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[29th
Orchestral Season]
Hong Kong Zheng Festival
Organized by
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
In Conjunction with
Connie Ng Guzheng Music Centre
Green Hill Anglo-Chinese Arts Performance Troupe
Hong Kong Zheng Artist Association
Hong Kong Guzheng Academy
Hong Kong Guzheng Main Office
Hong Kong Wah Sing Art Institute
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
Melody Guzheng Academy
New Tune Zheng Ensemble
Choi Ngar Si Guzheng Institute
Music Academy of Zheng
Luo Jing Guzheng Arts Ensemble
Police Chinese Culture Club Chinese Orchestra
Organizing Committee of Opening Rally
| Chairman : | | Yan Huichang (Artistic Director / Principal Conductor, HKCO) |
| Vice-Chairmen : | | Yu Chiu-for (Hong Kong Zheng Festival Programme Coordinator) |
| Chin Man-wah Celina (Executive Director, HKCO) |
| Council Member : | | Ng Hiu-hung (Connie Ng Guzheng Music Centre) |
| Chiu Tan-ching (Music Academy of Zheng) |
| Lam Lau-po (Hong Kong Wah Sing Art Institute) |
| Chew Hee-chiat (Assistant Conductor, HKCO) |
| Tsui Nang-keung (Hong Kong Zheng Artist Association) |
| Ma Wai-ching (Hong Kong Guzheng Main Office) |
| Xu Lingzi (Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts) |
| Cheung Mei-ling (New Tune Zheng Ensemble) |
| Wong Wai-tat (Green Hill Anglo-Chinese Performance Troupe) |
| Choi Ngar-si (Choi Ngar Si Guzheng Institute) |
| Naomi Chung (Programme, Education & Touring Manager, HKCO) |
| Kwong Yee-ping (Melody Guzheng Academy) |
| Luo Jing (Luo Jing Guzheng Arts Ensemble) |
| So Chun-bo (Hong Kong Guzheng Academy) |
| Secretary : | | Ho Lik Yee (Festival Assistant, HKCO) |
| Lee Yee-kwan Gwen (Programme Assistant Manager, HKCO) |
* In the order of Chinese stroke
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Message from the Artistic Director
With its elegant notes and ethereal mysticism, the zheng has inspired many scholars and poets down the ages. The captivating charm of zheng music is excellently described in these two lines, "All the guests at the banquet were spellbound, as the zheng played out the woeful cries of the wild geese in flight.."
Life in the 21st Century has brought many of us to realize that in a material-rich society, one of the ways to refresh our soul and attain transcendental peace is to listen to music. Following the success of The Huqin Festival of Hong Kong (2001), the Hong Kong Drum Festival (2003-2005) and the Hong Kong Dizi and Xiao Festival (2005), with the support of local zheng groups, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is therefore organizing the Hong Kong Zheng Festival. There will be concerts and a host of community-wide activities for everyone to enjoy. Such activities includes exhibition, zheng-making workshops and outreach performances by various zheng music groups in Hong Kong
You are cordially invited to join us in a celebration of one of our finest cultural assets, the music of ancient China!
Yan Huichang
Artistic Director / Principal Conductor
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A Myriad Fingers Flying - Opening Rally
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Open to all citizens
11. 3. 2006 (Sat) 4:00pm
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza
Opening rally of thousand zheng players and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Enrolment fee : $80 (each person)
Ticket holder of either "Zheng Virtuosi in Concert" or "Zheng Music - Emotions Recollected in Tranquility" concert could allow to waive the enrolment fee
Inviting interested citizens and groups to play zheng music with HKCO at the Victoria Harbour.
Wang Zhongshan - Master Class in Zheng
18. 3. 2006(Sat)
Class A: 6:30 -8:00pm
Class B: 8:30 -10:00pm
Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall
Conducted by: Wong Zhongshan (Conducted in Mandarin)
Fee: $150 (Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets from 17.2.2006.)
Free for "Zheng Virtuosi in Concert" concert ticket holders.
Half-price tickets for senior citizens, people with disabilities and full-time students.
25% ticket discount for Friends of HKCO.
10% ticket discount for Friends of LCSD performing venues (maximum 2 tickets).
Patrons can only enjoy one of the discount schemes for purchasing tickets.
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Zheng Virtuosi in Concert
24 - 25. 3. 2006 (Fri, Sat) 8:00pm
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Conductor: Yan Huichang
Zheng: So Chun-bo, Hon See-wah, Wang Zhongshan, Choi Ngar-si
(Different programme on each night)
Zheng Music - Emotions Recollected in Tranquility
7 - 8. 4. 2006 (Fri, Sat ) 8:00pm
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Conductor: Gu Guanren
Zheng: Zhou Yanjia, Yang Xiuming, Luo Jing
Dizi: Sun Yongzhi
(Different programme on each night)
$200, $180, $130, $100 - Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets from 17.2.2006.
Half-price tickets for senior citizens, people with disabilities and full-time students.
25% ticket discount for Friends of HKCO.
10% ticket discount for Friends of LCSD performing venues (maximum 2 tickets).
Patrons can only enjoy one of the discount schemes for purchasing tickets.
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Open Rehearsal & Music Appreciation
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Zheng Virtuosi in Concert
21. 3. 2006 (Tue) 2:30pm
No.1 Rehearsal Hall, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Conductor: Yan Huichang
Zheng: So Chun-bo, Hon See-wah, Wang Zhongshan, Choi Ngar-si
Fee HK$25* Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets from 17.2.2006.
Free for FoHKCO, Students of HKCO and "Zheng Virtuosi in Concert" concert ticket holder. Please reserve your seat by calling 3185 1670.
Zheng Music - Emotions Recollected in Tranquility
31. 3. 2006 (Fri)8:00pm
4. 4. 2006 (Tue)2:30pm
No. 1 Rehearsal Hall, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Conductor: Gu Guanren
Qin Zheng: Zhou Yanjia
Chaozhou Zheng: Yang Xiuming
Zheng: Luo Jing
Dizi: Sun Yongzhi
Fee HK$25* Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets from 17.2.2006.
Free for FoHKCO, Students of HKCO and "Emotions Recollected in Tranquility" concert ticket holder. Please reserve your seat by calling 3185 1670.
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Poetry, Painting and Zheng Music
In this concert, against the ethereal sounds of the zheng played by Xu Lingzi, renowned masters in Chinese calligraphy and paintings of Hong Kong will give an on-site demonstration. The poetic tranquility will purge your soul as well as inspire. This is a cultural experience definitely not to be missed!
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The Music of the Konghou Tang poem by Li He
Song of the Mulberry Fields of Qin
Spring Thoughts Tang poem by Li Bai
The Lotus that Rises above the Water
High Mountains and Flowing Water
Fish Hawks Frolicking on the Water
Xu Lingzi comes from a musical family - both her parents are zheng artists and instructors, and was formally trained under He Baoquan, Sun Wenyan, Wang Changyuan and Guo Ying. She is currently a National Class One Performer, a member of the Chinese Musicians' Association, and a member of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society. Her biography can be found in Who's Who on the Contemporary Arts Scene in China. She has been on the teaching staff of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since 1995. Music critics have praised her for her "insightful interpretation of tone colours, tonality and music".
4. 4. 2006 (Tue) 7:30pm
No.1 Rehearsal Hall, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Fee : $150 Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets from 17.2.2006.
Free for "Emotions Recollected in Tranquility" concert ticket holders.
Half-price tickets for senior citizens, people with disabilities and full-time students.
25% ticket discount for Friends of HKCO.
10% ticket discount for Friends of LCSD performing venues (maximum 2 tickets).
Patrons can only enjoy one of the discount schemes for purchasing tickets.
Supported by:
Hong Kong Culture and Art Promotion Association
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An Exhibition on The Origins of the Zheng
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An instrument with a history of two millennia, representing an invaluable cultural heritage
The exhibition, presented by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, traces the development of the zheng over a span of 25 centuries - from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) to the present day - through the ancient paintings, writings and instruments on display, as well as a multimedia presentation on the different stylistic schools, the unique features of zheng music, and some of the representative figures in the genre.
19.1.2006 - 7.2.2006
Admiralty Pacific Place G/F
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Ground Foyer
25. 2. 2006 (Sat) 2:30pm
There will be outreach performances by various zheng music groups in Hong Kong at Admiralty Pacific Place.
| 24.1.2006 (Tue) | | 15:00 - 15:30 | | |
| 24.1.2006 (Tue) | | 18:45 - 19:00 | | |
| 25.1.2006 (Wed) | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | |
| 26.1.2006 (Thr) | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | |
| 27.1.2006 (Fri) | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | |
| 27.1.2006 (Fri) | | 18:00 - 19:00 | | |
| 28.1.2006 (Sat) | | 14:00 - 15:00 | | |
| 28.1.2006 (Sat) | | 18:00 - 19:00 | | |
| 1 .2.2006 (Wed) | | 12:00 - 12:30 | | |
| 2 .2.2006 (Thr) | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | |
| 3 .2.2006 (Fri) | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | |
| 4 .2.2006 (Sat) | | 14:00 - 15:00 | | |
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Make your own Zheng Workshop
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Be one of the rare few to know the zheng from inside out! Join our zheng workshop and learn how to Make A Zheng with your own hands!
Conducted by: Xu Zhengao (a veteran zheng maker with national accreditation)
Shen Zhengguo (Secretary General, Ethnic Instrument Section of the Chinese Musical Instrument-maker's Association)
Li Sufang (Director of Guzheng Section, No. 1 Factory of the Shanghai Ethnic Musical Instruments Manufacturing Company)
Session 1
Conducted by famous and veteran makers of the zheng from China, this session will be a walk-through of the various basic technical aspects of this instrument, from the structure of the frame, the soundboards, the base, the appliques, and the necessary carpentry works up to the assembled state. Participants will receive a free gift - a book on 100 FAQ's in Zheng.
29. 3. 2006 (Wed) 7:30pm
No.1 Rehearsal Hall, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Fee : $400
Session 2
Under the guidance of the instructors, participants will learn how to complete the fittings of a zheng, including fitting the pegs and bridges, stringing, tuning etc.. At the end of the session, participants will learn more about the instrument as well as Chinese music in general.
Participants will bring home a completed and playable 13-string miniature zheng that they have made all by themselves.
1) 1. 4. 2006 (Sat) 2:00-4:00pm
2) 1. 4. 2006 (Sat) 7:00-9:00pm
3) 2. 4. 2006 (Sun) 2:00-4:00pm
4) 2. 4. 2006 (Sun) 7:00-9:00pm
No.1 Rehearsal Hall, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Session 1 and 2 $1,500 (Seating is limited)
Course fees inclusive of material charges. Participants will bring home a completed and playable 13-string miniature zheng that they have made all by themselves.
Enrolment & details：3185 1670
* No Concessions apply
** For safety reasons, those who wish to participate in the session 2
must be aged 6 and above.
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Special acknowledgement:
Eight Sound Musical Instrument Store
http://www.51zheng.cn
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