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Wednesday, May 17, 1972

LOCAL PIANIST TO PLAY AT CITY HALL

Miss Nancy Loo, a local pianist will give a recital, under the

auspices of the Urban Council, at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, May 18) at

the City Hall Concert Hall.

in Paris.

After this concert, she will leave Hong Kong for further studies

Miss Loo studied with Mrs. Betty Drown in Hong Kong until 1965

when she left for the United States. She entered the Juilliard School.

as a scholarship student.

Before going to the United States, she was a frequent winner in

the Hong Kong Schools Music Festivals,

While in the United States, she won the Piano Section of the

Aspen Music Festival in 1965.

Then in 1966, she won the concerto competition in Juilliard in

which she played Saint-Saens Second Concerto in G Minor with the Juilliard

Orchestra. Moreover, she was a finalist in the Concert Artists Guild

Auditions. She received her master degree in 1971.

Tomorrow night, Miss Loo will play four sonatas by Haydn, Beethoven,

Prokofieff and Chopin.

Tickets at $1 only are available at the City Hall Box Office daily

from 10 a.a. to 8 p.m.

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