“Mad for Bach 24” [Orchestral Series 2]

“Mad for Bach 24” [Orchestral Series 2]
Session Time

2026/3/14 (Sat) 19:30-20:30

Approx. 60 minutes

Venue: Concert Hall



Repertoire

Bach: Triple Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1044

Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, VII. Badinerie

Bach: “Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht” (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211



Performance Team

Light Lyric Soprano | Huang Li-chin

Tenor | Lin Yi-wei

Baritone | Chao Fang-hao

Baroque Flute | Ma Yu

Baroque Violin | Shio Ohshita

Harpsichord | Lee Ha-na

Gleam Early Music Ensemble



Artist Introduction

Gleam Early Music Ensemble

“Gleam” represents a faint light in Old English, the steady candlelight in Baroque painting, bringing dramatic chiaroscuro and visual effects to Baroque art. Simultaneously, “Gleam” serves as a metaphor for the Oriental virtues of “low profile and humility,” promoting the art of historical performance in Taiwan. The ensemble uses period instruments and rigorous academic research to perform music spanning Western history, including the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods.

Members have won numerous international competition awards and performed across Europe and Asia, including the Morges International Organ Festival (Switzerland), Bad Krozingen Early Music Festival (Germany), Morella Early Music Festival (Spain), and Sacred Music Festival (South Korea). The ensemble has collaborated internationally with El Concierto Español (Spain), Ensemble l'Immuable (Belgium), and Ensemble Armonico (Italy). In 2025, they joined the European Early Music Network (REMA). In 2026, they will host the “Gleam International Early Music Festival: 400 Years of Spain,” opening a new chapter for early music in Taiwan on an international scale.

Light Lyric Soprano | Huang Li-chin

Currently the only Taiwanese vocalist to graduate with the Premier Prix in Voice (DFS) from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), and the first Taiwanese vocalist to be admitted and obtain the Professional Performer’s Diploma in 2008. Since 2018, she has been a full-time professor at the Department of Music, Soochow University.

Tenor | Lin Yi-wei

Tenor Lin Yi-wei graduated from the Mozarteum University Salzburg, Austria, with the highest diploma in Lieder and Oratorio. He has won the Wing Fung Philharmonic Classical Elite Award and the Art Song First Prize, and has performed in Europe many times. Since returning to Taiwan, he has been active on major stages, dedicated to promoting local Taiwanese music, and is currently a member of the Vocalis Ensemble and an adjunct assistant professor at multiple universities.

Baritone | Chao Fang-hao

Chao Fang-hao, baritone, graduated with the Konzertexamen (Highest Performer's Diploma) from the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. He currently teaches at the Department of Music, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Taipei University of Education. He is active in major opera houses in Taiwan, with recent performances including “Hansel and Gretel,” “The Magic Flute,” “L'elisir d'amore,” “Cinderella,” “Fidelio,” and “Tosca.”

Baroque Flute | Ma Yu

Flutist, graduated from Soochow University and National Taipei University of the Arts, under the tutelage of Huang Jen-ying and Fan Man-nung. In 2015, she went to Germany to study Baroque flute, obtained a Master’s degree in Solo Performance from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) in 2020, and completed post-master studies at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2025. Recipient of several international early music awards, she is currently a member of the Gleam Early Music Ensemble, promoting early music performance and teaching in Taiwan.

Baroque Violin | Shio Ohshita

Shio Ohshita, Japanese Baroque violinist and Artistic Director of Gleam Early Music Ensemble, won the first prize at the Biagio Marini International Early Music Competition (Germany) in 2017. She graduated from Hiroshima University and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and has served as concertmaster in numerous European performances. Based in Taiwan since 2018, she focuses on Baroque violin performance and teaching, and serves as a lecturer at Tsing Hua and Chinese Culture Universities.

Harpsichord | Lee Ha-na

Lee Ha-na, born in Seoul, is a harpsichord instructor at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She graduated from Korea National University of Arts, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, having studied under Andrea Marcon, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, and Nicholas Parle. An internationally award-winning harpsichordist, she is active in major early music festivals and chamber music performances across Europe and Asia, and has recorded several albums.