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SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1983

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SECOND HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC-MAKERS' TALENT QUEST

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THE SECOND HONG KONG YOUNG MUSIC-MAKERS' TALENT QUEST JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE COMPOSERS' AND AUTHORS' SOCIETY OF HONG KONG WILL REACH ITS CLIMAX AT THE FINAL CONTEST NEXT WEEK,

FOR THE COMPOSITION CATEGORY, THREE COMPOSITIONS EACH FOR CHINESE INSTRUMENTS AND FOR WESTERN INSTRUMENTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE PERFORMANCE AT THE FINAL CONTEST TO BE HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 22) AT 8 PM.

THE FINALISTS ARE MESSRS DU HEY-CHOY, CHAN KAM-BIU AND LEE WAN-HIP FOR THE CHINESE INSTRUMENTS COMPOSITION AND MESSRS HEVA CHAN, VICTOR CHAN AND LEUNG FAI-TO FOR THE WESTERN INSTRUMENTS COMPOSITION.

THESE SELECTED WORKS WILL BE PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AT THE FINAL CONTEST.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT SAID THE ADJUDICATORS OF THE SEMI-FINAL ROUNDS HAD COMMENTED THAT THE STANDARD FOR BOTH THE VOCAL PERFORMANCE AND THE COMPOSITION CATEGORIES HAS BEEN +MOST ENCOURAGING+.

+THE PERFORMANCE AT THE FINAL IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGHLY MUSICAL AND ENTERTAINING AND THE WHOLE EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ADJUDICATORS FOR THE CHINESE COMPOSITION CATEGORY AT THE FINAL CONTEST ARE MESSRS CHEN NING-CHI, LAW WING-FAI, NG TAI-KONG, WUT MAN-CHUNG AND TONG LEUNG-TAK AND FOR THE WESTERN COMPOSITION CATEGORY ARE DR ANN BOYD, PROF DAVID GWILT, MR DOMING LAM, PROF LIN SHENG-SHIH AND MR THOMAS WANG.

FOR THE VOCAL PERFORMANCE COMPETITION, FOUR SINGER CANDIDATES - MISS LI SIU-LAN, MISS LI SAU-LIN, MISS YUEN MIU-FUN AND MISS LEE YEE-MAN, WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL. THE PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS AT THE FINAL WILL COMPRISE OF MISS LEE BING, MISS BARBARA FEI, MR NICHOLAS HAYES, MISS ELLA KIANG, MR STEPHEN LLEWELLYN, DR YIP WAI-HONG AND MR THOMAS WANG.

ADMISSION TCIKETS AT $5 EACH ARE NOW ON SALE AT ALL FIVE MUSIC CENTRES OF THE MUSIC OFFICE IN WAN CHAI, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI, KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN. FURTHER ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE AT TEL. NO. 3-7561328.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE FINAL OF THE TALENT QUEST WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 22) AT 8 PM.

STAFF OF THE INFORMATION UNIT OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST.

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