Taipei, July 31 (CNA) Five well-known international guitarists, including two Taiwanese players, will perform a series of concerts in the 2006 Formosa International Guitar Festival, the festival organizer said Monday.
Louis Tsou, the driving force behind the festival, will perform six concerts from Aug. 1-8 with the other Taiwanese guitarist, Jimmy Liu, along with Japan's Shinichi Fukuda, Pablo Marquez of Argentina and Tania Chagnot of France, starting Wednesday.
The festival, which will also include three master classes, will be held in Taipei, Taichung and Tainan, with each concert featuring two of the guitarists. The highlight of the event will be a concert titled "Hommage au Pere, " which will be held on Fathers' Day, featuring all five guitarists.
The festival is being organized by Les Cordes Vivantes Musique Ensemble, a group Tsou founded in November 2005 that aims to promote the guitar. One of Taiwan's most successful, Tsou attended two prestigious French music schools before coming back to Taiwan.