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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1990

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YOUNG MUSICIANS TO PERFORM IN NORTH AMERICA

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YOUTH

SIXTY-SIX OUTSTANDING MUSICIANS FROM THE HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA OF THE MUSIC OFFICE ARE GETTING READY FOR PERFORMANCES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES LATER THIS MONTH.

AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 23, THE YOUNG MUSICIANS WILL VISIT 7 AS VANCOUVER, SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES FROM JULY 23 TO AUGUST

THE PART OF

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME.

AND

GIVE A

UNDER THE BATON OF ITS MUSIC DIRECTOR, MR TONG LEUNG-TAK, ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR, MR HO MAN-CHUEN, THE ORCHESTRA WILL SERIES OF PERFORMANCES IN THE THREE CITIES.

VANCOUVER AND SAN THERE WILL BE TWO FUND-RAISING CONCERTS IN

WILL FRANCISCO ON JULY 25 AND AUGUST 1 RESPECTIVELY. THE FUNDS RAISED BE USED TO PROMOTE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THERE.

HAPPY "ALL OF US ARE VERY

CHINESE TO INTRODUCE OPPORTUNITY

THE TOUR DIRECTOR, MRS AMERICA, CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY).

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AND EXCITED ΤΟ BE GIVEN MUSIC TO THE PEOPLE OF AGNES ALLCOCK, SAID AT A PRESS

THIS

NORTH

IMPORTANT PART OF CHINESE

AN

"TRADITIONAL CHINESE MUSIC IS CULTURE AND IS RECEIVING INCREASING RECOGNITION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

PEOPLE

HELP "WE HOPE THE PERFORMANCES OF OUR MEMBERS WILL CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES TO BETTER APPRECIATE CHINESE MUSIC, SAID.

IN

|| SHE

"A BOOKLET INTRODUCING CHINESE

BEEN PRINTED INSTRUMENTS HAS

FOR THIS TOUR AND DISTRIBUTED TO MUSIC LOVERS IN THESE TWO COUNTRIES,

MUSIC

AND COPIES SHE ADDED.

MUSICAL

WILL

BE

WAS

FORMED IN 1978 PRACTISING CHINESE

то

PROVIDE MUSICAL

UK.

FRANCE,

BY MUSIC CRITICS MR TONG DIRECTOR,

THE YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRAL TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE INSTRUMENTS IN HONG KONG.

"OVER THE YEARS, OUR MEMBERS' PERFORMANCES IN THE ISRAEL, SINGAPORE AND CYPRUS WERE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AND CHINESE MUSIC LOVERS THERE, THE MUSIC

LEUNG-TAK, SAID.

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HE SAID OVERSEAS PERFORMANCES WERE CERTAINLY A WAY MEMBERS' MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION,

"MAKING MUSIC WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IS ALSO GREAT FUN IMPROVING ALL THE TIME," MR TONG SAID.

HO MAN-CHUEN,

THE ASSISTANT

MR MUSIC DIRECTOR, REPERTOIRE OF THE TOURING ORCHESTRA WILL COMPRISE 35 PIECES RANGING FROM TRADITIONAL TO MODERN WORKS.

ΤΟ BROADEN

THEY ARE

SAID THE OF MUSIC

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