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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1980
INSTRUCTORS TO PLAY AT BRITISH COUNCIL'S MUSIC HOUR
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THE CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTORS OF THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL'S FRIDAY MUSIC HOUR TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 5.30 PM.
THE CONCERT WILL BE THE LAST OF THE SERIES OF +FRIDAY MUSIC HOUR+ PROGRAMMES PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND THE MUSIC OFFICE SINCE MID-JUNE. THIS CONCERT WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SERIES.
PERFORMING AT THE CONCERT WILL BE CHUNG CHING-KWONG, CHAN KI-CHAM AND CHEN TE-JEN.
CHUNG CHING-KWONG IS AN ESTABLISHED ER-HU PLAYER AND EXCELS IN MUSIC COMPOSITION. WITH HIS EXPERTISE IN ER-HU PERFORMANCE, CHUNG HAS MADE A DEFINITE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS RE-MODELLING THE INSTRUMENT. AT THE CONCERT, HE WILL PLAY HIS WORK IN PRAISE OF SPRING+ WHICH WAS AWARDED FIRST PRIZE
IN THE 1978 SICHUAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
BORN INTO A MUSICAL FAMILY, CHAN KI-CHAM IS A RENOWNED YANG-CHIN PLAYER. GRADUATED WITH DISTINCTION AT THE GUANGZHOU COLLEGE OF MUSIC, HE HAS VAST EXPERIENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING OF THE YANG-CHIN AND HAS ALSO MADE MANY RECORDINGS.
CHEN TE-JEN LEARNED THE SHIAO, SHO-NA AND SHENG UNDER FAMOUS MUSICIANS, WU TIN-CHUEN AND LI SAI-YIN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FU-JIAN DANCE AND SONG ENSEMBLE FOR 12 YEARS. THE PIECE HE WILL BE PLAYING, IN REMEMBRANCE+, IS ONE OF HIS COMPOSITIONS BASED ON THE FOLK TUNES OF FU-JIAN.
APART FROM PLAYING THEIR OWN COMPOSITIONS, THE PERFORMERS WILL ALSO PLAY SOME FAMOUS WESTERN PIECES SUCH AS THE +HORA DANCE+ AND THE LARK+ ON CHINESE INSTRUMENTS.
ADMISSION IS FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME. ADMISSION TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL, 4TH FLOOR, 255 HENNESSY ROAD, AND THE MUSIC OFFICE AT 9TH FLOOR, ARTS CENTRE, WAN CHAI. ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE AT 5-283257.