FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983
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"HONG KONG JING YING' TO TOUR U.K.
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ON MONDAY (JULY 4) A DELEGATION OF SEVEN YOUNG MUSICIANS, COMPRISING ONE SOPRANO SOLOIST AND SIX CHINESE MUSIC INSTRUMENTALISTS, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TO TAKE PART IN TWO INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EVENTS UNDER THE BANNER OF THE 'HONG KONG JING YING'.
THE DELEGATION IS LED BY MR HOWARD YUNG, A STAFF MEMBER OF THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT.
OTHER MEMBERS ARE MISS LINDA LI (SOPRANO SOLOIST), MESSRS CHEUNG CHOK-TUNG (ER-HU), WAI SING-FAT (DI-ZI/SOU-NA) CHEUNG KWOK-CHUNG (XIU), SHUM WÜN-YIN (PI-PA), CHAN KWAN-PING (YANG-CHIN) AND POON CHI-MING (PERCUSSION).
MISS LI IS THE WINNER OF THE VOCAL COMPETITION OF THE 1982 HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC-MAKERS' TALENT QUEST AND THE SIX YOUNG INSTRUMENTALISTS WERE SELECTED BY OPEN AUDITION.
ALL ARE THEREFORE WELL-QUALIFIED TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS.
(A) LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EISTEDDFOD LLANGOLLEN, WALES (JULY 6-9)- ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LLANGOLLEN
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC EISTEDDFOD.
IT IS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL CHORAL MUSIC, FOLK SONG AND DANCE.
MISS LI, THE SOPRANO SOLOIST, WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITION ITEM 15 - INTERNATIONAL YOUNG SINGER OF THE YEAR.
THE SIX YOUNG MUSICIANS, AS A CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE, WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITION ITEM 18 - INSTRUMENTAL FOLK SOLO OR GROUP.
(B) CARDIFF SINGER OF THE WORLD COMPETITION (JULY 15 24) ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, WALES AND THE WELSH NATIONAL OPERA,
THIS IS AN EVENT IN WHICH SINGERS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WILL TAKE PART AND COMPETE FOR THE FIRST PRIZE OF 2 000 POUND STERLING PLUS AN OPTION FOR THREE BROADCAST ENGAGEMENTS.
THE FINAL COMPETITION WILL BE HELD IN ST DAVID'S HALL, CARDIFF, ON JULY 23 AND BROADCAST LIVE ON B.B.C. TELEVISION.
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