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[29th Orchestral Season]
Press Release (2 pages)
Sep 5, 2005
Dynamic sounds
From two local 'Kings of Drums' and Co.
HKCO presents "Majestic Drums V - The Dynamic World of Yim Hok-man"
From September 23-24, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) is holding the Opening Concert for the 29th Orchestral Season, Majestic Drums V - The Dynamic World of Yim Hok-man at 8pm, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
The theme of this concert series is on drums ¡V both Chinese and Western. A brainchild of Yim Hok-man, the famous virtuoso of Chinese drums, it has finally come to fruition after years of planning and coordinating. The opening piece is a grand fanfare, Drums East, Drums West, featuring percussive instruments of Chinese and western music and performed by Yim himself and his students. It will be followed by Camel Bells of Xinjiang with its exotic sounds, performed by an eighteen-piece ensemble, and two regional pieces, the lyrical Bai-Hua-Yuan, of the Sunan Shifangu, and the rousingly celebrative The Fishermen's Triumphant Song, of the Zhoushan Gong and Drum music.
After the intermission, Yim will be joined by Lung Heung-wing, another 'King of Drums' in Hong Kong but better known in the western genre. The two master drummers will perform with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra the magnificent percussion concerto by Kuan Nai-chung, The Age of the Dragon. As they sail through the cosmos with their majestic sounds, they will bring us The Sun, The Moon and The Stars before we come back to The Earth. Are you ready for your cosmic tour? Get set, and let's go!
Mr Yim Hok-man said, "The Drums East, Drums West is the east-west hybrid colours of Hong Kong are what make the city of Hong Kong unique, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra as a Cultural Ambassador of Hong Kong unique, and myself as a drummer unique. In this concert, we shall be bringing you some of the best known drum pieces, including Flying Dragon and Leaping Tigers, The Ox Fighting the Tiger, The Drum Poem and In the Deep of the Night. They will be strung together by the power of the rhythmic patterns. With this, we would like to say welcome and thank you for coming!"
Tickets for Majestic Drums V - The Dynamic World of Yim Hok-man are now available at all URBTIX Outlets at $200, 180, 130 and 100. Half-price tickets are offered for senior citizens, people with disabilities and full-time students. Please refer to the programme leaflet for more details on discount schemes. Enquiries: 3185 1600; Booking Hotline: 2734 9009. Internet Booking: www.urbtix.hk; HKCO website: www.hkco.org . Purchase 30 tickets of Majestic Drums V, get one FREE tutorial session of "Hong Kong Synergy 24 Drums Routines" by Mr Yim Hok-man.
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Press Enquiry¡G Ms.Vivian Ip (Public Relation & Publicity Executive)
Tel ¡G3185 1601 / 9553 2244 Fax¡G2815 5615
E-mail¡Gvivianip@hkco.org HKCO Website¡Gwww.hkco.org
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Artists Biography
Yan Huichang Conductor
National Class One Conductor. As a conductor who has worked with all professional Chinese orchestras in Beijing, Shanghai, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, Yan has won the acclaim of the music circles in China and abroad for his artistic and conducting talents. Under his baton, and in collaboration with the famous composer Zhao Jiping, the Symphony Orchestra section of the China National Symphony Orchestra made the soundtrack recordings for such award-winning films as Raise the Red Lantern, Ballad of the Yellow River, and Five Girls and a Rope. Yan was awarded the "Cultural Medallion (Music)" by the National Arts Council of Singapore in September 2001. Since 2004, he has been a Visiting Professor in many music conservatories. Yan was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the Chief Executive of HKSAR in 2004 in recognition of his remarkable achievements in Chinese music as well as his efforts in promoting Chinese music.
Yim Hok-man Percussion
Yim Hok-man is a renowned percussionist with fifty years of performing experience. Accomplished in percussion instruments of both east and west, Yim has won popular and critical acclaim in various parts of the world. Yim is currently a member of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, an honorary member of the Percussion Society under the auspices of the Chinese Musicians' Association, an honorary executive committee member of the Professional Percussionists Council of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society and the Shaanxi Percussion Society of China, and an adjunct professor at Department of Chinese Music of the Central Conservatory of Music, China. He joined the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in 1984, and is currently Deputy Concertmaster cum Percussion Principal. He is also a part-time lecturer in percussion at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Yim was named 'Artist of the Year 1999' by the Hong Kong Artists'Guild.
Lung Heung-wing Percussion
The Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Percussion Centre, Lung Heung Wing, earned his doctorate from West Virginia University, U.S.A., and obtained his master's degree from the University of Reading, England. He has also studied at the Guildhall School of Music, London, and The Juilliard School, New York. Lung was the Principal Percussionist at the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for twenty years. Lung won the Outstanding Young Person Award in 1988, presented by Hong Kong Commercial Radio and was selected as the 1992 Instrumentalist of the Year by the Hong Kong Artist Guild. In 1999, he was also selected as one of the Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Hong Kong Junior Chamber.
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