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Mary Wu, who has been hailed as "one of the most gifted pianists of her generation", and Colin Carr, who has performed around the world as a cello soloist, will stage a cello and piano duo recital in July.
The concert will feature Bach's "Suite No. 1 for Cello in G, BWV1007", Beethoven's "Sonata for Piano and Cello in A, Op. 69", Debussy's "Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, L135" and Brahms' "Sonata for Piano and Cello in F, Op. 99".
Hailed as a "British sensation" and "an artist of the highest calibre" by Time Out Hong Kong, Colin Carr first played the cello at the age of 5. He studied with Maurice Gendron and later William Pleeth. He was made a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in 1998, having been on the faculty of the New England Conservatory in Boston for 16 years. Carr has played with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and more. Conductors with whom he has worked include Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, Charles Dutoit, Mark Elder, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and Neville Marriner. Carr has won many prestigious international awards, including first prize in the Naumburg Competition, the Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Award and second prize in the Rostropovich International Cello Competition.
Mary Wu is an active and talented pianist in Hong Kong, and was acclaimed as "one of the most gifted pianists of her generation" by Ravel's long-time pupil Vlado Perlemuter. Wu was also praised by one of the greatest violinist Yehudi Menuhin as having "a captivating poetical quality to her playing". Wu performed with Menuhin in the United Kingdom and Germany, and she has also performed in various international music festivals including the Intimacy of Creativity festival in Hong Kong, in which she performed with two-time Grammy Award winner Richard Stoltzman. In addition, she has performed frequently with Gramophone Chamber Music Award winners the Maggini Quartet. Wu received the Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2003, and won the Hong Kong Arts Development Council's Award for Best Artist (Music) in 2010. She has also been selected as a top pianist/educator in China in the upcoming book "China Piano Music Panorama".
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, "Cello and Piano Duo Recital by Colin Carr & Mary Wu" will be staged at 8pm on July 7 (Monday) at the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $300, $220 and $150 are now available at URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by telephone credit card booking. Half-price tickets are available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and their minders, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for full-time students and CSSA recipients available on a first-come, first-served basis). A Package Booking Discount is available, with 10 per cent off for each purchase of standard tickets for both concerts of "Cello and Piano Duo Recital by Colin Carr & Mary Wu" and "Boris Berman and Warren Lee Piano Duo Concert".¡@
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321, or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/program_550.html. For ticketing enquiries, please call 3761 6661. For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For Internet bookings, please visit www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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