Online Registration｜ https://forms.gle/Gf41VkrK5CuV1NZH9

Date & Time｜ 5/23 (Tue) 19:00-21:00 (Admission starts at 18:30)

Venue｜ Hall of Fame, National Tsing Hua University (refreshments provided)

Speakers｜

• Hidetake Taga / Music Critic
• Yutaka Goto / Chairman of JMCE Japan Music Industry and Cultural Promotion Foundation
• Ji-Kang Peng / Executive Director, MCU Taipei City Music Creation Guild
• Ming-Yang Lin / Music Producer
• Wei-Li Liu / Senior Media Expert
• Yu-Hui Su / Director, Center for Music Technology and Health, National Tsing Hua University
• Den-Song Lin / Director, National Tsing Hua University Library

Live Performance｜ Singer-songwriter Quan Shihuang

Successful registrations will be notified via email within one week (excluding holidays).

About Hidetake Taga
Mr. Taga is a highly influential music critic in Japan, with a long-standing focus on the evolution of Japanese popular music. He is also a novelist, broadcast writer, and radio show host.

Thanks to the introduction of alumnus Hong-Ming Lin and the support of JMCE Chairman Yutaka Goto and the late Yoji Shinkai of TNP PARTNERS, Mr. Taga donated over 18,000 Japanese pop music CDs, collected over the years, to the university’s library. These CDs, spanning from the 1980s to 2019, represent a significant record of the evolution of Japan's music industry.

The "Post-Pandemic Era Taiwan-Japan Music Industry-Academia Exchange Symposium," postponed due to the pandemic, is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at the Hall of Fame, National Tsing Hua University (No. 101, Section 2, Guangfu Road, East District, Hsinchu City). We warmly invite you to join us!

Event Schedule

18:30｜Admission Begins

19:00｜Opening Speech by Jen-Fu Chien, Vice President and Director of Arts and Culture Center

19:10-19:20｜Introduction and Guest Presentation: "Contemporary Taiwanese Pop Music from the 1920s to 2020s – New Beginnings in 2023"
Host｜ Ji-Kang Peng

[Group Photo of All Guests and Participants]

❶ 19:20-19:45 "The Interactions Between Taiwanese and Japanese Pop Music"
Speakers｜ Hidetake Taga, Yutaka Goto, Ming-Yang Lin, Wei-Li Liu
Performance 1｜ "Make Me Happy, Make Me Sad" - Jacky Cheung’s cover of "Man and Woman" by Japanese band Chage and Aska (1981)

❷ 19:45-20:20 "Changes in the Post-Pandemic Pop Music Industry"
Speakers｜ Hidetake Taga, Yutaka Goto, Ming-Yang Lin, Wei-Li Liu
Performance 2｜ "I Want to Be with You in the Breeze" - A song from Jacky Cheung’s 1997 album, which won Best Mandarin Male Singer

20:20-20:30｜Intermission

❸ 20:30-20:50 "Taiwan-Japan Collaboration in Cultivating Pop Music Talent"
Speakers｜ Hidetake Taga, Yutaka Goto, Den-Song Lin, Yu-Hui Su
Performance 3｜ Original Song by Indigenous Taiwanese Singer Quan Shihuang

20:50-21:00｜Discussion and Summary

21:00-21:20｜Closing and Post-Event Tea Reception

(Speakers and guests are listed without ranking)

Organizer｜ Arts and Culture Center, National Tsing Hua University

Co-Organizers｜ National Tsing Hua University Library, Center for Music Technology and Health, MCU Taipei City Music Creation Guild

Special Thanks｜ Alumnus Hong-Ming Lin