衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

The melodies that we have listened to growing up always take strong root in our hearts and minds. The incidental music from cartoons we watched during childhood with our parents, and the occasional classical tune we heard on TV are ever fresh in our minds. For Christmas Eve this year, Weiwuying has invited the National Symphony Orchestra's wind orchestra to put on an NSO Fantasia—Family Concert. Conductor CHANG Yin-fang and the members of the orchestra will present a special Christmas version of the concert with well-known classical works, excerpts from The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty, and Christmas carols, creating a warm, fun atmosphere with a sense of home and celebration!

  Program  

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker in POPS (arr. by Yosuke FUKUDA)

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse from The Sleeping Beauty (arr. by Yo KITANO)

N. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. by CHEN Ting-chuan)

G. PUCCINI: Christmas Scene from the Opera La Bohème (arr. by Kazuhiro MORITA)

M. RAVEL: Bolero (arr. by Philip SPARKE)

Christmas Carols Selections

  Creative and Production Team  

Conductor｜CHANG Yin-fang

Host｜HSU Yi-sheng

NSO musicians

  Team Introduction  

Conductor｜CHANG Yin-fang

CHANG Yin-fang was Assistant Conductor and Resident Conductor of the Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO) from 2006 to 2022. She is good at various cross-industry collaborations, all of which are well received. In addition, CHANG is actively involved in the publication of contemporary Asian music works. In 2018, she was invited to conduct the opening concert of the Asia-Pacific Music Festival and premiered the works of several composers. Her recent appearances include conducting new productions, such as The Man with the Compound Eyes and Tannhäuser (chamber version). In recent years, CHANG has been invited to cooperate with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Tainan Symphony Orchestra and Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra.

Host｜HSU Yi-sheng

Born in Kaohsiung, HSU Yi-sheng graduated from the Graduate Institute of Music at National Taipei University of Education, Department of Applied Music. He has studied with WU Hong-zhang, DENG Chi-lung, YAO He-shun and LIAU Choon-boon. He is the 2009 Young Star of the Association of Vocal Artist of the R.O.C. and a member of the 2009 Opera Studio sponsored by NTCH. He is an adjunct lecturer at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology and Shih Chien University and NTNU. In 2008, he made his operatic debut as SPINELLOCCIO in Gianni SCHICCHI with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Later, He performed in Mackay ─The Black Bearded Bible Man as Mandarin LIU, L'OSTE and SERGENTE in Manon LESCAUT, Leporello in Don GIOVANNI, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, L'Horloge Comtoise and Le Chat in L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, Marquis in La Traviata, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Peter in Hänsel und Gretel, SCHAUNARD in La Bohème, Ying Kao Shu and Guard in A Vow To The Underworld Spring, Second Rascal in Der Mond, Also as a concert singer, he performed constantly in opera scenes concerts.

National Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1986, the Taiwan Philharmonic, also known as the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at home, has been hailed as one of the best orchestras in Asia. With some of the finest musical talent from at home and abroad, trained at top schools and international orchestras, the NSO enjoys a unique voice rich in diversity and tradition. Under the leadership of music director Jun MÄRKL since January 2022, the NSO aspires to resonate throughout the world as the cultural ambassador of Taiwan. Music by Taiwanese composers is extensively commissioned, performed, and recorded by the NSO.

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