An annual three-month-long arts festival in the Kuandu area of Taipei is set to begin in two weeks. Taipei residents are in for a feast of music, movies, and animation.
The 28th Kuandu Arts Festival will kick off September 23. There will be an array of musical performances, art exhibits, stage plays, dance shows, and even a production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” done with hand puppets.
The highlight of this year’s event will be a joint performance by six orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra. In honor of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, the Taipei National University of the Arts Orchestra will also be performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.
Another part of the event is the Kuandu Film Festival. Movie lovers will be able to enjoy short films and animated shorts produced by film students at the Taipei National University of the Arts.