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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1994

"WE ARE DELIGHTED то

WELCOME THE

WORLD-RENOWNED NEW YORK CITIBANK SPONSORSHIP. I RECALL THE ORCHESTRA PLAYED TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL CONCERTS IN HONG KONG IN 1984 AND 1989," MR WIGGHAM SAID.

PHILHARMONIC FOR ITS THIRD VISIT UNDER

"OUR AUDIENCES ARE YOUNG AND ENTHUSIASTIC AND WILL CERTAINLY APPRECIATE A VISIT BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER ORCHESTRAS, MR WIGGHAM SAID.

HE ADDED THAT HE WAS PLEASED THAT MAESTRO MASUR HAD EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN THE EMPHASIS LAID ON MUSIC EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

AS A FORMER COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE IN HONG KONG, AND A FORMER VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, MR WIGGHAM SAID HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT GOES INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MUSIC TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, RESULTING IN ENTHUSIASTIC AND APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCES, AND A REAL ABUNDANCE OF MUSICAL TALENT OF WHICH ANY CITY COULD BE PROUD.

THIS TIME, AN ADDED BONUS FOR HONG KONG WAS THAT ONE OF THE TERRITORY'S TALENTED MUSICIANS, SAMUEL WONG, WAS COMING BACK ΤΟ

VISIT, MR WIGGHAM NOTED.

MR WONG, THE ASSISTING TOUR CONDUCTOR, WAS BORN IN HONG KONG AND LIVED IN THE TERRITORY UNTIL HE WAS NINE.

HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY MUSIC TRAINING KONG BEFORE MOVING TO NORTH AMERICA.

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PIANO LESSONS

IN HONG

IN 1991, MR WONG RETURNED TO HONG KONG AS CONDUCTOR WITH THE ASIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA TOUR.

IN JUNE 1995 HE WILL CONDUCT THE HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC FOR TWO WEEKS.

MR WONG HAS LED OVER 30 PERFORMANCES WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC AND REGULARLY APPEARS AS GUEST CONDUCTOR WITH MANY ORCHESTRAS WORLD WIDE.

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC'S OPENING CONCERT IN THIS YEAR'S 14-CONCERT ASIAN TOUR WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEOUL ON JUNE 16. THE 100-STRONG ORCHESTRA THEN TRAVELS TO HONG KONG.

FOR ITS SINGLE CONCERT IN THE TERRITORY, THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC WILL PERFORM RICHARD STRAUSS (DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION), NED ROREM (ENGLISH HORN CONCERTO) AND BEETHOVEN (SYMPHONY NO. 5). OTHER ASIAN CITIES TO BE VISITED INCLUDE TAIPEI, TOKYO, OSAKA, OKAYAMA, NAGOYA, MIYAZAKI AND CHIBA.

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