2023
About the Program
The partnership with Maestro Ken Hsieh and TAIWANfest Orchestra has over the years evolved into an important platform for more than 40 local classical music artists. Voyage Across the Pacific will consist of music from both local and international composers, inviting the audience to relive the rigorous journeys across the oceans during the Era of Exploration and re-examining the traces left by that era in the present.
The TAIWANfest Orchestra performance is supported by the MPTF and TMA149
Edmonton-born with Taiwanese parents, Maestro Ken Hsieh is a world-renowned conductor who has performed in top venues around the world; he is also the founder, music director, and principal conductor of the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra. With his endless passion and compelling presence on the podium, Maestro Ken Hsieh has led the annual TAIWANfest Toronto Orchestra composed of dedicated local musicians since 2015.
From the Curating Team
Indigenous communities in Canada and Taiwan are reclaiming their heritage, blending traditional and contemporary art into a refreshing take on the journey of self-identity. This performance series showcases the beauty of cultural convergence, featuring Chinese orchestral music, Indigenous songs, and electronic music.
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TAIWANfest Toronto is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.