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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1982

VIOLIN PIANO DUO MASTERCLASS

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THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL HAVE INVITED THE FAMOUS VIOLINIST ALAN GRISHMAN AND THE WELL-KNOWN PIANIST CHIU YEE-HA TO CONDUCT A VIOLIN PIANO DUO MASTERCLASS. THIS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FROM 5.30 PM TO 7.30 PM AT THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 8TH FLOOR, HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE. STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WILL BE PLAYING AT THE MASTER CLASS.

BEFORE FURTHERING HIS STUDIES IN EUROPE WITH PABLO CASALS, GEORGES ENESCO AND MAX ROSTAL, ALAN GRISHMAN STUDIED VIOLIN WITH IVAN GALAMIAN. HE IS NOW THE PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN AND CHAMBER MUSIC AND CHAIRMAN OF THE STRING DEPARTMENT AT DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY IN PITTSBURGH AND PRIOR TO THIS, HE TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. GRISHMAN ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CASALS FESTIVALS IN FRANCE AND PUERTO RICO AND WAS CO-CONCERT MASTER OF THE KANSAS CITY PHILHARMONIC. AT THE MARLBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL, HE FORMED THE GRISHMAN-RYCE DUO WHICH TOURED THROUGHOUT EUROPE, THE FAR EAST, AND THE UNITED STATES, AND WON THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE MUNICH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. HE HAS PERFORMED CONCERTOS WITH ORCHESTRAS ON THREE CONTINENTS, AND IS CURRENTLY THE FIRST VIOLINIST OF THE WINDSOR STRING QUARTET.

CHIU YEE-HA, A STUDENT OF ILONA KABOS IN LONDON, BELA SIKI IN SWITZERLAND AND NADIA REISENBERG IN NEW YORK, MADE HER DEBUT AT THE AGE OF TWELVE. SHE HOLDS DIPLOMAS FROM THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN LONDON AND THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. SINCE 1965, SHE HAS MADE HER HOME IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HAS TAUGHT AT THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL AND THE CARNEGIE-MELLON ÚNIVERSITY. SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE MUSIC FACULTY AT DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY IN PITTSBURGH. APART FROM APPEARING IN NUMEROUS RECITALS IN ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES, MISS CHIU HAS PERFORMED TWICE AS SOLOIST WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA UNDER ANATOLE FISTOULAR I IN ENGLAND, AND WITH SIR MALCOLM SARGENT IN HONG KONG AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE CITY HALL. SHE HAS ALSO PLAYED CONCERTOS WITH THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, THE TAIPEI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE PORTLAND (MAINE) AND DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE MASTER CLASS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ADMISSION IS FREE.

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