Hailed for his charming, passionate, and compelling podium presence, award-winning conductor Kenneth Hsieh has garnered widespread praise for his vibrant performances, making him one of the most exciting and versatile conductors on the international stage. The 2022-2023 Season marks his 20^th year as Music Director of the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, in addition to many international guest conducting engagements which recently include debuts with Boston Ballet, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also now in his 12^th year of regular summer performances with Toronto Festival Orchestra at HarbourFront Center.

Born in Edmonton, Canada, Ken is the winner of prestigious conducting prizes including the Heinz Unger Award in Conducting and the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestral Conducting. His conducting teachers and coaches include: Kurt Masur, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Morihiro Okabe, Yuji Yuasa, Ronald Zollman, and Jorma Panula. An alumnus of both the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of British Columbia, Ken completed his postgraduate studies in orchestral conducting in Japan at the prestigious Toho Gakuen School of Music and Senzoku College of Music on full scholarship. Ken also took further studies in Austria with Yuji Yuasa, and masterclasses with Seiji Ozawa and Pinchas Zukermann. 

At only 22, Ken was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Pacific Music Festival (founded by Leonard Bernstein) where he worked with the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, as well as serving as an assistant and collaborator to: Bernard Haitink, Edo De Waart, Krzysztof Penderecki, Seikyo Kim, Yutaka Sado, Ken Takaseki, and Wen-Pin Chien. The following year, he became Assistant Conductor at the National Academy Orchestra and the youngest Conductor-in-Residence/Assistant Conductor with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (2004-2007), where he conducted over 100 performances from the main subscription series to lighter and pop series concerts.

During regular guest engagements with both the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra and Sichuan Philharmonic Orchestra, Ken has conducted their subscription, masterworks, chamber, and educational series. Comfortable conducting in several genres, he enjoys orchestral, opera, ballet, film, and pop music. Since 2011, and succeeding Yutaka Sado, Ken has led the Nippon Century Orchestra (formerly Osaka Century Orchestra) in their annual Beethoven Ninth Symphony series at The Symphony Hall in Osaka, produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and sponsored by Air Canada.

Canadian orchestra appearances include: Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, London, Vancouver, and Victoria. International engagements have been with: Boston Ballet, l’Orchestre Lamroureux, Tokyo Ballet (NBS), Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Century Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic, Sichuan Philharmonic, Hyogo Performing Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra London, Siena Wind Orchestra, and Evergreen Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Ken has made two recordings with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa on the Avex Label, and toured with both the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra and the Siena Wind Orchestra on several occasions.

Passionately dedicated to music education and promoting young talent, Ken works with youth and training orchestras such as: Shanghai City Youth Orchestra, Fukuoka Student Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Surrey Youth Orchestra, BCMEA Honour Orchestra, and Saskatchewan Honour Orchestra. A benefit concert for the United Nations World Food Program, leading the Japan Junior Philharmonic Orchestra in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, was a particular highlight. He has been a guest professor and conductor with the National Tainan University, and prepared the Geidai Philharmonia (National University of Arts in Tokyo for the Martha Argerich Festival in Beppu, which was later conducted by Antonio Pappano and Seikyo Kim. 

Ken has engaged in a multitude of diverse collaborations with distinguished artists such as Cyprien Katsaris, Janina Fialkowska, Ryu Goto to Holly Cole, Natalie McMaster, and John Pizzarelli. Several of his concerts have been recorded live and aired on CBC Radio across Canada. His concerts have also been broadcast on television in Taiwan, Japan, and the USA. His European debut was with the historical l’Orchestre Lamoureux, performing at their subscription concert at the Theatre Champs-Elysee in Paris, France.

Among other honours and recognitions, Maestro Ken Hsieh has been awarded the Order of Merit for Outstanding Young Leaders from the Lions Club, named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Asian-Canadians by the Vancouver Sun, Top 10 Most Beautiful People by TV Week Magazine (with Michael Buble), and most recently Top 33 most influential leaders by Sing Tao News and Top 10 Elite Chinese-Canadians. Ken also served as the 2019 Co-Chair of the Liver Foundation of Canada Gala where he led and indeed exceeded the fundraising record in aid of this important cause.

To learn more about Maestro Ken Hsieh, Please visit: www.kenhsieh.com

指挥家谢建得Ken Hsieh

指挥谢建得（Ken Hsieh)22 岁即活耀于世界各乐坛,连续20年受邀驻温哥华大都会管弦乐团音乐总监,长期接受世界各乐团邀请,担任国际各大乐团的客座指挥,乐团公认值得期许并长期追踪的指挥家.

谢建得出生于加拿大爱明顿市（Edmonton),2005年荣获加拿大Heinz Unger及Jean -Marie Beaudet 管弦乐团指挥大奖;承师Kurt Masur,Morihiro Okabe, Kazuyoshi Akiyama,Yuji Yuasa,Ronald Zollman,Jorma Panula,等知名指挥家。毕业于皇家音乐学院（The Royal Conservatory of Music),加拿大卑诗歌伦比亚大学（UBC)后,在日本著名音乐学府Toho Gakuen桐朋学院及Senzoku 洗足音乐学院获双额奖学金完成硕士课程,再至维也纳音乐学院进修承Yuji Yuasa及Seiji Ozawa (小哲征尔）亲传授教.

谢建得22岁首次荣获太平洋音乐节助理指挥职,此世界知名音乐节承指挥作曲家Leonard Bernstein 生前创办的音乐节,此集世界一流指挥家之年度相聚延续至今,开启谢建得首度专业路,指挥札幌交响乐团及太平洋管弦乐团机会,并担任Bernard Haitink,Edo De Waart,Krzysztof,Penderecki,Seikyo Kim,Yutaka Sado, Ken Takaseki及Wen Pin Chien诸大师的助理指挥,隔年取得加拿大国家管弦乐团助理指挥;23岁取得温哥华交响乐团最年轻的常驻/助理指挥（2004-2007）更是VSO乐团历史最年轻的常驻指挥,超过百埸指挥经验,期间也接受世界各乐团邀请客座指挥,曲目含各管弦乐,歌剧,芭蕾舞,电影音乐及流行音乐,2011延继接掌Yutaka Sado交捧的日本世纪管弦乐团（前大坂世纪管弦乐团）,每年岁末演出贝多芬第九交响曲,日本传统新年音乐会由朝日广播公司制作,加拿大航空公司赞助！

历经指挥Montreal交响乐团,Toronto 交响乐团,Hamilton 交响乐团Regina 交响乐团，Saskatoon 交响乐团,London 交响乐团,Victoria 交响乐团，波士顿芭蕾乐团,法国L’orchestre Lamroueux, Tokyo 芭蕾乐团，Tokyo 交响乐团,Hiroshima 交响乐团，Kyoto 交响乐团New Japan 交响乐团,Sendai 交响乐团,Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa交响乐团,Vancouver Opera 交响乐团,,Osaka Century 交响乐团,Finnish Radio 交响乐团,Gunma 交响乐团,Suzhou 交响乐团,上海交响乐团,四川爱乐交响乐团Hyogo performing Arts Center 交响乐团,CBC Radio 交响乐团,National Arts Center 交响乐团,National Taiwan 交响乐团,Siena Wind 交响乐团,Evergreen 交响乐团；曾与金泽管弦乐团在Avex名唱片集团录制两张唱片。多次与 Kyushu交响乐团及Siena Wind 交响乐团巡回演出； 世界知名演奏家Cyprien Katsaris,Janina Fialkowska, Ryu Goto, Holly Cole,Natalie McMaster, John Pizzarelli 等众多杰出艺术家合作,音乐会曾在加拿大各地进行现场录影及电台播送,法国知名历史乐团L’orchestre Lamoureux乐团在巴黎香榭丽舍剧院演出的各珍贵经验！

延续恩师冈部守弘对教育的重视,常至校园讲座及作音乐教育推广,合作对象含如上海市青年管弦乐团,日本福冈学生交响乐团,加拿大BCMEA 荣誉管弦乐团温哥华青少年交响乐团 ,Saskatchewan 荣誉管弦乐团,并曾与东京国立艺术大学合作在Beppu Martha Argerich Festival 中合作.

温哥华夏季户外音乐会,每年乐迷引颈期盼的城中演出,更是谢建得创办延续的年度大公演；除音乐外对社区的投入,诸荣誉含被温歌华太阳报评为最具影响力的100名亚裔加拿大人,电视周刊十大最美丽人物（含Michael Buble),近期星岛新闻33位评为最具影响力的社区人物,协助肝脏基金创记录的基金筹集记录或支持如儿童医院或慈善机构的各募款

To learn more about Maestro Ken Hsieh, Please visit: www.kenhsieh.com