“My hands are sore from clapping. I clapped as loud as I could, because the emotion touched my heart. That wonderful feeling I couldn’t describe, the gratitude to every great musician up on stage,” said Mr. Liu, dean of the Department of Visual Communications Design at TransWorld University.

Based in New York, the Symphony Orchestra is part of Shen Yun Performing Arts, a dance company that has tours the world every year since its debut in 2006. This year marks the second year that the orchestra has traveled to Taiwan.

“Immediately they started my eyes filled with tears. I felt the emotional energy, the positive energy filled my body,” said Mr. Liu, who explained that he had the similar feeling when the curtain first raised when seeing Shen Yun in March.

When asked to describe the orchestra, he said, “The level of Shen Yun music is something that I cannot describe. There is not a single phrase to describe my praise for it.”

“I can only be grateful that I have had the opportunity to see it, and I want to tell everyone how I have been deeply touched.”

While the dance performances he saw six months earlier brought him the magic of visual images, Mr. Liu explained how seeing the orchestra was equally magical and yet very different.

He marveled how, while listening to the piece “The Great Khan,” he felt he had been taken from the theater to another world—riding a horse on a vast grassland.

And for another music piece “Dunhuang,” it was more than just vivid images, according to Mr. Liu. “ It was a solemn piece. And I received a message which was how we should be steadfast in our faith and make better use of our power to make an impact.”

He emphasize that whatever more he said, he would never be able to describe how deeply he felt and how much he saw.

“Shen Yun music shook every cell in my body—something that went very deep and holistic. It went to my heart and every cell in my body, together it brought out the different [visual and sensational] states within me,” he said.

According to Mr. Liu, beneath the surface of such beautifully integrated music was a positive force—the power of compassion—that was the key to solve any trouble in the world.

“I believe Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra, and all of its musicians and performers know their mission,” he said. “They know how they can make an impact [in the world].”

In traditional Chinese culture, one of the earliest purposes of music was to heal. And it was no coincidence that the Chinese character for medicine became from the character for music. Since its debut in 2006, Shen Yun has dedicated its annual global tours to the mission of reviving traditional Chinese, which is lost in modern-day China.

Mr. Liu wished everyone, regardless of age, would come to listen to Shen Yun music.

“You will live your life to the fullest after you have experienced [Shen Yun music],” he said. “You will be able to open up the previously closed parts in your heart, which I think is very important.”

Before going home, Mr. Liu took the opportunity to thank Shen Yun for its visit to Pingtung. “Pingtung has long been considered a cultural desert since there are very few large-scale performances by international companies.”

“Shen Yun music has turned this desert into an oasis,” he said.