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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1981

PAN ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT

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THE NEW KRITORIES PRESENTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL PRESENT A CONCERT BY THE PAN ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE LUT SAU HALL, YUEN LONG ON SUNDAY

DECEMBER 6) AT 7.30 PM.

CHEN GANG, CO-COMPOSER OF THE VIOLIN CONCERTO THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS+, WILL BE GUEST CONDUCTOR AND SOPRANO BETTY PAO WILL ALSO TAKE PART.

CHEN HAILS FROM A MUSICAL FAMILY.

HIS FATHER THE FAMOUS CHINESE COMPOSER CHEN GEXIN, TAUGHT MIM TO APPRECIATE MUSIC AT AN EARLY AGE. CHEN BEGAN STUDYING PIANO AT THE AGE OF SEVEN.

HE THEN STUDIED COMPOSITION AND HARMONY UNDER HIS FATHER AND AT 20, ENTERED THE SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC TO STUDY COMPOSITION.

IN 1958, WHILE STILL A STUDENT, HE WROTE THE FAMOUS VICIN CONCERTO +THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS+ TOGETHER WITH HE ZHAOHAC, AND ALSO MANY OTHER WIDELY-ACCLAIMED WORKS, INCLUDING SYMPHONIES, PIANO CONCERTOS, CHORALES AND VIOLIN PIECES.

IN 1959, HE WAS INVITED BY THE CENTRE FOR U.S. - CHINA ARTS EXCHANGE TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES FOR FOUR MONTHS AND ATTENDED MUSIC CONFERENCES AND GAVE PRESENTATIONS ON CHINESE MUSIC.

HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHINESE MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION, PROFESSOR IN THE COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT OF THE SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE RESEARCH GROUP IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.

PROGRAMME FOR THE NIGHT WILL INCLUDE THE FAMOUS +BUTTERFLY LOVERS+, +NINE RINGS+, +PLUCK ING LU-CHAI PLANTS+, +WAVES OF HUNG HU+, +ENCOUNTER AT THE BALCONY+ AND OTHER PIECES.

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TICKETS AT $7 ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE, YUEN LONG PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY.

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