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MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1982

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VERDEHR TRIO TO PERFORM AT TSUEN WAN

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THE VERDEHR TRIO FROM THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GIVING A CONCERT AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL ON MARCH 25 AT 7.30 PM.

THE TRIO GOT TOGETHER IN 1972 TO SPECIALISE IN MUSIC FOR VIOLIN, CLARINET AND PIANO. APART FROM GIVING PERFORMANCES IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY HAVE ALSO MADE SEVERAL EUROPEAN TOURS, PERFORMING IN AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, WEST GERMANY AS WELL AS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CLARINET CONGRESS.

THEY HAVE NOW BEGUN A SERIES OF RECORDINGS OF NEWLY-COMMISSIONED WORKS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS OF WORKS FOR TRIO, AIMED AT ENLARGING THE LITERATURE FOR VIOLIN, CLARINET AND PIANO.

THE MEMBERS OF THE TRIO ARE VIOLINIST WALTER VERDEHR AND HIS WIFE CLARINETIST ELSA LUDEWIG-VERDEHR, AND PIANIST GARY KIRKPATRICK.

WALTER VERDEHR RECEIVED HIS FIRST VIOLIN INSTRUCTIONS AT THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN GRAZ, AUSTRIA, AND OBTAINED HIS BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREES FROM JUILLIARD SCHOOL. HE WENT TO STUDY AT VIENNA ACADEMY OF MUSIC UPON GRADUATION AND RETURNED TO THE JUILLIARD TO BECOME THE FIRST VIOLINIST TO RECEIVE A DOCTORATE FROM THE SCHOOL.

HIS WIFE ELSA HOLDS TWO BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN MUSIC

AND MUSIC EDUCATION, ONE MASTER'S DEGREE IN MUSIC AND ONE DOCTOR'S DEGREE IN MUSICAL ARTS. SHE IS NOW A PROFESSOR AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

GARY KIRKPATRICK ACQUIRED HIS MUSICAL TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRIA. HE IS THE WINNER OF THE STEPANOR PIANO COMPETITION IN VIENNA AND THE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION IN JAEN, SPAIN. HE IS AT PRESENT ON THE MUSIC FACULTY OF THE WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE CONCERT WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES PRESENTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

TICKETS AS $7 AND $10 ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BOX OFFICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES MOBILE LIBRARY.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 41.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 241.796 MILLION CUBIC METRES, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 212 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 262.652 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, MAKING UP 45.5 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.