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Choi Ngar Si (7/10)

Education Executive of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) and instructor of the Hong Kong Zheng Ensemble. Joined the HKCO as zheng virtuoso in 1977, Choi has become Education Executive since 2006, promoting the art of zheng to the younger generations. Choi is also currently a part-time zheng instructor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Many zheng players in Hong Kong today were trained by her.Over the years, Choi has performed regularly in Beijing, Macao, and many places in Asia, the United States and Europe. Noted for her tremendous contribution to zheng music and education, Choi is the arranger of some hundred zheng ensemble pieces and the author of An Introduction to Guzheng, she has also made recordings of Guang-Ling-San, Bao-Qin and Elementary Guzheng, etc, for use as teaching aid. Her name is included in Who’s Who in China’s Contemporary Music Circles.