Classical music
35th Yamaha Junior Original Concert (第35屆山葉兒童創作曲發表會) is a concert for child composers and performers. Performances will be on piano or Electone, as solo performances or with orchestral or choral accompaniment. More information about this international event for children can be found at www.yamahakhs.com.
▲Tomorrow at 7pm
▲Social Affairs Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government Senior Citizen’s Service Center (高雄長青綜合服務中心), 51 Siwei 2nd Rd, Lingya Dist, Kaohsiung City (高雄市苓雅區四維二路51號)
▲Tickets are NT$150, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Listen to My Music! — Thanksgiving Concert by the Taipei Philharmonic Youth and Children’s Choir (聽！我們歡樂的歌聲 — 台北愛樂少年及兒童合唱團感恩年度音樂會) will feature a program of sacred music selected by conductor Wu Lang (悟朗) including works by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Orban.
▲Sunday at 7:30pm
▲Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98 Yenping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
▲Tickets are NT$300 to NT$800, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Between Yu-Ying & Ya-Hsin — Another Night with the E1002 Percussion Duo (E1002擊樂二重奏又一夜 — 育瑛雅心擊樂Duo之夜) presents percussionists Chang Yu-ying (張育瑛) and Cheng Ya-hsin (鄭雅心) performing a program that includes Jan van Landeghem’s Sohum and Shakti, Andy Pape’s CaDance, Emmanuel Sejourne’s Departure and Bach’s French Style Overture in C Minor.
▲Wednesday at 7:30pm
▲National Recital Hall, Taipei City
▲Tickets are NT$400 to NT$600, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Theater
The Fei-Yang Folk Dance Group (飛揚民族舞團) from Tainan City has prepared a series of classical Chinese dance performances for its nationwide tour, which will visit Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taipei and other cities.
▲Chiayi Performing Arts Center (嘉義縣表演藝術中心), 265, Jianguo Rd Sec 2, Minsyong Township, Chiayi County (嘉義縣民雄鄉建國路二段265號)
▲Tomorrow at 7:30pm
▲Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98 Yenping S Rd, Taipei City (台北市延平南路98號)
The long-defunct Taiwan Walker Theater (台灣渥克劇團) is making a comeback with Popular Music (音樂怕比樂), written and directed by Chen Amou (陳梅毛). The love story combines comedy with “sadcore,” a rarely used term for downbeat alternative rock, to create a new kind of theater Walker Theater calls “comsadcore.”
▲Comedy Club, B1, 24 Taihsun St, Taipei City (台北市泰順街24號B1).
▲Today, tomorrow and Sunday at 8pm
▲NT$300 for admission and one drink, available at the door or through tickets.books.com.tw
New talents from the Youth Peking Opera Troupe of Beijing (北京京劇院青年團) team up with seasoned Taiwanese artists to perform a series of Peking opera classics, including Si Lang Seeks His Mother (四郎探母) and The Jewelry Pouch (鎖麟囊).
▲Metropolitan Hall (城市舞台), 25, Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市八德路三段25號)
▲Feb. 12 at 7:30pm
▲Tickets are NT$300 to NT$5,000, available through NTCH ticketing or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
Contemporary
The sounds of reggae and ska fill VU Live House tomorrow night with Uli and the Rulers and Skaraoke, followed by New Zealand DJ Ting. [See story on Page 15.]
▲B1, 77, Wuchang St Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市武昌街二段77號B1). Tel: (02) 2314-1868
▲Begins at 11pm tonight
▲Admission is NT$350, and includes one drink
Alt-rock songstress Sandee Chen (陳珊妮) plays a sold-out show tonight at The Wall (這牆). On Sunday a host of indie groups take to the stage, including Abay (鄭焙隆), who sings ballads accompanied by acoustic guitar, harmonica and flute, post-rock flavored trio Orangegrass (橙草), garage rockers The White Eyes (白目) and Kaohsiung punks FireEx (滅火器).
▲B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or visit www.thewall.com.tw for more information
▲Tomorrow and Sunday at 8pm
▲Admission is NT$660 tomorrow (sold out), NT$500 on Sunday
Jazzy/bluesy act Kukao (鼓號大樂隊) takes to the stage tonight at Witch House (女巫店). Tomorrow night it’s acoustic group Passiwali (巴西瓦里), led by Amis singer-songwriter Chalaw (查勞). On Thursday WeiBird (韋禮安), an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, presents a set of soul pop material with his backing band.
▲7, Ln 56, Xinsheng S Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市新生南路三段56巷7號). For more information, call (02) 2362-5494 or visit www.witchhouse.org
▲Performances start at 9:30pm. Restaurant/bar with queer/feminist bookstore and large collection of board games open 11am to midnight Sundays through Wednesdays; 11am to 1am Thursdays through Saturdays
▲Entrance fee for music shows is NT$300, includes one drink
Local jazz combo Delta on the Main Street appear tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). A relatively new Mando-pop singer on the block, Lan You-shi (藍又時) performs tomorrow night. Canadian/UK roots and folk outfit The Dana Wylie Band and indie rockers Neon take to the stage on Wednesday night.
▲B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號B1), next to Taipower Building (台電大樓). Call (02) 2368-7310 or visit www.riverside.com.tw for more information
▲Shows start at 9:30pm tonight and 9pm tomorrow, Wednesday’s show begins at 9pm
▲NT$400 for admission and one drink tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 admission on Wednesday
Tonight at Riverside Live House (西門紅樓展演館) in Ximending’s historic Red House Theater (西門紅樓), it’s Color Band and Hsiao Hung-ren (蕭閎仁). Tomorrow night popular indie-pop band Tizzy Bac takes to the stage.
▲177 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路177號). Call (02) 2370-8805 or visit www.riverside.com.tw for more information
▲Show starts at 8:30pm
▲Entrance is NT$400 tonight and NT$500 tomorrow, includes one drink
Kate’s Jazz Trio plays tonight at Sappho de Base, while New Orleans funk group the Kenyatta Trio appears tomorrow. Tuesday marks the return of the venue’s open jam, led by the Sappho House Band. The Jason Hayashi Jazz Trio performs on Wednesday.
▲B1, 1, Ln 102, Anhe Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市安和路一段102巷1號B1). Call (02) 2700-5411 (after 9pm) or visit www.sappho102.biz for more information
▲Performances begin at 10:30pm on weekends, 10pm on weekdays
▲No admission fee
Tonight at Bliss, electro house, minimalist techno and disco punk are some of the sounds coming from DJ collective Sinister Sound Syndicate. Tomorrow is the Caribbean Sun Party, featuring Jamaican sound system Black Reign International Sound and Pan Africana, a drum ensemble of African and Caribbean expats.
▲148, Xinyi Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市信義路四段148號), one block east of Dunhua South Road (敦化南路). Call Bliss at (02) 2702-1855 or log on at www.bliss-taipei.com. For more information on live performances at Bliss, visit
▲www.myspace.com/blisslivehouse
▲Tomorrow at 10pm. Bar/kitchen open from 7pm daily. Ladies night Fridays; women get one free cocktail of their choice
▲Free tonight, NT$200 tomorrow
Every Wednesday night at the Cosmopolitan Grill there’s a blues open mic held by the Blues Society on Taiwan. All are welcome to bring their instruments and sit in on guitar, bass or drums.
▲1F, 218 Changchun Rd, Taipei City (台北市長春路218號1樓). Call (02) 2508-0304 or visit www.cosmo.com.tw for more information
▲8pm to 11pm every Wednesday
▲No admission fee
Both established and aspiring Taiwanese pop musicians perform regularly at the EZ5 Live House. This homey pub and restaurant on Anhe Road is one of the few places where people actually turn off their cell phones and listen attentively to the performers. The venue hosts three different singers every night. House favorites include Julia Peng (彭佳慧), who appears on Tuesdays, and Liu Wei-zen (劉偉仁), who appears on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
▲211, Anhe Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市安和路二段211號). Call (02) 2738-3995 or visit www.ez5.com.tw for more information
▲Music shows run from 9:45pm to 12:30am
▲Entrance fee ranges from NT$600 to NT$850, depending on the performer, includes two drinks
Tonight at Tone 56 Live Bar, Rubber Band plays rock, pop and dance music. No bands are scheduled tomorrow as the venue will be showing English Premier League soccer live on TV. On Sunday there’s an open acoustic jam.
▲1F, 56, Minquan E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市民權東路三段56號1樓), near the corner of Fuxing North Road (復興北路) and Minquan East Road (民權東路). Call (02) 2517-3869
▲Music shows go from 9:30pm to 12:30am tonight, and 7:30pm to 9:30pm on Sunday
▲No admission fee
Taking to the stage tonight at Underworld (地下社會) are Sonic Deadhorse, a one-man electro-rock band, and newcomers Windmill (風籟坊). Party crew Back 2 the Future (B2TF, 回到未來) throws a heavy metal bash tomorrow, featuring live music from Hardcase and DJs from metal bands Revilement, Bazooka, Infernal Chaos and Beyond Cure. On Wednesday it’s emo-pop band Emotion Gate (情緒出口) and Kenny From Casino (賭場肯尼), a group that combines emo, punk, Brit-pop and garage rock.
▲B1, 45 Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師大路45號B1). Call (02) 2369-0103 or visit www.upsaid.com/underworld for more information
▲Music shows tonight and tomorrow are from 9:30pm to 11:30pm and 9pm to 11pm on Wednesdays
▲Entrance is NT$300 tonight and tomorrow and includes one drink; NT$100 on Wednesdays, which does not include a drink
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Calligraphy Works by Tung Yang-tse (沉默是金董陽孜作品展) displays the work of one of Taiwan’s most highly regarded contemporary calligraphers.
▲Eslite Art Space (誠品敦南店B2藝文空間), B2, 245, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (敦化南路一段245號B2). Open daily from 11am to 10pm
▲Until Sunday
New Animamix (新動漫) features works by such renowned figures in Asian art as Yoshitaka Amano, from Japan; Kim Don Yoo, Kwon Kisoo, Eddie Kang and Lee Lee Nam from South Korea; China’s Tang Zhigan (唐志岡); and Taiwan’s Liao Yu-an (廖堉安) and Hung Yi (洪易). Also included in the exhibit are works by super-realist, post-pop artist duo Thukral & Tagra, from India. Animamix is an art movement that draws from the aesthetics of anime and comics.
▲Metaphysical Art Gallery (形而上畫廊), 7F, 219, Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市敦化南路一段219號7樓). Open daily from 11am to 6:30pm, closed Mondays. Tel: (02) 2771-3236
▲Until Feb. 28
Tree With Arteries — Su-Chen Hung Solo Exhibition (樹是有血管的—洪素珍個展) is a solo exhibition that investigates cultural and individual memory and the relationship between humans and the environment.
▲Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MOCA, 台北當代藝術館), 39 Changan W Rd, Taipei City (台北市長安西路39號). Open daily from 10am to 6pm, closed Mondays
▲Until March 12
Those wanting to gain a deeper understanding of one of Asia’s oldest trade routes can check out Legends of the Silk Road — Treasures From Linjiang (絲路傳奇—新疆文物大展). The exhibit provides viewers with a glimpse of life in the ancient world by displaying 150 items unearthed along the Silk Road, including a 4,000-year-old mummified body of a woman in sandals known as the Loulan Beauty (樓蘭美女) and artifacts from the Tang Dynasty.
▲National Museum of History (國立歷史博物館), 49 Nanhai Rd, Taipei (台北市南海路49號). Open daily from 10am to 6pm; closed Mondays
▲Until March 15
Mind as Passion (激情心靈) explores the ideas behind art that is created using new media technologies such as video as well as two-dimensional and three-dimensional images. The exhibition features work by 17 artists from Japan and Taiwan.
▲Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), 181 Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市中山北路三段181號). Open daily from 9:30am to 5:30pm, closed Mondays. Tel: (02) 2595-7656
▲Until March 29
Lee Ming-tiao Photography Retrospective (李鳴鵰攝影回顧展). Lee is considered one of the foremost figures in the history of Taiwanese photography. The exhibit features Lee’s black-and-white and color photographs and memorabilia dating from the Japanese colonial period up until the 1990s. His
camera captured the anonymous, the rural and the poor at work, home and play.
▲Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), 181 Zhongshan N Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市中山北路三段181號). Open daily from 9:30am to 5:30pm, closed Mondays. Tel: (02) 2595-7656
▲Until April 5
Ancient Pottery of the Paiwan Tribe in Taiwan (祖靈的居所—台灣排灣族古陶壺特展) reveals how ceramics are closely associated with the legends of the Paiwan tribe’s origins, and how pottery helps to perpetuate the tribe’s social hierarchy.
▲National Museum of Natural Science (國立自然科學博物館), 1, Kuanchien Rd, Taichung City (台中市館前路1號). Open daily from 9am to 5pm, closed Mondays.
▲Until May 17
The God of Earth in Taiwan (台灣土地公特展) explains the origins of the Earth God (土地公) and why it continues to play an important role in folk worship throughout the island.
▲National Museum of Natural Science (國立自然科學博物館), 1, Kuanchien Rd, Taichung City (台中市館前路1號). Open daily from 9am to 5pm, closed on Mondays.
▲Until May 31
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