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Chamber Concert with the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme

21 Oct 2010

 

HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce that nine young talents from the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellows will give a chamber concert at the Loke Yew Hall on November 4 (Thursday), 7:30pm, featuring the most difficult pieces for violin solo and chamber works by Mozart and Dvorak. Limited seats are available for the public. Free admission, first come, first served.

Programme:

J.S. Bach      Partita for Violin Solo No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004* 
Mozart         String Quintet in G Minor, K. 516
Ysaÿe          Sonata for Violin Solo No. 3 in D minor ("Ballade")* 
Paganini      Capriccio No. 24*
Dvořák        String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77

*Violin: Liu Fangxi

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellows for the current season are: violinist Liu Boxuan from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; violists Zhang Shu-ying and Fu Shuimiao from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music; cellist Pan Yan from the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou; violinists Ke Xue and Liu Fangxi, violist Yang Fan from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; violinist Chen Yi-ting from the Taipei National University of the Arts and bassist Chang Pei-heng from the National Taiwan Normal University.

About the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme was created to provide professional orchestral training for promising young string musicians. It is fully endowed by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation, which shares the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra's commitment to nurturing and supporting artists of outstanding potential. The programme is co-directed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra's Concertmaster John Harding and Principal Viola Andrew Ling.

For enquiries, please contact Department of Music, HKU (Tel: 2859 7045)

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Phyllis Mak, Programme Manager, Faculty of Arts, HKU (Tel: 2859 8048 /email: kpmak@hku.hk ) or Ms Alice Luk, Corporate Communications Officer, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (Tel: 2721 1585 / email: alice.luk@hkpo.com)