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Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir
2006 US Concert Tour Concert Announcement (Palo Alto, CA)
2006 US Concert Tour Concert Announcement (Palo Alto, CA)
On Friday, July 7th, the internationally renowned Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir will give a concert here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the first stop of its 2006 US concert tour.
This prestigious 40-voice professional choir is the elite group selected from the 140-member-strong Taipei Philharmonic Chorus, its parent chorus who built and owns a well-respected reputation since it's founding in 1972.
Being the premium choral body in Taiwan, Taipei Philharmonic Chamber Choir has been active at home with not just regular concert performances but also assisted in the governmental community outreach projects, introducing and popularizing higher level of choral art to metropolitans and rural areas alike. In addition, one of the choir's missions is to dedicate itself the choral ambassador role for Taiwan, participating in various international music scenes.
Under the direction of Maestro Dirk DuHei, The choir has already on its record an impressive list of highly regarded overseas performances as well as appearances in many acclaimed international choral festivals and symposiums in the past decade. The music interpretation and form of Maestro DuHei is highly regarded both domestically and internationally. He is once again leading the choir on the upcoming tour. The following links provide more information about the choir, Maestro DuHei, as well as multimedia clips.
http://www.tpf.org.tw/Chamber/English/index01.htm
http://www.tpf.org.tw/media/index.html
The upcoming concert, themed "Taiwan Images", brings us a program ranging from Chinese and Taiwanese folksongs, recently composed "A suite of Taiwan's Aboriginal Folk Tunes", arrangement of nostalgic songs that filled the 60's and 70's radios and school campuses (sure to bring smiles and tears to the audience), all the way to the contemporary works by western composers.
The concert, hosted by San Francisco Choral Artists, Friendship Singers, and Radio Dragon (AM 1400), will be held at 8 pm on Friday, July 7th 2006, at The First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301. The ticket is $15 each. Please write effie@ix.netcom.com or call Effie at (408)306-4074 or Cecil at (408) 666-7856 for ticket purchases or for more information.
台北愛樂合唱團演唱之【映像中國】專輯曾獲:
第八屆金曲獎「最佳唱片
第一屆國家文化藝術基金會文藝獎,
第八屆金曲獎最佳製作人
第8屆金曲獎傳統暨藝術音樂作品類
個人獎/最佳唱片製作人獎 - 杜黑/映象中國
About 杜黑:
美國伊利諾大學合唱指揮碩士班畢業，1981年返國，1983年接任台北愛樂合唱團指揮至今。1988年創立「財團法人台北愛樂文教基金會」，主辦「台北愛樂國際合唱音樂營」、「台北國際合唱音樂節」及「樂壇新秀」等活動，對於合唱音樂推廣及國際交流，並培養優秀音樂人才等不遺餘力。近年來積極致力於本土合唱音樂的開發，與錢南章老師合作製作台灣原住民組曲，『映象中國』唱片獲得第八屆金曲獎「最佳古典音樂唱片」、「最佳演唱人」及「最佳唱片製作人」等三項大獎，『馬蘭姑娘』唱片獲第九屆金曲獎四項提名並獲「最佳作曲人」，大膽製作青年作曲家許雅民的大型劇場合唱作品『六月雪』更獲第十一屆金曲獎「最佳作曲人」、「最佳古典唱片」提名，為台灣合唱音樂加入新血脈。甚至取材自佛教，製作『佛說阿彌陀經』，是佛教2500多年來的首創安魂曲，這張專輯更剛獲得第十三屆金曲獎「最佳宗教音樂專輯」、「最佳作曲人」兩項大獎。
杜黑先生榮獲第一屆國家文化藝術基金會文藝獎，第八屆金曲獎最佳製作人，並曾出版傳記『樂壇黑面將軍』，更多次應邀擔任國內外聲樂、合唱等比賽活動之評審。目前擔任財團法人台北愛樂基金會執行長、台北愛樂合唱團及台北市婦女合唱團指揮、中華民國合唱藝術交流協會理事長，任教於中國文化大學音樂系，並於新竹IC之音電台主持「天籟歡樂頌」節目。
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