LEOPARD CAT （拾虎）- HANNAH HSIEH
Commissioned Composition by Tainan Chinese Orchestra / Sponsored by National Culture and Arts Foundation.
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那是一個東晴西雨的藍天， 石虎和牠的里山動物朋友，每一步都很快樂。 失誤的毒藥、路殺，存活的衝突， 在沈默的死亡裡，見證不允許哭泣的生命 。 可每一個呼吸，有其意義。 願人們，拾起快停止的生命， 願石虎，用圓舞曲的姿態，學會肆意活著。 Picture by Nadia Hsieh |
Tainan Chinese Orchestra produced the music program which is called Our Island, has entrusted some of the Taiwanese composers to cooperating into this projects. The content of the project is talking about to protect the animals which are on the verge of extinction. Using the dulcimer as the main instrument to represent peculiar animals that the composer chose, but also can showing the vitality of Taiwan. Tainan Chinese Orchestra has entrusted the composer "Hannah Hsieh" for composing Leopard Cat and was Premiering on Dec. 19, 2020 at National University of Tainan Ya-Yin Concert Hall.
Fewer than 500 leopard cats (P. bengalensis) are living in Miaoli, a county located in mid-Taiwan, and are on the verge of extinction. Most of the leopard cats are dead by car accident and kill with poison unintentionally. The composer, "Hannah Hsieh" as a local would like to do something for leopard cats also call people to face this issue; therefore, she decided to use the dulcimer as the main instrument representing the characteristic of Leopard Cat to compose the song, and including cello, piano, bass and percussion as the accompaniment instruments.
Fewer than 500 leopard cats (P. bengalensis) are living in Miaoli, a county located in mid-Taiwan, and are on the verge of extinction. Most of the leopard cats are dead by car accident and kill with poison unintentionally. The composer, "Hannah Hsieh" as a local would like to do something for leopard cats also call people to face this issue; therefore, she decided to use the dulcimer as the main instrument representing the characteristic of Leopard Cat to compose the song, and including cello, piano, bass and percussion as the accompaniment instruments.
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