Yep today I went to watch My Tan Shu's Concert at Shanton Way Conference Hall.
He always impress me with his hilarious jokes. After he got married, he moved to Taiwan to stay with his wife and now he has a maybe 8 to 9 years old boy. My Tan Shu's name called Guo Jin Cai and he was born in 1966 in Singapore and plays the Saxophone, Suona, Guanzi and Oboe.
As a child, he learned percussion instruments in Chinese folk opera from his father and under the influence of his grandfather and father, developed a keen interest in the suona. In his high school years, he began to gain extensive exposure to Chinese folk music.
In 1982, He started learning the suona under Mr.Yang Xiuwei and the Oboe under Mr.Joost Flatch and subsequently obtained ABRSM Grade 8 in oboe performing. He joined Kaohsiung City Chinese Orchestra (KCCO) in 1989, and is currently the wind sectional leader. He is highly experienced in performing, possesses beautiful tonal control, as well as fine technique and interpretation.
Personal History
1983~1989. Actively performed in Singapore. Also performed in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Brunei.
1989: Invited by KCCO as guest soloist in a special concert and joined KCCO in the same year.
1990: Performed as guest soloist with Taipei City Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra.
1991: Toured USA and Canada with KCCO
1992: Held a solo concert in Singapore Conference Hall on invatation from NTUC Chinese Orchestra.
1993: Held a combined suona, erhu and yangqin concert in Singapore.
1993: Performed in Poland, Belarus, Moscow, Latvia and Czech Republic with KCCO.
1994: Staged a suona and dizi combined recital on invitation from NTUC Chinese Orchestra.
1996: Travelled to Beijing to study the Hebei style guanzi performing under renowed guanzi perfomer Mr. Li Guoying.
1997: Performed in Hong Kong and Beijing with KCCO.
1997: Recorded a solo disc with KCCO titles "Hua Mu Lan" under Hugo.
1997: Invited by Taipei City Chinese Orchestra to Perform at the Taipei Presidential Building Concert.
1998: Staged a solo concert at Kaohsiung Chung Cheng Hall.
1999: Toured various cities in China with KCCO.
1999: Recorded a disc featuring Hakka folk songs with Jiao Gong Ensemble which was nominated for four awards at the Golden songs Awards.
1999: Began to study saxophone performing techniques and staged a suona, saxophone and erhu combined concert at Kaohsiung Chung Cheng Hall.
2000: Participated in the first Taipei World Music Festival with the Jiao Gong Ensemble. The earlier recorded Hakka folk songs CD was won the award in the "Non-Pop" category.
2001: Participated in the World Music Festival held in Belgium with Jiao Gong Ensemble and also toured France and Czech Republic.
2001: Composed the suona and guanzi concert "Ethnic Sights of Minong" based on Hakka folk tunes. The work was pemiered by KCCO in Kaohsiung.
2001: Performed in various cities in China with KCCO. "Ethnic Sight of Minong" received critical acclaim in Heilongjiang.
2001: Collaborated with Jiao Gong Ensemble in "Taipei International Song Festival" and a music festival held in Macau.
2002: Recorded a second disc with Jiao Gong Ensemble which received the "Best Pop Ensemble" award at the 13th Golden Song Awards.
2002: Staged a second saxophone and erhu recital in Kaohsiung.
2002: Performed in Switzerland and Italy with KCCO.
2002: Invitd by Hakka Association to perform with Jiao Gong Ensemble in "taiwan Cultural Festival" in Canada.
2003: Invited to perform in Esplanade with Jiao Gong Ensemble in the "Chinese Festival Arts."
From 2003 to now 2007 still have records that never state in the booklet.
Yup! somebody invited him down to Singapore to have the concert at Singapore Conference Hall. He stayed in Taiwan right now with his family. So he invited us as we still need to buy his tickets for $10 each. If i'm not wrong he went to my house just to visit us last week. So my mum fetch him from Seng Kang Mrt to my house. Although I don't get to see him so often, but when he talks to me I still feel quite close when we have our conversation. My mum brought out old photos when there's him in it. It actaully brought back alot of memorise when My uncle and my mum sees the photo together. I use to see his concert when I was a kid. I remembered when I was a kid around 5-7 years old, during his concert I slept at my mum's shoulder. Ahaha! (some of my relatives knew about it and I think my uncle knew about it too.) Shy man >_<"
Quite happy to see him in Singapore again. During his concert, he played few Taiwanese folks songs and he played Kenny G's Dying Young and Titanic with Hsinghai Art Association Chinese Orchestra. He got super long breath. He can blow and walk around the stage without breathing for 1 to 2 minutes. I'm super impress by him that time during the concert. The audience and the Chinese Orchestra team too.
He always impress me with his hilarious jokes. After he got married, he moved to Taiwan to stay with his wife and now he has a maybe 8 to 9 years old boy. My Tan Shu's name called Guo Jin Cai and he was born in 1966 in Singapore and plays the Saxophone, Suona, Guanzi and Oboe.
As a child, he learned percussion instruments in Chinese folk opera from his father and under the influence of his grandfather and father, developed a keen interest in the suona. In his high school years, he began to gain extensive exposure to Chinese folk music.
In 1982, He started learning the suona under Mr.Yang Xiuwei and the Oboe under Mr.Joost Flatch and subsequently obtained ABRSM Grade 8 in oboe performing. He joined Kaohsiung City Chinese Orchestra (KCCO) in 1989, and is currently the wind sectional leader. He is highly experienced in performing, possesses beautiful tonal control, as well as fine technique and interpretation.
Personal History
1983~1989. Actively performed in Singapore. Also performed in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Brunei.
1989: Invited by KCCO as guest soloist in a special concert and joined KCCO in the same year.
1990: Performed as guest soloist with Taipei City Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra.
1991: Toured USA and Canada with KCCO
1992: Held a solo concert in Singapore Conference Hall on invatation from NTUC Chinese Orchestra.
1993: Held a combined suona, erhu and yangqin concert in Singapore.
1993: Performed in Poland, Belarus, Moscow, Latvia and Czech Republic with KCCO.
1994: Staged a suona and dizi combined recital on invitation from NTUC Chinese Orchestra.
1996: Travelled to Beijing to study the Hebei style guanzi performing under renowed guanzi perfomer Mr. Li Guoying.
1997: Performed in Hong Kong and Beijing with KCCO.
1997: Recorded a solo disc with KCCO titles "Hua Mu Lan" under Hugo.
1997: Invited by Taipei City Chinese Orchestra to Perform at the Taipei Presidential Building Concert.
1998: Staged a solo concert at Kaohsiung Chung Cheng Hall.
1999: Toured various cities in China with KCCO.
1999: Recorded a disc featuring Hakka folk songs with Jiao Gong Ensemble which was nominated for four awards at the Golden songs Awards.
1999: Began to study saxophone performing techniques and staged a suona, saxophone and erhu combined concert at Kaohsiung Chung Cheng Hall.
2000: Participated in the first Taipei World Music Festival with the Jiao Gong Ensemble. The earlier recorded Hakka folk songs CD was won the award in the "Non-Pop" category.
2001: Participated in the World Music Festival held in Belgium with Jiao Gong Ensemble and also toured France and Czech Republic.
2001: Composed the suona and guanzi concert "Ethnic Sights of Minong" based on Hakka folk tunes. The work was pemiered by KCCO in Kaohsiung.
2001: Performed in various cities in China with KCCO. "Ethnic Sight of Minong" received critical acclaim in Heilongjiang.
2001: Collaborated with Jiao Gong Ensemble in "Taipei International Song Festival" and a music festival held in Macau.
2002: Recorded a second disc with Jiao Gong Ensemble which received the "Best Pop Ensemble" award at the 13th Golden Song Awards.
2002: Staged a second saxophone and erhu recital in Kaohsiung.
2002: Performed in Switzerland and Italy with KCCO.
2002: Invitd by Hakka Association to perform with Jiao Gong Ensemble in "taiwan Cultural Festival" in Canada.
2003: Invited to perform in Esplanade with Jiao Gong Ensemble in the "Chinese Festival Arts."
From 2003 to now 2007 still have records that never state in the booklet.
Yup! somebody invited him down to Singapore to have the concert at Singapore Conference Hall. He stayed in Taiwan right now with his family. So he invited us as we still need to buy his tickets for $10 each. If i'm not wrong he went to my house just to visit us last week. So my mum fetch him from Seng Kang Mrt to my house. Although I don't get to see him so often, but when he talks to me I still feel quite close when we have our conversation. My mum brought out old photos when there's him in it. It actaully brought back alot of memorise when My uncle and my mum sees the photo together. I use to see his concert when I was a kid. I remembered when I was a kid around 5-7 years old, during his concert I slept at my mum's shoulder. Ahaha! (some of my relatives knew about it and I think my uncle knew about it too.) Shy man >_<"
Quite happy to see him in Singapore again. During his concert, he played few Taiwanese folks songs and he played Kenny G's Dying Young and Titanic with Hsinghai Art Association Chinese Orchestra. He got super long breath. He can blow and walk around the stage without breathing for 1 to 2 minutes. I'm super impress by him that time during the concert. The audience and the Chinese Orchestra team too.
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sorry I only took his side view and his son.We did took family pic but we us my uncle's sister's boyfriend's camera. ;)
2 comments:
hey hello, i was one of the performers in the orchestra when your uncle performed in Singapore that time..i'm also truly impressed by his skills because it was so good, and the music was nice too. (:
was just wondering if you have any of the recordings from the concert? i was looking for it frantically and chanced upon your blog. ((:
please leave a comment at my tagboard, thank you so much! :D
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