a tour of Japan in 2014, and performing at France's Les Flaneries Musicales de Reims in June 2015, Shanghai International Arts Festival in 2016, a U.S tour in 2017, as well as a China tour in 2019, and has been invited by Washington Performing Arts(WPA) in Washington, D.C. to perform at The Music Center at Strathmore in November 2019.
In 2019, TSO also invited Maestro Eliahu Inbal as Principal Conductor. Under the predicament of the raging global epidemic, we continuous presents the great music and quality sound to the world.Taipei Symphony Orchestra will become the most beautiful sound in Taipei City and let the world hear TSO!
Co-Presented: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Taipei Symphony Orchestra
 |
(Program cancelled) 2022 TSO Classic- Eliahu INBAL & Gwhyneth CHEN
| ※The program has been changed. For more information, please contact +886-7-2626666. |
Pre-talk
2022/5/1(Sun)13:50-14:10 Concert Hall 3rd Floor
Program
Maurice RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole, M.54
Sergey PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, Op.26
Maurice RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.1 & 2
Creative and Production Team
Conductor｜Eliahu INBAL
Piano｜Gwhyneth CHEN
Chorus Master : PENG Meng-hsien
TSO Chorus
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
Artists Introduction
Conductor：Eliahu INBAL
"In INBAL, one can trace the clear traits of role models and teachers such as Franco FERRARA and Sergiu CELIBIDACHE; he possesses the strength for tranquility and the sense to create unbridled passion and dramatic effect."——Die Welt
Since winning first prize in the Cantelli Conducting Competition at the age of 26, INBAL has enjoyed a career of international renown, conducting leading orchestras around the world. Over the years, he has been appointed principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester), Teatro La Fenice in Venice, RAI National Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Czech Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, who named him Conductor Laureate in 2014. From August 2019 on, Eliahu INBAL will take on the role of Principal Conductor of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.
During his tenure with the hr-Sinfonieorchester, whose honorary conductor he remains today, he distinguished himself with his outstanding musicianship. Based in Berlin, the charismatic Israeli conductor has garnered international acclaim for his interpretations of Mahler and Bruckner on a number of award-winning recordings (Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque), and was the first to record the original versions of Bruckner's symphonies. He has received special recognition particularly for his interpretations of Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonies with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Eliahu INBAL's operatic engagements include an award-winning production of Parsifal, as well as Tristan and Isolde and The Ring tetralogy of Wagner. His extensive discography features a performance of MAHLER's Symphony No.10 (completed version by D. Cooke), as part of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's MAHLER cycle in 2010, which was also released on DVD.
Born in Israel, INBAL studied violin and composition at the Jerusalem Music Academy before completing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris on the recommendation of Leonard Bernstein. His teachers there included Louis Fourestier, Olivier Messiaen, and Nadia Boulanger. He was also greatly influenced by Franco Ferrara in Hilversum (Netherlands) and Sergiu Celibidache in Siena (Italy). In 1990, the French government named Eliahu Inbal an officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. In February 2001 he was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit from the city of Vienna. He received the Goethe Badge of Honour from the City of Frankfurt and the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany in 2006.
Piano：Gwhyneth CHEN
Gwhyneth CHEN is a Taiwanese-American pianist who won Grand Prix at the 1993 Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competition. Subsequent to the award, Mr. POGORELICH himself said of her talent, "She is too good to be true." Immediately recognized as one of the foremost pianists of her generation, the victory was broadcast internationally on CNN television.
Born in Taiwan, Ms. CHEN emigrated to the United States with her family in 1980, where she continued her musical studies with Robert Turner, and Aube Tzerko. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Martin CANIN. While in New York, she also studied with Byron JANIS and YIN Cheng-zong.
At the age of 12, CHEN was the first prize national winner at the 50-state Music Teachers National Piano Association Competition in the Junior High School Division. Three years later, she was again the national winner in the Senior High School Division at the MTNA Competition. She continued on to capture first prizes at the International Piano Recording Competition, Bullocks National Piano Competition and Young Keyboard Artists Association Competition (where she also won a grand piano), setting the American record for winning five U.S. national piano competitions before the age of 18.
Gwhyneth CHEN was a finalist in the 1990 Tschaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. She was also awarded the “Best Lady Prize” for being the only female finalist.
A leading musical figure, Gwhyneth CHEN was included in the 1995 edition of the 100 Most Successful Chinese People. In 1997, Ms. CHEN performed at the Presidential Palace for President LEE Deng-hui, in 2008 she performed at the inauguration of President MA Ing-jeou. In the same year, Ms. CHEN represented her country with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra under the direction of LU Shao-chia, as "the Pride of Taiwan" at the countdown concert in the National Grand Theatre ("Steel Egg") in Beijing, China, to celebrate the 2008 Olympics. In 2018, she represented her country again as a soloist with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra at the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
Ms. CHEN's CD on the Chimei label, "Gwhyneth CHEN: Chopin Favorites", celebrating Chopin's 200th anniversary, won "Best Performance" in the Golden Melody Awards in 2011. Gwhyneth CHEN is a Steinway Artist and was recently featured by Steinway & Sons in the global promotional video for the innovative Steinway SPIRIO, the world’s finest high resolution player piano.
TSO Chorus
The TSO Chorus was founded in 1993 on the initiative of the former Taipei Symphony Orchestra General Director, Maestro Felix Chiu-Sheng CHEN. TSO Chorus's founding mission is to promote the musical and cultural life of Taipei as well as expanding TSO's performance repertoire. Under the direction of former assistant conductor WU Hsiu-ling, TSO Chorus has developed solid musicality in a diverse range of performances, preparing TSO Chorus for professional performance. At present, Ms. LI Hsiu-chin and Ms. MO Ch'i-hui are in charge of vocal coaching and piano accompaniment, respectively.
In its debut performance, TSO Chorus performed Verdi's Requiem and makes regular appearances in TSO's annual concert program. TSO Chorus has also pioneered productions of several opera classics in Taiwan such as Carmen, Turandot, Aida, La Traviata, and Madama Butterfly among other classic playbills. TSO Chorus has also received invitations to perform in Macau and has before embarked on a concert tour on the West Coast of the USA, which were both met with rave reviews for the choir's outstanding professionalism..
Recent performances include MAHLER's Symphony No. 3, Commemorative Concert in honor of Maestro MA Shui-long, RACHMANINOFF's Symphony op. 35 The Bells, MOZART's Requiem, Bernstein Centennial Celebration, MAHLER's Symphony No. 8, as well as numerous appearances in Daan Forest Park Music Festival, promoting interest in choral music among the public.
Taipei Symphony Orchestra
"....the 91-member orchestra played with a sonorous sound......, striking a warm balance between the radiant strings, majestic brass and glowing winds..." -" The Washington Post", Nov. 2019
"The clarity, agility, and expressiveness of the TSO are awe–inspiring, an orchestra destined to take its place as one of the world's top symphony orchestras." -"Saarbrücker Zeitung"
"You are outstanding musicians with an inspiring enthusiasm who play on a technical level of doubtlessly international standard. I really loved working with you and especially enjoyed the warm personal contact with you and Maestro Varga. For me it was like playing with friends and I hope to come back soon."- Sabine Meyer
Taipei Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1969, in the past 5 decades, it has evolved from a small group of musicians into a professional ensemble with over 100 members. TSO has graced the city with beautiful music since it was first founded, and its 50th anniversary also opened a brilliant new chapter in Taiwan's music history.
From the ensemble's inception, TSO has been known for its high musical standards, and has invited innumerable renowned musicians to perform and collaborate with them, including sopranos Anna Netrebko and Angela Gheorghiu, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and Maxim Vengerov, cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor Yuri Temirkanov, clarinetist Sabine Meyer, trombonist Christian Lindberg and composer Tan Dun. In 1979, when the first Taipei Music Festival was held, it set the precedent for large-scale music festivals in Taiwan, and aside from inviting renowned international orchestras, such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, TSO also established its long tradition of performing an opera every year, including such classic works as "Pagliacci", "La Dame aux Camelias", "Faust", "Carmen", "Turandot", and "La bohème". In October of 2011, TSO's production of Verdi's "Aida" was the first time a full opera was ever performed at the Taipei Arena. In recent years, TSO performed "La Clemenza di Tito" in its entirety for the first time ever in Taiwan, as well as the Taiwan debuts of "Ariadne auf Naxos", "Eugene Onegin", "Die Kluge" and "Der Mond", establishing the importance of TSO in the performance of opera in Taiwan.
Apart from performing in Taiwan, TSO is also no stranger to international concert halls, having performed in Austria, the U.S., Japan, Russia, France, Spain, Germany, Luxembourg, Singapore, China, and the Philippines; in particular, TSO's 2017 return tour of the west coast of the United states after 26 years gave fans on the other side of the Pacific Ocean the opportunity to hear the pride of Taipei and indeed the whole of Taiwan! In recent years, the orchestra has participated in many international music festivals and important events, such as the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, the closing ceremony of the Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion in 2011, La Folle Journee in Kanazawa, Toyama and Tokyo, Japan in 2012, a tour of Japan in 2014, and performing at France's Les Flaneries Musicales de Reims in June 2015, Shanghai International Arts Festival in 2016, a U.S tour in 2017, as well as a China tour in 2019, and has been invited by Washington Performing Arts(WPA) in Washington, D.C. to perform at The Music Center at Strathmore in November 2019.
In 2019, TSO also invited Maestro Eliahu Inbal as Principal Conductor. Under the predicament of the raging global epidemic, we continuous presents the great music and quality sound to the world.Taipei Symphony Orchestra will become the most beautiful sound in Taipei City and let the world hear TSO!
Co-Presented: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Taipei Symphony Orchestra
|
- Price: 300, 500, 800, 1200, 1600
- Co-Presented: Weiwuying、TSO
- Duration is 110 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 6+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For more offers, please visit the website's purchase page.
