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YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS HOLD MUSICAL EVENING IN UK
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HONG KONG'S LONDON COMMISSIONER, MR. DENIS BRAY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT MORE MUSICAL EVENINGS WOULD BE HELD FOLLOWING THE DE BUT INFORMAL EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC RECENTLY BY SIX TALENTED YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS AT HIS WESTMINSTER RESIDENCE.
+THE EVENING GAVE GREAT PLEASURE TO ALL OF US, MR. BRAY SAID ON WEDNESDAY, ADDING: THE STUDENTS, SCATTERED AT SEVERAL COLLEGES, WERE ABLE TO MEET AND ENJOYED PLAYING IN INFORMAL SURROUNDINGS. THE GUESTS WERE PLEASANTLY IMPRESSED BY THE COMPETENCE OF THE ARTISTS AND SAW A SIDE OF HONG KONG LIFE THEY WOULD NOT OTHERWISE SEE.+
THE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY STUDYING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. AMONG THE GUESTS WERE LEADING AND RESPECTED PERSONALITIES FROM BRITAIN'S MUSIC FRATERNITY, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE OFFICIALS.
THE EVENING BEGAN WITH TEENAGE PIANIST, MARY WU, RENDERING A SELECTION OF MUSIC BY RAVEL. MARY, WHO COMES FROM A FAMILY OF TALENTED MUSICIANS, IS A STUDENT AT THE PRESTIGEOUS YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOL OF MUSIC. SHE WAS A FINALIST AT LAST YEAR'S ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
ADOLPH LIU AND JOSEPH FUNG PLAYED MUSIC COMPOSED FOR GUITAR AND FLUTE. ADOLPH WHO PLAYED THE FLUTE IS A STUDENT AT TRINITY COLLEGE AND JOSEPH WHO LATER ENTERTAINED THE GUESTS TO A GUITAR SOLO, IS A STUDENT AT THE ROYAL NORTHERN MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
TO YAM AND YIP WING-SIE, BOTH VIOLINISTS, PLAYED COMPOSITIONS BY BARTON TOGETHER, TO YAM IS A STUDENT AT THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA AND LAST YEAR SHE ACCOMPANIED THE AVON YOUTH ORCHESTRA ON A TOUR OF THE FAR EAST AND PERFORMED IN HONG KONG,
YIP WING-SIE IS A STUDENT AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
EVA LUE, A PIANIST, BROUGHT THE EVENING TO A CLOSE. SHE IS ALSO A STUDENT AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
MR. DAVID STONE, MUSIC CONSULTANT TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, INTRODUCED THE ARTISTS TO THE GUESTS.
AMONG THOSE WHO ATTENDED WERE MR. GORDON SIU, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR MR. JOHN MACKENZIE, MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA- SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS, DIRECTOR, ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC- SIR PAUL BRYAN, MP, AND MR. IAN WRIGGLESWORTH, CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION AND MRS. WRIGGLESWORTH- SIR JOHN EDEN, MP AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOURNMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TRUST, AND LADY EDEN- MR. JOHN HOSIER, PRINCIPAL, GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA- MR. PETER NORRIS, PROFESSOR OF PIANO, YEHUDI MENUHIN SCHOOL PROFESSOR LEONARD HIRSH, PROFESSOR, ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC DR. JEREMY BRAY, MP- MR. GERRY WIGGIN, MP, AND MRS. WIGGIN- MR. W.E. QUANTRILL, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND MRS. QUANTRILL AND MR. PATRICK WILLIAMSON WHO IS NOW HEAD OF THE HONG KONG DESK AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, AND MRS. WILLIAMSON.