It was celebrated violinist, curator and educator Lin who founded TMAF last summer. Now, at a time when almost all musical activity remains virtual worldwide, the program’s second season brings together the 35 handpicked young musicians with a stellar international faculty for a week of performance, mentorship, coaching, masterclasses and more in the idyllic mountainside setting of the National Taipei University of the Arts (Aug 2–9). Click here to learn more about TMAF 2020.

Reaping the benefits of the exemplary Taiwanese response to the pandemic, which has seen just seven casualties in a population of 24 million, the program’s return represents a rare, perhaps unique opportunity for emerging classical artists to experience live, in-person training and performance anywhere in the world this summer. The Violin Channel’s upcoming webcast, scheduled to stream twelve hours after the concert to accommodate the time difference (as well as live for local viewers), offers Western audiences the chance to share in their good fortune and enjoy one of the summer’s few new orchestral experiences.

About The Violin Channel

Taipei Music Academy & Festival (TMAF)

Faculty:
David Chan, violin
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Philip Setzer, violin
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Dmitri Atapine, cello
Peter Lloyd, double bass

Guest artists:
Shih-Kai Lin, violin
Yu-Chien Tseng, violin

Final concert:
Sun, Aug 9 at 2:30pm China Standard Time
National Concert Hall, Taipei
Violin Channel livestream: Sun, Aug 9 at 2:30pm China Standard Time (2:30am EDT)
Violin Channel encore stream: Sun, Aug 9 at 2:30pm EDT

David Chan, Cho-Liang Lin, Philip Setzer and Yu-Chien Tseng, violin
TMAF String Orchestra
Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, Op. 3, No. 10
Elgar: Serenade for strings, Op. 20
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48