Golden Chinese Classics of the Century — Parade I

The conductor in this concert series will be Yu Feng, currently Head of the Department of Conducting of the Central Conservatory of Music in China and Music Director of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. The programme includes Liu Xing's zhongruan concerto No. 1 In Remembrance of Yunnan, a colourful and imaginative piece which will be performed by Zhang Xinhua and the HKCO. Zhang was the first soloist to premiere the work in 1987, and is currently a Liuqin Principal of the Central Folk Orchestra in Beijing. Another work worth mentioning is Erhu Rhapsody No. 1, a technically florid piece by Wang Jianmin, which is making its debut here in Hong Kong and features Li Baoshun, a Principal from the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, as soloist.
Programme for the first concert includes the ever-popular As the Moon Rises (arranged by Peng Xiuwen) and Northwest Suite No. 1 by Tan Dun, a piece that brings home to you the loess plateau, or the “Yellow Earth”, of China. The second concert features two Hong Kong compositions: the internationally acclaimed Insect World by Doming Lam, and the twice-winning composition as “The Most Performed Serious Music of Hong Kong” by Kuan Nai-chung, Journey to Lhasa, which has twice been made into a CD for popular release.
“Golden Chinese Classics of the Century — Parade I” is part of the “Polling for the Most Popular Chinese Works of the 20th Century”, which also includes the two concert series “Golden Chinese Classics of the Century — Parade II” and “Golden Chinese Classics of the Century — Winning Selection in Concert” .

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29.11.2002 (Fri)

As the Moon Rises
Ancient Melody Arr. by Peng Xiuwen

Zhongruan Concerto No. 1
In Remembrance of Yunnan Liu Xing
Zhongruan: Zhang Xinhua

Erhu Concerto Erhu Rhapsody No. 1
Wang Jianmin
Erhu: Li Baoshun

Northwest Suite No. 1 Tan Dun

30.11.2002 (Sat)

The Insect World Doming Lam

Zhongruan Concerto No. 1
In Remembrance of Yunnan Liu Xing
Zhongruan: Zhang Xinhua

Erhu Concerto Erhu Rhapsody No. 1
Wang Jianmin
Erhu: Li Baoshun

Journey to Lhasa Kuan Nai-chung

Conductor : Yu Feng

Zhongruan : Zhang Xinhua
Erhu : Li Baoshun

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Zhongruan Zhang Xinhua

• Zhang Xinhua is a National Class One Performer. He was born in 1961 in Shanghai and started learning yueqin and qinqin at the age of 12. Next year he switched to liuqin and was trained by the maestro Gao Huaxin. At the age of 15, he was admitted to the Radio Shanghai Youth Folk Orchestra as Principal Liuqin player and was admitted to the Central Folk Orchestra as Liuqin Principal at the age of 17. Nowadays, he still holds this post and he is the Leader of the Plucked Strings Section of the Orchestra as well.
• At the first Greater China Arts Festival for Thousand-Piece Orchestras, he premiered the zhongruan concerto In Remembrance of Yunnan, thereby upgrading the zhongruan from an instrument for simple accompaniment or playing short solo pieces to one capable of playing concerto.
• He took part in the 23rd Arts Festival of the Olympics held in USA and has given performing tour to North Korea, Taipei, Hong Kong and Singapore among other places.
  
  

Erhu Li Baoshun

• Li Baoshun joined the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in 1997 where he has been a the concert master of the Orchestra since. Li started learning the erhu at an early age under the renowned erhu teacher, Zhao Yanchen. He entered the China Conservatory of Music in 1983, specializing in instrumental music, and was a student of the famous virtuoso in Chinese bowed-strings, Li Mingyuan. After graduating in 1987, Li joined the Central Folk Orchestra in Beijing as Erhu Principal in 1988, and later as Acting the concert master of the Orchestra in 1995.
• Li has won many awards in major national erhu competitions in China and was a lead or principal player in the soundtrack music of many films and television series in China. He was on many of the Ministry of Culture* delegations to countries in Asia, Europe and USA.
• Li won critical acclaim with his premiere of Hebei Bangzifeng, The Yellow Earth and the gaohu concerto, The Legend of the Merlion.