Dr Chan Hing-yan to host "Mahler Forum with the Mahlered Celebrities"
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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present the "Mahler Forum with the Mahlered Celebrities" in December, with the Chairperson of the Department of Music, the University of Hong Kong, Dr Chan Hing-yan, as the moderator. The forum is being organised to mark the centenary of the great composer's death.

     Gustav Mahler continues to exert a fascination for many people today. It is not only the melody, structure or orchestration of the music that attracts them but the whole world revealed in it.

     Speakers participating in the forum will include conductor Professor Gabriel Leung, music critic and writer Professor Leo Lee and pianist Nancy Loo. They will share their personal Mahler experiences, exchange their understanding of Mahler and discuss thoughts and inspirations that originated from the composer. The forum will offer Mahler addicts a chance to hear authoritative opinions and express their own views on a composer who has come to mean so much to the modern world.

     "Mahler Forum with the Mahlered Celebrities", to be conducted in Cantonese, will be held at 3pm on December 10 (Saturday) at the Gallery, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware. Tickets priced at $40 (free seating) are now available at URBTIX outlets, on the Internet and by credit card telephone 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 CSSA recipients available on a first-come, first-served basis).

     For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/000002b0.html. Ticketing enquiries can be made on 2734 9009 and credit card telephone bookings can be made on 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at www.urbtix.hk.

Ends/Thursday, November 10, 2011
Issued at HKT 16:34

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