Liu I-Chun wrote:

>I'm planning to go on a vacation from March 27 to April 4 - am deciding
>between Tokyo & Taipei.  I'd like to find out whether there are any
>websites I can access to check the concert schedules in these 2 cities.
>Thanks in advance for your help.

I live in Taipei.  I only have the concert schedules up to the end of
March.  Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any significant concerts
from March 27-31.

In the National Concert Hall:
27 & 28: Themes from movies (Keith Lockhart & the National Symphony Orchestra)
29: National Chung-shan University's orchestra and chorus

In the Recital Hall:
27: cello recital
28: Yau-tai Huang and his works
29: clarinet recital
30: another clarinet recital
31: piano recital

(If interested in any, I can give you more information.)

I guess the highlight of this period is the Russian Festival Ballet.  They
will perform A Midsummer Night's Dream, with music by Mendelssohn, on the
27th (afternoon and evening), and Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty, on the
28th (also two shows).  Performances will be in the National Theatre.

If you could come a bit earlier:
20: Evelyn Glennie percussion recital
21: Mischa Maisky cello recital

Or even earlier:
8: Yo-yo Ma cello recital (Bach partitas 1-3)
14: Akiko Suwanai violin recital

This is actually quite a month for CM lovers in Taipei.

Gilbert Chang