Taiwan Philharmonic 2023 US Tour
Led by Music Director Jun Märkl, the Taiwan Philharmonic is honoured to return to the United States for a national tour this spring.
Jun Märkl (Photo Credit: Tey Tat-Keng)
The 2023 tour launches in New York City with a chamber music concert at Alice Tully Hall (14 April) celebrating the Taiwan Philharmonic’s long-term friendship with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, then proceeds to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. presented by Washington Performing Arts (19 April), returns to New York City at David Geffen Hall as presented by the New York Philharmonic (21 April), and concludes at Wentz Concert Hall in the western Chicago suburb of Naperville (23 April).
Taiwan Philharmonic (Photo Credit: Tey Tat-Keng)
The wide-ranging repertoire on the tour celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of cultures in Taiwan by including two unique Taiwanese works, alongside European classics. The first Taiwanese work is a new work, Ebbs and Flows, by Taiwanese composer Ke-Chia Chen (she/her) – co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts and Muzik3 Foundation, Inc. The second is from Taiwanese composer Yuan-Chen Li’s (she/her) Tao of Meinong, commissioned by Hakka Affairs Council. It reflects concepts in ancient Chinese phonology, Taiwanese chamber and aboriginal music, Asian traditional arts, literature, and Buddhism, resulting in a cross-cultural and cross-disciplined approach to music.
The European repertoire on the tour includes Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, a work for violin and orchestra inspired by Scottish folk songs, performed with Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang; Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture; and Debussy’s La Mer, which highlights one of Maestro Märkl’s most celebrated specialties of French classical repertoire.
Paul Huang (Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve)
The Taiwan Philharmonic aspires to resonate throughout the world as the cultural ambassador and is devoted to bringing joy to audiences through memorable, high-quality performances.
2023 U.S. TOUR PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Friday, April 14, 2023 | 8 PM EDT
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
1941 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 1
André Caplet: Conte fantastique for Harp, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello in A major, K. 581
Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Op. 11
Members of the Taiwan Philharmonic & Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center:
Wu Han, piano
Stella Chen, violin
Danbi Um, violin
Richard Lin, violin
Hao-Tun Teng, violin
Chih-Hong Tseng, violin
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Grace Huang, viola
David Finckel, cello
Mihai Marica, cello
Ying-Chi Tang, cello
Julian Chun-Yen Lai, clarinet
Shannon Shuen Chieh, harp
To purchase tickets (US$50-120), call CenterCharge at 212-721-6500 or visit Lincoln Center’s website here.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 8 PM EDT
Presented by the Washington Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
Ke-Chia Chen: Ebbs and Flows
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Debussy: La Mer
Taiwan Philharmonic
Jun Märkl, conductor
Paul Huang, violin
To purchase tickets (US$30-110), call 202-785-9727 or visit The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art’s website here.
Friday, April 21, 2023 | 8 PM EDT
Presented by the New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Ke-Chia Chen: Ebbs and Flows
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Debussy: La Mer
Taiwan Philharmonic
Jun Märkl, conductor
Paul Huang, violin
To purchase tickets (US$39-129), call 212-875-5656 or visit Lincoln Center’s website here.
Sunday April 23, 2023 | 3 PM CDT
Presented by Friends of Taiwan Foundation
Wentz Concert Hall
171 E Chicago Ave, Naperville, IL 60540
Yuan-Chen Li: Tao of Meinong
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Debussy: La Mer
Taiwan Philharmonic
Jun Märkl, conductor
Paul Huang, violin
To purchase tickets (US$38-120), call 630-637-7469 or visit North Central College’s website here