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Sense & Sound: Five Ways into Taiwanese Pop Musicbe loosened and enriched, giving more musical seeds the chance to take root and grow.To turn these grounds into a fertile field and true home for musicians, TMC accomplished several key milestones between 2020 and 2022. In September 2020, the Concert Hall officially opened with its first rented event. Later that year, TMC launched its first regional event, %u201cTMC Christmas Jazz Party%u201d, combining music and lifestyle experiences and marking the beginning of its public mission. In September 2021, the Cultural Cube opened with the launch of the permanent exhibition MUSIC, ISLAND, STORIES: Pop Music in Taiwan and the acclaimed special exhibition %u2018Is Your Time - TPE%u2019 with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani, establishing TMC%u2019s curatorial presence. That same year also saw the debut of its self-produced music festival Oh! Shake It!, which has since grown in scale and gradually carved out its own identity in the festival landscape.Years in the Making, Finally Speaking to the WorldIn 2022, TMC began taking steps onto the international stage. That year marked the first overseas presentation of its architecture, with the exhibition Lyrical Urbanism: The Taipei Music Center held at The Cooper Union in New York City. The show introduced TMC to interThe TMC team takes an active role in various events, marking key milestones in TMC%u2019s development.