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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1985

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A CELEBRATED CHINESE MUSICIAN SPECIALISING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CANTONESE MUSIC, MR LO KA-CHI, WILL BE TALKING ON THE APPRECIATION OF CANTONESE MUSIC WHILE RENOWNED SINGER, MR CHANG JU-CHIUN, WILL DELIVER A LECTURE ON THE APPRECIATION OF CHINESE REGIONAL FOLK SONGS DURING THE COURSE.

HEADS OF SCHOOLS WISHING TO NOMINATE THE IR TEACHERS TO ATTEND THE COURSE ARE REQUESTED TO APPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (MUSIC), MUSIC SECTION, ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, FIFTH FLOOR, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, BEFORE SATURDAY (DECEMBER 14).

TOP CHINESE PIANIST FOR TSUEN KWAI FESTIVAL

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WIDELY-ACCLAIMED CHINESE PIANIST, YIN CHENG-ZONG, WILL GIVE TWO RECITALS FOR THE 1986 TSUEN KWA ARTS FESTIVAL.

THE PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL AT

8 PM ON FEBRUARY 21 AND 22.

THE PROGRAMME FOR THE FIRST EVENING WILL INCLUDE GALUPPI'S +SONATA IN C MAJOR+, SCHUBERT'S FOUR IMPROMPTUS (OP. 90), LISZT'S +VENEZIA E NAPOLI + AS WELL AS THREE CHINESE PIECES.

IN THE SECOND CONCERT, YIN WILL PLAY GALUPPI'S +SONATA IN C MAJOR+, SCHUBERT'S FOUR IMPROMPTUS (OP. 90) AND SCHUMANN'S +ARABESQUE AND FANTASIE IN C MAJOR+.

YIN CHENG-ZONG, WINNER OF THE PIANO COMPETITION AT THE SEVENTH WORLD YOUTH PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL IN VIENNA IN 1959, ALSO TOOK THE SILVER MEDAL AT THE 1962 TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION.

BETWEEN 1968 AND 1974, HE GAVE RECITALS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND APPEARED WITH NUMEROUS PRESTIGIOUS ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC AND THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA.

TICKETS FOR HIS COMING RECITALS, PRICED AT $10, $15 AND $20,

HALF-PRICED ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH POSTAL BOOKING UNTIL DECEMBER 20. TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO FULL-TIME STUDENTS UNDER 25 YEARS OLD AND PEOPLE OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE.

BOOKING FOLDERS CONTAINING PROGRAMME DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT OFFICES; CITY HALL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AND MOST TV WEEK CONSUMER SERVICE CENTRES AT MTR STATIONS.

THE FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED JOINTLY BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD, TSUEN WAN CULTURE AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING ASSOCIATION, KWAI CHUNG PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

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