Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-15
This past weekend, Taiwan opened its National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts. It is the
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts is open (CNA photo)
largest arts venue in Asia.
President Tsai Ing-wen spoke at the opening of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, the world’s largest single-roof performing arts center.
The opening featured a concert featuring three generations of Taiwanese musicians performing in the grand concert hall, which seats nearly 2000, and is also home to the grandest pipe organ in Asia.
President Tsai said the construction of the center has progressed through three presidential administrations. The beautiful center was designed by Dutch architect Francine Houben and is situated on the 9.9 hectare Weiwuying Metropolitan Park, the site of a former military training ground. The new complex is home to five arts venues.
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