2020/5/29 19:00

“Let’s have a wonderful encounter between coffee and jazz music!”

Have you noticed that in a café with both atmosphere and quality, classic jazz music is often played?

Just like a cup of aromatic coffee, an exciting jazz piece is crafted by baristas and jazz musicians who uniquely present the stories of coffee and music to you. At Debussy, through a live jazz performance combined with coffee tasting, two experts will guide you to “listen” to coffee and “drink” music.

• Barista: Jiang Zhijie (Ake)

• Trumpet: Wei Guanghao

• Piano: Xu Yuying

• Double Bass: Yamada Yohei

Advance tickets: 850 TWD (includes coffee)

2020/03/20 19:00

Due to popular demand, the jazz lecture concert is finally here! In 2020, we have created a brand new jazz series that combines “Red Wine • Coffee • Travel” lectures, starting from taste, smell, and memory to experience different facets of life. We invite professionals from the fields of red wine, travel, and coffee to join musicians in illustrating how closely our senses are connected to music.

The first session, “Rich. Jazz,” will use red wine as a map and music as a guide, leading the audience to listen to the world's landscapes, savor the magic of time's transformation, and feel the bittersweetness of human emotions. Behind jazz and red wine lies endless madness and experience, making it a beautiful and carefree encounter.

• Wine Taster: Deng Yuanhao

• Trumpet: Wei Guanghao

Advance tickets: 1000 TWD (includes wine)

12/21/2019 19:00

Jazz is truly everywhere! In elevators, department stores, and cafes, jazz serves as background music, but this background music has a lot of “stories” behind it!

Not only that, but the jazz music featured in movies and cartoons is countless. Furthermore, the Christmas classics that each of us can hum have hundreds of different jazz versions. Let us help you revisit those melodies that have been buried in your heart for so long—because they are all jazz!

It’s December, so let us treat you to a mini Christmas concert!

• Trumpet: Wei Guanghao

• Piano: Weng Jiayi

Advance tickets: 600 TWD

11/15/2019 19:00

When you hear Bossa Nova, who do you think of? Is it Lisa Ono? Among the various styles of jazz, the enchanting Bossa Nova has always been a favorite of jazz listeners. But who is it that made Bossa Nova so popular in jazz and continues to stand strong today? What are the essential Bossa Nova classics?

Let’s explore this through a jazz quartet lecture concert, where we’ll perform and share insights—perhaps you’ll feel a natural intoxication without even needing a drink!

• Trumpet: Wei Guanghao

• Guitar: Lin Huajing

• Double Bass: Yamada Yohei

• Jazz Drums: Lin Weizhong

Advance tickets: 500 TWD

EDUCATION  Education

There are indeed many adjectives to describe jazz. Throughout different eras and cultural backgrounds, through the interpretations and definitions of various jazz musicians, and even after critics have added their embellishments, jazz naturally develops different "flavors." So, what exactly are "Cool Jazz" and "Acid Jazz," which are easily memorable at first glance?

• DEM Diploma of Conservatoire National de Paris (France)

• Guting Elementary School Music Class

08/10/2019 19:00

In the golden 1950s of jazz, a time when various styles like Cool Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, and the emerging Latin Jazz were all vying for attention, the trumpet players who could freely navigate between these genres were certainly not ordinary! Who are these trumpet heroes that captured the attention of fans and bandleaders alike on the jazz battlefield?

What are their unique skills? What musical styles do they aim to express in their respective albums? Additionally, who are the lesser-known trumpet musicians featured on the albums of prominent artists, akin to hidden masters in the mountains?

Come and listen to the trumpet players who often find it hard not to be the stars of the band!

Advance tickets: 500 TWD

05/17/2019 19:30

I will share, converse, perform, and demonstrate the music of Miles Davis from the perspective of a jazz trumpet player, alongside Taiwan's most active jazz pianist, Professor Hsu Yu-Ying. We will try to help the audience reconnect with the inner world of Miles's music and life.

Advance tickets: 400 TWD

04/26/2019 19:30

Starting in the 1930s, this music genre began to spread in the United States. In addition to popular and moving pieces, it also gave rise to many bandleader musicians, such as the well-known Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Glenn Miller. These musicians made jazz, which originated in New Orleans, no longer just the domain of Black musicians.

The repertoire this time is Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, specifically the first movement of the cadenza (Isha Italian version). Mozart (1756-1791) was born in Salzburg in 1756 and composed a total of 5 violin concertos. In 1775, at the age of 19, Mozart composed this Violin Concerto No. 3. The film features the cadenza at the end of the first movement, composed by Isha, the "King of Violins."

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Speaker: Wei Guanghao
Piano: Wu Yuchen
Advance tickets: 400 TWD

03/29/2019 19:30

Take the Most Beautiful Photos for You and the Instrument!

This year, Debussy Music and Arts Centre is honored to invite Professor Wei Guanghao, the curator of the Summer Jazz Festival at the National Concert Hall and the director of the Jazz Music Camp, to hold a series of jazz music lectures and concerts.

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Trumpet - Wei Guanghao
Piano - Weng Jiayi
Bass - Yamada Yohei

Pre-sale Tickets: 400 TWD