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Following the positive response to the "Journeys through Music Lecture Series" instalments "Into Germany" and "Into Eastern Europe", versatile music practitioner Dennis Wu will return to host a new series, "Journeys through Music Lecture Series: Into Russia", from May to July. The new series, featuring eight lectures, is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
Wu's lectures will introduce Russia's unique music culture, review familiar works and feature eight Russian composers. Details are as follows:
May 27 (Wednesday)
Topic: Modest Mussorgsky
June 3 (Wednesday)
Topic: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
June 10 (Wednesday)
Topic: Jean Sibelius
June 17 (Wednesday)
Topic: Sergei Rachmaninov
July 8 (Wednesday)
Topic: Alexander Scriabin
July 15 (Wednesday)
Topic: Igor Stravinsky
July 22 (Wednesday)
Topic: Sergei Prokofiev
July 29 (Wednesday)
Topic: Dmitry Shostakovich
Dennis Wu is an active music critic, composer and specialist on a wide range of projects and productions. He is also a radio producer, a Radio Television Hong Kong radio host and a frequent speaker at pre-concert talks, meet-the-artist panels and music criticism seminars. His writings are widely published in local newspapers and magazines.
All lectures of "Journeys through Music Lecture Series: Into Russia" (to be conducted in Cantonese) will be held at 7.30pm at the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum. Tickets priced at $50 per lecture 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 group booking discount is also available; please refer to the programme leaflet for details.
For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/program_843.html. For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. Tickets can also be booked online at www.urbtix.hk.
Ends/Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Issued at HKT 10:30
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