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The
COMPASS Group, June
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Live
Music at Tainan's Historical Spots
Written
and translated by Nicole Darcy
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For the past two-plus years, some of Tainan's historical spots have
become live music venues on Saturday and Sunday evenings. These
performances make up what the Tainan City Cultural Bureau, which
hosts the events, labels Tainan's Music Salon.
Music
Salon shows last 90 minutes and include a variety of acts:
local choirs; bands; duets and solo artists performing classical
Chinese, Taiwanese and Chinese folk; contemporary, original
compositions; plus a little jazz.
Salon
events are held at the Confucius Temple (7:30 pm-9 pm), Anping
Castle (5 pm-6:30 pm), Chikan Tower (7:30 pm-9 pm), the NanMen
Gate (7:30 pm-9 pm), and the DeJi Yang Hang (on Sundays only,
from 4 pm to 6 pm).
Groups
like Heaven't Voice and City Love Tunes, who do covers, have
been on the roster all along. I've been performing at the
Music Salon since the shows began. Unfinished, a group of
expatriates who do all originals, joined the performances
about a year ago.
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"We
plan to add more historical venues to the list, and to upgrade the
equipment," says Cai Ming-tai, a Cultural Bureau department
director who oversees the Music Salon.
Cai
explains that the Music Salon was initiated by Xiao Chong-rui, then
director of Tainan City's Cultural Bureau, in May 2000. The first
shows were held in August that year.
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"The
Music Salon offers a place for Tainan residents to get together...
and to get in contact with some local artists and their work,"
says Cai.
Tainan's
Music Salon is unique in Taiwan, explains Cai, though officials
from Danshui's HongMao Castle have come down to observe some
of the shows, and are thinking of doing something similar.
Live
music brings more life to any setting, and the Music Salon
shows are certainly adding ambience to Tainan's famous relics.
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