Chipin and Kaiya are the most well-known Taiwanese jazz musicians.
Violinist Chi-pin Hsieh and Pianist Kai-ya Chang are two musicians who majored in classical music, then went to Europe to study jazz music for years and graduated with master’s degrees from the Jazz Department of Royal Conservatory Brussels (Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel), Belgium. Chipin and Kaiya have performed throughout Taiwan, Belgium, Japan, Indonesia, South Africa and Israel .They revealed an elegant music style with breadth and depth, and interacted with the audiences in a humorous way to present the relaxing aspect of jazz music.
Their compositions also reveal the broad vision of the new generations of jazz musicians. They not only integrated the Taiwanese traditional music into their music, but also merged the music elements from all over the world to present a kind of music which full of the life scenes and landscapes in Taiwan.
The Jazz Quartet is the working band of Chipin & Kaiya located in Taiwan, besides fixed members, the quartet worked & invited other best Taiwanese or International jazz musicians in town to perform together. The style of Chipin & Kaiya Jazz Quartet contains more straight-ahead feel, they not only perform their original compositions but also make arrangements on jazz tunes.
Violin - Chi-pin Hsieh
Piano - Kai-ya Chang
Bass - Hou-chin Lin
Drums - Wen-yu Lin
Chipin & Kaiya Jazz Quartet
25 Oct. 2013 (Fri) @ Riverside Music Cafe
Starts: 21:30
Price: $400 with one free drink , tickets available online and at door
More info : riverside.com.tw/