TMAF News

Violinist David Chan Named New Artistic Director of TMAF Violinist David Chan Named New Artistic Director of TMAF. The Taipei Music Academy & Festival (TMAF) announced today that internationally renowned violinist David Chan will assume the position of Artistic Director in 2025 for a three-year term. A graduate of Harvard University and the Juilliard School, Mr. ...

We regret to announce that our horn faculty, Mr. Philip Myers, has withdrawn from TMAF due to family reasons. We are delighted and grateful that both Mr. Lin Jiang and Ms. Katy Woolley have agreed to step in as our new horn faculty. Mr. Jiang is the Principal Horn of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. ...

We are honored to have Ms. Jelena Dirks join the oboe faculty. Ms. Dirks currently serves as the Principal Oboist of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Known for her “luminous solos” (Chicago Classical Review), she is a highly praised teacher, performer and chamber musician. We warmly welcome Ms. Dirks to 2024 TMAF. For more information ...

TMAF welcomes Joel Smirnoff to TMAF 2023 as faculty! TMAF’s former Artistic Director, Cho-Liang Lin, will not be participating in all activities for TMAF 2023. We are delighted and grateful that Joel Smirnoff has agreed to step in as our new violin faculty. Smirnoff has performed on four continents over 23 years as a member of ...

TMAF will take place the San Francisco Conservatory of Music （SFCM） Last year, when concert halls around the world faced indefinite closure as the pandemic swept across the globe, Taiwan was a fortress of health and safety. It offered perhaps the safest music sanctuary in the world. Concerts took place and musicians played to packed houses. ...