Text by MOOK Travel Life Net / Chen Guanxin, compiled and reported
The world-renowned conductor maestro Zubin Mehta will lead the Israel Philharmonic on a visit to Taiwan on January 3, 2013, performing at the Taipei National Concert Hall, where Phalaenopsis orchids bloom with elegant grace, for the 2013 New Year’s Concert, featuring lively dance pieces by the Strauss family. This is the first New Year’s Concert in Taiwan to be performed by an international maestro conducting a top-tier world orchestra. On the day of the concert, a live broadcast will also be held simultaneously at the circular plaza of the Kaohsiung Cultural Center, with free ticket collection starting now at nine locations including the Kaohsiung Cultural Center and the Dadong Arts and Cultural Center.
The New Year’s Concert on January 3, 2013, at the Taipei National Concert Hall will also be broadcast simultaneously in Kaohsiung, with free tickets available for the public starting now. (Image provided by Mook Editorial Department)
For this 2013 New Year’s Concert, conductor maestro Zubin Mehta, who has conducted the Vienna New Year’s Concert four times, will perform classic pieces at the Taipei National Concert Hall such as “Voices of Spring,” “Roses from the South,” and “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II, and the concert will be exclusively simulcast live at the circular plaza of the Kaohsiung Cultural Center. The broadcast will start at 19:45 on January 3, 2013, with doors opening for ticket holders at 18:45 that evening. Ticket collection runs from now until January 3, 2013, with collection points including the Kaohsiung Cultural Center, Dadong Arts and Cultural Center, Kaohsiung Social Education Center, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Gangshan Cultural Center, Kaohsiung MRT Nangangshan Station, as well as three branches of the Kaohsiung Public Library: Sanmin, Yangming, and Zuoxin. Ticket collection hours are from 09:30 to 17:30 daily, with a limit of two tickets per person.
The tradition of the New Year’s Concert dates back to December 31, 1847, when on an outdoor stage in the suburbs of Vienna, the patriarch of the Strauss family, Johann Strauss I, conducted his self-formed touring orchestra while playing the violin and swaying the violin’s scroll. The concert continued until the stroke of midnight, after which a series of waltzes and polkas filled the air, prompting attendees to dance along to the music. The festive musical celebration lasted until dawn. This tradition has since evolved into a universal celebration transcending national and ethnic boundaries, with orchestras across Europe and America holding distinctive New Year’s Concerts every year.
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