邱君強 l 指揮

畢業於德國柏林藝術大學，主修指揮。在學期間定期指揮柏林交響樂團與柏林藝術大學交響樂團演出。2000年獲聘為布拉格國家劇院助理指揮，在職期間與多位國際知名指揮及第一線聲樂家合作演出。2002年於布拉格國家劇院首次登台，獲得極佳的評價，此後更擔任《唐喬凡尼》及《魔笛》演出的指揮。2006年返台後擔任國立臺灣交響樂團常任指揮，並與國家交響樂團、臺北市立交響樂團、長榮交響樂團、台北愛樂青年管弦樂團合作多次演出。辭去國台交一職後，於2009 年與杜黑共同促成「台北愛樂歌劇坊」成立並擔任音樂總監，致力於培養年輕聲樂演唱家與歌劇之製作演出。

在台期間，指揮演出多位台灣作曲家重要作品之世界首演，如錢南章《那魯灣交響曲》、馬水龍《無形的神殿》、賴德和《安魂曲》等。亦跨界指揮歌仔戲《燕歌行》、《蝶谷殘夢》（唐美雲歌仔戲團）及音樂劇《渭水春風》（音樂時代劇場）的世界首演。

Jun-Qiang Qiu l Conductor

Graduated from the University of the Arts in Berlin and majoring in conduct. At school, QIU had been listed as a regular conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin University of the Arts Symphony. In 2000, QIU was hired as the assistant conductor of the Prague National Theatre and had the chance to work with renowned international conductors and vocalist. QIU had the debut at the Prague National Theatre in 2002 and received excellent response, and then conducted Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. After returning to Taiwan in 2006 as the conductor of National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, QIU also had several performances with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra and Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. QIU resigned from the NTSO in 2009 and started Taipei Philharmonic Opera Studio with Douhet in order to encourage more young vocalist and opera production performances.

In Taiwan, QIU also conducted several world premieres by important Taiwanese Composers, such as Naruwan Symphony by QIAN Nan-zhang, Invisible Temple by MA Shui-lung, and Requiem by LAI Te-he. QIU had some crossover experiences in conducting the world premieres with Mei-yun Tang Taiwanese Opera Group and Taiwanese musical The Impossible Times.