Chief Executive Officer
Charlie Wu immigrated to California, USA at fifteen years old. He has a Marketing degree and MBA from the University of San Francisco. In 1999, Charlie was introduced to the Taiwan-Canada Cultural Association through a senior and assisted in fundraising for TAIWANfest. He joined the planning team in 2000 and took over as Managing Director in 2001. After that, he quit his financial job and devoted himself to the cultural exchange between Taiwan and Canada full-time.
In the past 20 years, he led the team to establish the second branded event LunarFest and implemented large-scale transformations to TAIWANfest. The two events span the east and west coasts of Canada, held in the Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver areas, and have worked with mainstream Canadian art for many years. This includes collaborations with NXNE Music Festival, PuSh Festival, Toronto Harbourfront Centre, Vancouver Civic Theatres etc. He is committed to using arts and culture as a means to engage and understand immigrant society, and to find Taiwan’s place as a solution in the problems of the world.
As a member of the “Vancouver Music City” project, Charlie is working with Creative BC, a cultural and creative industry organization affiliated with the BC government (like TAICCA) to expand Chinese-language music across Canada through organized events. In addition, he aims to bridge various industries and promote the development of a diverse market.
Charlie has been a current affairs commentator for Chinese-language media in Canada for more than 20 years. He is familiar with mainstream media in both English and Chinese in Canada, including Georgia Straight, Vancouver’s largest arts and culture weekly, Stir, an independent electronic media for arts and culture, and Next, a trend magazine spanning the east and west coasts. He has organized numerous events, invited many artists, and has appeared multiple times on the cover of Georgia Straight.
Director of International Relations
Evan is deeply passionate about music business education and sharing insight from his own successful, independent 20 year career with government agencies and private companies around the world. He has been an international touring musician, booking agent, music journalist, artist manager, podcast host, and federally-funded music business conference and showcase festival coordinator. He is a Canadian citizen, married with children, living in Taiwan.
Through Evan’s established global network, he has helped artists from around the world gain successful opportunities in North America, Europe, and Asia. Bringing his wealth of experience in the music world to provide strategic initiatives to connect Taiwanese artists globally, Evan is excited to play an important leadership role to future projects such as Jade Music Fest.
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