"City Hall Virtuosi" Series to feature delightful music programmes
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Piano Recital by Wong Wai-yin
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June 3 (Sunday), 8pm
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $150 and $200
Young pianist Wong Wai-yin has received international awards including first prize in the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition in Australia, second prize in the 17th Hilton Head International Piano Competition in the United States and was the youngest gold medallist in the 7th International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz held in Ukraine.
Bassoon Recital by Toby Chan
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August 3 (Friday), 8pm
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $150 and $200
Bassoonist Toby Chan received his Master's degree in Music at the Juilliard School in New York under Judith LeClair, principal bassoon of the New York Philharmonic. As an active orchestral musician, Chan has performed with the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is currently the Co-principal Bassoon of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
Sheng Recital by Loo Sze-wang
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October 28 (Sunday), 8pm
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $150 and $200
Renowned sheng virtuoso Loo Sze-wang has many awards under his belt. He has been active both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Since 1983, he has collaborated with different performing groups including the Song Company of Australia, Xenia Ensemble (Italy), St Lawrence String Quartet of the United States, POING (Norway), the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Macao Orchestra in various countries in America, Europe and Asia.
Piano Recital by Cheng Wai
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December 28 (Friday), 8pm
Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $150 and $200
A graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, renowned pianist Cheng Wai is a winner of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2009. She has also won numerous international competitions. From the concert halls of Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in the United States to the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, the Shanghai Grand Theatre and the Harbin Grand Theatre in the Mainland, her music has travelled beyond borders to be heard around the world.
Tickets are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/groups_559.html.
Ends/Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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