Taiwan's award-winning Ka Dao Yin music group will perform at "Taiwanese and Canadian Musicians Series 2018" with Vancouver's all-star band Proliferasian at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre on October 28, at 7:30pm .
Ka Dao Yin is organized by three Taiwanese musicians Shih-Yang Lee (Piano), Li-Chin Li (Sheng, Chinese mouth organ), Chao-Ming Tung (zheng), and a German saxophonist Klaus Bru. The group's music stands on the crossroads of contemporary classical music, Chinese folk music, free improvisation, and jazz. The group's two albums have won prestigious awards in Taiwan. One is "Four Characters" received the 3rd Taiwan Golden Indie Music Award for Best Jazz Album and Best Jazz Track in 2012. The other is "Slow" received the 25th Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Traditional Arts for Best Crossover Album in 2014.
"Taiwanese and Canadian Musicians Series 2018", presented by the Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society in Vancouver, is a ground-breaking international collaboration, crossing east and west. Ka Dao Yin and Proliferasian share many common interests. Both quartets combine jazz and Asian traditional instruments in their lineup. Both have mastered the art of seamlessly switching gears between playing composed music and improvising on the spot. The ensembles have even drawn inspiration from the same folk materials, but have found distinctive directions to develop them into unique works. At this concert, these two bands will perform together for the first time.
With the support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the performance in Vancouver brings the work that combines the improvisation and the traditional eastern music and Taiwanese folk songs into Canada. It will surely attract more music lovers and make more local audience understand Taiwanese culture.
For more information, please visit: https://vancouvercivictheatres.com/events/taiwanese-and-canadian-musicians-series-oct-28-2018/.
