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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1980
HONG KONG'S BEST TO TOUR ISRAEL AND CYPRUS
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A GROUP OF YOUNG MUSICIANS AND DANCERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL SHORTLY BE LEAVING TO TOUR ISRAEL AND CYPRUS.
THE GROUP, HONG KONG'S +JING YING+, (WHICH MEANS MOST OUTSTANDING IN CHINESE) WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE FIRST COMMONWEALTH FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL AND ARTS FESTIVAL, IN CYPRUS, AND THE ISRAEL ARTS FESTIVAL IN AUGUST.
ON SATURDAY (JULY 26) AN EVENING WITH HONG KONG JING YING+ WILL BE HELD AT THE AC HALL OF THE BAPTIST COLLEGE. APPEARING WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF THE TOURING PARTY OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE AND THE HONG KÔNG SCHOOLS DANCE TEAM. ALSO PERFORMING WILL BE THE HONG KONG CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS WILL BE ARRANGEMENTS SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE CONCERT BY SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS, DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON, SIR DAVID WILL BE CONDUCTING THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR, WHICH ALSO HAS AN OVERSEAS TOUR PLANNED SOON.
THE LAST ITEM ON THE PROGRAMME WILL BE A PIECE WRITTEN BY TONG LEUNG-TAK, MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA, AND FEATURING THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, THE CHINESE ENSEMBLE, THE DANCERS AND CHOIR.
APART FROM GIVING PERFORMANCES AT THE TWO FESTIVALS IN CYPRUS AND ISRAEL, THE YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS WILL ALSO ATTEND AN INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE IN ISRAEL ARRANGED BY THE WORLD-RENOWNED VIOLINIST ISAAC STERN. ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER WILL BE THE COURSE DIRECTOR.
MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, WHO WILL BE TOUR DIRECTOR, SAID THAT THE YOUNG HONG KONG MUSICIANS WOULD BE TRAVELLING TO AN AREA, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, WHICH HAD FOR LONG BEEN THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD. AS SUCH IT HAD
A LOT IN COMMON WITH MODERN HONG KONG AND THE MUSICIANS OF ISRAEL, CYPRUS AND HONG KONG WOULD ALL BENEFIT BY EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES,
TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT ON SATURDAY, AT $10, $15 AND $20, ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE AC HALL, THE MUSIC OFFICE AND TOM LEE.
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