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"The French Connection"
The Pre-tour Concert for the Saint-Denis Arts Festival - The Year of China
in France
Purchase Discount
For every purchase of
standard tickets for "The Immortal Sounds of Pipa" and "The French
Connection" – 20% off.
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Dance Drama The Desert
Smoke Suite
(The Fourth Movement: Sentimentality)
The Silk Road Fantasia Suite
(Excerpts)
Guanzi:
Guo Yazhi
Ensemble
Jing.Qi.Shen
Guanzi and
Orchestra
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
for
Cello Solo and Chinese Orchestra
Cello:
Lo
Chun-wo Percussion:
Yim Hok-man
Ensemble
Jasmine
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香港中樂團發展基金
HKCO Development Fund |
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| Date:
27.5.04
Time: 8:00 pm |
| Venue:
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall |
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$180, $150, $120, $100 |
- Formerly
on the teaching staff of the Central Conservatory of Music
in China, Guo is currently the Suona Principal of the HKCO.
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stuns the music world with his performance of the
modernistic suona concerto, played on the improvised
removable reed suona. He participated in the
International Pro Musicis Competition held in New York in
1998, and won the only Grand Prize in the Finals.
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same year, he was selected by the Ministry of Culture of
China as one of the most outstanding musicians in China. He
performed the suona and the saxophone on the occasion
of President Bill Clinton’s visit to China and won the
applause of the leaders of the two countries. He was also
invited to give solo recitals in Philadelphia, Los Angeles,
Boston and New York in 1999 and returned for another tour in
2001.
Lo
Chun-wo / Gehu
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A local famous
soprano vocalist well-known for her contributions to music, Fei
was invited on many occasions to perform in New Zealand, the United
States, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China, and many other
South East Asian countries. She is dedicated to the promotion
of choral arts in Hong Kong and has presented and hosted many
international choral seminars and conferences in recent years.
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She is currently
a member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council; Music Director
and Conductor of the Allegro Singers; Chairman of the Hong Kong
Association of Choral Societies; and Senior Music Advisor of HKCO.
Fei was also awarded the Bronze Bauhinia star by the Chief Executive
The Honourable Tung Chee Hwa of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region of the People's Republic of China in 2001.
Chi Liming
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Tenor
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A
prize-winning cellist and gehu soloist, Lo is the recipient
of the Outstanding Performance Award at the National Cello
Competition in China. He is currently the Assistant Gehu Principal
of the HKCO.
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Lo was,
at various times of his career, Principal Cello with two
professional orchestras in China, a full-time teacher at the
Department of Music of the Beijing Central University for
Nationalities, a part-time associate professor in music at the
Sichuan Institute of Film and Television in China and a part-time
instructor and the Music Office of Hong Kong.
Yim Hok-man /
Percussion
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Being a
renowned percussionist, Yim is currently Deputy Concertmaster cum
Percussion Principal.
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Yim has
visited many countries in the world and many cities in China. Yim
was named "Artist of the Year 1999" by the Hong Kong Artists' Guild.
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His
solo albums Master of Chinese Percussion - Yim Hok-man (1) and
Master of Chinese Percussion - Yim Hok-man (2) are considered
quintessential representation of Yim's knowledge of percussion.
Released for international distribution in 1998 and 1999, they were
highly acclaimed in the music and acoustics milieux, and are selling
very well in every part of the world.
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