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TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1989
RENOWNED MUSICIAN TO GIVE MASTERCLASS
THE MUSIC OFFICE WILL PRESENT A MASTERCLASS BY A RENOWNED VIOLINIST, MS MADELEINE MITCHELL, AT THE SHA TIN MUSIC CENTRE ON SUNDAY (APRIL 16), FROM 10.30 AM TO 12.30 PM.
OVER THE YEARS, MS MITCHELL HAS WON MANY BRITISH NATIONAL COMPETITIONS. SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW BRITISH VIOLINISTS TO BE PERFORMING INTERNATIONALLY AS A SOLOIST, AND HAS GIVEN RECITALS AND CONCERTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE.
AS A SOLOIST AND CHAMBER MUSICIAN, MS MITCHELL HAS PLAYED AT MANY INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS. THESE INCLUDED MUSIC FESTIVALS IN BELFAST AND TORONTO, AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENTS AT THE LINCOLN CENTRE IN NEW YORK.
RECENTLY MS MITCHELL HAS PLAYED MOZART CONCERTOS WITH THE WUTTEMBERG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
HER GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE BRUCH AND MENDELESSOHN CONCERTOS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND GERMANY, AND THAT WITH TCHAIKOVSKY IN SPAIN, HAS RESULTED IN AN INVITATION TO PERFORM THE PREMIERE OF A NEW VIOLIN CONCERTO BY SIR PETER MAXELL DAVIES.
AT THE MASTERCLASS ON SUNDAY, MS MITCHELL WILL LECTURE ON THE TECHNIQUES OF VIOLIN PLAYING
ADMISSION TO THE MASTERCLASS IS FREE AND RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE ON 5-8235321.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF BOWRING STREET IN YAU MA TEI
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE SECTION OF BOWRING STREET IN YAU MA TEI BETWEEN TEMPLE STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET WILL CONTINUE TO BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC UNTIL THE END OF MAY FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION WORKS.
THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE LAST DECEMBER.