Music director | Chen Hsin-I

“Neo-Classical Chamber Ensemble”, an ensemble that had been widely reported under the title of “The Music Banquet that Shows Taiwan’s Vitality and Soft Power Swept Chicago!” by the media of Chicago, that was invited to perform in the opening week of the 58th Venice Biennale and the 2019 Wei Wu Ying Anniversary, and won “Taiwan Top” from the Ministry of Culture, was established in 2003 and has Hsin-I Chen, the pianist who studied in the USA, as its currently Artistic Director.  With a long-term commitment to local cultivation and cross-field musical productions, most of the members are performers with rich international stage experiences. In recent years, under the leadership of Artistic Director Hsin-I Chen, they have been proactively developing new aesthetical forms of musicals enlightened with rich Taiwanese elements through innovative lexicons and approaches.

In line with technological progress, their musical productions are presented in more novel and liberal ways. Departing from music, “Neo-Classical Chamber Ensemble” advocates the creative concept of “realm-less with boundaries” as it develops new aesthetical forms of musicals with innovative lexicons of rich Taiwanese cultural elements. They are cross-field works that explore in-depth artistic properties, whereas incessant creations and performances are the team’s spirit and goal. As they gather local talents to co-create works of discourses and philosophy that echo with the sound of contemporary soil, it lays down cross-boundary and cross-field collaborations, hoping to bring the diversified cultures and arts of Taiwan to the world. With the novel and unique aesthetical forms, it aim to transmit the new artistic energy from Taiwan!