許毅

A graduate of the Graduate Institute of Music at Taipei National University of the Arts, 許毅 studied with 黃堃儼, 黃瑞豐, 張覺文 and Professor 朱宗慶, and studied arranging and film scoring with 史擷詠. With extensive ensemble experience, 許毅 has performed with groups including the Ministry of National Defense Representative Band, the Taipei County Teachers Wind Band, the Dream Lotus Symphony Orchestra, the Eurasia Orchestra, the Taipei Artists Chamber Orchestra, the Taipei Philharmonic Chorus, the Chin Yuan Chinese Orchestra and the Taipei Artists Choir.

許毅 has played percussion in many public performances at home and abroad, in Taiwan, the United States, Canada, China and Singapore, and has taken part several times in the hundred-marimba performance at the Taipei International Percussion Convention.

Beyond the classical field, 許毅 is also active on the crossover jazz and pop stage. In 2010 許毅 joined “mr. Why 花影樂團” as percussionist, contributing arrangements and live performance to album collaborations with singers including 許富凱, 龍千玉 and 黃建為. 許毅 also served as drama and percussion coach for the national tour of the musical “Hello, Teacher” (老師您好). As a composer and arranger, 許毅 won third prize in the Hakka category of the Taiwan Original Pop Music Awards with “The Taste of the Sun” (日頭的味道) and “Fluttering Butterflies” (揚蝶兒).