【TSO】劉孟捷的音樂工程－阿帕拉契的原始野性

Meng-Chieh Liu, a musician who devotes his life to performing.
His legend began when he performed in the Carnegie Hall in New York at the age of 15 and he stunned the audience in the United States when he substituted for classical pianist Andre Watts at 21 and was soon invited to teach at the top American conservatory, the Curtis Institute of Music, where he became not only the youngest faculty member but the first one from Taiwan.
At the peak of his career at 25, he gradually lost his abilities to perform suffering from an autoimmune disease which led to muscular atrophy and stiff limbs. It was practically a death sentence for his musical career when the doctor declared: "You can never play piano anymore."
Accompanied by his family, he had surgery, he took medications as well as receiving physical therapies and practicing to gradually reclaim the performing skills he lost to the disease and overcame countless setbacks with an iron will. He exceeded his own limits to accomplish the impossible.
After this tribulation, Meng-Chieh Liu has come to realize that the most powerful force that has sustained him to get back on the stage comes from his heart. He demonstrates superb piano technique with a more profound experience in life. This time Meng-Chieh Liu will pay tribute to American composer Samuel Barber at the 100th anniversary of his birth with Piano Concerto and also perform the works by Aaron Copland and John Harbison to share the American spirits with fans of classical music.
TSO invites you to witness Meng-Chieh Liu's labor of love for music.