Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a Weiwuying presented program. You can contact us for a free ticket or buy extra tickets via the link below. Thank You! (Contact +886-7-262-6666 or unlimited@npac-weiwuying.org)
- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 70 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 7+
At the beginning of the concert, the photograpgher will activate different types of cameras, such as box-type cameras, large format and kanta-box-kamra, to record the moment of the concert.
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- 3/1(Tue)12:00 to 3/8(Tue)12:00 25% off for sales.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
※Discounts are not applicable for tickets tier at NT$300 and lower.
【2022 Weiwuying International Music Festival】WANG Pei-yao - Luminous Shadow
Memory can be luminous so as to cast shadow in time. Certain memories in life are so profound that they need to be slowly brewed and carefully tasted, similar to the process how literature is penned, music is composed, or photography is developed.
Inspired by the bestselling novel The Stolen Bicycle written by WU Ming-yi, pianist WANG Pei-yao seeks to explore a new dimension of literature and music through the complexity of life itself. Musicians WAMG Pei-yao, William Wei, laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, and Victor COO, the Filipino-Chinese cellist, perform pieces by the Eastern European composers JANÁČEK, LIGETI, ENESCU, and KODÁLY. Some of the pieces were based on rural folksongs collected by the composers, which then inspired them to produce compositions of their own. This process is akin to the way readers experience different languages phonically throughout the novel. The music reflects the elaborate setup of the novel to evoke the audience's deep hidden emotions.
Luminous Shadow had its world premiere in 2021Taiwan International Festival of Arts(TIFA)in April 23rd, 2021.
Post-talk
2022/4/16(Sat) After performance at the Recital Hall.
Program
Leoš JANÁČEK: In the Mists, I. Andante
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op. 80, I. Andante assai
Zoltán KODÁLY: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, II. Adagio con gran espressione
György LIGETI: Automne à Varsovie, from Piano Etudes, Book 1 No.6
Karol SZYMANOWSKI: "Chant de Roxane", Transcription for Violin and Piano, from King Roger, Op.46
George ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3, II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
Arno BABADJANIAN: Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, I. Largo- allegro espressivo & II. Andante
Federico MOMPOU: Angelico, from Musica Callada
Creative and Production Team
Artistic Director & Piano|WANG Pei-yao
Violin|William WEI
Cello|Victor COO
Director|HUANG Yu-ching
Inspired by|The Stolen Bicycle from WU Ming-yi
Producer|Annie WU
Photography Artist|Jeffrey LIM、Luc CHEN (Uselrepe)
Video Designer|HSU Yi-chun
Lighting Designer|HU Yi-jie
Stage Manager|JHU Chang-chuan
Projection Operator|HO Hsin-Pei
Lighting Technician|TAO Siao-huei、TUAN Kung-yun
Production Assistant|LU I-ching
Photography Assistant|LEE Ying-hsien、YANG Hao-ting
Produced by|National Theater& Concert Hall(NTCH)
Artists Introduction
Piano & Programing | WANG Pei-yao
Having studied and lived in the US for close to 30 years, Pei-yao was hailed by The New York Times, The San Francisco Times, and The Washington Times as "an exceptional musician with a poetically unique style, delicate touch, and an interpretation full of drama". She was a resident pianist for chamber music in Lincoln Center in New York, and starting in 2006, served as one of the few vocal coaches of Chinese descent for Metropolitan Opera in New York. She regularly performs in major concert halls around the world and has collaborated with numerous renowned musicians, including LU Shao-chia, CHIEN Wen-pin, LIN Cho-liang, TSENG Yu-chien, and Hilary HAHN. Since moving back to Taiwan, she has served as the vocal coach for many opera performances and is currently a visiting professor at Department of Music in National Taiwan University of Arts.
Violin | William WEI
William's touring career began after winning the laureate prize from the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Belgium. Using his hometown Taiwan as the theme, he has performed in major festivals and concert halls and collaborated with symphony orchestras and musicians around the world, including Eliahu INBAL, Gil SHAHAM, Marin ALSOP, and Brian SUITS. He currently uses a 1761 Balestrieri violin sponsored by the Chimei Museum Foundation.
Cello | Victor COO
Born from a music family of Chinese descent in the Philippines, Victor performed Haydn's Cello Concerto in C Major with the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra at age 14. He performed Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 1 with the World Youth Orchestra of the US at 17 and has performed other concertos at Carnegie Hall in New York and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D. C. He has performed in venues across Asia, North America, and Europe, and is currently a full-time assistant professor at Department of Music in Taipei National University of the Arts and part-time assistant professor at Department of Music in National Kaohsiung Normal University.
Director | HUANG Yu-ching
Born in 1985 in Keelung. Theater director, actress, script translator, curator, and drama educator. Yu-ching was exposed to drama at 15 and has since participated in more than 50 theater productions. Her works include Monkey Business (by playwright WU Ming-lun), The Brotherhood (by playwright LIN Meng-huan), and Spring Sleeping (by playwright CHIEN Li-ying). She currently teaches at School of Theatre Arts in Taipei National University of the Arts, and previously served as an instructor for NTU Drama Club—the annual production of NTHU's Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, the drama program at Fuxing High School, and Studio Q. She's currently the resident artist for National Theater & Concert Hall's Art Base Program (2021-2022).
Produced by National Theater & Concert Hall
Luminous Shadow Photo © 鄭達敬
Sponsor
【2022 Weiwuying International Music Festival】WANG Pei-yao - Luminous Shadow
Memory can be luminous so as to cast shadow in time. Certain memories in life are so profound that they need to be slowly brewed and carefully tasted, similar to the process how literature is penned, music is composed, or photography is developed.
Inspired by the bestselling novel The Stolen Bicycle written by WU Ming-yi, pianist WANG Pei-yao seeks to explore a new dimension of literature and music through the complexity of life itself. Musicians WAMG Pei-yao, William Wei, laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, and Victor COO, the Filipino-Chinese cellist, perform pieces by the Eastern European composers JANÁČEK, LIGETI, ENESCU, and KODÁLY. Some of the pieces were based on rural folksongs collected by the composers, which then inspired them to produce compositions of their own. This process is akin to the way readers experience different languages phonically throughout the novel. The music reflects the elaborate setup of the novel to evoke the audience's deep hidden emotions.
Luminous Shadow had its world premiere in 2021Taiwan International Festival of Arts(TIFA)in April 23rd, 2021.
Post-talk
2022/4/16(Sat) After performance at the Recital Hall.
Program
Leoš JANÁČEK: In the Mists, I. Andante
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op. 80, I. Andante assai
Zoltán KODÁLY: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, II. Adagio con gran espressione
György LIGETI: Automne à Varsovie, from Piano Etudes, Book 1 No.6
Karol SZYMANOWSKI: "Chant de Roxane", Transcription for Violin and Piano, from King Roger, Op.46
George ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3, II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
Arno BABADJANIAN: Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, I. Largo- allegro espressivo & II. Andante
Federico MOMPOU: Angelico, from Musica Callada
Creative and Production Team
Artistic Director & Piano|WANG Pei-yao
Violin|William WEI
Cello|Victor COO
Director|HUANG Yu-ching
Inspired by|The Stolen Bicycle from WU Ming-yi
Producer|Annie WU
Photography Artist|Jeffrey LIM、Luc CHEN (Uselrepe)
Video Designer|HSU Yi-chun
Lighting Designer|HU Yi-jie
Stage Manager|JHU Chang-chuan
Projection Operator|HO Hsin-Pei
Lighting Technician|TAO Siao-huei、TUAN Kung-yun
Production Assistant|LU I-ching
Photography Assistant|LEE Ying-hsien、YANG Hao-ting
Produced by|National Theater& Concert Hall(NTCH)
Artists Introduction
Piano & Programing | WANG Pei-yao
Having studied and lived in the US for close to 30 years, Pei-yao was hailed by The New York Times, The San Francisco Times, and The Washington Times as "an exceptional musician with a poetically unique style, delicate touch, and an interpretation full of drama". She was a resident pianist for chamber music in Lincoln Center in New York, and starting in 2006, served as one of the few vocal coaches of Chinese descent for Metropolitan Opera in New York. She regularly performs in major concert halls around the world and has collaborated with numerous renowned musicians, including LU Shao-chia, CHIEN Wen-pin, LIN Cho-liang, TSENG Yu-chien, and Hilary HAHN. Since moving back to Taiwan, she has served as the vocal coach for many opera performances and is currently a visiting professor at Department of Music in National Taiwan University of Arts.
Violin | William WEI
William's touring career began after winning the laureate prize from the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Belgium. Using his hometown Taiwan as the theme, he has performed in major festivals and concert halls and collaborated with symphony orchestras and musicians around the world, including Eliahu INBAL, Gil SHAHAM, Marin ALSOP, and Brian SUITS. He currently uses a 1761 Balestrieri violin sponsored by the Chimei Museum Foundation.
Cello | Victor COO
Born from a music family of Chinese descent in the Philippines, Victor performed Haydn's Cello Concerto in C Major with the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra at age 14. He performed Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 1 with the World Youth Orchestra of the US at 17 and has performed other concertos at Carnegie Hall in New York and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D. C. He has performed in venues across Asia, North America, and Europe, and is currently a full-time assistant professor at Department of Music in Taipei National University of the Arts and part-time assistant professor at Department of Music in National Kaohsiung Normal University.
Director | HUANG Yu-ching
Born in 1985 in Keelung. Theater director, actress, script translator, curator, and drama educator. Yu-ching was exposed to drama at 15 and has since participated in more than 50 theater productions. Her works include Monkey Business (by playwright WU Ming-lun), The Brotherhood (by playwright LIN Meng-huan), and Spring Sleeping (by playwright CHIEN Li-ying). She currently teaches at School of Theatre Arts in Taipei National University of the Arts, and previously served as an instructor for NTU Drama Club—the annual production of NTHU's Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, the drama program at Fuxing High School, and Studio Q. She's currently the resident artist for National Theater & Concert Hall's Art Base Program (2021-2022).
Produced by National Theater & Concert Hall
Luminous Shadow Photo © 鄭達敬
Sponsor
Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a Weiwuying presented program. You can contact us for a free ticket or buy extra tickets via the link below. Thank You! (Contact +886-7-262-6666 or unlimited@npac-weiwuying.org)
- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 70 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 7+
At the beginning of the concert, the photograpgher will activate different types of cameras, such as box-type cameras, large format and kanta-box-kamra, to record the moment of the concert.
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- 3/1(Tue)12:00 to 3/8(Tue)12:00 25% off for sales.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
※Discounts are not applicable for tickets tier at NT$300 and lower.