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HKU weekly notice

20 Jan 2017

 

Oscars Nominee Bombay Jayashri Ramnath to Perform at HKU
World renowned Indian classical musician, Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, will be on a tour to Hong Kong from 24th January to 26th January, 2017 and she will be performing at The University of Hong Kong at 19:30 on 24th January. The performance will be combined with demonstration introducing the aesthetics in Indian music.

Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, a Carnatic music vocalist, is most famously known globally for her soulful renditions in Ang Lee’s acclaimed film Life of Pi. She has received India’s most celebrated music awards and has been a cultural ambassador through her extensive worldwide travels and performances. She has had the rare privilege of being the first Carnatic classical performer at the Opera House in Durban and The Russian Opera House in Helsinki.

At the performance and demonstration at HKU, Bombay Jayashri will be accompanied by Mysore Srikanth, one of India’s leading violinists, Manoj Siva on the Mridangam, and B. S. Purushotham, one of the most sought after percussion artists in India, on Khanjira.

This event is co-organised by Spic Macay Hong Kong, General Education Unit, Department of Music and CYM Cultural Centre of HKU.

Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the event. Details are as follows:

Date: 24th January, 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Venue: Studio 303, CYM Cultural Centre, HKU
Free Admission
For online registration and programme details, please visit http://gened.hku.hk/newsevents/detail?id=586.

About Bombay Jayashri Ramnath
Bombay Jayashri Ramnath is an accomplished Carnatic vocalist, music composer, writer, and 2013 Oscars Nominee for Best Original Song – Pi’s Lullaby in Ang Lee’s International Hit Life of Pi. Jayashri was born in Calcutta into a family of music connoisseurs and musicians. While growing up in Mumbai, she started training in Carnatic music under the guidance of her parents Seetha and N. N. Subramaniam. She has performed at various festivals and venues all across India and in over twenty different countries, including the US, UK, Switzerland, France, Finland, and Spain.

For media enquiries and interview arrangement, please contact
Ms. Celeste Shai, Programme Officer, General Education Unit, HKU (Tel: 3917 5045 /email: cymshai@hku.hk) or
Mr. Viveik Saigal of Spic Macay Hong Kong (Tel: 9870 5368/email: viveik@viveik.org)

UMAG exhibitions
1. Art Totems Bridging East & West: Eddie Lui's Four Decades of Artistic Pursuit -- A retrospective display of juxtaposed media and iconographic themes

Period:  Now till March 26, 2017 (Sunday)

Eddie Lui is—as a draftsman, painter and sculptor—one of the founders of contemporary art in Hong Kong. His work is beautifully executed and eccentric, and his employment of form and colour continues to engage throughout the years. Few subject matters are particular to any one culture; his pictorial language is marked by the international and diverse influences found in Hong Kong. Lui’s familiarity with various materials and use of their distinct characteristics is embraced by his overarching topics and forms of visual expression that are common to several of his techniques and recognisable as ‘art totems’. The size and volume of selected artworks shows the artist’s ease with two- and three-dimensional artworks and the dialogue that he routinely creates between them.

Venue: 1/F & 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

2. Rising Above: The Kinsey African American Art and History Collection on display for the first time outside of the United States

Period:  Now till February 26, 2017 (Sunday)

The exhibition includes over 120 items that range from paintings and sculptures to rare first editions and manuscripts, letters and official records that testify to the courage and hope of African Americans rising above the challenges they faced – and still face – to make their voices heard. The Kinsey Collection has been seen by over six million people in 24 cities around the United States. It is the first privately owned collection to have been displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and is now on long-term display at Epcot, a theme park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, that attracts millions of visitors every year.

Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

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Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk.