● Tickets are $300 and $400 and are available through ERA ticketing.
● Monday at 7:30pm
Rueibin Chen (陳瑞斌) charity concert sponsored by BMW Taiwan will take place at Taichung Chungshan Hall (台中中山堂), 98 Hsuehshi Rd, Taichung City (台中市學士路98號), and a portion of the ticket sales will be donated to charity. Chen, a Chinese pianist who only appeared on the musical scene 20 years ago, has been called a musical genius. He has toured and performed at famous performances venues around the world, including the Sydney Opera House, Disney Hall and Ambassador Theater in Los Angeles.
● Tickets are $500 to $3600 and are available through ERA ticketing.
● Monday at 7:30pm
All Star Trio (巨星三重奏), featuring pianist Yafim Bronfman, violinist Gil Shaham, and cellist Truls Mok, all Grammy Award winners, are a strong team for this joint recital at the National Concert Hall (國家音樂廳) playing a program that includes Schubert's Piano Trio No.2 in E-flat Major, D.929 and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor In Memory of a Great Artist, Op. 50, which was first performed in 1882 after the funeral service for Nikolai Rubenstein, founder of the Moscow Conservatory.
● Tickets are NT$500 to NT$3000 and are available through ERA ticketing.
● Thursday at 7:30pm
Pop, rock, jazz
The Wall (這牆) Juanes (璜斯) Colombian political activist, singer and Latin Grammy-winner Juanes was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine and has sold over 5 million records worldwide. Call (02) 2500-8921 or visit www.juanes.net or www.the-wall.com.tw.
● Tonight at 6pm
The Chairman (董事長樂團) The eight-year-old rock combo returned with a new a line-up and new sound for its Looking for a New World (找一個新世界) album released late last year. The band has grown up, ditched the more punk/rock elements and honed a repertoire of sophisticated post-rock tunes.
● Tickets are NT$400.
● Tonight at 8pm
DreamRoute (愛夢露) Playing two sets, the band is a local pop/rock group that has put out tracks under the independent Willin label.
● Tickets are NT$400.
● Tomorrow at 8pm
Goodbye!Nao! (再見奈央) Scheduled for a three-hour set, the band's sound is difficult to pin down, but their sampler, available on the Internet, was well-received. The crew first appeared in October last year, and have a playful repertoire that spans the rock spectrum. The band's bumph states its music is the murmurings of the unconscious, and sudden melancholy.
● Tickets are NT$300.
● Sunday at 7pm
Location: B1, 200, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路4段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or visit www.the-wall.com.tw.
Witchouse (女巫店) Zhang Yizhen (張宜蓁), the traveler's musician will play a gig inspired by Central Asian mysticism, Chinese poetry and Argentine melancholic music. Jazz meets world music.
● Tickets are NT$300.
● Tonight at 9:00pm.
Peppermint (薄荷葉), formed in Oct. 1998 at the Chinese Cultural University, joined Springscream and Formoz Festival in 1999 and released a debut album in 2002. Well-honed, girl-fronted pop-rock music: sweet vocals juxtaposed with screaming agony.
RSS