Founded by Cho-Liang Lin in 2019, TMAF brings together outstanding young musicians and a stellar international faculty for two weeks of live orchestral performance, meaningful mentorship, intensive coaching, public masterclasses and more in the idyllic mountainside setting of the National Taipei University of the Arts. Now in its fifth year, the festival will offer attendees two weeks of daily individual coaching sessions, public masterclasses, orchestral rehearsals, mock auditions, audition tutorials and more. This year’s program runs from July 29 through August 13, 2023.
Instructors include Lin (violin), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), David Chan (violin), Koichiro Harada (violin), Frank Huang (violin), Malcolm Lowe (violin), Beth Guterman Chu (viola), Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), Ben Hong (cello), Mark Kosower (cello), Harold Hall Robinson (bass), Emily Benyon (flute), Gordon Hunt (oboe), Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Stephen Paulson (bassoon), Erik Ralske (horn), Esteban Batallán (trumpet), and Kenneth Thompkins (trombone).
Early Application: January 1-31, 2023
Regular Application: February 1-March 15, 2023