Taipei Cultural Center in New York

Taipei Cultural Center in New York (TCC) , which was established as the first overseas office of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture in 1991, is celebrating the 30th anniversary with a series of virtual events, including an online piano concert, cinema features, and three commemorative videos throughout the second half of 2021.

Due to the pandemic, TCC is unable to invite friends from all over the world for an in-person gathering. Instead, TCC hopes to celebrate via a number of exciting virtual events. The first event will be An Evening with Taiwanese Piano Stars - Ching-Yun Hu with Young Piano Talents, co-presented by TCC, Yun International Music Foundation (YIMF), and Flushing Town Hall (FTH). The event will be broadcast live on July 31, as the opening concert of PYPA Piano Festival and as part of New York’s Flushing Town Hall online program on August 14, allowing us to share the vibrant energy of the Taiwanese artistic community.

The second event will be a virtual film series featuring seven spine-chilling ghost/horror films at the end of August , in accordance with Taiwan's Ghost Month, which is observed in the 7th month of the lunar calendar. The series, co-presented by New York Asian Film Festival, reflects the surge of Taiwanese genre films in recent years, among which horror/ghost films make up the most burgeoning one.

TCC’s mission is to support international cultural exchanges in order to introduce Taiwan’s arts and culture to audiences in North America. TCC has reached out to art museums, theaters, performing arts centers, film cinemas, festivals, curators, and presenters in the US and Canada for the past three decades. In revisiting some of its most notable past achievements, TCC will interview those who made the collaborations possible and produce video recordings to share our success and excitement.

About the Logo for TCC’s 30th Anniversary
The Taipei Cultural Center in New York (TCC), which was established in 1991, builds connections through arts and culture in New York and throughout North America. The 30th anniversary logo is inspired by the core values of our mission. The lines surrounding each letter and number, and the floating white paths created by this effect, symbolize the flow of connections and cultural exchanges. Moreover, the blossoming of the morning glory flower in the letter 'C' is dedicated to all those who have contributed to the TCC's past and present, and to those who will be contributing to our future as well.

The Taipei Cultural Center, Yun International Music Foundation (YIMF) and Flushing Town Hall (FTH) together facilitate an on-line concert by introducing Taiwanese piano stars. The concert is part of TCC in New York's 30th Anniversary program and will be broadcast live on July 31, as the opening concert of PYPA Piano Festival and as part of New York’s Flushing Town Hall online program on August 14, allowing us to share the vibrant energy of the Taiwanese artistic community. An Evening with Taiwanese Piano Stars - Ching-Yun Hu with Young Piano Talents concert is pre-recorded at Kaufmann Music Center- Merkin Hall in New York, and music studios in different cities in Taiwan.

Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer as a “first class talent… superb pianist” and by International Piano (London) for “praises follow her around the world”, Taiwanese-American pianist Ching-Yun Hu is a unique presence on the international concert scene. She is the winner of the Arthur Rubinstein and Concert Artists Guild Competitions, and since her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, she has continued to perform internationally at major concert venues across the world. Her albums with Naxos, ArchiMusic, and BMop Sound have received critical acclaims and won the prestigious Golden Melody Award for “Best Classical Album of the Year”. Pianist Magazine has called her latest Rachmaninoff album as an “essential listening for Rachmaninoff admirers”. Renowned also as a presenter, curator, educator and a passionate classical music promoter, she is the founder and artistic director of renowned Philadelphia Young Pianists’ Academy (PYPA), and serves on the piano faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia.

In this concert, Ching-Yun Hu is joined t by two rising Taiwanese piano stars, Natasha Wu and Yao-Wen Chang, in a program of piano classics by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Taiwan's own Tyzen Hsiao.

Program:
Chopin Impromptu in A-Flat Major, Op. 29
Chopin Impromptu in G-Flat Major, Op. 36
Chopin Impromptu in D-Flat Major. Op. 51
Chopin Fantasie Impromptu in c-sharp minor, Op. 66
Perfomer: Ching-Yun Hu

Schubert/Liszt "Ave Maria"
Schubert/Liszt "Auf dem Wasser zu Singen"
Schumann/Liszt "Widmung"
Perfomer: Ching-Yun Hu

Rachmaninoff Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39, No. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9
Perfomer: Ching-Yun Hu

Schubert Impromptu in G-Flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3
Chopin Mazurkas Op. 51, No. 1, 2
Performer: Natasha Wu

Chopin Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
Perfomer: Yao-Wen Chang

Tyzen Hsiao The Angel from Formosa
Performer: Ching-Yun Hu


Concert information:

Date: SAT, July 31, 2021 8:00 PM
Location: online at www.pypa.info
Tickets: Free Admission

Date: SAT, AUG 14, 2021 7:00 PM
Location: FTH at HOME (Virtual Venue)
Tickets: Free Admission

TCC in New York's 30th Anniversary
The Taipei Cultural Center in New York (TCC), which was established as the first overseas office of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture in 1991, builds connections through arts and culture in New York and throughout North America. TCC’s mission is to reach out to all kinds of arts organization and artists in the US and Canada and support international cultural exchanges, collaborations, and artistic events in order to introduce Taiwan's arts and culture to a broader audience.