Taipei, March 10 (CNA) A concert featuring Taiwanese musicians Eric Chen and Kenneth Hsieh will be held March 13 to pay tribute to Taiwan-Canada relations and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT) , the CTOT announced Friday.
Well-known pianist Chen will perform with Canadian-born conductor Hsieh and the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in the "2006 Taiwan-Canada Evening of Music," to be held at the Taipei National Concert Hall.
"Twenty years of cooperation has made people-to-people and economic ties between Canada and Taiwan increasingly valuable for both sides, " said Gordon Houlden, Executive Director of CTOT.
The concert will be a part of a dynamic program of activities throughout the year, he added.
Chen and Hsieh will honor Taiwanese and Canadian music in the two-hour program, which will present four Taiwanese folk songs and pieces by Canadian composers David Foster, Michael Conway Baker and others.
Chen, one of the most popular pianists in Taiwan, has made 21 recordings and has won numerous international piano competition awards.
The winner of the 2005 Heinz Unger Prize Award in conducting, 25-year-old Hsieh has emerged as one of Canada's rising young conductors and is currently assistant conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.