Vancouver musicians Kristin Fung and Van Lefan will have an opportunity to attract new fans in Taiwan near the end of April.
Lefan will perform songs made famous in Asia by Teresa Teng, Tsai Chin. Chyi Yu, Richie Jen, and Jay Chou.
“𝖲𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝖸𝗈𝗎 定定仔行” imagines life paths that their grandmothers might have taken if they had been free to choose their destinies.
The two Jade Music Fest songwriters have previously included Mandarin lyrics in some of their own compositions.
The Jade Music Fest will highlight Vancouver’s linguistic diversity in some innovative ways from November 5 to 8.
Vanessa Yuen 成為藝術家 Van Lefan 的旅程，是一段與移民密切相關的故事，背後承載著父母大膽的決定與價值觀。從父母移民的冒險，到他們對女兒創作興趣的無條件鼓勵，Vanessa 的藝術之路奠基於「選擇」──既有她自己的選擇，也有父母替她所做的選擇。
The family’s playlists evolved with the decades—Taiwanese folk songs to 1980s pop—always with CDs stacked near the car stereo.
十三位加拿大音樂家（其中六位來自溫哥華）將參加在台灣舉行的國際音樂節。所有來自溫哥華的表演者都計畫在亞洲 Jade Music Fest 上以國語、粵語或台語演唱，活動將於 4 月 25 日（週五）至 4 月 27 日（週日）在台北華山 1914 文創園區舉行。
The Taiwan Canada Society organized the event, which takes place from April 27 to 29 in Taipei.
十三位加拿大音乐家（其中六位来自温哥华）将参加在台湾举行的国际音乐节。所有来自温哥华的表演者都计画在亚洲 Jade Music Fest 上以国语、粤语或台语演唱，活动将于 4 月 25 日（周五）至 4 月 27 日（周日）在台北华山 1914 文创园区举行。
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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