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The Poignant Sounds of the Huqin - Liu Changfu & Liu Yang
Liu Yang - The Poignant Sounds of the Huqin
The Master and His Prized Pupil -
An Erhu Concert by Liu Changfu and Liu Yang
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Open Rehearsal & Music Appreciation
22.4.2008 (Tue) 2:45
HKCO Rehearsal Hall
Fee : $35*
Free for FoHKCO, Students of HKCO and Concert Ticket Holders. Please reserve your seat by calling 3185 1670
(Limited seats, first-come-first-served)
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Liu Changfu Master Class
23/4/2008 (Wed) 7:00pm Fee : $150
HKCO Rehearsal Hall, 7/F Sheung Wan
Municipal Services Building
Free for "The Poignant Sounds of the Huqin -
Liu Changfu & Liu Yang" concert tickets holders.
Half-priced tickets for senior citizens, people with
disabilities and full-time students.
25% ticket discount for Friends of HKCO.
Reservation : 3185 1670 (Limited seats, first-come-first-served)
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Commissioned Work No. 12 of 'Cadenzas of Hong Kong'
Temple Rituals
Richard Tsang (Commissioned by the HKCO/World Premiere)
Liu Yang
Erhu and Orchestra The Sun Shines on Taxkorgan
Arr. by Cehn Gang Re-arr. Liu Changfu Orch. by Chen Ning-chi
Erhu and Orchestra A Spray of Flowers Folk Music of Shandong
Arr. by Zhang Shiye (25.4 only)
Erhu Concerto The Great Wall Capriccio Liu Wenjin (25.4 only)
Erhu Concerto The Ballad of Lan Hua Hua Kwan Ming
Compiled by Wang Guotong Orch. by Zhu Yi (26.4 only)
Liu Changfu
Erhu and Orchestra The Sanmen Gorge Capriccio
Liu Wenjin Orch. by Tang Jianping
Erhu Solo Torrents of the River Dongbei Folk Music (25.4 only)
Transcribed by Huang Haihua Orch. by Huang Xiaofei
Erhu Concerto Red Plum Capriccio Wu Houyuan (26.4 only)
Zhonghu and Ensemble
Loving Thoughts of the Land Beyond the Great Wall
Liu Changfu Orch. by Zhang Fuquan
Liu Yang (25.4) Liu Changfu (26.4)
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25-26.4.2008
Time: 8:00 pm
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Venue :
Hong Kong City Hall
Concert Hall |
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$250, 180, 100
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Yan Huichang
Conductor |
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¡§Meticulous execution with a charming stage presence¡¨
The Straits Times, Singapore
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¡§The group¡¦s charismatic conductor, Yan Huichang, directed the afternoon with sophisticated elan.¡¨
Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb International
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Liu Changfu
Special Guest |
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Liu Changfu was the first erhu artist to receive a master's degree in China. He is currently on the faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music and is a supervisor of the master¡¦s degree programme. He is Vice President of the Erhu Society and the Liu Tianhua Research Society under the auspices of the Chinese Musicians¡¦ Association, an Executive Director of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, and Vice President of the Professional Committee for Huqin Artists. In the four decades of his teaching career, he has groomed many outstanding talents in erhu performance as well as teachers in the field. He has also published a substantial collection of etudes for erhu and written many solo works with a distinguished style.
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Liu Yang
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Liu Yang is currently Zhonghu Principal of the HKCO. He was the winner of the first prize at the Tianhua Cup National Competition for Young Erhu Performers in 1999. In 2000, he was a principal with Orchestra Asia, which consisted of instrumentalists from Korea, Japan and China the Orchestra Asia, when it went on tour to Korea and Japan. He gave another solo recital in Beijing in the same year.
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