Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra concerts to be streamed live in Taipei

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/11/03
By: Sabine Cheng and Christie Chen

Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Classical music fans in Taipei will be able to watch free live streams of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s concerts in the city on Wednesday and Thursday.

The two concerts by the Amsterdam-based orchestra will take place at the National Concert Hall on the two days, with a live stream of the concerts to be shown just outside the venue in the main plaza of the National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH), the NTCH announced Tuesday.

Led by conductor Gustavo Gimeno, the orchestra will play Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op.68” and Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.74” on Wednesday.

The following day, it will perform Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Symphonic Suite Scheherazade, Op.35,” according to the NTCH.     [FULL  STORY]