Conductor: Yan Huichang

Venue: Concert Hall

Dates: Nov. 27 - 28, 2009　19:30

Price: VIP　480　380　280　180　80 RMB

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Founded in 1977, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is a large-scale professional orchestra with 85 musicians. Its performance and repertoire covers Chinese folk music, large-scale contemporary works and commissioned works in various styles. Apart from over 100 regular concerts, the Orchestra also organized music festivals like Hong Kong Huqin Festival, Hong Kong Drum Music Festival and Hong Kong Guzheng Festival.

The Orchestra was often invited to perform at internationally renowned music halls or for international festivals in Oceania, America, Europe or Asia. To cultivating new musicians and developing new spectators, the Orchestra also established the Hong Kong Children Chinese Orchestra and Hong Kong Junior Chinese Orchestra.

The Orchestra won a number of prizes, including The Most Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Contemporary Chinese Music awarded by the International Society for Contemporary Music, Most Outstanding Achievement in Advancing Asian Contemporary Music awarded by the Asian Composers League, and the two awards in the Instrumental Music – Album category and the Instrumental Music – Performance category at the 6th China Gold Record Awards. The Orchestra also set a record when it organized most performers to play erhu and bamboo flute together.

Programs

November 27

Ensemble Energy

Composer: Chen Mingzhi

(Awarded Top 10 Recommended Music of the International Symposium on Contemporary Music, organized by the International Music Department of United Nations in 2001)