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Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra: a Cosmopolitan Symphony Concert

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Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall - Concert Hall

1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu Xuhui Shanghai

Date:

11/1/2019

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Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra: a Cosmopolitan Symphony Concert

11/1/2019

Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall - Concert Hall

1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu Xuhui Shanghai

￥80 - ￥580

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- Show Lasts 1.5 hrs (with 15 min intermission)

- Children Under 1.2m Not Permitted

- All Attendees Require a Ticket

- No Cancellation

“The sound they produce is out of this world” - The Guardian

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Founded in 1977, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra has won the accolades as “a leader in Chinese ethnic music” and “a cultural ambassador of Hong Kong”. It is often invited to perform at famous venues and festivals all over the world, having covered Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and the Arctic Circle to date.

It is therefore acclaimed as a leader among full-sized Chinese music ensembles in the international arena today. The Orchestra has an establishment of 91 professional musicians playing in four sections: bowed-strings, plucked-strings, wind and percussion.

The instruments include both the traditional and the improved, new versions. The bowed-string section has been using the Eco-Huqin series developed by the Orchestra since 2009, and is capable of performing both traditional Chinese music and contemporary, full-length works in a variety of musical formats and contents. The Orchestra also explores new frontiers in music through commissioning about 2,300 new works of various types and styles, whether as original compositions or arrangements.

Apart from regular concerts and activities promoting arts education, the Orchestra has initiated several instrumental festivals, including the Hong Kong International Youth Chinese Music Festival, to honour its mission statement that “Music is to be shared”. Together with the citizens of Hong Kong, the Orchestra has achieved many Guinness World Records for having the largest number of people playing musical instruments at the same time. The Hong Kong Drum Festival, which the Orchestra launched in 2003, is now into its 16th year with no interruption in between, and has become a keenly-anticipated annual cultural event.

Striving to ensure the transmission and development of Chinese music, the Orchestra has organized many symposia and competitions. Notable examples in recent years are ‘The International Composition Prize 2013’ co-organized with the Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music, and the ‘Chinese Music Without Bounds - International Composition Competition’ in 2017. They have been acclaimed as platforms for composers to publish their new works and for musical exchange. A milestone event is the world’s first ever ‘International Conducting Competition for Chinese Music’, which the Orchestra organized in 2011.

Other accolades and acclaims the Orchestra has won are its achievements in the arts, governance and administration, arts education, marketing and promotion. The Eco-Huqin series which the Orchestra developed has won not only the 4th Ministry of Culture Innovation Award in 2012, but also many other awards presented by various institutions for its green and innovative concepts. They add to the remarkable and highly commendable list of achievements in the history of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

Yan Huichang　Artistic Director and Principal Conductor for Life

Yan Huichang is a Chinese music conductor of world renown. He has been with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra since June 1997.

Yan Huichang was conferred the title of National Class One Conductor at the First Professional Appraisal of China in 1987. He has received many accolades from the governments of different lands in honour of his contribution to the development of culture, such as the ‘Cultural Medallion (Music)’ by the National Arts Council of Singapore in 2001, a Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) by the Hong Kong SAR Government, the Overseas Award for Music at the 51st Literary and Art Works Awards in Taiwan, and Best Conductor Award at the Golden Melody Awards for Traditional Arts and Music 2018 in Taiwan.

He has also won conducting awards as conductor in the audio-video recordings of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, the China National Symphony of China and the Chorus of China National Opera House, the Chinese Orchestra and Chorus of the Xi’an Conservatory of Music, and the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan.

He is currently Director of Chinese National Orchestra Research Center of the He Luting Advanced Research Institute for Chinese Music of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Honorary Fellow of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Visiting Scholar in its School of Music, and Visiting Professor or Adjunct Professor in many conservatories, Council Member of Chinese Musicians’ Association and National Commission of China Federation of Literary and Arts Circles, Honorary Music Director of the Shaanxi Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra.

Maestro Yan was appointed Music Director and Principal Guest Conductor of the National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan in 2013 with a tenure up to 2017. His contribution to nurturing conducting talents in Chinese music in Taiwan is widely recognized.

Zhang Chongxue　Eco-Erhu, Eco-Gaohu, Eco-Zhonghu

Zhang Chongxue is currently Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, a member of the Chinese Musicians’ Association, and a part-time lecturer for huqin majors at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Education University of Hong Kong. She is also the Artistic Director of Xueqinhui and Artistic Adviser of Wang Kwong Chinese Orchestra.

Zhang graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2006, and joined the HKCO the same year.

While at the Conservatory, she was awarded several scholarships for her outstanding academic performance. Other prizes include a Gold Award for Small Folk Ensemble (Erhu) at the China Government Culture and the Arts Awards (2005); runner-up at the International Erhu Competition of the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in 2008; and repeated awards of the People’s Scholarship and the Outstanding Erhu Specialism Scholarship by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, as well as the Shanghai Arts Award for Outstanding Specialism Studies from the Municipal Government of Shanghai.

Since joining the HKCO, she has performed erhu solo and in concerto in many of its concerts, including ‘The Magical Music of Zhao Jiping’ and ‘Xia Feiyun Conducts Chinese Music Favourites’ concert (2014), ‘Eternal Love’ concert (2013) and two solo huqin recitals in 2010 – one as part of the ‘HKCO4U’ series, and the other for the Wang Kwong Chinese Orchestra.

The famous music critic, Oliver Chou, has described her virtuosity as “navigating through its roller coaster-like emotions on the two-string fiddle” with aplomb.

Siqing Lu: China’s Foremost Violinist

Well recognized as one of the most outstanding Chinese violinists today, He has performed to acclaim in some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls in more than forty countries and territories worldwide, including the Musikverein in Vienna, Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Southam Hall at National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Maison Symphonique and Place des Arts in Montreal, Barbican Centre, Royal Opera House and Wigmore Hall in London, Theatre Des Champs Elysees and Louis XIV Opera House at Palace of Versailles in Paris, the Great Hall in Moscow, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Hamer Hall at the Arts Centre in Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

In 2019, as the first soloist in residence of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Siqing Lu would perform the Season Opening Gala of MSO. Besides, Siqing Lu would take a worldwide recital tour of more than thirty cities. In addition, Siqing Lu is invited to be the solist in residence of the China NCPA Orchestra.

Program

1. Song of the General Ancient Melody Arr. by Peng Xiuwen

2. Follow the Pagoda Tree to Trace the Roots of Our Ancestors Zhao Jiping

3. Eco-Huqin and Orchestra Big Tree (Excerpts)　Ng Cheuk-yin (Commissioned by the HKCO / Shanghai Premiere)
4. Eco-Gaohu, Eco-Erhu, Eco-Zhonghu: Zhang Chongxue

5. A Sorrowful Tune Zhu Jian'er

– Intermission –

6. For Four Instruments and Chinese Orchestra　Next Station Moon　Ng King-pan (Commissioned by the HKCO / Shanghai Premiere)

The first movement: The Shaded Moon
The second movement: Mondschein Represents My Heart
The third movement: Grand Opening

Eco-Erhu: Zhang Chongxue
Eco-Gaohu: Wong Sum Ho
Yangqin: Lee Meng-hsueh
Soprano Sheng: Chen Yi-wei

Violin Concerto The Butterfly Lovers He Zhanhao and Chen Gang Arr. by Ng Tai Kong
Violin: Siqing Lu

Notice

Date: Friday, November 1 @ 19:30

Duration: 1.5 hrs (with 15 min intermission)

There is no age limit but children under 1.2 meters are not allowed into the venue.

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Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra: a Cosmopolitan Symphony Concert

Venue:

Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall - Concert Hall

1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu Xuhui Shanghai

Date:

11/1/2019

This ticket is only available as a paper ticket

After you have joined the waiting list, you will be notified if tickets become available via SMS.