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National Symphony Orchestra
(Taiwan Philharmonic)
National Symphony Orchestra; (Taiwan Philharmonic)
Orchestra
Founded	1986
Location	Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Concert hall	National Concert Hall
Music director	Jun Märkl
Website	Official website

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO; Chinese: 國家交響樂團; pinyin: Guójiā Jiāoxiǎng Yuètuán), also known as Taiwan Philharmonic (Chinese: 台灣愛樂) outside Taiwan, is one of the leading orchestras in Asia. Since 1987, the orchestra has its residence in the National Theater and Concert Hall (Taiwan) in Taipei, Taiwan.

History

United Experimental Orchestra, 1986-1994

In the year 1986, the orchestras of National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei National University of the Arts (then known as National Institute of the Arts, and National Taiwan University of Arts (then known as National Taiwan Academy of Arts) were combined to form the United Experimental Orchestra. Their first conductor was Gérard Akoka.

National Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra, 1994-2002

The United Experimental Orchestra was reformed into the National Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra in 1994, affiliated with the National Theater and Concert Hall. Hsu Tsang-Houei was appointed as their first music director. Their first overseas tour in 1997 include concerts in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin.

National Concert Hall, 2002-

Since 2002, the orchestra is rebranded as National Symphony Orchestra, also known as Taiwan Philharmonic overseas. It has since been affiliated with the National Performing Arts Center.

Activities

Subscription Concert Series

In the year of 2002, NSO held a series of five concerts that featured all nine symphonies and five piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven. The concerts, called a discovery cycle (Chinese: NSO發現系列), became NSO's regular Subscription Concert Series later since the 2004/2005 season. In each season, there are ten concerts consisting of at least one orchestral work of a composer.

From September 2004 to June 2008, four Subscription Concert Series have been presented.

2007/2008: Tchaikovsky
2006/2007: Richard Strauss
2005/2006: Shostakovich
2004/2005: Mahler
2002/2003: Beethoven

In the 2008/2009 season, a newly created MyNSO series (Chinese: NSO青春套票) took place of the Subscription Concert Series.

Opera Series

Already in November 1994, NSO performed opera in National Concert Hall, Der fliegende Holländer was led by Prof. TSENG Dao-hsiung (Chinese: 曾道雄), in December 2000, Jahja Ling performed Hänsel und Gretel. Under Chien Wen-pin's directorship, he first tried a semi-stage performance of the Third Act of Die Walküre in May 2002, this experience became NSO's regular NSO Opera Series (Chinese: NSO歌劇系列) from the 2002/2003 season. In each season, there are two opera directed by cross-over artist in Taiwan, the cast consisted mainly local singers.

From December 2002 to December 2007, fourteen operas have been produced, many of them were Taiwan's premier*.

2007/2008: Die Fledermaus
2006/2007: *Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete), Die lustige Witwe
2005/2006: Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro
2004/2005: *Norma, *Falstaff
2003/2004: *La damnation de Faust, Don Giovanni
2002/2003: Tosca, *Tristan und Isolde

Fairy Tale Forever Series

From April 2002 to April 2008, NSO has been collaborated with four different performing groups and organizations for bringing musical experiences (Chinese: NSO永遠的童話系列) to the young audiences.