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NGYanLingIlluminatius(BMus4) Composition on
LINXiaoTong(BMus3) Flute
PONGPakKan(BMus4) Composition
LEONGIengIeng(BMus3)
SYMPHONY T GS
DINGYijie(MMus2) Violin
CHENJiawen(MMus2) Guzheng
CHANChingWeiTrevor(BMus2) Cello
WUNManHo(BMus4) Piano
LIXiang(MMus1) Dizi
CONCERTO FEAST I
FRIDAY 7.30PM• JUNE 21, 2024
FRANZ DOPPLER & KARL DOPPLER
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
PONG PAK KAN (BMUS4)
HE ZHANHAO & CHEN GANG
About 1 5 hours in length with an intermission
Valse di Bravura, Op.33 for Flutes & Orchestra
Soloists: LIN Xiao Tong (BMus3) & LEONG Ieng Ieng (BMus3)
Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor, Op 61
Soloist: DING Yijie (MMus2)
• 15-MINUTES INTERMISSION •
Sukha for Cello & Orchestra
Soloist: CHAN Ching Wei Trevor (BMus2)
The Butterfly Lovers, Guzheng Concerto
Soloist: CHEN Jiawen (MMus2)
Conductor
SHARON ANDREA CHOA
CONCERTO FEAST II
FRIDAY 7.30PM • JUNE 28, 2024
NG YAN LING ILLUMINATIUS (BMUS4)
CARL REINECKE
NAN WEIDE, WEI JIAREN & LI ZHEN
Abyss for Orchestra
Student Conductor: FOK Chin Wai Virgil (BMus4)
Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283
Soloist: LIN Xiao Tong (BMus3)
• 15-MINUTES INTERMISSION •
Towards the Western Gate, Dizi Concerto
Soloist: LI Xiang (MMus1)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op.26
Soloist: WUN Man Ho (BMus4)
Guest Conductor
YIP WING SIE
Student Conductor
FOK CHIN WAI VIRGIL
SHARON ANDREA CHOA
CONDUCTOR
In 2007, Sharon was nominated as ‘inspirational woman of the world’ with her portrait appearing in the National Gallery. Her achievements as musician, conductor and entrepreneur are featured in Zerbanoo Gifford’s book “Confessions to a Serial Womaniser” Trained rigorously both as a performer and academic, Sharon possesses the intellectual prowess always to seek the deepest meaning and the innermost essence of the composers ’ thoughts in her interpretation of musical works. Her mixed ancestry encourages an understanding of the value and strength of crosscultural ties and interdisciplinary connections in her programming ideas Sharon’s long-years practice of the art of Taiji makes for a physical approach to conducting that focuses on the inner strength of the body and mind. Her premiere of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in Chinese at the 2004 BBC Proms ‘East meets West’ series established her as a conductor of remarkable musical abilities and intensity
Born in Hong Kong and enjoyed an exceptional Anglo-Chinese education, Sharon excelled in the violin at an early age and first began conducting at the age of 16 She was later accepted at the Royal Academy of Music as a violinist to study under the great quartet leader Sidney Griller. Sharon also holds a First Class B.Mus. and Ph.D degrees from King's College London. During her studies at King’s, her talent of conducting was rediscovered and coached by the conductors Lawrence Leonard, Diego Masson, Georg Tintner, Janos Fürst, Jiří Bĕlohlávek and Sir Colin Davis Trained rigorously both in performance and academia, she became the Director of Performance and Lecturer in Music at the University of East Anglia (UEA) Norwich in 1996; taking over the UEA Symphony Orchestra as Chief Conductor. Since then, she has taken the orchestra on tour to Germany, Italy, Austria and Moravia as well as being the guest conductor of professional orchestras in Germany, Russia, the Czech Republic and Hong Kong
In 2001, Sharon founded Chamber Orchestra Anglia (COA), a professional ensemble that draws together creative, cultural and academic strengths in the UK The orchestra has presented a numerous of concerts that earned itself a reputation for its innovative programming. Whilst in the U.K, Sharon has been awarded many performance and academic prizes and has been given individual grants by Arts Council England, the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Council to further develop her musical and entrepreneurial activities. She was awarded the Norfolk Arts Award and the A.R.A.M. (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music) in 2014 At the same year when she returned to her birthplace, Hong Kong, she took up the position as Dean of the School of Music at the HK Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) In 2022, Sharon created a new department - Conducting & Cultural Leadership - within the School and shifted her position to lead and direct this new initiative
In Hong Kong, she was the guest conductor of the HK Philharmonic, and was Principal Guest conductor of the HK New Music Ensemble – taking the ensemble on tour to the Tong Yeong Festival and the Gwangju Festival in Korea, as well as performing in a series of high-profile concerts in Hong Kong In 2016, she and her colleagues at the HKAPA founded an Philharmonia APA (PAPA), ensemble made up of the distinguished graduates from the School of Music Since then, Sharon has taken the ensemble on tour to Vienna, and performed in different venues in Hong Kongwhich received considerable acclaim Also, Sharon is serving as the chief resident conductor of the APA Symphony Orchestra, performing regularly with the orchestra locally as well as on tour to Taipei, Beijing, and Shenzhen She also conducts the annual composition workshops at APA, giving young student composers the opportunity to record and perform their works live In 2019, she co-founded The Orchestra Academy in partnership with the HK Philharmonic Orchestra, giving APA’s distinguished graduates a chance to further hone their skills in the professional world In 2023 Summer, she led the first Greater Bay Area Youth Orchestra (GBAYO) tour as its Music Director. Recently, Sharon has also worked with Academy’s Chinese Orchestra as well as presenting an evening of Guzheng Concertos with the HK City Chamber Orchestra. Earlier this year, she recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra under the label Warner Music
In her spare time, Sharon is an ardent Qigong and Taiji practitioner, as well as a keen student of Chinese calligraphy. In her life’s path, Sharon has been following the teachings of Zen Buddhism (Kwan Um School) and is currently a student at the Su Bong Zen Monastery
YIP WING SIE
GUEST CONDUCTOR
Photo credit: Yvonne CHAN
A highly respected and influential figure in Asia’s orchestral music scene, Yip Wing-sie shifted from being the Music Director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta – a position which she had held since 2002 – to Music Director Emeritus in May 2020. Other positions she had previously held include Principal Conductor and later Music Director of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Resident Conductor of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Winner of the First Prize as well as “Lyre d’Or” in the 35th Concours International de Jeunes Chefs d’Orchestre de Besançon, France in 1985 and a prizewinner in the 8th Tokyo International Conducting Competition in 1988, Yip is in great demand as a guest conductor in Asia Orchestras she has conducted include the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China, China National Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Mozart Players, the symphony orchestras of Sapporo, Yomiuri, Taiwan, Tasmania, Melbourne and Queensland as well as the Auckland Philharmonia of New Zealand. In Europe, Yip’s engagements have included concerts with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Chambre Orchestre de Besançon in France, Warsaw Philharmonic in Poland and Spain’s Tenerife Symphony Orchestra She has also conducted at prestigious venues and festivals such as the Vienna Musikverein (Grossersaal), Beijing Music Festival, Fukuoka’s Asian Month Festival in Japan, Hong Kong Arts Festival and Macao International Music Festival. Yip has collaborated with such renowned artists as Augustin Dumay, Fou Ts’ong, Shlomo Mintz, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. Operas she has conducted include Guo Wen-jin’s Poet Li Bai and the world premières of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s opera for children Alice in Wonderland, and La Peintre with Taiwan Philharmonic
Over the years Yip has taken Hong Kong Sinfonietta on tour to France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, Canada, the USA, Japan, Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, and in South America in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
Born in Guangzhou and brought up in Hong Kong, Yip graduated from the Royal College of Music in London and the Indiana University at Bloomington, USA, where she obtained her Master’s Degree in violin performance and conducting. As the winner of the Koussevitsky Scholarship and the Seiji Ozawa Fellowship Award, Yip also attended the conducting seminar and fellowship programmes at the Tanglewood Music Center Her mentors included great maestros such as Norman Del Mar, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier and David Atherton.
Accolades Yip has received internationally include “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” bestowed by the French Government (2015), “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the Ministry of Culture and Communication of France, Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM), and she was also named the Ong Teng Cheong Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore In Hong Kong, she received an Honorary Doctorate from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an Honorary Fellowship from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2022). She was also a recipient of the “Hong Kong Women of Excellence in the Six Arts Award” from the Hong Kong Federation of Women and the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) from the Hong Kong Government (2013), and was University Artist at The University of Hong Kong (2011-2012).
Source: Hong Kong Sinfonietta
ACADEMY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MUSIC DIRECTOR:
SHARON ANDREA CHOA
Within the HKAPA’s School of Music, orchestral training is a significant part of the students’ education All students of orchestral instruments participate in the Academy Symphony Orchestra, whose weekly rehearsals cover the standard symphonic literature as well as contemporary works Academy Symphony Orchestra not only has extensive performance experience locally but also learns and collaborates with numerous internationally renowned orchestras and conductors, such as the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and guest conductors such as Jaap van Zweden, Marko Ivanovi, François-Xavier Roth, Pietro Mianiti, Stuart Stratford, Pietro Mianiti, Patrick Furrer, Andrew Mogrelia, Eitan Globerson, Yip Wing-sie, Lio Kuokman, Ip Wing-wun amongst many others The orchestra members have toured to Beijing and Shanghai to join professional orchestral concerts and to Jerusalem and Taiwan to give chamber recitals. They also collaborated with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in their Penderecki project and participated in the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s “Share the Stage’’ events Maestro Jaap van Zweden, Music Director of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra along with musicians from the orchestra, have made multiple visits to the Academy instructing the orchestra in the interpretation of various pieces With the Academy Choir, they performed Bach’s Christmas Oratorio under the direction of Helmut Rilling The Orchestra has a busy performing schedule every academic year including playing for our annual opera production
Under the baton of its Music Director, Prof. Sharon Choa, the Orchestra was invited to perform in the Festive Korea 2016 Gala Concert presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in October 2016 at the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre together with three international Korean violinist Hyuna Kim, violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill and cellist Clara Minhye Kim. In June 2017 the Orchestra joined forces with the Shenzhen Arts School Philharmonic Orchestra to perform in two concerts which were held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong respectively. In October 2017 the Orchestra visited Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) and performed with the wind and percussion students from TNUA to critical acclaim In June 2018 “Concerto Feast” was broadcasted by RTHK Radio 4, showcasing the talents of the student soloists and the ensemble. In October 2019, the strings of the orchestra joint-hands with their counterpart in TNUA and were invited to perform in their Kuandu Arts Festival in Taipei for a second time. In July 2022, the orchestra collaborated with the Academy Choir to host a celebratory concert marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In December 2023, the orchestra was honored with an invitation to participate in the closing concert of the 10th Hong Kong New Generation Arts Association Music Festival 2023. The performance featured renowned pianist Bai Jianyu and violinist Zhu Dan. The video recording of this concert was set to be broadcasted in May 2024 to many Asian regions, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and more, through CJENM (Asia’s Premier entertainment media channel tvN Asia).
VIOLIN I
CHAN Chak Him Joshua +
(Concertmaster, Feast I)
WU Wanying^
(Concertmaster Feast II)
CHEUK Clarissa
LO Sze Wing^
IP Hong Ni*
KWOK Kwan To
YIP Yan Chi David
LAM Hiu Wai^
CHAN Nok Judy^
CHAN Ka Yee Chole
HO Hiu Ki*
VIOLIN II
YEUNG Ho Yin Victoria Kathleen (Section Principal)
MAK Hoi Kiu
TONG Ho Ching#
LAM Hiu Han
LI Shiming
CHEN Jiyu
LAM Tsz Ho
YANG Langjian
LEUNG Yat Hei
WONG Chak Lam
VIOLA
WONG Wing Hung Claire *
(Section Principal)
WONG Ki Chung
Joab CHAN
PANG Hei Yeung
CHAN Lok Ka
ZHANG Yang
CHUNG Wan Yan
GONG Junyi
YEUNG King Tim
CELLO
CHEUNG Hei Man* (Section Principal, Feast I)
MAK Yui Wan Charlotte (Section Principal, Feast I)
ZHENG Churou Jaclyn ^ (Section Principal, Feast II)
HUANG Jiaxin
(Section Principal, Feast II)
PAN Anqi
CHAN Ching Wei Trevor
WONG Yi Ki Erica
LIU Yuemeng#
LEUNG Tse Ming Andrew^
WONG Ho Ming^
CHEN Junhao
CHENG Ho Hei Horace*
TSE Man Yam
BASS
CHAU Wai I Bowie (Section Principal)
SO Lok Yee
ZHANG Yiqing
WANG Shenhao
YANG Yipeng
FLUTE
HUI Tin Ho
KWOK Yu Yan Rain
LEONG leng leng Eryn
LEUNG Wing Hang Lolo
LOH Pui Kiu Kiwi
IP Wing Tung Chelsea
ZHENG Siyi Cherish
PICCOLO
LEONG leng leng Eryn
LOH Pui Kiu Kiwi
OBOE
CHAN Chun Young Ernest
CHEN Hanyu Jacky
MA Kaiwen Kevin
NG Cheuk Yan Viola
YAO Tianyu AI
YU Wing Shun Vincent
CLARINET
CHAN Hau Wo Allen
CHU Cheuk Yan Sherine
CHUM Chun Shing Daniel
HE Kemi Camille
LAM Long Alfred
TSA Tsz Yin Kevin
TSE Ho San Toby
BASSOON
Aphichat DECHASOPHON
CHUNG Cheuk Lam Alice
LAU Hoi Shun Adrian
LO Yan Tung Nichole
OR Yuk Man Tom
CONTRABASSOON
LAU Hoi Shun Adrian
HORN
CEVIK Adam
CHEONG Man U Derrick
LIN Han
SIU Chun Sing
TSUI Wing Yan Kelly
YEUNG Hei Chun Jason
TRUMPET
CHOW Chung Wai Tommy
LAU Cheuk Ming Johnny
TO Hau Suet Venus
WONG Ching Hey Harvey
WONG Lok Yung Matthew
TROMBONE
CHAN Shing Chak Sam
CHENG Tin Nam Jonathan
LAW Ka Ho Donald
TO Hau Tung Viann
WONG Chun Hang Henry
WONG Ho Ching Isaac
YIU Dorcas
TIMPANI & PERCUSSION
CHEUK Yee Lam Seiko
FU Siqi Sich
IM Pui Yan Priscilla
LAW Wang Sum Bell
NG Chun Sze Emma
TUNG Hiu Wai Valencia
WONG Jun Hin Jeffrey
WONG Kwun Hang Dennis
HARP
LO Yin Wah Natalie
PIANO
KWOK Pak Yu
INSTRUMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
* In this performance are from generous donations to the School of Music by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
^ In this performance are from generous loans to the School of Music by The Academy String Instruments Collection
+ In this performance is from generous loan to the School of Music by Prof. Sharon Andrea CHOA
# In this performance are from generous loans to the School of Music by Dr. YU Chung Ping.
MUSIC SCORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to express our sincere thanks to Professor He Zhanhao and the He Zhanhao Music Art Heritage Center, for providing the sheet music to the School of Music
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