Evergreen Symphony Orchestra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Symphony_Orchestra
The Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (ESO; Chinese: 長榮交響樂團; pinyin: Chángróng Jiāoxiǎng Yuètuán) is a Taiwanese orchestra founded by Chang Yung-Fa Foundation of Evergreen Group in 2001. The orchestra is featured by bringing up talented Taiwanese players and promoting Taiwanese folk music. Two of the many performances of ESO is on EVA Air's boarding, approach, and disembarkation background music, accompanying the shots of Taiwan on the PTV's and overhead screens during boarding. On final approach, the music is accompanied by "no cellulars", "no smoking", live plane map, and current plane information and departure and destination information, including estimated time of arrival on the screens. During disembarkation, the music is accompanied by "We Look Forward To Serve You Again" message, no smoking, no cellulars, and real-time information display on screens.
In April 2001, the Chang Yung-Fa Foundation invited a number of Chinese musicians and well-known international arts consultants to help form a 20-person Evergreen Orchestra, which was soon expanded to a 70-person symphony orchestra in 2002. Lim Kek-tjiang, a renowned Chinese-Indonesian violinist and conductor, was invited to be the first music director and chief conductor. In July 2004, 36-year-old Wang Ya-hui, the then music director of Akron Symphony Orchestra and a former recipient of an Evergreen Music Scholarship, took over at the position and became the first woman to head a symphony orchestra in Taiwan.
ESO has held regular concerts since October 2002 and performs local Taiwanese folk songs and ballads in the form of symphonic music in addition to famous classical works at each concert. Since September 2004, they began tours abroad, include public performances at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, Beethoven Music Festival in Tokyo, Japan, and a successful tour to Beijing and Shanghai, China.
In addition to performing, ESO also aims for education. In March 2005, they organized an international musical education event and invited the internationally renowned violinist Zakhar Bron to Taiwan to share and teach his skills to local students
2015-07-07 The Sound of Taiwan 2015 Evergreen Symphony Orchestra Australian Debut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STPJaGFtbAA
Evergreen Symphony Orchestra on Rossini's William Tell Overture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIHzsIroX48
Graffiti Classics in Taiwan with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8juTvLgQ_c
Evergreen Symphony on Sabre Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfLMyQHB1RA
Ya-Hui Wang 王
https://tw.linkedin.com/in/yahuiwang
Associate Professor (Music Department) Taiwan Performing Arts
Over twenty years on the world’s stage as a conductor and performer, with proven leadership and management experience in the symphony orchestra and academic field. Expertise in brand awareness, fund-raising, networking, strategic and financial planning, improving or turning around unprofitable and poor quality programs. An energetic leader who has worked and collaborated with world class orchestras around the globe with a drive for results and efficiency, and the ability to lead and motivate all stakeholders: board, management and team of musicians to high performance.
Class of 2002 Crain’s Cleveland Business “Forty Under 40” Leader. Speaker at several international conferences, Rotary and Lion Clubs International.
Educated in Singapore and USA, bilingual in English and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Adaptable to both Eastern and Western cultures.
Specialties: • Excellent leadership and people skills with passion to mentor and develop professionals.
• Significant experience with developing strategies to enhance brand awareness, budget management, strategic planning and one-on-one fund-raising.