著名台灣創作人陳明章於2015 TEDxTaipei Big Bang現場演奏其創作曲〈憾山河〉和〈追追追〉
Mingchang Chen is a renowned guitar and Yueqin (traditional Chinese string instrument) player, composer, producer, and folk singer. He has written numerous soundtrack scores for acclaimed movies such as “The Puppetmaster” (1993) and “March of Happiness” (1999), and have composed popular folks songs like “Drift to Tamsui” (1997) that earned him a Golden Melody Award in Best Composer category.
Chen Mingchang’s musical expression is deeply rooted in his feelings towards his homeland, Taiwan and the cultural givings of this land. He skillfully assimilates the singing styles and melodies of “nanguan” and “beiguan”, the spoken narration and nuance of the Taiwanese folk opera and traditional Taiwanese glove puppetry, and the chords of traditional folk music, altogether creating a new form of music onto modern song structures. It is perhaps inadequate to classify Chen’s musical style simply as “New Taiwanese Song” or “modern Taiwanese music”, rather, its an entirely new music genre.
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