Taiwu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe

Taiwu Elementary School, located in Taiwu Township in Pingdong County, is the closest elementary school in the county to North Dawu Mountain, the sacred mountain of the Paiwan people. The school has only 60 students, who come from the villages of Taiwu and Jiaxing, which have developed wood carving and folk song art. The Paiwan people use singing to express a lot of their feelings about life. There are stories in their singing, and there is singing in their stories. With the help of the instruction of the elders of the community, the children’s singing has allowed the local people to once more appreciate the flavor of traditional songs. After decades of waiting, they can again sing their own songs, speak their own language, and carve out the stories of their ancestors.

History of the Taiwu Elementary School Folk Singers 2006 Recorded traditional music album Singing a Beautiful Song, which was nominated for the Best Aboriginal Music Album award at the Golden Melody Awards Performed on the album Indigenous Hearts: A Musical Dreamland, which was nominated for four awards in the Traditional Music category at the Golden Melody Awards The folk singing group was formally set up

2009/06 Toured and performed in Luxembourg, Belgium, France and Germany

2010/06 Performed at a concert by the British vocal ensemble the King’s Singers

2011/02 Performed on Japanese national public broadcaster NHK’s program Amazing Voice, where they were voted fourth best by listeners

2011/07 Released their first genre-crossing double album Where the Songs Begin

Artist's others Profiles:

Where The Songs Begin　(2CD) To & From the Heart