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Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Our Music Talent Series, "Percussion Concert by Sabrina Ma" will be staged in July. The solo programme will offer a selection of compositions from different times and places to delight the audience with the unique qualities of percussion.
The programme will include Benedikt Bindewald's "heimlich, still und leise", Paul Smadbeck's "Rhythm Song", Iannis Xenakis'"Rebonds A & B", José Manuel López López's "Cálculo secreto", Emiko Uchiyama's "The Art of Thangka", Alejandro Viñao's "Khan Variations" and Rilli Willow's "Havana".
Born in England, Sabrina Ma grew up in Hong Kong and currently lives in Berlin. She has been playing percussion for more than 20 years and has enjoyed an international career as a vibrant soloist and an engaging chamber player. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Michigan in the United States with highest honors under the eminent Professor Michael Udow in 2007, and her Master of Music degree with distinction under the esteemed Professor Isao Nakamura at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Germany in 2013.
Ma has won prizes at many international competitions, such as the Special Talent Award at the Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium, the Pustjens Prize at the World Marimba Competition in Germany, Third Prize at the 4ème Concours International de Vibraphone Claude Giot in France, First Prize at the International Performers' Competition for Marimba in the Czech Republic, First Prize at the Classical Marimba League Solo Artist Competition in the US and First Prize in the Solo Category at the International Competition for Contemporary Music in Poland. She was selected as a semi-finalist at the prestigious and highly competitive Concert Artists Guild competition in New York. In 2013 Ma's outstanding performance convinced an exacting jury at the German Music Competition to choose her as one of four winners from more than 100 participants. Besides winning an additional scholarship, she was added to the artist roster of the German Federal Selection of Young Artists and received a record deal with the Genuin label for 2014.
"Percussion Concert by Sabrina Ma" will be at 8pm on July 26 (Saturday) in the Theatre of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $160 and $120 are now available at all URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by telephone credit card booking. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for full-time students and CSSA recipients available on a first-come, first-served basis).
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321; for ticketing enquiries call 3761 6661. For telephone credit card bookings, call 2111 5999. Internet bookings are available at www.urbtix.hk. For more information on the programme, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/program_561.html.
Ends/Monday, June 16, 2014
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