Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/11
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Nov. 11 (CNA) Members of the German orchestra Berliner
Stanley Dodds (left), Gustavo Dudamel (second left), Tamara Mumford (second right) and Andrea Zietzschmann
Philharmoniker said Sunday in Taipei that they were very much looking forward to playing at the new Weiwuying Concert Hall in Kaohsiung.
“We are particularly excited to be going down to Weiwuying to perform as the first international orchestra,” Stanley Dodds, media chairman and second violin of the Berliner Philharmoniker, said at a press conference.
Dodds congratulated Taiwan on the new concern hall in Kaohsiung’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, known as Weiwuying.
He said Taiwan must be commended for having “the foresight to build such an extensive cultural center” and realizing that culture is the heart and spirit of every society. [FULL STORY]
