Showing the beauty of Taiwan “Bay Sound Ensemble” Vancouver tour is very popular | Taiwanese music | Li Zheyi | North American tour

[The Epoch Times, April 24, 2024](Epoch Times reporterQiu ChenReporting from Vancouver, Canada)On April 21, the “Bay Sound Ensemble” performed two consecutive times in Vancouver, bringing Taiwan’s classic music to the audience, such as “The Grasshopper Plays the Rooster”, “The God Has Fallen into the Water”, “Green Island Serenade”, “Representative of the Moon” My Heart”, “Double Harp Concerto”, “Dance of Strings” and other repertoire made the audience intoxicated. They shouted “One more song”, and the orchestra also performed an additional song in return, leaving the Vancouver audience thoroughly entertained. British Columbia’s Minister of Urban Affairs and “Light of Taiwan” Kang Anli attended the event and delivered opening remarks.

This is one stop on the April tour of the United States and Canada by Taiwan’s “OneSong Orchestra”, which will pass through five major cities along the way: Seattle, Vancouver, Houston, Boston and New York.

Mining company CFO Mark GroenewaldTell the Epoch Times reporterSaid: “PerformancePleasant to the body and mind,Exciting. I have never been to a concert like this and was so completely immersed in it. The orchestra’s performance was energizing. “

Chen Huizhong, founder and conductor of the Bailu Music Center and current president of the Taiwanese Women’s Association of North America, praised: “(The Bay Sound Orchestra) all their musicians are first-class, and everyone is a soloist. You see today, almost everyone There is a solo in every section, and their overall level is very high.”

Orchestra conductor: Music is the most effective way of communication

President Chen Huizhong shared: “Li Zheyi is committed to the classicalization of Taiwanese music. Pop songs that are not originally classical music can be re-arranged and created using the harmony and form of classical music to achieve the classicalization of pop music and the Taiwaneseization of classical music. “

Li Zheyi, co-founder and conductor of the Bay Sound Orchestra, told The Epoch Times: “Music itself is something that makes it easy for people all over the world to understand each other and move each other, without the need for words. So I think, whether the sound of Taiwan is allowed to be heard The whole world can hear it, or the whole world can integrate with each other under the same emotion. I think music is the only most effective way.”

Li Zheyi appreciates this method: “When I use this (classical music) method to play Taiwanese music, with the same score, musicians all over the world can play Taiwanese music, so this platform is a universal platform and a The fastest way to spread.”

Teacher Chen Huizhong also revealed that Li ZheyifromComing from a harp family, his father Li Wunan is the father of harp in Taiwan. He and his younger brother Li Zheyin are two outstanding harpists in Taiwan. He himself evolved from a harpist to a composer and finally to a versatile conductor.

“The orchestra represents the beauty and diversity of Taiwan”

Pastor Chen Zhiren, a former music producer and lifestyle artist, told The Epoch Times reporter: “For Taiwanese, the Bay Sound Band uses songs from different ethnic groups, such as the Amis,Then there are Hong Kong people (Composer Zhou Lanping)dedicated to himMrs“Green Island Serenade”.“Green Island Serenade” was once considered a banned song in Taiwan. Green Island is a place where political prisoners are held. What I’m telling you today is a love song. “

“For the place where you grew up, you should care more about different ethnic groups; for people from other countries, they should enjoy the interaction of multiculturalism. The whole integration, rather than just like pizza, piece by piece. The whole Bay “The Vocal Ensemble” represents the rich diversity of Taiwan and the strong vitality of this beautiful island, which like the recent earthquake recovered within a few days.”

Eileen, Chen Zhiren’s wife, also likes it very much: “Because the music they played were all the ones we heard in Taiwan when we were children. When we came abroad in this way, you can relate to it yourself and feel very close. It sounds like very warm.”

Introduction to “Bay Sound Ensemble”

In early 2017, the “Bay Sound Orchestra” was co-founded by Chuanyi Golden Melody Award winner Li Zheyi and entrepreneur “Lei Hui”. It is the only professional orchestra in Taiwan that values ​​Taiwanese music culture.

With the purpose of “Taiwanizing classical music and classicalizing Taiwanese music”, the orchestra uses the international language of classical music to insist on playing only two types of music: one is music written by Taiwanese, and the other is music created with Taiwanese materials. Let the world know “Taiwanese classic music” and practice the communication power of “the more local, the more international”.◇

Editor in charge: Li Ying