Minyen Hsieh Quartet "Firry Path" CD Release Concert

Minyen Hsieh Quartet "Firry Path" CD release concert
謝明諺四重奏 "Firry Path" 專輯發表會
6/2 0:00 p.m. Blue Note 藍調咖啡
謝明諺 Minyen Hsieh 次中音薩克斯風 Tenor Saxophone 
曾增譯 Tsengyi Tseng 鋼琴 Piano
Martijn Vanbuel 低音提琴 Acoustic Bass 
Sebastiaan Kaptein 鼓組 Drums
This album contains nine compositions written by Taiwanese saxophonist Minyen Hsieh, between the years 2008-2013. Through these pieces, he hopes to present lyrical melodies that are beautiful and natural rather than angular, complex phrases often heard in many contemporary jazz compositions. Blending colorful, distilled harmonies with dynamic, innovative rhythms, the pieces depart from straight-ahead jazz and are interpreted in an inventive style tinged with European sensibilities. Many of the compositions are inspired by Minyen’s fond memories of things and places that remain meaningful to him: A narrow, firry path he walked along every day during his high school days; the fragrance of elegant moonflowers that only bloom at night; a time when he felt torn between letting go and holding onto something special; or the memory of a lazy summer afternoon spent staring out the window after a thunderstorm.

The musicians on this album include pianist Tsengyi, who has long collaborated with Minyen since their days of studying in Belgium, bassist Martijn, who grew up in Belgium but has lived in Taiwan for many years, and drummer Sebastiaan from the Netherlands who currently resides in Okinawa, Japan. Their shared experiences of having studied in Europe and living in Asia contribute to the multiple layers of interesting musical dialogues that can be heard on the album.

It is hoped that the music presented here can lead listeners to reflect on the extraordinary moments contained in the ordinary experiences of everyday life.

專輯片段試聽： https://soundcloud.com/minyenhsieh/new-album-sneak-peak

KKBox： http://www.kkbox.com/tw/tc/album/G4RR0530DZne8H0FEhZw0091-index.html

 Minyen, Hsieh (Taiwan) Saxophones/Woodwinds

http://soundcloud.com/minyenhsieh

Saxophonist Minyen Hsieh received his master degree from Brussels Royal Conservatory. He spent six years to living in Europe, had chance to performed in many countries such as Belgium, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg, Japan, Hong Kong and Burkina Faso. The music style various wildly from traditional swing to modern jazz, fusion, latin and free improvisation.

As one of the most active jazz saxophonist in Taiwan, he had preformed more then 400 concerts since July of 2011.
With many project such as "Brussel Van Taipeh","Trio J.T.","Minyen Hsieh Quartet"、"YMQ"、"Caught In"..e.t.c. Some special events such as "Taichung Jazz Festival 2011~2013", "Taipei Poetry Festival 2011", "Taiwan Jazz & World Music Composers Summit 2011", "Nonaka Eiji Trio" from Japan, "Ignasi Terraza" From Spain, "Lan Tung" from Canada, 2012-- "Sebastiaan Kaptein" From Holland. "Becoming-Chimera" Improvised Interdisciplinary Experiments. Japanese free jazz legendary drummer "Sabu Toyosumi" Taiwan tour. "Terry and Mike's Duo Project", tour in Hong Kong. "Kiss the Dreamer" tour in Europe. "Music & Manucinema & Visual Arts" with Cellist "Lin Hui-Chun" . "Biora Kim Quintet" tour in Taiwan" . "Java Five(Germany) with NTCH Big Band. 2013-- "Hugues Vincent(Frence) series concerts", Feb/Nov. "Carlos Zingaro(Portugal) & Motoki Yoshinori(Japan)."Tseng Tseng-Yi" Symbiosis Trio CD Release Tour. Minyen Hsieh Quartet" Live at Macau. "Irene Atman& Paul Keller" in Autumn Feastival. and many others.

He participated many recording sessions for movie, jazz/ pop/experimental music. Besides that he regularly gives lectures, workshops and private lessons. His first solo album will be release on May 2014.

Also, he is the winner of 2012 Taichung Saxophone Competition, and the endorser of Forestone Saxophone(Japan).