Asian Youth Orchestra 2019 Tour -- Taipei and Chiayi City, Taiwan
The
new airport check-in pattern at Chek Lap Kok didn’t slow us down that
much, but an Amber RainStorm added an hour before we could get away to
Taiwan for two concerts in Taipei’s National Concert Hall.
This
has been a great tour musically. The repertoire really suited to the
Orchestra. Guest Conductor Joseph Bastian’s Brahms 4 is dark and
probing, while Richard’s Scheherazade is rich with colours of ancient
Persia and stories of a thousand and one nights.
A
three-hour bus ride south to Chiayi-City introduced our AYOers to a
side of Taiwan tourists rarely seen. This is a homestay event for the
Orchestra, beginning with a welcome to Chiayi Dinner and many kind words
from the local city mayor. Next on the schedule our AYOers are out with
their host families. How generous they are! Our return gift, a
beautiful Scheherazade concert played to a full house and was streaming
live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fo7WcRLO1m8
The tour rolls on. Next stop Seoul, Korea.
Asian Youth Orchestra 2019 Tour -- Seoul, South Korea
Always great to see the bonding that's the result of our homestay project in Chiayi. Here’s the quote that makes our day:
"Had a great time in Chiayi! Thank you home dad for the super good hospitality!”
Bus
ride to Taoyuan Airport and we’re on our way to Seoul, returning to
Korea for the first time in nine years thanks to a major effort by the
Hong Kong Government’s Economic and Trade Office in Tokyo and a rolling
out of the Red Carpet by the Sejong Concert Hall, nearly filling the
3000-seat concert Hall. Violin Coach Thanos Adamopoulos whose traveling
with us on tour, called it the best hall so far on this tour. Leave it
to M. Pontzious and the AYO to pull out all the stops.
Back
in the Center the next day for a side-by-side rehearsal event with
local young musicians. Thank you AYO for taking it all so seriously and
sticking around for a pick-up rehearsal of the Brahms program with M.
Bastian, all followed by a much needed free day!!!! Now off to Japan.
Keith Lau
AYO General Manager
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