"Chipin & Kaiya" is a very special combination. Violinist Chi-pin  Hsieh and Pianist Kai-ya Chang are two musicians that majored in  classical music, then went to Europe to study jazz music for years  and graduated with master's degrees from the Jazz Department of  Royal Conservatory Brussels (Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel),  Belgium. After they went back to Taiwan in July 2002, they  earnestly and enthusiastically performed in different places with  various themes, and invited special guests to join their  performance. They revealed an elegant music style with breadth and  depth, and interacted with the audiences in a humorous way to  present the relaxing aspect of jazz music.

　　　　Their compositions also reveal the broad vision of the new  generations of jazz musicians. They not only integrated the  Taiwanese traditional music into their music, but also merged the  music elements from all over the world to present a kind of music  which full of the life scenes and landscapes in Taiwan. In August  2003, they performed at the  "Taiwan New Jazz" concert at the  National Recital Hall and were well-received. In March 2005, they  were invited to perform in the Java International Jazz Festival in  Jakarta. After the performance the violinist Chipin immediately  performed with the famous jazz pianist D.D. Jackson in Taipei, and  then they cooperated with famous performer of Taiwanese opera Mei- yun Tang to present five concerts that integrated traditional and  modern music elements. In 2007, they traveled far to Europe for  recording their second quartet album “Mr. BeBu” with some great  contemporary musicians. The new album extends the concept of their  first duo album "Impressions of Taiwan" and presents an  international pattern.