The 2005 year-end concert of the Office of the President is sponsored by the Council for Cultural Affairs, the Executive Yuan. The Office held a press conference today to announce the annual event. During the press conference, Kimbo Hu performed a duet with Lin Pei-jung, both of whom will also emcee and perform in the concert, and won warm applause from the audience. The concert is scheduled to take place at the presidential building at 7:30 pm, Thursday, December 22, with both President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu attending the year-end music event.
By holding concerts as a way to acknowledge talented Taiwanese music composers and performers, the President would like to express his concern for Taiwan's indigenous music as well as pay tribute to aboriginal musicians. This year, music works by late aboriginal musicians Uyongu Yatauyungana of the Tsou tribe and Baliwakes of the Puyuma tribe will be performed by young indigenous artists in an attempt to best interpret songs and musical pieces of the aboriginal tribes.
Themed "The Sound From the Highest Mountain to the Deep Blue Sea," the concert honors two of Taiwan's most respectful indigenous late artists Yatauyungana and Baliwakes. To best present essence of the indigenous music, young aboriginal musicians are invited to perform the artists' classic music pieces and songs. Famous folk song artist Kimbo Hu, Chen Chien-nien and Samingad, winners of Golden Melody Awards for several times, and elders of the Tsou tribe will perform on stage. The Office of the President told the press conference that songs written by late indigenous artists and sung by their younger generation helps preserve the enduring tunes of the aborigines. Lee Tai-hsiang, a well-known Taiwanese composer, is responsible for composing music for a suite of Yatauyungana's works. The concert will end with President Chen lighting up candles and leading guests to join a prayer for peace and prosperity of all people in the country.
Guests especially invited to the concert this year are members of the Cabinet's Coast Guard Administration. The Office of the President praised all workers at the administration for doing an excellent job in safeguarding security of the country and protecting sovereignty of Taiwan's sea territory. The Office confirmed efforts made by the coast guard members in numerous missions from combating smuggling crime to the rescue work at sea. President Chen will present an award to Fu Dei-yi, a coastguard member who has helped prevent the leakage of a national secret by discovering a classified piece of information that was about to be shipped abroad.