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Le Concert Francais ＆Taipei Chamber Singers - Brilliant BACH
►[House Program] Le Concert Francais ＆Taipei Chamber Singers - Brilliant BACH
Following World War II, the "Authentic Performance" trend emerged in Europe and has now become a leading movement worldwide. Musicians strive to authentically recreate Baroque music, examining its styles, forms, instruments, and performance practice.
In order to reflect the trend of music in Taiwan, Taipei Chamber Singers, the winner of The Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music, collaborates with Gramophone Classical Music Awards winner: French harpsichordist and conductor Pierre HANTAÏ, period music musicians of "Le Concert Francais", as well as leading soloists including Dorothee MIELDS, Margot OITZINGER, Florian SIEVERS, and Matthias VIEWEG. To present a night of J.S. BACH's Cantatas. Bringing an unique experience of Baroque music.
Program
J. S. BACH: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34 (Taiwan Premiere)
Creative and Production Team
Conductor｜Pierre HANTAÏ
Soprano｜Dorothee MIELDS
Mezzo-soprano｜Margot OITZINGER
Tenor｜Florian SIEVERS
Baritone｜Matthias VIEWEG
Chorus｜Taipei Chamber Singers, Le Concert Francais
Artists Introduction
Conductor｜Pierre HANTAÏ
Pierre HANTAÏ was born in 1964 into a family of artists. When he was a child, his parents taught him how to paint, which he pursued with passion. However, it was the encounter with the music of BACH that was to determine his further path. The harpsichord recordings of Gustav LEONHARDT played an important role here. HANTAÏ undertook his initial musical steps at the age of ten. He played a great deal of chamber music with his brothers. He at first self-taught (on a small spinet) the repertoire that interested him, and later took lessons with the American harpsichordist Arthur HAAS. Ultimately, he was invited by Gustav LEONHARDT to participate in his lessons in Amsterdam for two years. He was still very young when he collaborated with the authoritative personalities of the small world of early music, with the KUIJKEN brothers, Gustav LEONHARDT, Philippe HERREWEGHE, and Jordi SAVALL.
He became known to a wider audience with his recordings of J.S. BACH's Goldberg Variations, a work that he has since played over hundred times throughout the world. He has often performed and recorded the ELIZABETHAN repertoire (Bull, Byrd, Farnaby), as well as BACH and COUPERIN, and has devoted himself profoundly to the works of Domenico SCARLATTI, which he has already recorded numerous times and that he wants to make even more familiar to audiences. Today he gladly joins together with his musical friends on the concert stage, with Jordi SAVALL, his brothers Marc and Jérôme HANTAÏ, flutist Hugo REYNE, violinist Amandine BEYER, harpsichordists Skip SEMPÉ, Olivier FORTIN, Aapo HÄKKINEN, and Maude GRATTON.
Pierre HANTAÏ's recordings for various labels (Adda, Astrée-Auvidis, Opus III, Virgin, Mirare) have been honored with numerous prizes by the critics, including the Gramophone Award, Grand Prix du Disque, Prix de 'Académie Charles Cros, and the Diapason 'Or de l'année. He has given master classes for various academies. He directs his instrumental ensemble Le Concert Français and has likewise been invited to conduct various chamber orchestras.
Soprano｜Dorothee MIELDS
Dorothee MIELDS is one of the leading interpreters of 17th- and 18th-century music and is admired for her unique timbre and moving interpretations.
She currently participates in projects with the Collegium Vocale Gent, Netherlands Bach Society, Freiburger Barockorchester, Bachakademie Stuttgart, Dresdner Kammerchor, Freitagsakademie Bern and G.A.P. Ensemble. She appeared at the Musikfest Berlin, Heinrich-Schütz-Fest, Bachfest Arnstadt, Bachfest Leipzig, with Alte Musik St. Gallen and at the Ittinger Pfingstfestspiele.
Dorothee MIELDS is a welcome guest at international festivals such as Boston Early Music Festival, Festival van Vlaanderen, Wiener Festwochen, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Musikfestspiele Potsdam, Styriarte Graz, Niedersächsische Musiktage, Musikfest Bremen, Mainzer Musiksommer, Heinrich Schütz-Musikfest, Thüringer Bachwochen and Mosel Musikfest.
An important area of her artistic work is chamber music projects, of which "Duft und Wahnsinn" with Hille PERL and Lee SANTANA, "Birds" and "Inspired by Song" with Stefan TEMMINGH and Luigi BOCCHERINI "Stabat mater" with the Salagon Quartet have been particularly successful.
Mezzo-soprano｜Margot OITZINGER
Margot OITZINGER was born in Graz (Austria) and studied voice at the University of Music in her hometown, graduating with distinction. Already during her studies she decided to specialize in early music. She attended master classes and seminars with Emma KIRKBY, Peter KOOIJ and Jill FELDMAN.
Margot OITZINGER is in great demand both as a concert singer and as an interpreter of opera from the Renaissance to the early Classical period.
Polyphonic as well as early baroque ensemble singing ("Les s olistes de Collegium Vocale Gent" under Philippe HERREWEGHE, "Abendmusiken in der Predigerkirche" under Jörg-Andreas BÖTTICHER, "sette voci" under Peter KOOIJ etc.) are as much a part of her agenda as the works of high baroque masters as a soloist.
She sings at the most important concert venues, such as the Vienna Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palau de la musica Barcelona, Concertgebouw Brugge, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Arsenal Metz, Prinzregententheater Munich, Thomaskirche Leipzig, Eglise Saint-Roch Paris, Muziekcentrum Utrecht, Frauenkirche Dresden, Alte Oper Frankfurt under renowned conductors such as Philippe HERREWEGHE, Jordi SAVALL, Philippe PIERLOT, Philippe ROUSSET, Masaaki SUZUKI, John BUTT, Andrea MARCON, Michi GAIGG, Lorenzo GHIELMI, Christoph PREGARDIEN, Konrad JUNGHÄNEL or Rudolf LUTZ. Under the direction of the latter, she is involved in the complete recording of the vocal Bach works on DVD
Furthermore, her work in oratorios, operas and ensembles is documented on numerous CD recordings (Harmonia Mundi, PHI, CPO, etc.).
Tenor｜Florian SIEVERS
German tenor Florian SIEVERS was born in Hamburg and gained his first singing experience as a soprano in Uetersen Boys’ Choir. He later studied with Berthold SCHMID at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater 'Felix MENDELSSOHN Bartholdy’ in Leipzig, where he graduated with distinction in 2021.
A sought-after concert soloist in Germany, he is rapidly establishing himself on the international stage. Highlights in 2024 include concerts with Formosa Baroque in Taiwan, BACH cantatas with Vox LUMINIS in Wigmore Hall, London and performances at the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Bachfest Leipzig. Furthermore, he will be performing the role of the evangelist in BACH's St. John Passion with the Rias KAMMERCHOR and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin and Paris under the baton of Justin DOYLE, and with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Alain ALTINOGLU in the Alte Oper Frankfurt. As a guest, he will sing the tenor solos in John NEUMEIERS ballet Dona Nobis Pacem at Hamburg State Opera.
In early 2024, Florian SIEVERS returns back to the opera stage in the leading role of Jan van Leyden in J. S. BACH - The Apocalypse, a work based on music by Johann Sebastian BACH, created by Opera2Day in collaboration with the Nederlandse BachVereniging.
Baritone｜Matthias VIEWEG
Matthias VIEWEG, born in Sonneberg/Thuringia, began piano lessons at the age of five. His musical education led him to Wernigerode, where he became a member of the Radio Youth Choir and completed his high school education. After initially studying mathematics and history, he transferred to the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin to study singing with KS Prof. Günther LEIB, piano with Prof. Renate SCHORLER, and song accompaniment with Prof. Walter OLBERTZ. He completed his studies in 1999 with a concert examination. Matthias VIEWEG furthered his studies with Hans HOTTER, Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU, George FORTUNE, Rudolf PIERNAY, and Peter SCHREIER.
He achieved success in several competitions, winning the first prize at the Richard-STRAUSS-Gesellschaft München competition in 1997 and being awarded the BACH Prize at the International BACH Competition in Leipzig in 1998, where he also received a special prize from MDR.
As a baritone, Matthias VIEWEG has been engaged as a guest artist at venues such as the Staatsoper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Theatre du Capitole Toulouse, Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam, and in Tokyo, as well as at numerous international music festivals including the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, HANDEL Festival Halle, Folle Journée in Nantes and Tokyo, Dresden Music Festival, Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, Bach en Vallée Mosane Festival, and Bachfest Leipzig.
Taipei Chamber Singers
Founded in 1992, Taipei Chamber Singers (TCS) has made its name as one of Asia's topmost choral groups through 30 years of professional vocal experiences. Under the leadership of former artistic director and conductor Ms. Yun-Hung CHEN, as well as previous conductors Ms. Chia-Fen WENG and Serene LIANG, TCS has demonstrated artistic excellence and professionalism in genres ranging from early music to contemporary works, while evolving from a vocal ensemble, chamber choir, to a symphonic choir.
TCS won the Grand Prix and the 1st Prize in the Chamber Choir Category at the 22nd Béla Bartók International Choir Competition in 2006. Later, the group was invited to perform at the Europe Grand Prix (2007) and the IFCM 8th World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen (2008), as a designated group for performing commissioned works at the events. Since its establishment, TCS has toured the world extensively to places including Denmark, England, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, the United States, Japan, China, Macao, and Hong Kong.
A pioneer in choral music, TCS launched the Music Unlimited Project in 2006 to build a platform for the commission and presentation of original contemporary works. Since then, TCS has worked jointly with outstanding composers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, and the United States; commissioned over 40 original works in genres ranging from a cappella, chamber, electronic, to contemporary theatrical; and premiered forward-looking new choral works in Taiwan, Denmark, Japan, China, and Hong Kong. The group was invited to perform at major music festivals, including ISCM-ACL World Music Days (2007), ACL Conference and Festival (2011), ISCM-Musicarama (2015), Shanghai New Music Week (2017), and Singapore International Festival of Arts (2023).
Also a practitioner of choral music education, TCS founded the TCS Institute for Choral Arts along with various affiliated choral groups, including four TCS Women's Choirs, TCS Fifty Mixed Choir, and Taipei HuaShin Children's Chorus, to fulfil its social responsibility through educational programs, concerts, and music festivals.
TCS owns an exclusive record label and has released ten music albums. These productions have won TCS three awards in the "Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music", namely the Best Album Producer, Best Interpretation, and Best Vocal Performance. The latest album "YIN - An Unlimited Passage" has set a record for the "32nd Golden Melody Award for Traditional Arts and Music" and won four awards included the Best Performance, Best Album Producer, Best Composition, and Best Recording.
Upholding a modern vision for perfect sounds, TCS sets its root in Asia and reaches out to the world. Through concerts, contemporary music commissions, social education and others, TCS prides itself as the conveyor of vocal arts and excels in articulating the stunning voice of the East.
Le Concert Français
Linked by a shared passion for Baroque music and the musicological research associated with it, a group of friends came together in the 1980s around the HANTAÏ brothers to explore the repertoire to which they were so attached. The year 1986 saw the official birth of Le Concert Français, which honed its performing skills with the help of Frans BRÜGGEN. Alongside Pierre HANTAÏ, Marc and Jérôme HANTAÏ were the musicians François Fernandez, Florence Malgoire, Ryo TERAKADO, Ageet ZWEISTRA, Simon HEYERICK and Jean-Marc FOREST, all of them acknowledged in the Baroque world as brilliant interpreters.
Le Concert Français, a flexibly sized ensemble, devoted its activities chiefly to the eighteenth-century concertante repertoire, ensuring transparency of texture and individual eloquence through the use of reduced forces. The ensemble soon met with success: regarded as bringing together some of the finest musicians of their generation, it was invited to the principal festivals and venues where Baroque music is celebrated.
This activity also led to a series of recordings, quickly singled out for attention by the specialized press, which acclaimed the group's interpretations of MOZART harpsichord concertos and concertos by Arcangelo Corelli (on the Opus 111 label) and confirmed its reputation with the release of a CD of Bach harpsichord concertos on AstréeAuvidis.
Presenter: Taipei Chamber Singers
Co-presenter: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), (Kaohsiung Session)
Cooperation: Formosa Baroque Ensemble, The Gleam Ensemble, Violesthesia
Sponsors: E. SUN Bank、E.SUN Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, YUNG-SHENG Real Estate Developement Co.,Ltd.
2022 Performing Arts International Development Project: National Culture and Arts Foundation, NSFG Foundation, Reliable Source Industrial Co.,Ltd., Pure Young Construction Co., Ltd.
Partners: Howard Plaza Hotel Kaohsiung, Citizen Hotel, La Roche Posay, Mao Bao INC., MUSICO, Shin Kong Financial Holdings, Shin-Kong Life Real Estate Service Co.,Ltd, Shin Kong Concert Hall, Canada Council for the art, PARATY
Le Concert Francais ＆Taipei Chamber Singers - Brilliant BACH
►[House Program] Le Concert Francais ＆Taipei Chamber Singers - Brilliant BACH
Following World War II, the "Authentic Performance" trend emerged in Europe and has now become a leading movement worldwide. Musicians strive to authentically recreate Baroque music, examining its styles, forms, instruments, and performance practice.
In order to reflect the trend of music in Taiwan, Taipei Chamber Singers, the winner of The Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music, collaborates with Gramophone Classical Music Awards winner: French harpsichordist and conductor Pierre HANTAÏ, period music musicians of "Le Concert Francais", as well as leading soloists including Dorothee MIELDS, Margot OITZINGER, Florian SIEVERS, and Matthias VIEWEG. To present a night of J.S. BACH's Cantatas. Bringing an unique experience of Baroque music.
Program
J. S. BACH: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 (Taiwan Premiere)
J. S. BACH: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34 (Taiwan Premiere)
Creative and Production Team
Conductor｜Pierre HANTAÏ
Soprano｜Dorothee MIELDS
Mezzo-soprano｜Margot OITZINGER
Tenor｜Florian SIEVERS
Baritone｜Matthias VIEWEG
Chorus｜Taipei Chamber Singers, Le Concert Francais
Artists Introduction
Conductor｜Pierre HANTAÏ
Pierre HANTAÏ was born in 1964 into a family of artists. When he was a child, his parents taught him how to paint, which he pursued with passion. However, it was the encounter with the music of BACH that was to determine his further path. The harpsichord recordings of Gustav LEONHARDT played an important role here. HANTAÏ undertook his initial musical steps at the age of ten. He played a great deal of chamber music with his brothers. He at first self-taught (on a small spinet) the repertoire that interested him, and later took lessons with the American harpsichordist Arthur HAAS. Ultimately, he was invited by Gustav LEONHARDT to participate in his lessons in Amsterdam for two years. He was still very young when he collaborated with the authoritative personalities of the small world of early music, with the KUIJKEN brothers, Gustav LEONHARDT, Philippe HERREWEGHE, and Jordi SAVALL.
He became known to a wider audience with his recordings of J.S. BACH's Goldberg Variations, a work that he has since played over hundred times throughout the world. He has often performed and recorded the ELIZABETHAN repertoire (Bull, Byrd, Farnaby), as well as BACH and COUPERIN, and has devoted himself profoundly to the works of Domenico SCARLATTI, which he has already recorded numerous times and that he wants to make even more familiar to audiences. Today he gladly joins together with his musical friends on the concert stage, with Jordi SAVALL, his brothers Marc and Jérôme HANTAÏ, flutist Hugo REYNE, violinist Amandine BEYER, harpsichordists Skip SEMPÉ, Olivier FORTIN, Aapo HÄKKINEN, and Maude GRATTON.
Pierre HANTAÏ's recordings for various labels (Adda, Astrée-Auvidis, Opus III, Virgin, Mirare) have been honored with numerous prizes by the critics, including the Gramophone Award, Grand Prix du Disque, Prix de 'Académie Charles Cros, and the Diapason 'Or de l'année. He has given master classes for various academies. He directs his instrumental ensemble Le Concert Français and has likewise been invited to conduct various chamber orchestras.
Soprano｜Dorothee MIELDS
Dorothee MIELDS is one of the leading interpreters of 17th- and 18th-century music and is admired for her unique timbre and moving interpretations.
She currently participates in projects with the Collegium Vocale Gent, Netherlands Bach Society, Freiburger Barockorchester, Bachakademie Stuttgart, Dresdner Kammerchor, Freitagsakademie Bern and G.A.P. Ensemble. She appeared at the Musikfest Berlin, Heinrich-Schütz-Fest, Bachfest Arnstadt, Bachfest Leipzig, with Alte Musik St. Gallen and at the Ittinger Pfingstfestspiele.
Dorothee MIELDS is a welcome guest at international festivals such as Boston Early Music Festival, Festival van Vlaanderen, Wiener Festwochen, Händel-Festspiele Halle, Musikfestspiele Potsdam, Styriarte Graz, Niedersächsische Musiktage, Musikfest Bremen, Mainzer Musiksommer, Heinrich Schütz-Musikfest, Thüringer Bachwochen and Mosel Musikfest.
An important area of her artistic work is chamber music projects, of which "Duft und Wahnsinn" with Hille PERL and Lee SANTANA, "Birds" and "Inspired by Song" with Stefan TEMMINGH and Luigi BOCCHERINI "Stabat mater" with the Salagon Quartet have been particularly successful.
Mezzo-soprano｜Margot OITZINGER
Margot OITZINGER was born in Graz (Austria) and studied voice at the University of Music in her hometown, graduating with distinction. Already during her studies she decided to specialize in early music. She attended master classes and seminars with Emma KIRKBY, Peter KOOIJ and Jill FELDMAN.
Margot OITZINGER is in great demand both as a concert singer and as an interpreter of opera from the Renaissance to the early Classical period.
Polyphonic as well as early baroque ensemble singing ("Les s olistes de Collegium Vocale Gent" under Philippe HERREWEGHE, "Abendmusiken in der Predigerkirche" under Jörg-Andreas BÖTTICHER, "sette voci" under Peter KOOIJ etc.) are as much a part of her agenda as the works of high baroque masters as a soloist.
She sings at the most important concert venues, such as the Vienna Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palau de la musica Barcelona, Concertgebouw Brugge, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Arsenal Metz, Prinzregententheater Munich, Thomaskirche Leipzig, Eglise Saint-Roch Paris, Muziekcentrum Utrecht, Frauenkirche Dresden, Alte Oper Frankfurt under renowned conductors such as Philippe HERREWEGHE, Jordi SAVALL, Philippe PIERLOT, Philippe ROUSSET, Masaaki SUZUKI, John BUTT, Andrea MARCON, Michi GAIGG, Lorenzo GHIELMI, Christoph PREGARDIEN, Konrad JUNGHÄNEL or Rudolf LUTZ. Under the direction of the latter, she is involved in the complete recording of the vocal Bach works on DVD
Furthermore, her work in oratorios, operas and ensembles is documented on numerous CD recordings (Harmonia Mundi, PHI, CPO, etc.).
Tenor｜Florian SIEVERS
German tenor Florian SIEVERS was born in Hamburg and gained his first singing experience as a soprano in Uetersen Boys’ Choir. He later studied with Berthold SCHMID at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater 'Felix MENDELSSOHN Bartholdy’ in Leipzig, where he graduated with distinction in 2021.
A sought-after concert soloist in Germany, he is rapidly establishing himself on the international stage. Highlights in 2024 include concerts with Formosa Baroque in Taiwan, BACH cantatas with Vox LUMINIS in Wigmore Hall, London and performances at the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Bachfest Leipzig. Furthermore, he will be performing the role of the evangelist in BACH's St. John Passion with the Rias KAMMERCHOR and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin and Paris under the baton of Justin DOYLE, and with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Alain ALTINOGLU in the Alte Oper Frankfurt. As a guest, he will sing the tenor solos in John NEUMEIERS ballet Dona Nobis Pacem at Hamburg State Opera.
In early 2024, Florian SIEVERS returns back to the opera stage in the leading role of Jan van Leyden in J. S. BACH - The Apocalypse, a work based on music by Johann Sebastian BACH, created by Opera2Day in collaboration with the Nederlandse BachVereniging.
Baritone｜Matthias VIEWEG
Matthias VIEWEG, born in Sonneberg/Thuringia, began piano lessons at the age of five. His musical education led him to Wernigerode, where he became a member of the Radio Youth Choir and completed his high school education. After initially studying mathematics and history, he transferred to the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin to study singing with KS Prof. Günther LEIB, piano with Prof. Renate SCHORLER, and song accompaniment with Prof. Walter OLBERTZ. He completed his studies in 1999 with a concert examination. Matthias VIEWEG furthered his studies with Hans HOTTER, Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU, George FORTUNE, Rudolf PIERNAY, and Peter SCHREIER.
He achieved success in several competitions, winning the first prize at the Richard-STRAUSS-Gesellschaft München competition in 1997 and being awarded the BACH Prize at the International BACH Competition in Leipzig in 1998, where he also received a special prize from MDR.
As a baritone, Matthias VIEWEG has been engaged as a guest artist at venues such as the Staatsoper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Theatre du Capitole Toulouse, Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam, and in Tokyo, as well as at numerous international music festivals including the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, HANDEL Festival Halle, Folle Journée in Nantes and Tokyo, Dresden Music Festival, Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, Bach en Vallée Mosane Festival, and Bachfest Leipzig.
Taipei Chamber Singers
Founded in 1992, Taipei Chamber Singers (TCS) has made its name as one of Asia's topmost choral groups through 30 years of professional vocal experiences. Under the leadership of former artistic director and conductor Ms. Yun-Hung CHEN, as well as previous conductors Ms. Chia-Fen WENG and Serene LIANG, TCS has demonstrated artistic excellence and professionalism in genres ranging from early music to contemporary works, while evolving from a vocal ensemble, chamber choir, to a symphonic choir.
TCS won the Grand Prix and the 1st Prize in the Chamber Choir Category at the 22nd Béla Bartók International Choir Competition in 2006. Later, the group was invited to perform at the Europe Grand Prix (2007) and the IFCM 8th World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen (2008), as a designated group for performing commissioned works at the events. Since its establishment, TCS has toured the world extensively to places including Denmark, England, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia, the United States, Japan, China, Macao, and Hong Kong.
A pioneer in choral music, TCS launched the Music Unlimited Project in 2006 to build a platform for the commission and presentation of original contemporary works. Since then, TCS has worked jointly with outstanding composers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, and the United States; commissioned over 40 original works in genres ranging from a cappella, chamber, electronic, to contemporary theatrical; and premiered forward-looking new choral works in Taiwan, Denmark, Japan, China, and Hong Kong. The group was invited to perform at major music festivals, including ISCM-ACL World Music Days (2007), ACL Conference and Festival (2011), ISCM-Musicarama (2015), Shanghai New Music Week (2017), and Singapore International Festival of Arts (2023).
Also a practitioner of choral music education, TCS founded the TCS Institute for Choral Arts along with various affiliated choral groups, including four TCS Women's Choirs, TCS Fifty Mixed Choir, and Taipei HuaShin Children's Chorus, to fulfil its social responsibility through educational programs, concerts, and music festivals.
TCS owns an exclusive record label and has released ten music albums. These productions have won TCS three awards in the "Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music", namely the Best Album Producer, Best Interpretation, and Best Vocal Performance. The latest album "YIN - An Unlimited Passage" has set a record for the "32nd Golden Melody Award for Traditional Arts and Music" and won four awards included the Best Performance, Best Album Producer, Best Composition, and Best Recording.
Upholding a modern vision for perfect sounds, TCS sets its root in Asia and reaches out to the world. Through concerts, contemporary music commissions, social education and others, TCS prides itself as the conveyor of vocal arts and excels in articulating the stunning voice of the East.
Le Concert Français
Linked by a shared passion for Baroque music and the musicological research associated with it, a group of friends came together in the 1980s around the HANTAÏ brothers to explore the repertoire to which they were so attached. The year 1986 saw the official birth of Le Concert Français, which honed its performing skills with the help of Frans BRÜGGEN. Alongside Pierre HANTAÏ, Marc and Jérôme HANTAÏ were the musicians François Fernandez, Florence Malgoire, Ryo TERAKADO, Ageet ZWEISTRA, Simon HEYERICK and Jean-Marc FOREST, all of them acknowledged in the Baroque world as brilliant interpreters.
Le Concert Français, a flexibly sized ensemble, devoted its activities chiefly to the eighteenth-century concertante repertoire, ensuring transparency of texture and individual eloquence through the use of reduced forces. The ensemble soon met with success: regarded as bringing together some of the finest musicians of their generation, it was invited to the principal festivals and venues where Baroque music is celebrated.
This activity also led to a series of recordings, quickly singled out for attention by the specialized press, which acclaimed the group's interpretations of MOZART harpsichord concertos and concertos by Arcangelo Corelli (on the Opus 111 label) and confirmed its reputation with the release of a CD of Bach harpsichord concertos on AstréeAuvidis.
Presenter: Taipei Chamber Singers
Co-presenter: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), (Kaohsiung Session)
Cooperation: Formosa Baroque Ensemble, The Gleam Ensemble, Violesthesia
Sponsors: E. SUN Bank、E.SUN Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, YUNG-SHENG Real Estate Developement Co.,Ltd.
2022 Performing Arts International Development Project: National Culture and Arts Foundation, NSFG Foundation, Reliable Source Industrial Co.,Ltd., Pure Young Construction Co., Ltd.
Partners: Howard Plaza Hotel Kaohsiung, Citizen Hotel, La Roche Posay, Mao Bao INC., MUSICO, Shin Kong Financial Holdings, Shin-Kong Life Real Estate Service Co.,Ltd, Shin Kong Concert Hall, Canada Council for the art, PARATY
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- Duration is 120 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 7+
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