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The Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra will stage two concerts in September with animation and speech, bringing an extraordinary audio-visual experience to audiences.
Under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor Jimmy Chiang, the orchestra will collaborate with pianist Yap Man-shan to perform Yip Wai-hong's piano concerto, "Temptations", in which the temptations of Christ will be presented with a speech performance by Vincent Wong and animation created by Kenneth Tsang and Chih Leung.
The programme will also include Wagner's "Overture to Tannhäuser" and Wieniawski's Fantaisie Brillante, on themes from Gounod's "Faust", Op. 20.
Hong Kong-born conductor and pianist Jimmy Chiang was featured in a front-page article entitled "Versatility comes through Hard Work, Discipline and Respect" in the international opera magazine "Orpheus" in 2009. Since 2008, Chiang has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra. Since autumn last year, he has been Kapellmeister of the world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir and leads the choir on concert tours worldwide.
Pianist Yap Man-shan and violinist Andrew Ling, who both have rich performance experience, will join the concerts. Yap Man-shan has performed as a soloist with the Texas Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She is currently on the piano faculty of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Andrew Ling is currently the principal violinist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
The Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra is a local orchestra whose aim is to promote music among the general public, especially the younger generation, in Hong Kong. To achieve its goal, the orchestra has performed in the Hong Kong City Hall, regional town halls and civic centres for more than 30 years. A number of internationally renowned conductors and soloists have performed with it.
Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Piano Concerto "Temptations" – Concert by Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra will be staged at 8pm on September 13 (Saturday) at the Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall, and at 3pm on September 14 (Sunday) at the Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre. Tickets priced from $100 to $180 are now available at URBTIX. 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 CSSA recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis). A maximum discount of 20 per cent is offered for the group booking package. Please refer to programme leaflets for details.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/program_580.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/Saturday, August 2, 2014
Issued at HKT 10:00
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