The "Night of Taiwan and Croatia" concert will be staged in Tainan and Kaohsiung on the 12th and 13th respectively. The 16-year-old Croatian Symphony Orchestra violin soloist Xiao Daoyuan (first left) will perform with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra musician Lin Rongde (1st from right) and other wonderful songs; 2nd from left is former President Chen Shui-bian.

(The picture is taken from Chen Shuibian's new Yongge story)

[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] The "Night of Taiwan and Croatia" concert will be staged in Tainan and Kaohsiung on the 12th and 13th respectively. Xiao Daoyuan, a talented violin soloist of the Croatian Symphony Orchestra, is only 16 years old. The symphony orchestra will play the works of Lin Rongde and Croatian national treasures. In April, the Croatian National Symphony Orchestra will hold the "Taiwan Night" concert for the first time and broadcast it to the whole of Europe, allowing Taiwan's main culture to go out to the world.

Lin Rongde, who plays the role of "Music Diplomacy Promoter", said that this Taiwan-Croatia music exchange, the two concerts held in Taiwan will be fully produced and broadcast by the Croatian National Symphony Orchestra and the TV broadcasting network team. On April 27, the Croatian The "Taiwan Night" concert will be held at the Lisinski National Performing Arts Hall in West Asia. The Croatian National Symphony Orchestra will perform its works, the White Stag Concerto and a selection from the great poet's opera. This is also the first time that the Croatian National Symphony Orchestra will perform Taiwanese folk compositions. The main culture leaps onto the international stage.

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Lin Rongde is known as the "Taiwan Children's Music Enlightenment Master". In order to pursue the promotion of Taiwan's cultural subject status, he has exhausted his entire life and lost his family wealth.

87-year-old Lin Rongde said that after more than 20 years of "wandering on the streets", he honed his mind and immersed himself in opera creation. Fortunately, relatives, friends, students, social enterprises, and the Nanshi Cultural Bureau gave him warm support, allowing him to regain his life. The greatest contribution to Taiwanese culture.

Xiao Daoyuan's musical journey was also quite difficult. In order to fulfill his musical dream and provide more abundant learning resources, his family originally moved to Vienna. However, the burden of living abroad was heavy. Settle down in Croatia.

Lin Rongde said that he helped Xiao Daoyuan because of his musical connection, and the Xiao family got through the difficulties with the help of relatives and friends in China, including former President Chen Shui-bian, who also helped the Xiao family return to Taiwan after learning about it, and successfully facilitated this concert.

The concert will feature works by Lin Rongde and Croatian composers performed by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, the world premiere of Lin Rongde's three major opera concertos, and Andelko Kripan, a top musician from the Croatian National Symphony Orchestra, will perform in Taiwan.

Xiao Daoyuan has rich experience in international competitions and performances. He has been the violinist of the Croatian National Symphony Orchestra since he was young. He will move everyone with his beautiful piano sound.

"Night of Taiwan and Croatia" will be held in Tainan at 7:30 p.m. on February 12 at the Tainan Cultural Center, and in Kaohsiung at 7 p.m. on February 13 at Weiwuying Concert Hall in Kaohsiung.

87-year-old musician Lin Rong-de promotes music exchanges between Taiwan and Croatia, hoping to make the greatest contribution to Taiwan's main culture going out of the world.

(Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)