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EDINBURGH SUMMER FESTIVALS:
TAIWAN PAVILION 2014
TAIWAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PERFORMANCE GROUP
@ EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
Date: 11 August - 16 August, 2014
Location: theSpace@Symposium Hall, Hill Square, Off Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW, Scotland
Price: TBA
Amis Liyar Percussion Group, the percussion group from Amis tribe in Taiwan has made a major impact on international percussion music again and again through Taiwan indigenous people’s unique bamboo bell, Jew’s harp and nose flute, which gives the audience unique encounter from western percussion. Along with O-Kai Singers, A Cappella from Atayal tribe, adapting indigenous traditional melody to music performance of modern and moving harmony. A mash-up of indigenous traditional melody and jazz music makes not only a light-hearted rhyme but a dream journey of beautiful Taiwan.
 O-kai SingersO-kai Singers, winning in the category of “Best Jazz Album” for Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs) in U.S.A. and awarded “Ten Best Albums of 2012” by Chinese Musicians’ Association in Taiwan. O-kai Singers’ exquisite and relaxed performance makes the audience enjoy pure and fresh harmony of A cappella. It also brings the best essentials of Taiwan indigenous traditional melody, Chinese and English songs with a great mash-up of indigenous peoples’ rhyme, pop music and jazz. |  AMIS Liyar Percussion GroupAMIS Liyar Percussion & AMIS Kakeng Musical Group is the most high-profiled indigenous peoples’ symphony in Taiwan. Its 5-year experience of visiting tribes to search for the traditional making methods of Amis music instruments and distinguish feature of the intonation, makes precise reproduction of Amis bamboo instruments and lost melody from ancient tribes. Playing long with an orchestra, its performance has diverse and imaginative effect on western music lately. |
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