MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1979
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AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM IN HK
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THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE AND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL WILL JOINTLY PRESENT A CONCERT BY THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA ON FRIDAY.
THE ORCHESTRA, NOW TOURING CHINA, WILL PERFORM UNDER THE BATON OF MR. JOHN HOPKINS AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL AT 8 P.M.
MR. HOPKINS, POPULAR AMONG YOUTHFUL GENERATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC LOVERS, IS A CONDUCTOR FAMILIAR TO MUSIC LOVERS IN HONG KONG.
BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1927, MR. HOPKINS STUDIED MUSIC AT THE ROYAL MANCHESTER COLLEGE OF MUSIC, THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC, LONDON, AND IN AUSTRIA,
FOR EIGHT YEARS HE WAS RESIDENT CONDUCTOR OF TWO BBC ORCHESTRAS AND CONDUCTED WIDELY IN EUROPE, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES.
HE BECAME CONDUCTOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND BROADCASTING COMMISSION'S NATIONAL ORCHESTRA IN 1957 AND MOVED TO AUSTRALIA IN 1963 TO JOIN THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION.
SINCE 1963, AS GUEST CONDUCTOR, MR. HOPKINS HAS REGULARLY TAKEN PART IN NATIONAL MUSIC CAMPS ORGANISED BY THE NATIONAL CAMP ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA, PARENT BODY OF THE AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA.
THE ORCHESTRA IS LED BY SANDRA TANCI BUDEK A YOUNG AUSTRALIAN VIOLINIST WHO WON THE AUSTRALIA-WIDE CONCERTO COMPETITION ORGANISED ANNUALLY BY THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION IN 1977.
THE PROGRAMME FOR FRIDAY NIGHT'S CONCERT WILL INCLUDE MOZART'S +MAGIC FLUTE OVERTURE,+ HANDEL'S +WATER MUSIC SUITE, LISZT'S +PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN E FLAT+ AND DVORAK'S +SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN G.+
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