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Young local huqin artist Chan Pik-sum will showcase her skills by playing a variety of compositions at a concert in October. The performance is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) under the title "Our Music Talents Series: Sounds of the South - Huqin Concert by Chan Pik-sum".
The programme will include "Nanyin Nocturnal Lament", "The Phoenix Terrace on Mount Yinhua", "The Regret", "Birds Returning to the Woods", "The Maiden Called Rainbow Dress" and "Meditation during Confinement in Sickness" along with the a cappella group Yat Po Singers.
Chan Pik-sum is active in both Chinese and Western musical genres, and has played with various leading orchestras. She has also performed in crossover productions of dance, Chinese traditional theatre and multimedia. She was one of the founding members of the Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble in 2003, and has been its concertmaster since 2011.
Chan entered the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2004, where she was trained in Cantonese music under the gaohu virtuoso Yu Qiwei, gaining a double major in gaohu and erhu. She was also coached by Wong On-yuen of erhu fame. Upon graduating from the Academy with a Bachelor of Music (Hons) degree, she furthered her music studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and was awarded a Master of Arts (Music) degree.
Chan has served as huqin principal not only for the Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble but also for the Academy Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra between 2004 and 2009. In 2010, she went to Chicago and Atlanta on a musical exchange at the invitation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, and performed solo in the related concerts. She has represented the Academy and other music organisations on tours to Belgium, Holland, Austria, Germany, France, Malaysia, the Mainland, Taiwan and Singapore as soloist and ensemble member.
To nurture and support local artists, the LCSD is presenting the Our Music Talents Series by providing performance opportunities for local artists and groups, enabling them to develop and showcase their achievements. "Our Music Talents Series: Sounds of the South - Huqin Concert by Chan Pik-sum " will be staged at 8pm on October 16 (Friday) at the Theatre of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $120 and $160 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).
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/program_858.html. For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Friday, September 4, 2015
Issued at HKT 10:30
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