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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1979

WORLD FAMOUS MUSICIAN TO CONDUCT CELLO WORKSHOP

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THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE WILL PRESENT A CELLO WORKSHOP BY THE WORLD FAMOUS RUSSIAN-BORN CELLIST, MISCHA MAISKY, ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 17).

THE WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE TRAINING CENTRE OF THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. ADMISSION IS FREE.

MR. MAISKY, HONOURED AS A HAPPY MIXTURE OF TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE AND MUSICAL ESPRIT, WON MOST OF THE MAJOR PRIZES IN RUSSIA BEFORE HE WAS 17, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION AND THE ALL RUSSIA COMPETITION FOR CELLISTS. HE LATER STUDIED WITH THE TWO GREAT CELLISTS ROSTROPOVICH IN MOSCOW AND PIATIGORSKY IN CALIFORNIA,

AT THE AGE OF 25 IN 1973, MR. MAISKY LEFT RUSSIA FOR ISRAEL.

HE MADE HIS AMERICAN DEBUT THAT YEAR IN THE CARNEGIE HALL WITH THE PITTSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER THE BATON OF WILLIAM STEINBERG AND LATER APPEARED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA.

MR. MAISKY ALSO TOURED NORTH AMERICA AS THE SOLOIST FOR SEVEN CONCERTS WITH THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNDER DANIEL BARENHOIM, COLIN DAVIS AND ZUBIN MEHTA.

HIS ROYAL FESTIVAL DEBUT CAME IN 1976 WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, FOLLOWED BY HIS LONDON RECITAL AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL WITH RADU LUPU.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE SAID THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF THE OFFICE TO INVITE TOP MUSICIANS PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG TO CONDUCT WORKSHOPS SO THAT YOUNG MUSICIANS HERE CAN LEARN FROM GREAT MASTERS.

+MAISKY'S WORKSHOP SHOULD THEREFORE PROVIDE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR BUDDING CELLISTS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

WE HOPE TO ORGANISE FURTHER WORKSHOPS FOR OTHER WESTERN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTALISTS IN HONG KONG BY INVITING WORLD GREATS HERE, HE ADDED.

THE THREE PIECES OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED IN MONDAY'S WORKSHOP ARE GOLTERMANN'S CELLO CONCERTO NO. 5 D MINOR OP. 76, FAURE'S ELEGY AND BRAHMS' CELLO SONATA NO. 1 IN E MAJOR.

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