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National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan)
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The National Symphony Orchestra (traditional Chinese: 國家交響樂團; simplified Chinese: 国家交响乐团, often abbreviated as NSO), also known as Philharmonia Taiwan (traditional Chinese: 台灣愛樂; simplified Chinese: 台湾爱乐) outside Taiwan, is one of the leading orchestras in Asia. Since 1987, the orchestra has its residence in the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Activities
Subscription Concert Series
In the year of 2002, NSO held a series of five concerts that featured all nine symphonies and five piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven. The concerts, called a discovery cycle (traditional Chinese: NSO發現系列), became NSO's regular Subscription Concert Series later since the 2004/2005 season. In each season, there are ten concerts consisting of at least one orchestral work of a composer.
From September 2004 to June 2008, four Subscription Concert Series have been presented.
- 2007/2008 - Tchaikovsky
- 2006/2007 - Richard Strauss
- 2005/2006 - Shostakovich
- 2004/2005 - Mahler
- ( 2002/2003 - Beethoven)
In the 2008/2009 season, a newly created MyNSO series (traditional Chinese: NSO青春套票) took place of the Subscription Concert Series.
Opera Series
Already in November 1994, NSO performed opera in National Concert Hall, Der fliegende Holländer was led by Prof. TSENG Dao-hsiung (traditional Chinese: 曾道雄), in December 2000, Jahja Ling performed Hänsel und Gretel. Under Chien Wen-pin's directorship, he first tried a semi-stage performance of the Third Act of Die Walküre in May 2002, this experience became NSO's regular NSO Opera Series (traditional Chinese: NSO歌劇系列) from the 2002/2003 season. In each season, there are two opera directed by cross-over artist in Taiwan, the cast consisted mainly local singers.
From December 2002 to December 2007, fourteen operas have been produced, many of them were Taiwan's premier*.
- 2007/2008 - Die Fledermaus
- 2006/2007 - *Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete), Die lustige Witwe
- 2005/2006 - Cosi fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro
- 2004/2005 - *Norma, *Falstaff
- 2003/2004 - *La damnation de Faust, Don Giovanni
- 2002/2003 - Tosca, *Tristan und Isolde
Fairy Tale Forever Series
From April 2002 to April 2008, NSO has been collaborated with four different performing groups and organizations for bringing musical experiences (traditional Chinese: NSO永遠的童話系列) to the young audiences.
- 2007/2008 - Peer Gynt
- 2006/2007 - Le Carnaval des Animaux
- 2005/2006 - Firebird
- 2004/2005 - Secret in the Woods
- 2003/2004 - Pied Piper Fantasy
- 2002/2003 - Peter and the Wolf
Artistic Direction
An announcement of Music Director search has been made by the orchestra in August 2008.
Musicians
- Concertmasters
- Wu Ting-yu (traditional Chinese: 吳庭毓), Li I-ching (traditional Chinese: 李宜錦)
- Associate concertmaster
- Teng Hao-tun (traditional Chinese: 鄧皓敦)
- Assistant Conductor
- Chang Yin-fang (traditional Chinese: 張尹芳)
- Strings (12-14-11-9-8)
- Woodwinds (4-4-4-4)
- Brass (5-4-4-1)
- Timpani & Percussion (5)
- Harp (1)
- Piano (1)
Staffs
- Executive Director
Joyce Chiou (traditional Chinese: 邱瑗)
- Artistic Planning division
- Production & Administration division
- Chairperson of the Board of Directors, National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center
TCHEN Yu-chiou (traditional Chinese: 陳郁秀)
- Artistic Director, National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center
LIU Chung-shu (traditional Chinese: 劉瓊淑)
- Deputy Director, National Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center
HSIEH Tsui-yu (traditional Chinese: 謝翠玉)
See also
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