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YEARSEVENT
TSO Events
1969Official Establishment of Taipei Symphony Orchestra
1969.05Chang-Kuo Teng assumed his post as director,
1973.10Tun-Chu Chen succeeded as the second general director
1979Taipei Symphony Orchestra organized the first Taipei Music Festival
1979.09Leoncavallo Pagliacci (also known as Clowns)
1979.12Mozart Die Zauberflöte
1980.09Verdi La traviata
1981.09Gounod Faust
1982.08Bizet Carmen
1983.12Puccini Turandot
1984.12Puccini La Bohème
1985.06Taipei Symphony Orchestra’s first performance abroad to Singapore
1986.01Felix Chen took over as the general director
1987.04Verdi Rigoletto
1988Held International Violin Competition
1988.01Verdi Aida
1988.12Puccini Tosca
1989.09Verdi La traviata
1990.01Verdi Il trovatore
1990.03Performed abroad to the Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong
1991Held International Violin Competition
1991.01Puccini Madama Butterfly
1991.02Invited by the City of Phoenix City Government to perform for the opening of their International Arts Festival
1991.12Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana
1992.09Verdi Otello
1993.02Performed in the “Chinese and Ryukyu cultural exchange charity concert” in Ryukyu
1993.04Establishment of Affiliated Chorus
1993.09Invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to go on a tour in Russia
1993.11First performance in Mainland China, touring in Beijing and Shanghai
1994Held International Violin Competition
1994.01Bizet Carmen
1994.12Puccini Turandot
1995.10Invited to perform in Europe and gave performances in Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris and Angoulême in France
1995.12Verdi Aida
1997.01Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer
1998.01Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice
1998.03Performed in Mainland China, touring in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
1999.12Verdi La traviata
2000.05Puccini Turandot
2000.06Verdi Rigoletto
2000.09First Attempt at Multimedia Opera, Tan Dun The Gate
Puccini La Bohème
2000.10-2000.11Performed abroad to Spain
2001.07Performed abroad to Austria
2001.09Puccini Madama Butterfly
2002.03Establishment of Affiliated Wind Orchestra
2002.04Puccini Madama Butterfly
2002.10Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana
2003.10Richard Strauss Salome
2004.02Chia-Chu Hsu took over as the general director
2004.09Leoncavallo Clowns
2005.08-2006.12commissioned Hungarian conductor András Ligeti as music director
2005.09Verdi La traviata
2006.08Moart Don Giovanni
2006.12Mozart Die Zauberflöte
2007.08Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel
2008.01Performed in Beijing
2008.04-2008.09invited Germany conductor Martin Fischer-Dieskau to serve as the designate music director
2008.09Puccini Gianni Schicchi
2009.05-2009.06Performed abroad to Saarbrücken, Verdun and Echternach
2009.10Puccini Manon Lescaut
2009.12Wei-Ming Hwang took over as the general director
2010.06Performed abroad to Shanghai and Suzhou
2010.09Verdi Rigoletto
2011.10Verdi Aida
2011.11perform for Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion in the Philippines
2012.04Performed for LA FOLLE JOURNÉE au JAPON
2012.09Leoncavallo Clowns
Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana
2012.12Hui-Fen Lin, deputy commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs took over as the general director
2013.05Hungarian conductor Gilbert Varga took over the position of the principal conductor
2013.10Mozart La clemenza di Tito
2014.11Performed abroad to Yokohama and Sapporo
2014.12De-Jian Liu, chief secretary of the Department took over the position of the acting director
2014.12Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos
2015.06Performed at Les Flânerie Musicale
2015.11Tchaikovsky Yevgény Onégin
2016.03Shu-Si Chen took over as the general director
2016.10Performed for 18th China Shanhai International Arts Festival
2016.12Carl Orff Die Kluge
2017.03De-Jian Liu, chief secretary of the Department took over the position of the acting director
2017.08Carl Orff Der Mond
2017.11Performed abroad to Cupertino and San Diego
2018.02Kang-Kuo Ho took over as the general director
2021.02CHENG Li-Pin, General director of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra took over the position of acting director
2021.04Sung Wei-te took over as the general director
2022.07PEY-YU KUO took over as the Acting Director
2022.10Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
2023.01Conductor Eliahu Inbal took over the position of the Conductor Laureate