Gang-a-tsui (, from toponym ) is a '' nanguan'' music ensemble from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It was formed in 1993 by Chou Yih-chang (周逸昌), and in 1997 it received a commission by the

National Center for Traditional Arts The National Center for Traditional Arts (NCFTA; ) or also called Center for Traditional Arts is located by the river bank of Dongshan River in Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. The center's total area is 24 hectares. The goal of the cent ...

in Taiwan as part of the Nanguan Opera Transmission Project. The ensemble has toured

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and

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, and toured the US in 2003.Press Release
. Accessed May 17, 2007. They also toured the US in 2007.

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