Taiwan and Poland are to host a benefit concert for Ukraine on Sunday at the National Concert Hall in Taipei.
Tickets for the “Pray for Ukraine Solidarity with Ukraine” concert are on sale now, the Polish Office in Taipei wrote on Facebook on Friday.
After deducting expenses, proceeds from the concert would fund relief work to help Ukrainian refugees, through donations made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Polish office said.
The office said that it came up with the idea of the concert, which is organized by the Taipei Philharmonic Foundation for Culture and Education and directed by the
Tribute to Taipei to premiere at traditional arts festival
03/02/2021 08:32 PM
Photo courtesy of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra
Taipei, March 2 (CNA) The Taipei Traditional Festival will open March 7 with a concert by the Taipei Chinese Orchestra, which will include the world premiere of its latest piece, it said Tuesday.
The six-movement suite, titled Tribute to Taipei, was commissioned by the orchestra and composed by Yen Ming-hsiu (顏名秀), an associate professor at Taipei National University of the Arts and composer of several pieces for orchestras across the country.
The world premiere of the piece at the annual Taipei Traditional Festival on March 7 will feature soprano Lin Ling-hui (林玲慧) and the orchestra s chorus, said the orchestra s general director and conductor Cheng Li-pin (鄭立彬) at a press conference.