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Listening to the World Locally – The Homecoming Tour of Taiwanese Musicians
Listening to the World Locally – The Homecoming Tour of Taiwanese Musicians

Publication date: 20 Aug 2024
Author: Lee Yi-ling, Wang Li-Chiao | Staff member at the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

Ninety years ago, in August 1934, a group of young Taiwanese musicians embarked on the first Western music concert tour in Taiwan’s history. The Homecoming Concert Tour began with great fanfare during the scorching summer of the South Island, kicking off at the Taipei Medical School Auditorium. With a packed itinerary, the tour traveled southward, stopping at public assembly halls in Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Chiayi, and Tainan, before culminating in a final performance at the Kaohsiung Youth Hall. Despite the demanding schedule, the musicians delivered exquisite piano melodies and harmonies to audiences across Taiwan, sparking widespread acclaim.

This article focuses on Taiwan’s first “Homecoming Concert Tour,” which was rapidly organized in just over a month. The program primarily featured Western musical compositions. During the scorching summer of the South Island, this grand musical feast unfolded with enthusiasm, traveling from north to south with seven performances. It offered audiences across Taiwan an auditory delight, broadened their horizons, and brought Western music closer to the local population. This tour marked the beginning of Taiwan’s musical diversity and led to Taiwan’s music being recognized on the Olympic stage, where Taiwanese music shone brightly on the global scene.

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South, Island, and Culture: The Movement of Archives" Exhibition Receives Enthusiastic Response; Extended Until March 31
2025-01-21

Since the opening of the exhibition "South, Island, and Culture: The Movement of Archives," it has received enthusiastic responses from the public. To allow more people to experience this exhibition in person, the exhibition period has been extended until March 31, 2025. We invite everyone to seize the opportunity to visit the museum and explore Taiwan's unique historical background and diverse cultures.

Titled "South, Island, and Culture," the exhibition draws inspiration from Taiwan's location surrounded by the sea, at the crossroads of East and West, and the connecting hub of the North and South. Situated in the subtropical climate zone, Taiwan has had extensive exchanges with tropical islands in terms of species, ecology, and local customs. This exhibition focuses on the multiple meanings of the South and tropical nature, and is divided into three main exhibition areas.

Highlights of the Exhibition

  • Journey across the Ocean
    Since the Dutch established the Fort Zeelandia in Tainan, people from various places came for different purposes, utilizing the geographical advantages of the southern islands to develop overseas interactions in various ways.
  • Grow on the Island
    Taiwan's unique geographic and climatic conditions, along with introduction of new crops and cultivation practices over time, have created a rich diversity of produce and tropical fruits on the island.
  • Art in the Southern Country
    As tropical and southern scenery became a daily sight, the imagery of the southern regions blended into paintings, and new forms emerged in music, fine arts, and literature.

Exhibition Information

  • Exhibition Venue: 2nd Floor, Library of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica
  • Exhibition Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Exhibition Dates: Now until March 31, 2025 (closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays)


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