Music lovers should not miss "City Hall Virtuosi Series: Dizi Recital by Ricky Yeung Wai-kit" to be staged in November
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In the recital, Yeung will bring audiences two of his own compositions, namely the Hong Kong premiere of "Poetic Homeland" and "Cantonese Bamboo". The former, inspired by a poem written by Tang dynasty poet Han Yu, is a fusion of Chang'an and Chaoshan music styles, which express Yeung's intense nostalgia for his homeland. The latter, in the style of Cantonese music, portrays bamboo in a variety of forms with joyful tunes by using diverse playing techniques of the dizi with pipa. In addition, Yeung has also selected classic pieces that highlight his learning achievements with dizi masters over the years, including "A Lyrical Melody of the Grassland", a song blended with a Mongolian dizi music style; "Four Movements on Northern Shaanxi", a melody that depicts the simplicity of the local customs of northern Shaanxi; "The Sea of South China", a composition presenting the cultural scenes of the coastal region in Chaoshan, Guangdong; and "The Swallows Have Returned", a work that brings hope and longing.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Yeung is the first doctoral degree holder in dizi performance in China. He graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the China Conservatory of Music, under the mentorship of the dizi and xiao maestro Zhang Weiliang. He has also been coached by many dizi virtuosi including Cheung Heung-wah, Li Zhen, Zeng Yongqing, Huang Jincheng, Sun Yongzhi, Jiang Guoji and Ma Di. Yeung has given solo recitals in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei, and has performed alongside many renowned conductors, including Zhang Lie, Wang Fujian and Tsung Yeh as well as with orchestras such as the Guangdong National Orchestra, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra.
"City Hall Virtuosi Series: Dizi Recital by Ricky Yeung Wai-kit" will take place at 8pm on November 20 (Sunday) at the Theatre of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $200 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. Package discounts will be available for the "City Hall Virtuosi" Series and "Our Music Talents Series" held from October to January next year (including the "DIM · Pipa Recital by Belle Shiu" on October 23 and the "Flute Recital by Angus Lee" on January 16 next year). For discount schemes and programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1367.html.
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Ends/Thursday, October 20, 2022
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