Su-Han Yang, Karen Gomyo & NSO
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PROGRAM
Ting-Jui Ko: Time's Vortex (One-minute Symphony Project, world premiere) *This project is cooperated by TSMC, NSO, and TNUA
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World
INFO
This concert brings together some of today's most prominent musicians, featuring Su-Han Yang, former Associate Conductor of the Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO) and Assistant Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, alongside the internationally renowned violinist Karen Gomyo. Together, they join the Taiwan Philharmonic to present significant masterpieces spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.
Karen Gomyo, born in Tokyo and raised in Montreal and New York, is celebrated for her warm, nuanced playing style. The Chicago Tribune has hailed her as "a first-rate artist." Gomyo has performed in major concert halls around the world, collaborating with top orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic (under the baton of Dudamel), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Spanish National Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
The first half of the program features Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, followed by the world premiere of Time's Vortex, a work by composer Ting-Jui Ko, commissioned by the One-minute Symphony Project. In the second half, Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" will be enhanced by cutting-edge AI technology and the creative works of elderly artists, blending music and imagery in a cross-disciplinary artistic experience that creates a multi-dimensional space.
【A Pre-concert Talk will be held before the performance.】
Lecturer: Conrad Hsing
Time: 2025/10/19 Sun. 19:00-19:20
Venue: The National Concert Hall 1F Lobby
ARTISTS
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Su-Han Yang, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
Yi-Sheng Wang, visual director
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conductor／Su-Han Yang
Born and raised in Taiwan, now based in Germany, Su-Han Yang is currently the Associate Conductor of the Oregon Symphony and previously held the same role at the Taiwan Philharmonic and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Yang was awarded the First Prize in the 10th International Grzegorz
Fitelberg Competition for Conductors in 2017. As guest conductor, Yang has collaborated with the Silesian Philharmonic, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Brandenburger Symphoniker, and many others. He has been regularly conducting the Camerata Taiwan since 2016, and went on a concert tour of Germany in 2022, later released the album "Beyond Boundaries" on major music streaming platforms in 2023.
Yang led the Weiwuying Contemporary Music Ensemble to perform at the Tongyeong International Music Festival in 2025. He conducted the opening concert of the 2024 Taipei International Choral Festival. In 2022, Yang conducted Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel" at the National Taichung Theater. His appearance at music festival includes the Taiwan International Festival of Arts, the Weiwuying International Music Festival, the Classica Nova in Gdynia, the Festival of Polish Music in Kraków, the Taipei International New Music Festival, and the Asian Composers League Conference and Festival.
Yang was one of the two conductors selected for the Peter Eötvös Foundation Mentoring Program in 2018. In 2017 he was invited to work with Jun Märkl at the Pacific Music Festival. He was one of the chosen conductors to study with Riccardo Muti on the production of Verdi's "Falstaff" at the Italian Opera Academy in 2015. Yang graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, the National Taiwan Normal University, and the Tunghai University, where he studied conducting with Prof. Christian Ehwald, Prof. Hans-Dieter Baum, Prof. Apo Ching-Hsin Hsu, and Prof. Annie Chung.
violin／Karen Gomyo
Karen Gomyo, "a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity" (The Chicago Tribune), possesses a rare ability to captivate and connect intimately with audiences through her deeply emotional and heartfelt performances.
Following a highly successful 2024/25 season which included debuts with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Orchestra RAI Torino, and the Helsinki, Oslo, and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as returns to the Baltimore, Indianapolis, Montreal, Toronto, Sydney, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, Karen’s 2025/26 season will bring more highly anticipated appearances. She returns to the New York Philharmonic, the New World Symphony, the Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO), Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Residentie Orkest in The Hague, and the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. She will also make debuts with the SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Malaysian Philharmonic, and the Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra.
Other recent highlights include debuts with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Semyon Bychkov, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra with Jakub Hrůša, and the Czech Philharmonic, as well as returns to the Dallas Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
As a passionate chamber musician, Karen has performed with artists such as Leif Ove Andsnes, James Ehnes, the late Heinrich Schiff, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, and guitarist Ismo Eskelinen, with whom she recorded the duo album Carnival on BIS Records. She is also a champion of the nuevo tango music of Astor Piazzolla, having collaborated with Piazzolla’s longtime pianist and tango legend Pablo Ziegler, and released A Piazzolla Trilogy (BIS Records), recorded with the Strings of Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and guitarist Stephanie Jones in 2019.
Born in Tokyo, Karen began her musical career in Montréal and New York. She studied under the legendary pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School before continuing her studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the New England Conservatory with Mauricio Fuks and Donald Weilerstein, respectively. She also studied privately for a formative period in Vienna with Heinrich Schiff.