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The following is issued on behalf of the Provisional Urban Council:

Genevieve Wong, remarked as "gifted in the hand, soul and vision" by the renowned pianist Russell Sherman, will give a delightful piano recital at the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre on January 8, 2000 (Saturday).

She will serenade audience with famous pieces from celebrated composers, including two beautiful works by Mozart: the richly-varied "Rondo in A minor, K.511" and the lively "Sonata No.13 in B flat, K.333"; the imaginative "Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26" by Schumann and the exquisite "Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58" by Chopin.

The young talented pianist took her first piano lesson at the age of four. She was later admitted to the Junior Division of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where she began her studies with John Winther, the former Dean of Music of the Academy. She was a frequent prizewinner at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival competitions and the winner of the 1990 Kawai Competition and the Frances Schuman Award.

She has also won the Minnie and David Schoenholtz Scholarship, the Paul Jocobs Memorial Scholarship, the Luba and George Goldberg Scholarship and the Bernard van Zuiden Scholarship and furthered her studies in the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School, where she obtained her Bachelor and Masters degrees respectively.

Genevieve Wong has performed in masterclasses by esteemed artists including Vladimir Feltsman, Robert Taub and Russell Sherman. In 1997 she was selected to perform at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York.

She has appeared frequently as recitalist and chamber musician in New York, Boston and Hong Kong. In the summer of 2000, she will appear as soloist with the Shanghai Opera Orchestra performing Ravel's "Piano Concerto in G".

Tickets of $110 and $60 are now available at all URBRIX outlets with half price concession for senior citizens, people with disabilities and full time students. Programme enquiries can be made at 2734 2000 and reservations at 2734 9009.

END/Thursday, December 23, 1999

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