The Pittsburgh Taiwanese Association will bring Impression of Taiwan: TenDrum Art Percussion 十鼓擊樂團 to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh Taiwan Night on May 22, part of 2024 Taiwanese American Heritage Week. The evening consists of opening remarks, an awards ceremony, a performance by local musicians, and a musical event by TenDrum Art Percussion 十鼓擊樂團. The evening starts at 6:30 pm at the Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center in the North Hills (map). Tickets are available online.
Please join us for an evening of performance that will impress you on the beauty of Taiwan through spectacular drumming music that conveys the history, scenery, and culture of this island country!
//Program Introduction//
IMPRESSION OF TAIWAN shows the scenery of Taiwanese and indigenous people ,the scenery of the countryside, humanities, mountains and rivers. "Take person as a teacher, take everything as a teacher, and take heaven and earth as a teacher", it is the three life mentor that anyone must learn as they grow up. "Living in peace with nature" is the core belief of Ten Drums.
//About Ten Drum Art Percussion Group (Tainan, Taiwan)//
For thousands of years, Taiwan, known as “Formosa,” the island of the sea, has nurtured rich natural resources and a diverse cultural scene. The “Ten Drum” group, composed of enthusiasts of percussion arts, actively gathers Taiwan and world drum music cultures, refining exquisite percussion art.
The “Ten Drum Art Percussion Group” was founded in the spring of 2000. The mission of the group is to pass on and create Taiwan’s regionalized culture and promote the inheritance of percussion art. The character “十” (ten) symbolizes overlapping drumsticks, gathering energy from all directions to unite and consolidate strength.
Over the years, the music creations of the group have been well-loved by audiences. Utilizing local themes, landscapes, and elements of diverse ethnic percussion, they have enriched the traditional appearance of percussion art and amazed the public with the diversity and excitement of drums.
“Ten Drum” connects the unique characteristics and styles of urban operations through the power of culture. In 2007, the “Ten Drum Culture Village” was established in Rende Township, Tainan County, aiming to further the development of an “Asian Drum Music Exchange Platform.” The group hopes to awaken national attention to traditional drumming, aiming to create a vibrant, diverse, indigenous, and forward-thinking drumming culture in Taiwan, and ultimately make Taiwan a famous “Island of Drumming” in the world.
Event Presented by Pittsburgh Taiwanese Association
Sponsored by Overseas Community Affairs Council of TAIWAN in New York
//演出概念//
“臺灣印記”展現臺灣常住民及原民鄉野人文山川的景色，「以人為師、以萬物為師、以天地為師」是任何人成長過程中必學習的三個人生導師，「與自然和平共生」更是十鼓核心的信念。
//十鼓擊樂團介紹 (台灣台南）//
十鼓擊樂團獲海內外金曲獎、葛萊美獎、美國獨立獎三項大獎提名
千百年來《福爾摩沙》海洋之島，孕育了豐富的天然資源及多元的人文藝術，而“十鼓”這群熱愛鼓術工作者，也積極在匯聚台灣及世界鼓樂文化，粹鍊出精緻的擊樂藝術。
「十鼓擊樂團」成立於2000年春天，『傳創台灣本土文化，發揚鼓樂藝術薪傳』是樂團最大發展目標。而「十」字代表著鼓棒交疊，匯集十方的能量，共同凝聚團結的力量。多年來，樂團傳創的音樂作品深受觀眾的喜愛，以在地的題材、風景、多樣化民族擊樂的元素，豐富了傳統擊樂原有面貌，更令社會大眾驚豔原來『鼓』是如此的多元及精彩！此外，十鼓擊樂團亦秉持：傳創本土擊樂、普及全民鼓術、落實人本教育、開啟多元智慧、推動特教啟蒙，廣納世界文化、為推廣鼓樂藝術之宗旨目標。由於台灣長期以來淪為殖民地，沒有真正屬於自己的鼓術，外來的鼓樂很多，但都只是一昧的模仿，缺乏獨特的精神。團長有感於台灣千百年來的鼓術，一直都沒有自己的根，所以，一心想打造一套真正屬於台灣的鼓術音樂，因為，沒有共同對台灣文化的珍惜，就沒有共同的未來，因此，十鼓大部份的創作作品，是以台灣的歷史、風景、人文為創作題材，讓台灣這個島嶼，能夠因鼓術文化而永恆。
「十鼓」以文化的力量串連起城市運轉的特色及風格，2007年於台南縣仁德鄉成立「十鼓文化村」，更進一步朝打造『亞洲鼓樂交流平台』的文化發展目標努力，堅持以傳創本土擊樂藝術為定位，期望藉此喚起國人對傳統鼓樂的重視，企圖為台灣開創出一個熱鬧、多元兼具本土，且具有前瞻性的鼓術文化風格，更期望能使台灣在世界上成為著名的【鼓樂之島】。