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TYZEN HSIAO MUSIC WORKS (蕭泰然音樂基金會)

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TYZEN HSIAO MUSIC WORKS (蕭泰然音樂基金會)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: TYZEN HSIAO MUSIC WORKS
  • Chinese: 蕭泰然音樂基金會
  • Era: Contemporary
  • Geography: Taiwanese American community
  • Core roles: Community organization (TAH directory)

Tyzen Hsiao Music Works (蕭泰然音樂基金會) is a foundation dedicated to honoring the legacy of Taiwanese American composer Tyzen Hsiao and preserving and promoting his musical works. Maestro Hsiao trained in Taiwan, Japan, and the United States, developing a unique compositional style that blended international influences with a deep love of Taiwanese folk music. His compositions captured the spirit and resilience of the Taiwanese people and continue to be performed in churches and symphony halls worldwide. The foundation carries forward his memory and artistic legacy, inspiring poets, artists, and musicians across generations.

Role in the Community

  • Directory record in the TAHS corpus: 23. TYZEN HSIAO MUSIC WORKS 蕭泰然音樂基金會 (2015-10-05), which also links the composer page Tyzen Hsiao (蕭泰然).
  • The foundation’s namesake composer was a touchstone of community cultural organizing decades before the foundation existed. The 美東台灣人夏令會 (TAC/EC) staged “A Musical Tribute to Tyzen Hsiao” (台灣人音樂-蕭泰然作品演奏會) in Ithaca, NY on 1995-07-02: 1995 — the program paired his symphonic works with Chiang Wen-yeh (江文也) dances and Taiwanese folk songs, sung by local choirs including the 拾音合唱團.
  • The Akron, Ohio concert of 2016-02-10 (E. J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, ~400 attendees, 王雅蕙 conducting, 林昭亮 violin) performing Hsiao’s D-major Violin Concerto — world-premiered 1992-11-13 in San Diego by 林昭亮 — is remembered in 何康隆’s memoir as a milestone of Taiwanese music overseas (“首次在海外的音樂會上，指揮是台灣人，演奏者是台灣人，作曲者是台灣人”): 2016. 林衡哲, who drove from Michigan to witness it, is described there as the dreamer behind the 1983 essay 「我有一個夢」.
  • Hsiao himself engaged the diaspora directly: his 2016-08 open letter to fellow Taiwanese in Minnesota, with 蔡友仁’s reply, is preserved at 456. 蕭泰然給所思念的明州同鄉的一封信 + 蔡友仁先生的回信.
  • Media legacy records: TV documentary portrait 【台灣演義】台灣音樂家 蕭泰然傳 (2015-03-01) — 112 Tyzen Hsiao History 台灣演義 蕭泰然傳; and the 2018 美國蕭泰然音樂節 final stage rehearsal — 152. 2018美國蕭泰然音樂節舞台現場最後彩排 — evidence the music-festival activities the foundation carries forward.
  • Discography in the corpus: 649. 台灣人的詩篇—蕭泰然作品專輯, 許丕龍, 1987-06 (tape) and 524. 蕭泰然獨唱作品專輯一, 2000-09 (CD), plus bibliographic profile Famous composer.
  • Memorial activity after the composer’s passing: 惜台社 (Love Taiwan Society) held a Dr. Tyzen Hsiao Memorial Concert in San Marino, CA on 2015-05-16 — 2015.
  • The foundation’s own concert record: “Tyzen Hsiao Music Without Border Concert by Tyzen Hsiao Music Works”, Los Angeles, 2015-10-03 — 2015 — the clearest corpus attestation of the foundation itself as a concert presenter. The 2018 蕭泰然音樂節 in Los Angeles is additionally covered by news video — 2018 — and the island-side memorial concert 【樂見臺灣】by 國立臺灣交響樂團 (San Jose, 2018-08-04) shows the works’ continued concert life — 2018.
  • Portrait & memorial holdings: 張肇烜’s profile「鋼琴詩人蕭泰然：讓世界聽到台灣 用生命譜寫對台灣之愛」(2017-09) — 583. 鋼琴詩人蕭泰然; the 2015-02 photo album「蕭泰然生命的禮讚」— 58. In memory of Mr. Tyzen Hsiao; encyclopedia profile — 157. Tyzen Hsiao 蕭泰然; directory bios — 23. Tyzen Hsiao 蕭泰然 and Symphonist, 2015-02.
  • Folk-concert memory: 紐澤西中部 拾音合唱團’s ticketed 台灣曲之夜 (Formosan Melodies), Princeton Univ. Richardson Auditorium 11/25/1995, programmed Hsiao’s symphonic works to sell-out — Our Journeys 327.
  • The composer’s own community organizing predates the foundation: 蕭泰然 is listed among the advisors of the 台美公民協會籌備委員會 (TACL prep committee) in 台灣公論報 369, 1985-04-15 — Our Journeys 186 台美公民協會簡介.
  • HOLD: TAH lists a second organization, Tyzen Hsiao Foundation; not merged pending owner confirmation of whether both entities coexist.

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