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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1982
INDIAN SAROD PLAYER FOR RECITAL
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INDIAN SAROD PLAYER, USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN, WILL BE THE SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST IN A PROGRAMME OF INDIAN AND CHINESE MUSIC TO BE GIVEN ON MARCH 2 AT 8 PM IN THE SHOUSON THEATRE.
RECIPIENT OF A UNESCO AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FORUM IN 1971, HE IS TODAY CONSIDERED THE FOREMOST EXPONENT AND INTERPRETER OF THE INDIAN SAROD.
BORN IN GWALIOR IN 1945, HE BEGAN STUDYING THE INSTRUMENT FROM THE AGE OF FIVE UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HIS FATHER, A LEADING MUSICIAN. IN HIS TEENS HE BECAME A NATIONAL CELEBRITY AND TODAY IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING THE CENTURIES-OLD TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF INDIA TO AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HIS PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF RAGA MUSIC, ACCOMPANIED BY THE TABLA, A TWO-PIECE PERCUSSIVE DRUM, AND THE TANPURA, A DRONE INSTRUMENT TUNED TO THE KEYNOTES OF THE RAGA.
FOLLOWING AMJAD KHAN'S RECITAL, ONE OF HONG KONG'S LEADING CHENG PLAYERS, MISS LIU LI-CHUAN, WILL PRESENT A PROGRAMME OF FIVE WORKS. THESE INCLUDE A MIXTURE OF TRADITIONAL FOLK-TUNES FROM VARIOUS CHINESE PROVINCES IN ADDITION TO HER OWN COMPOSITIONS.
MISS LIU HAS TOURED THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AS A SOLOIST.
SHE IS WELL-KNOWN AS AN ORCHESTRAL DIRECTOR AND LED THE COMBINED YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG DURING THE 1979 ASIAN YOUTH MUSIC CAMP.
SHE HAS COMPOSED MANY WORKS FOR CHINESE INSTRUMENTS AND HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT SINCE HER ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG IN 1978.
TICKETS FOR THIS CONCERT ARE AT $10, $20 AND $30 AND ARE ON SALE FROM THE ARTS CENTRE BOX OFFICE AND FROM THE SCMP BOOKSHOPS AT 107 WORLDWIDE HOUSE, AND 313 OCEAN CENTRE. POSTAL BOOKING IS ALSO AVAILABLE AND FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED BY TELEPHONING THE ARTS CENTRE BOX OFFICE (5-280626) BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 9.30 PM.
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CLOSURE OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD SECTION
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A SECTION OF PRINCE EDWARD ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH EMBANKMENT ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE MORNINGS FROM MONDAY (FEBRUARY 15) FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY BRIDGE.
DURING THE CLOSURE, EASTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED VIA SAI YEE STREET AND BOUNDARY STREET AND WESTBOUND TRAFFIC MAY USE EMBANKMENT ROAD AND BOUNDARY STREET.
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