– W ell, that’s not so hard, Thomas Caplin replied. My wife, also a singer, attended the concert and said the conductor was great in getting the best out of each singer. One of their songs was in Paiwanese, one of the languages of the Polynesian indigenous people of Taiwan.
The trip went to Taiwan (Taipei and Tainan) and Korea. In 2016 he took his youth choir on an Asia tour with about 24 choir members, the board and some parents. He is also a leader of and a singing member of the vocal group Nordic Blue. In July, he will together with more than 300 choirs participate in World Choir Games in South Africa with Defrost Youth Choir.Īfter his trip to Taiwan in 2012, he started taking lessons in Mandarin Chinese by a Taiwanese teacher. Here is a sound record from the festival in 2012: and recordings from 2017:, He is Professor at Hedmark University College and specializes in the cross field between classical and rhythmical singing and conducting, winning numerous international choir competitions with different vocal groups and choirs. In 20, Thomas Caplin from Hamar, Norway, was invited as renowned international musician to joint. It is for children and students to learn Taiwanese songs and also music from different countries. The choir´s dedication is enriching Taiwanese songs, but also exploring diverse music styles as Knut Nystedt’s songs “Peace I Leave with You” and “The Lamentations of Jeremiah”.įor 12 years, Formosa Singers has organized a choir camp called Taiwan Youth Choir Festival. Formosa means beautiful and is the name Portuguese sailors gave the island in 1542 and made it known in the western world.
Photo credit Formosa Singers.įormosa Singers, founded in 1994 by Julian Ching-Chun Su, has become one of the best choir groups in Taiwan.
Formosa Singers in Taipei National Concert Hall with conductor Thomas Caplin.
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