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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1982

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POSTAL BOOKING FOR SPECIAL ARTS FESTIVAL PROGRAMMES

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DETAILS OF POSTAL BOOKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THREE SPECIAL

PROGRAMMES TO BE HELD DURING THE FORTHCOMING HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL, WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL JOINTLY WITH UNESCO'S INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL AND THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A FOUR-DAY SYMPOSIUM FROM FEBRUARY 28 TO MARCH 4 CONCENTRATING ON EAST-WEST EXCHANGES IN MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING

ARTS.

OUTSTANDING ARTISTS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE SYMPOSIUM ITSELF, AND TWO OF THEM, NAMELY MOUNIR BASHIR FROM IRAQ AND USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN FROM INDIA WILL GIVE EVENING PERFORMANCES WITH WELL-KNOWN LOCAL ARTISTS.

MOUNIR BASHIR IS PERHAPS THE LEADING AUTHORITY ON ARAB MUSIC AND IS TODAY THE ARTISTIC ADVISER TO IRAQ'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE. HIS OWN MUSICAL STUDIES TOOK HIM TO HUNGARY, WHERE HE WORKED UNDER THE GREAT HUNGARIAN COMPOSER, ZOLTAN KODALY, A MASTER OF ETHNIC FOLK-MUSIC.

MOUNIR BASHIR'S MASTERY OF THE ARABIC LUTE (THE UD) WILL BE HEARD IN A PROGRAMME OF ARABIAN AND CHINESE MUSIC, WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE KU HUI-HAN ON THE PIPA, ON MONDAY (MARCH 1) IN THE SHOUSON THEATRE.

ON TUESDAY (MARCH 2), ALSO IN THE SHOUSON THEATRE, THE CELEBRATED SAROD PLAYER, ÚSTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN, WILL PRESENT A PROGRAMME OF RAGA MUSIC, ACCOMPANIED ON THE TABLA AND TANPURA, HIS PERFORMANCES ARE UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED, AND HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE UNESCO MUSIC AWARD IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER HIGH MUSIC HONOURS.

IN CONTRAST TO ALI KHAN'S PROGRAMME OF TRADITIONAL INDIAN MUSIC WILL BE A CHENG RECITAL GIVEN BY ONE OF HONG KONG'S LEADING EXPONENTS OF THE INSTRUMENT, LIU LI CHUEN.

THE THIRD EVENING CONCERT AT THE SYMPOSIUM, ALSO IN THE SHOUSON THEATRE, WILL BE GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG JING YING IN A MIXED PROGRAMME OF MUSIC AND DANCE ON MARCH 3 (WEDNESDAY).

POSTAL APPLICATIONS FOR ALL THREE PERFORMANCES WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM JANUARY 25. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ARTS CENTRE, THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE AT CITY HALL, THE MUSIC OFFICE AND THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRES OUTLETS.

TICKETS FOR ALL THREE PERFORMANCES ARE PRICED $10, $20 AND $30, AND COUNTER BOOKINGS FROM THE ARTS CENTRE'S BOX OFFICE, SCMP BOOKSHOPS AT 107 WORLDWIDE HOUSE, CENTRAL, AND 313 OCEAN CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1982.

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