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SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982

1982 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP OPENED

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THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT'S THIRD HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP WAS LAUNCHED BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

ABOUT 300 YOUNG MUSICIANS, INCLUDING SOME 20 OVERSEAS STUDENTS FROM AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TWO-WEEK CAMP HELD AT ST STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, STANLEY.

THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE,

MRS ELIZABETH WONG, IN HER SPEECH SAID THE AIMS OF THE CAMP ARE TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS IN A SUMMER CAMP ATMOSPHERE AND TO FOSTER INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH MUSIC.

+ IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT HIGH STANDARDS WILL BE SET, WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME GUEST CONDUCTORS AND INSTRUCTORS FROM CHINA, AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH INSTRUCTORS FROM HONG KONG, SHE SAID.

+I FEEL SURE THAT UNDER THEIR EXPERT GUIDANCE BOTH LEARNING AND INTEREST WILL BE STIMULATED.+

IN WELCOMING THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS, MRS WONG SAID SHE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL RAPPORT BUT ENJOY THE WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL ACTIVITIES THEY WOULD ENCOUNTER DURING THE CAMP.

ELEVEN WELL-KNOWN MUSICIANS, FIVE FROM CHINA AND THE OTHERS FROM EUROPE, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES WILL PARTICIPATE IN STUDY SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING. SOME WILL CONDUCT A NUMBER OF JOINT CONCERTS.

HEADING THE DISTINGUISHED VISITING MUSICIANS FROM OVERSEAS ARE GEORG TINTNER, MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE QUEENSLAND ORCHESTRA, WHO WILL CONDUCT THE CAMP'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; SIMONE DE HAAN, LECTURER IN TROMBONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, WHO WILL PROVIDE BRASS COACHING FOR THE STUDENTS, AND JOHN DENMAN, DEPUTY PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT ARIZONA UNIVERSITY WHO WILL TEACH WOODWIND TECHNIQUE.

STRING PLAYERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY UNDER JOSEPH ARONOFF, PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN, AND LEONARD STEHN, BOTH FROM LONDON'S GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.

IN ADDITION TO WESTERN MUSIC TRAINING, A FULL PROGRAMME OF CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED.

MR QIN PENG-ZHANG FROM THE CENTRAL TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA WILL CONDUCT THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA.

ER-HU STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STUDY UNDER MR ZHANG HONG-REN OF THE CHINESE OPERA AND CHOREOGRAPHY THEATRE.

MR WANG SHOU-Y!N, MISS TAP PEI-LING AND MR TEACH PERCUSSION, PIAN DI-ZI RESPECTIVELY. CENTRAL DANCING TROUSE

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