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Events & Entertainment

Lin Hwai-min and Kimbo Hu: Talk and Songs (林懷民 胡德夫一談一唱), will bring together two of Taiwan's best known artists in the prelude to Cloud Gate's (雲門舞集) White X3 and Hu's Formosa, Island the Beautiful at the National Theater at the end of the month. The two artists are scheduled to talk about their experience of the 1970s and their development as artists during that period and Hu will also perform a number of songs. The meeting will take place at the Taiwan Youth Activity Center (Y17青少年育樂中心) located at 17, Renai Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市仁愛路一段17). Registration fee is NT$500 and can be done online at www.bookzone.com.tw/event/MS1702/index.htm or call (02) 2662 0012

Theater

To "Bee" or not to "Bee" ( 公主復仇記), by the If Kids Children's Theater (如果兒童劇場) brings the lessons of Shakespeare's Hamlet to young children, at Novel Hall (新舞台), 3-1 Songshou Rd, Taipei (台北市松壽路3-1號).

● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,000 and can be obtained through ERA or NTCH ticketing outlets.

● Today at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 10:30am, 2:30pm and 7:30pm

The Sea of Heaven (天堂海) by Taipei Dance Forum (舞蹈空間) at the Red House Theater located at 10, Chengtu Rd, Wanhua Dist, Taipei (台北市萬華區成都路10號).

● Tickets are NT$500 and are available from NTCH ticketing or from www.danceforum.com.tw.

● Thursday 7:30pm through next weekend

The Slovak National Folklore Ballet -- Lucnica (斯洛伐克國家舞團 -- 路尼加), continues its tour of Taiwan with stops in Hsinchu, Yuanlin in Changhua County and Kaohsiung.

● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$1,000 and are available through ERA ticketing. Tickets for the Yuanlin performance are available at (04) 832 3410.

● Tomorrow, Sunday and Monday

Classical

Sumi Jo (周淑美), billed as Asia's top soprano, will perform with the NSO under the baton of Graeme Jenkins at the National Concert Hall, Taipei (國家音樂廳).

● Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500 and are available through NTCH ticketing.

● Monday 7:30pm

Tamas Vasary Piano Recital features a program of Beethoven, Bartok and Liszt at the National Concert Hall, Taipei (國家音樂廳).

● Tickets are NT$500 to NT$1,800 and are available through NTCH ticketing.

● Tonight 7:30pm

Taipei Symphony Orchestra(台北市立交響樂團) performs a program including Debussy's Prelude a l'Apres d'un Faune, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major and selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet at the Taipei Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98, Yenping S Rd, Taipei (台北市延平南路98號).

● Tickets are NT$200 to NT$800 and can be obtained from ERA and NTCH ticketing.

● Tonight 7:30pm

TCSO Strings (台北市民交響樂團) performs Bartok's Rumanian Folk Dances, Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances and Elgar's Introduction and Allegro Op. 47 at the National Concert Hall, Taipei (國家音樂廳).

● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$600 and are available through NTCH ticketing.

● Tomorrow 7:30pm

2006 Traditional Arts Festival -- Sacrifice to Heaven, a Performance of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (台北市立國樂團) at Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98, Yenping S Rd, Taipei (台北市延平南路98號).

● Tickets are NT$200 to NT$800 and are available through ERA and NTCH ticketing.

● Sunday 7:30pm

Voices Across Times, a performance of "campus songs" and hits from the 1950s by the Taipei Philharmonic's Chamber Choir (台北愛樂室內合唱團) at Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), 98, Yenping S Rd, Taipei (台北市延平南路98號).

● Tickets are NT$200 to NT$800 and are available through ERA and NTCH ticketing.

● Sunday 7:30pm

Wings of the Angel Symphony Band 2006 Concert (天使之翼年度系列音樂會) presents a program of works by Kees Vlak, Araon Copland and Martin Ellerby among others.

● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$800 and are available through NTCH ticketing.

● Sunday 7:30pm

Duo Piano Recital by Pi-Hsien Chen and Hsing-chwen Hsin (陳必先、辛幸純雙鋼琴演奏會) presents a program of Debussy, Stravinsky and others at the National Recital Hall, Taipei (國家演奏廳).

● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$600 and are available through NTCH ticketing.

● Tomorrow 7:30pm

Leafing Through Zither a program of Chinese zither music at the National Recital Hall, Taipei (國家演奏廳).

● Tickets are NT$300 to NT$800.

● Sunday 7:30pm

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