If you wanted to study classical music, where would be the most perfect place in the world to study?
Every year hundreds of aspiring young Taiwanese musicians desire to follow in the footsteps of the masters, such as Beethoven and Mozart, and go abroad to Germany and Austria to study music.
Taipei's German Cultural Center noticed this trend and thus organized a series of free concerts organized by the Taipei-based German musician Klaus Bru. The current series will end with its last concert on Dec. 15.
This is the first time that a platform has been provided for Taiwanese musicians -- including composers, vocalists, instrumentalists and experimental music, who alo studied music in Germany or Austria -- to perform in Taiwan.
The Center also prides itself on its intimate setting where the audience can listen to the acoustic performances and during breaks can meet and chat with the musicians.
The German Cultural Center director Jurgen Gerbig said, "We are looking for the new Beethovens and the new Pavarottis."
The Dec. 1 concert titled the Young Generation features avant-garde composers such as Tung Chao-ming (董昭民), who currently lives in Cologne.
On Dec. 15, the last concert Resonances will take place starting at 7:30pm, featuring classical duos. The musical duos include Wu Pi-ju (吳璧如) on violin and Liao Pi-ju (廖璧如) on piano; bassoonists Chien En-yi (簡恩義) and Kuo Yi-fen (郭怡芬); cellist Chen I-ting (陳怡婷); oboist Chen Ya-shih (陳雅詩) and horn player Lien Ya-wen (連雅文).
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