The National Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating its 40th anniversary with
a series of events including concerts and a special exhibition.

The highlights include a concert led by N-S-O Music Director Jun Märkl
alongside a special exhibition on the ground floor of the National Concert
Hall that chronicles the orchestra's major achievements over the past four
decades.

The 40th-anniversary concert - which is part of the "Pinnacle of
Craftsmanship" ommemorative concert series - will be taking place on November
5 at the National Concert Hall.

The orchestra will be presenting Tchaikovsky’s "Violin Concerto in D major,"
Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra" and the world-premiere of Kuo En-fu's
"Orches cha."

The National Symphony Orchestra is considered to be one of the leading
orchestras in Asia and was founded in 1986, the orchestras of National Taiwan
Normal University, Taipei National University of the Arts were combined to
form the United Experimental Orchestra.

It war renamed National Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra in 1994 and rebranded
as the National Symphony Orchestra in 2002.