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Kaohsiung Ready for World Games Main Stadium Inauguration Concert
Wednesday May 20, 08:12 PM
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and the Vienna State Opera
Chorus have arrived in Kaohsiung and are preparing for Wednesday's
concert to celebrate the opening of the 2009 World Games main stadium.
Four soloists from four different countries -- Colombian tenor Cesar
Gutierrez, American bass-barione Gregg Baker, German soprano Susanne
Bernhard, and Taiwanese mezzo-soprano Jo-pei Weng -- will perform with
the PSO and Vienna chorus, according to Shih Jhe, director-general of
the Kaohsiung City government's Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
The concert marks the first time in 20 years that the PSO, one of the
top five orchestras in the United States and comprised of world-renowned
conductors and soloists, has performed in Taiwan, Shih said at a news
conference Monday.
The PSO will be conducted by Manfred Honeck, the music director of the
ensemble, who said the concert will bring together world-class musicians
from Australia, Asia, and America.
Wednesday's concert will include Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and
Beethoven's Seventh Symphony to symbolize victory and glory, Honeck
said, and will end with Beethoven's Ode to Joy sung by the four soloists
and choruses to symbolize peace and unity throughout the world.
Chorus conductor Martin Schebesta also said he felt honored to have been
invited and is looking forward to perform at the concert to deliver an
important message: we are the world.
Aside from the two ensembles, the main stadium inauguration concert will
include a series of performances by 200 vocalists from local choirs in
Kaohsiung and Taipei, including the National Experimental Chorus,
National Sun Yat-sen University Chorus, and Kaohsiung Medical University
Singers, according to Shih.
The concert is expected to draw more than 40,000 spectators and catapult
the stadium into the world's spotlight, Shih said.
In preparation for the anticipated large crowds, traffic controls will
be imposed around the venue, and no parking lots will be open in areas
near the stadium, Shih noted. He encouraged would be concert-goers to
use public transportation.
Further information is available on the World Games Organizing Committee
Foundation Web site: http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/cht/index.php.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5969623&lang=en
Contact:World Games Organizing Committee FoundationRobert Huang,
+886-980206370 (mobile)robert@worldgames2009.tw
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