Taking the press for a stroll around his house, Kuo stopped at a corner where there was a messy pile of books covered with a dusty rug. He took one of the books from the pile. Its title read: Kuo Chih-yuan Orchestral Works, Volume 1. "All this I published myself," Kuo said, leafing through the book, "many of the scores here have never been performed." Kuo's greatest wish is to have them published formally during his lifetime, "so that we can hand down the music to future generations," Kuo said.
Performance notes:
Chih-yuan Kuo Music Festival starts tonight at 7:30pm at the National Concert Hall, Taipei. Tickets range from NT$300 to NT$1,500 and are available from the CKS Cultural Center
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