Young violinist selected for international music camp
An 18-year-old violin player, Cheng Ka-ming, has been selected by the Music Office of the Recreation and Culture Branch to represent Hong Kong to attend the 1995 World Youth Symphony Orchestra Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan, USA, this summer.
Cheng has made remarkable achievements in music in the past few years. He was the Champion in Violin Sonata Class and Violin Concerto Class in the 1992 Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, the first runner-up in the 1993 Commercial Radio Prize, and the 1993 Student Musician of the Year organised by South China Morning Post.
Currently, he is the concert master of the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra and the La Salle College School Orchestra.
Cheng said he was delighted to have the opportunity to participate in the Interlochen Arts Camp and to meet young musicians from different countries in the coming summer.
"I am looking forward to staging concerts together with renowned musicians and I would do my best to introduce Hong Kong to other campers," he added.
The music camp, to be held from June 25 to August 21, is aimed at promoting friendship among young musicians aged between 14 and 18 through music.
The eight-week intensive training will include master classes and workshops conducted by renowned musicians. In addition, recreational activities such as sing-a- song
round camp fires, canoeing and swimming will be arranged.
End/Saturday, May 13, 1995