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Saturday, November 25, 1972
RENOWNED VIOLINIST TO PLAY IN CITY HALL NEXT WEEK
World-famous violinist, Eugen Prokop, will play in a recital at
the City Hall Concert Hall next Monday (November 27) under the sponsorship
of the Urban Council.
At the piano will be David Gwilt, Chairman of the Chung Chi College's
Music Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Eugen Prokop has also been invited by the Hong Kong Philharmonic
Orchestra to play the Brahms' Concerto in their concerts on December 9 and 10.
In this recital next Monday, he will play Mozart, Bach, Debussy,
Wieniawski, Suk, Sarasate and Falla. Tickets at $1, $2 and $3 each are
available daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the City Hall Box Office.
He
Eugen Prokop is an artist of the renowned Czech violin school.
studied under the Czeh master, Haroslav Kocian. Late, he made his home in
Belgium and matured his art through constant contact with the famous Belgium
school of violin playing.
Laureate of the Jan Kubelik International Violin Competition of
Prague, and winner of the coveted Carl Flesch Golden Medal of London, he has
made extensive tours in Europe, the Middle and Far East, Australia, and the
United States and performed with many world-famous orchestras.
He initiated the Pollensa Festival, which took place every summer
in a 16th century cloister of Santo Domingto, on the southern coast of Spain.
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