臺北市立交響樂團

兩度獲得全國音樂比賽小提琴獨奏以及室內樂第一名，而後赴美雙修小提琴與管弦樂團指揮，江靖波於1998年返台創辦【樂興之時】管弦樂團，致力於提升樂團素質及觀眾之鑑賞力。其現場錄音之「蕭斯塔可維奇第五號交響曲」已成為紐約「朱麗亞音樂院」權威教授之指定教材。丹麥國家廣播公司曾以專題報導的方式介紹了江靖波以及【樂興之時】，並於北歐五國轉播其整場音樂會實況。2002年，江靖波奪得於德國法蘭克福舉辦之首屆「Sir Georg Solti指揮大賽」銅牌（首獎從缺），並為入圍準決賽12人中唯一的亞洲人。獲獎後江靖波卻仍專心致力深耕華人精緻音樂，多年來發表無數兩岸作曲家的新作，並選擇紮根台灣，在台北東吳大學長期任教，培育後進。國際方面，2008年率【樂興之時】赴德國擔任Young Euro Classic音樂節開幕音樂會之演出，以馬勒第五號交響曲以及賴德和教授融和東、西方美學的作品獲得柏林聽眾滿場起立致敬。隨後於義大利歌劇之都Verona以及Trieste的首演皆獲極大成功。近年如於紐約卡內基廳的首演以及與以色列交響樂團、墨西哥國立交響樂團的合作，或率【樂興之時】遠赴南非擔任"來自地極藝術節"之駐節樂團均獲廣大迴響。2015年起，江靖波成為希臘頂尖樂團Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra 之首席客座指揮。 Paul Chiang made his New York CARNEGIE HALL debut on 19 June 2007, conducting the NEW ENGLAND SYMPHONIC ENSEMBLE in the 2,804 seat Isaac Stern Auditorium, Greeted with standing ovations from the audience. Other major orchestras conducted by Paul Chiang include DANISH NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY, FRANKFURT OPERA's ORCHESTRA, STAATSPHILHARMONIE RHEINLAND-PFALTZ (Germany), ISRAEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THESSALONIKI STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Greece), STATE OPERA & BALLET THEATRE OF MONGOLIA, NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of TAIWAN, TAIPEI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, NATIONAL TAIWAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, TAIPEI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS, TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER ORCHESTRA, GRAND TETON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA in the USA (whose Artistic Director is Donald Runnicles: General Music Director of the San Francisco Opera, and Deutsche Oper Berlin) which Paul Chiang led on a national USA tour in 1993, Taiwan International Music Festival Orchestra, as well as numerous others. Worth mentioning is that Greece’s leading orchestra the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra has just named Paul Chiang as their most favored guest conductor of the past decade in 2010. In September 2002, Paul Chiang participated in the inaugural International Sir GEORG SOLTI Competition for Conductors in Frankfurt, Germany, where 186 of the world's finest future conductors competed, Paul Chiang was awarded and won the third prize. No first prize was awarded in this Edition. Also In 2002, Denmark’s DANISH RADIO produced a special program focusing on Paul Chiang - the conductor, and the orchestra he established since 1998 - the Philharmonia Moments Musicaux, from Taiwan. Danish Radio consequently aired throughout Scandinavia an entire concert recorded live in Taipei (Taiwan), which included works by Atterberg, Nielsen, and Sibelius. Paul Chiang and his orchestra Philharmonia Moments Musicaux embarked on their first European tour in August 2007. Their concerts in Italy were covered extensively by the Italian Press and were featured in Italy’s main newspapers - La Repubblica and Corriere de la Sera. The orchestra and Paul Chiang also received a 3 minute spot on RAI 3 Italian television, during its cultural news. Other concerts which Paul Chiang conducted in Italy and Germany included the music festival Musica sul Largo - Azeglio, MASSA CARRARA THEATRE, Palo de Colle Festival, and a SOLD OUT Italian Opera Gala evening in the German city of Mulheim an der Ruhr at the Europa FREILICHTBUEHNE Arena. Paul Chiang and his Philharmonia Moments Musicaux returned to Europe in August 2008, with a critically acclaimed appearance at the Berlin Konzerthaus, performing Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor, and the German premiere of Lai Deh-Ho's “Moments Musicaux, Concerto for pipa, bamboo flute, xiao and chamber orchestra”, during the Berlin Young Euro Classic Festival, which also featured renowned conductors such as Dennis Russell Davies, Heinrich Schiff, Vasily Petrenko, Jac van Steen, and Muhai Tang. Paul Chiang’s concert in Berlin was highly praised; reviews appeared in all the three largest newspapers in Germany: “What’s the most impressive is how this orchestra, established in 1998 by Paul Chiang, dare perform such a symphony traditionally dubbed an ironclad tank. Paul Chiang, the conductor, like a giant tree robustly rooted onto the podium, drained the music among his fingers from the orchestra after the outstanding solo given by the trumpeter.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 August 2008, No. 31 “Philharmonia Moments Musicaux…. astonished all the audience by guesting the opening concert…. . The ninth Euro Classic [Festival] would have been much less spectacular without Philharmonia Moments Musicaux” “.... Some audience even acclaimed that this concert was like the music fairytale in the summer, and it was in effect! This performance was a gift given by heaven. ... Paul Chiang, an experienced, sophisticated and passionate musician and all these characters featuring in the orchestra he has conducted.” Berlin Morning Post Sunday, 3 August 2008 Paul Chiang is currently Artistic Director of Philharmonia Moments Musicaux, and Principal Guest Conductor of Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra of Greece.