Bo-Hung Liu, director

In 2006, the Taipei Philharmonic Foundation began to recruit students from elementary and junior high school in northern Taiwan and established a youth string orchestra. The orchestra rehearsed weekly and held concerts regularly. As all these efforts have received great responses, the foundation decided to expand the string into a chamber orchestra, establishing thus the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Ensemble (TPYE). Since then, the TPYE has held concerts each year, providing a platform for young musicians (aged from 8 to 18) to participate in full orchestra performances and to embrace the pure joy of music learning. In addition to local performances, the TPYE has actively joined the international music scene in order to broaden the vision for its young members. TPYE has participated in several successful international concert tours, including Kanazawa (Japan, 2014, collaboration with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa); Budapest Music Festival (Hungary, 2015), Los Angeles and Disneyland (California, 2016), Munich (Germany, 2018, exchange performance with the ATTACCA Jugendorchester des Bayerischen Staatsorchesters), Conservatorio di Brescia (Italy, 2019), Zurich (Switzerland, 2023, collaboration with Jugend Sinfonieorchester Zürich). In 2023, it was invited to perform at the GSF International Music Festival in Singapore, receiving the festival’s highest honor: the “Most Outstanding Award. In 2024, TPYE performed at the Leipzig Bach Music School in Germany. At TPYE, the goal is for each member to discover their potential, grow through learning, and continue their musical journey with a healthy and positive mindset. This is the second appearance of the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Ensemble at the Lisbon Music Fest, following the great success of their first performance at the festival in 2017.