The Hong Kong Joy of Music Festival 2024 House Programme by Anabella Levin-Freris

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 by The Chopin Society of Hong Kong

Message from

The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie

Music has the ability to transcend time, inspiring and connecting all communities around the world.

My passion for music came from my late mother Lady Muriel Kadoorie, and we shared a strong belief that music has no boundaries and should be shared among a wide audience.

For CLP, the promotion of classical music is an integral part of our support to local arts and culture development. I am very pleased to see the Chopin Society’s “Joy of Music Festival 2024” bringing once again wonderful performances and masterclasses to music lovers in Hong Kong.

I would like to thank all participating artists for their exceptional performances. I also want to extend my sincere appreciation to Anabella Levin-Freris and Andrew Freris for organising and presenting the Festival. Over the years it has provided an excellent platform for local young musicians to learn from great masters, and it has encouraged our community to appreciate music even more.

This year’s Festival will certainly be another resounding success for the Chopin Society, and I wish you all a very pleasant musical journey.

The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie Chairman, CLP Holdings Limited

第一部份

楊納傑克 (1854 – 1928)

喬納斯•斯塔克

2022 年第六屆香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 ) 佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 ) LOGOS弦樂四重奏及

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 ) 艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

節目內容

• 鋼琴奏鳴曲《奏鳴曲1.X.1905》〈街頭上〉

I - 預感 (P ř edtucha) – 有動感地

II - 死亡 (Smrt) – 慢板

舒伯特 (1797 – 1828)

• C小調《鋼琴奏鳴曲》D. 958

I - 快板

II - 慢板

III - 小步舞曲 : 快板 – 三重奏

IV - 快板

喬納斯•斯塔克 ( 鋼琴 )

中場休息

第二部份

德伏扎克 (1841 – 1904)

• A大調《第二號鋼琴五重奏》作品81

I - 從容的快板

II - 悲歌 . 帶有動感的行板

III - 詼諧曲 . 波西米亞舞蹈

IV - 終曲快板

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 )

喬納斯•斯塔克 ( 鋼琴 )

青少年音樂英才系列

林彥奇 LIN YenKei (piano)

ANTONÍN DVOŘ ÁK (1841-1904)

• Humoresque Op.101 No.7 in G flat major

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

• Sonata in B flat Hob XVI: 2, I. Moderato

FRÉDÉRCK CHOPIN (1810-1849)

• Mazurka in B flat Op.7 No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

• Lyrical Waltz from Dance of the Doll EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)

• Kobold “Puck” Op.71 No.3

Wednesday, 16th October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 20:00

First Part

Jonas s tark &

1st Prize, The 6th Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2022

the Logos s tring Quartet

Charlotte Scott (violin), Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola), Pierre Doumenge (cello)

LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1854 – 1928)

• Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905

“From the Street”

Second Part PROGRAMME

I – Foreboding (Předtucha) – Con moto

II – Death (Smrt) – Adagio

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 – 1828)

• Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958

I – Allegro

II – Adagio

III – Menuetto: Allegro – Trio

IV – Allegro

Jonas Stark (piano)

INTERMISSION

ANTONÍN DVOŘ ÁK (1841 – 1904)

• Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, Op. 81

I – Allegro ma non tanto

II – Dumka. Andante con moto

III – Scherzo. Furiant

IV – Finale. Allegro

Charlotte Scott (violin)

Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola)

Pierre Doumenge (cello)

Jonas Stark (piano)

The “Young Talents” Series

林彥奇 LIN YenKei (piano)

ANTONÍN DVOŘ ÁK (1841-1904)

• Humoresque Op.101 No.7 in G flat major

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

• Sonata in B flat Hob XVI: 2, I. Moderato

FRÉDÉRCK CHOPIN (1810-1849)

• Mazurka in B flat Op.7 No.1

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

• Lyrical Waltz from Dance of the Doll

EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)

• Kobold “Puck” Op.71 No.3

Programme notes

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 16th October 2024

JONAS STARK, Piano

1st Prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2022

Logos Chamber Group:

CHARLOTTE SCOTT & EMMA PARKER, Violins

JOEL HUNTER, Viola PIERRE DOUMENGE, Cello

JANACEK Sonata I.X.1905 “From the Street”

1. Predtucha (Foreboding). Con moto

2. Smrt (Death). Adagio

SCHUBERT Sonata in C minor, D.958

1. Allegro

2. Adagio

3. Menuetto. Allegro - Trio

4. Allegro

DVORAK Piano Quintet in A major, Op.81

1. Allegro ma non tanto

2. Dumka. Andante con moto

3. Scherzo. Furiant

4. Finale. Allegro

The Czech composer Leos Janacek wrote a small body of piano music, which includes only one Sonata. This is a highly dramatic piece of programme music in two short movements, Presentiment and Death. Its title refers to the day 1 October 1905, when a student demonstration in the streets of Brno resulted in a stabbing death of a humble worker Frantisek Pavlik. The first movement is possessed with a quiet restlessness, an ominous premonition leading to an impassioned climax and then ebbing away. The second movement resounds like a requiem, its single main theme is repeated and built up into a second climax before breathing its last, decrying the memory of one, “heart filled with passion, for the university, and was struck by brutal murderers.”

The final trilogy of piano sonatas (D.958 to 960) by Franz Schubert were composed in his last year. Completed in September 1828, he gave a private performance at a friend’s home, dying six weeks later from the ravages of syphilis. These were published posthumously by the publisher Anton Diabelli in 1839, with a dedication to Robert Schumann, who had helped publicise Schubert’s music.

All three sonatas were in four movements, conceived on an epic scale that even surpassed Beethoven’s own final trilogy. The Sonata in C minor (D.958) is the least performed and recorded of the three, which is a mystery in itself. The first movement opens with big emphatic chords, reminiscent of Beethoven’s famous set of Variations in C minor (WoO 80),

their tragic nature is established at the outset. Contrasted by a more lyrical second subject, the development depicts some almighty struggle taking place.

The slow movement in A flat major is hymn-like, reliving a popular Impromptu of the same key. The brief Minuet displays some urgency, contrasted by a rustic Trio, which scarcely prepares one for the Finale’s onslaught. Unusually, its inordinate length exceeds by far those of the preceding three movements, written in a restless tarantella rhythm which does not let up till the final bar. If there were a nickname to befit this sonata’s tenor, that would be “Tragic”.

The Piano Quintet Op.81 by Antonin Dvorak is by far the better known of his two piano quintets. An earlier quintet (Op.5), also in A major, remains relatively obscure. While the earlier work has Wagnerian influences, Dvorak is very much his own man in the later work, unafraid of displaying his Czech nationalism.

Over a rocking piano accompaniment, the cello sings a typically Slavic plaint as the opening movement’s first subject. Faster music follows, with a contrasting and folksy theme on the viola, upon which the sonata form is built. The slow second movement is a dumka, the melancholic Slavic lament, with its episodic shifts in mood. After its wistful opening comes a playful pastoral duet of two violins and a third theme, song-like and imbued with a heart-rending nostalgic quality. The last is worked up to a vigorous climax before closing on a peaceable note.

The final two movements are lively and animated, much in the spirit of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances. First is the furiant, a fast Bohemian dance (which has nothing to do with fury or being furious!) with a slower central section based on the same theme. The finale further ups the tempo for a jolly country dance, even managing to fashion a fugue based on the dance theme. As the music winds down, the chirpy dance makes one last flourish to close the work on a cheerful note.

Programme notes by Chang Tou Liang

Thursday, 17th October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 20:00

giuseppe a nda Loro

1st Prize, The 3rd Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2011

the Logos

s tring Quartet

Charlotte Scott (violin), Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola), Pierre Doumenge (cello)

First Part

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 -1924)

PROGRAMME

• “E lucean le Stelle” from the Opera “Tosca” (G. Andaloro’s arrangement for solo piano)

QUEEN

• “Bohemian Rhapsody “ from the album “A Night at The Opera” (1975) (G. Andaloro arrangement for solo piano)

FRIEDRICH GULDA (1930 -2000)

• Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor (1965?)

NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN (1937-2020)

• from Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40 (1984)

III – Toccatina. Allegro

IV – Remembrance. Larghetto

V – “Raillery”. Vivace

KEITH JARRETT (1945)

• “The Wind” (as from the “Paris Concert”) (1988) (G. Andaloro arrangement for solo piano)

KING CRIMSON

• “Frame by Frame” from the album “Discipline” (1981) (G. Andaloro arrangement for solo piano)

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER

• “The Endless Enigma” from the album “Trilogy” (1972)

(G. Andaloro arrangement for solo piano)

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 -1924)

• “ Nessun Dorma “ from the Opera “Turandot” (G. Andaloro arrangement for solo piano)

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

INTERMISSION

Second Part

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

• Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

I – Allegro non troppo

II – Andante, un poco Adagio

III – Scherzo. Allegro – Trio

IV – Finale. Poco sostenuto – v Allegro non troppo

Charlotte Scott (violin)

Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola)

Pierre Doumenge (cello)

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

The “Young Talents” Series

林庭熙 Lam Ting Hei Brandon (piano)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

• Sonata in F, K.332

- Allegro

- Adagio

- Allegro assai

朱塞佩•安達羅洛

2011 年第三屆香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍

第一部份

浦契尼 (1858 -1924)

• 《今夜星光燦爛》取自歌劇《托斯卡》 ( 朱塞佩 • 安達羅洛為鋼琴獨奏編曲 )

皇后樂隊 (QUEEN)

及

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 ), 艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 ), 佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 ) LOGOS弦樂四重奏

節目內容

浦契尼 (1858 -1924)

• 《公主徹夜未眠》取自歌劇《杜蘭朵》 ( 朱塞佩 • 安達羅洛為鋼琴獨奏編曲 )

朱塞佩•安達羅洛 ( 鋼琴 )

中場休息

• 《波希米亞狂想曲》收錄於專輯《歌劇之夜》　 ( 朱塞佩 • 安達羅洛為鋼琴獨奏編曲 )

古爾達 (1930 -2000)

• 降E小調《前奏曲與賦格》 (1965?)

卡普斯汀 (1937-2020)

• 《八首音樂會練習曲》作品40 (1984)

I - 小觸技曲 . 快板

IV - 回憶小廣板

V - “戲謔” . 活潑的

凱斯．傑瑞 (1945)

• 《風》收錄於專輯《巴黎音樂會》(1988)

( 朱塞佩 • 安達羅洛為鋼琴獨奏編曲 )

樂隊 KING CRIMSON

• 《逐幀》收錄於專輯《秩序》(1981)

( 朱塞佩 • 安達羅洛為鋼琴獨奏編曲 )

愛默生、雷克與帕瑪

• 《無止盡的謎》收錄於專輯《三部曲》 (1972)

(

朱塞佩 • 安達羅洛為鋼琴獨奏編曲 )

第二部份

布拉姆斯 (1833 – 1897)

• F小調《鋼琴五重奏》作品 34

I - 不太快的快板

II - 稍慢的行板

III - 詼諧曲 ( 快板 ) – 三重奏

IV - 終樂章稍稍持續的不太快的快板夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 )

朱塞佩•安達羅洛 ( 鋼琴 )

青少年音樂英才系列

林庭熙 Lam Ting Hei Brandon (piano) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

• Sonata in F, K.332 - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro assai

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 17th October 2024

GIUSEPPE ANDALORO, Piano

1st Prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2011

Logos Chamber Group:

CHARLOTTE SCOTT & EMMA PARKER, Violins

JOEL HUNTER, Viola

PIERRE DOUMENGE, Cello

PUCCINI E lucevan le stelle from Tosca

QUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody

GULDA Prelude & Fugue in E flat minor

KAPUSTIN Eight Concert Etudes

3. Toccatina

4. Remembrance

5. Raillery

KEITH JARRETT The Wind

KING CRIMSON Frame by Frame

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER The Endless Enigma

PUCCINI Nessun dorma from Turandot

BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

1. Allegro non troppo

2. Andante, un poco Adagio

3. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio

4. Finale. Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo

The first half of Giuseppe Andaloro’s concert comprises wholly of original piano solos and transcriptions and with opera, jazz and popular music as inspiration.

Giacomo Puccini must be the most popular opera composer in history. La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot… the titles just roll off the tongue, just as his memorable arias get lodged in the consciousness, never to be displaced. Andaloro has chosen two of the most momentous tenor arias for transcription. E lucevan le stelle (And the stars shone) takes place in the final act of Tosca, as the hero Mario Cavaradossi faces imminent execution by firing squad. Little does he know that the execution has not been faked.

Nessun dorma (None shall sleep), Calaf’s aria from Turandot, got its biggest boost at the 1990 World Cup in Rome with the unforgettable performance by Luciano Pavarotti at The Three Tenors’ gig. In Act 3, after he correctly answered the three fatal questions posed by the ice-cold Princess Turandot, Calaf returned a poser of his own. “What is my name?”, for which Turandot is stumped, and he claims victory.

One of the most iconic rock songs ever written was Bohemian Rhapsody by the progressive rock band Queen, released in 1975 on the album A Night at the Opera. Its composer was Freddie Mercury, the stage name of Farrokh Bulsara (1946-1991), born of Parsi parents in the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar (now in Tanzania). The six-minute long work has been described as a mock opera, incorporating elements from three songs but without conforming to any common pop song genre. Its thematic ideas and melodic sequences have been assimilated by Andaloro and fashioned into a tone poem for piano.

The Austrian pianist Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) comfortably straddled the worlds of classical music and jazz improvisation, and was renowned for his eccentricity. In 1999, he had announced his own death before turning up at a concert claiming a resurrection. He died a year later, this time for real. As a composer, his preferred idiom was

jazz, evident by his Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor from the 1960s. A highly syncopated series of arpeggios gives way to a free-flowing and groovily rhythmic fugue, which breaks off abruptly to allow the performer a cadenza ad libitum to complete the piece. This was later popularised in performances by progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Keith Emerson, pianist of the band, also improvised a prelude and fugue of his own in The Endless Enigma, which Andaloro also performs.

When jazzy strains of piano music are heard in recitals and competitions, there is a high chance these were composed by the Ukraine-born Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020). He was classically trained, having been a student of Alexander Goldenweiser (who also taught Grigori Ginzburg, Lazar Berman, Tatiana Nikolayeva and many others) at the Moscow Conservatory. There is no improvisation in Kapustin’s meticulously notated scores, which include 20 piano sonatas and innumerable shorter pieces. Among his most popular are the Eight Concert Etudes Op.40 from 1984. The three studies played by Andaloro are a varied lot, demonstrating a lightness of touch and prestidigitation in the Toccatina (No.3), contrasted by harp-like legato lines alternating between right and left hands in Remembrance (No.4). Raillery or Shuitka (No.5) refers to playful banter or teasing, delighting in boogie-woogie and stride ostinatos on the left hand.

Another artist totally comfortable in jazz and classical spheres is the American pianist-composer Keith Jarrett (born 1945), whose solo concerts of improvisations have become so legendary and definitive as to be identified by the city and year of having taken place. His improvisation on The Wind (1953) by American jazzman Russ Freeman (1926-2002) is justly celebrated for its simplicity and eloquence, a neoChopinesque take on the interval of an ascending fifth. King Crimson is another British progressive rock band, formed in 1968 and had numerous revivals up to the present decade. Frame By Frame is a popular number from the early 1980s, written by Andrew Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin, and is the title of The Essential King Crimson 4 disc box-set released in 1991.

Johannes Brahms was notoriously finicky about his chamber music, and was known to have discarded much of his early chamber works. What survived the cull has however withstood the test of posterity, with his sole piano quintet as a shining example of what happens when good music gets “recycled”. The work began life as a string quintet (with two cellos), then refashioned as a sonata for two pianos (catalogued as Op.34b, a favourite of piano duos), and finally in 1864 as a piano quintet, one of the greatest of its kind.

Brahms had yet to pen his first symphony, but one finds early aspirations to that cause in the quintet’s form, structure and sound. The works opens quietly with a plain statement of the pensive but unusually absorbing main theme played by piano, violin and cello in unison. This is merely the prelude to the storms and stresses to come, a stark contrast with the serenity of the slow movement which reaches rare heights of nobility.

The scherzo begins quietly but rapidly works itself into a state of agitation and frenzy, incorporating a motif from the first movement as its main rhythmic thrust. A majestic sounding Trio provides some respite before a return to the earlier upheaval. The finale begins on a sombre note (shades of the yet unwritten First Symphony) before lightening up and gaining in tempo. This culminates in music of raw power and energy for a passionate close, fully vindicating the young Brahms’ reputation as Beethoven’s musical heir.

Programme notes by Chang Tou Liang

阿爾瓦羅皮耶里

結他

第一部份

聖德拉馬薩 (1903-1982)

• 《小銀》 (出自《小銀和我》組曲)

• 《黎明的鐘聲》

索爾 (1778-1839)

• 《奏鳴曲》作品22

I - 快板

II - 慢板

III - 小步舞曲

IV - 迴旋曲

巴里奧斯．曼哥雷 (1885-1944)

• C小調前奏曲

• 扇子之國

• 懺悔

• 鄉愁的就羅曲

• 華爾茲舞曲作品 8/3

節目內容

中場休息

第二部份

魯伊斯-皮波 (1934-1997)

• 《第一歌曲與舞蹈》

阿爾蒂爾．埃斯科巴．“金加”(1950 *)

• 《充滿活力的手指》

• 《淑女》

• 《Bai ã o (巴西音樂) 拉岡》

希納斯特拉 (1916-1983)

• 遺忘之樹

• 結他奏鳴曲》作品47

I - 首次登場

II - 詼諧曲

III - 歌唱

IV - 終曲

In the last part of Alvaro’s recital, Giuseppe Andaloro will make a guest appearance to accompany Pierri at the piano in performing:

JOAQUIN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Concierto de Aranjuez - 2nd movement: Adagio following which they will play a series of improvisations …

青少年音樂英才系列

朱一瑋 ZHU Yiwei (結他)

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

• Etude No.10

KONSTANTIN VASSILIEV (1970-)

• Snowdrop/Dance of the Forest Ghosts

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)

• III. Tempo di menuetto from Guitar Sonata in D major, Op.77 “Omaggio a Boccherini”

aLvaro pierri guitar

First Part

Friday, 18th October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 20:00

PROGRAMME

EDUARDO SAINZ DE LA MAZA (1903-1982)

• A Platero (from the Suite Platero y Yo)

• Campanas del Alba

FERNANDO SOR (1778-1839)

• Sonata Op.22

I – Allegro

II – Adagio

III – Minuetto

IV – Rondo

AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORÉ (1885-1944)

• Preludio en Do menor

• País de Abanicos

• Confesión

• Chôro da saudade

• Vals opus 8/3

INTERMISSION

Second Part

ANTONIO RUIZ-PIPÓ (1934-1997)

• Canción & Danza N°1

CARLOS ALTIER ESCOBAR “GUINGA” (1950 *)

• Cheio de dedos

• Senhorinha

• Baião de Lacan

ALBERTO GINASTERA (1916-1983)

• El árbol del Olvido

• Sonata for guitar, Op.47

I – esordio

II – scherzo

III – canto

IV – final

In the last part of Alvaro’s recital, Giuseppe Andaloro will make a guest appearance to accompany Pierri at the piano in performing:

JOAQUIN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Concierto de Aranjuez - 2nd movement: Adagio following which they will play a series of improvisations …

The “Young Talents” Series

朱一瑋 ZHU Yiwei (結他)

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

• Etude No.10

KONSTANTIN VASSILIEV (1970-)

• Snowdrop/Dance of the Forest Ghosts

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)

• III. Tempo di menuetto from Guitar Sonata in D major, Op.77 “Omaggio a Boccherini”

Saturday, 19th October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 19:30

Defying distances… Breaking barriers… Pushing the boundaries… Creating links... Live and streamed performances between

19:30

First part:

(THIS PART WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH)

During the first part of this programme, there will be a conversation between:

Johannes Meissl, Univ.-Prof. Dr. h.c., Vice rector for International Affairs and Art, mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna AND

Dr. Andrew Freris,

Chairman, The Chopin Society of Hong Kong

The topic of the conversation will cover, among others, classical music education in the post-Covid world, the role of life streaming and the importance in music education of the variety of other music genres such as pop, jazz, folk, etc.

Second part:

Three musicians in Prague and three musicians in Vienna, will be performing movements from Haydn, Brahms and Martinu Sonatas for string sextet, followed by a clarinet duet, with one clarinet player in Vienna and the other clarinet player in Prague. The performance will be streamed to Hong Kong.

STRING SEXTET:

- Two violins Anna Perl (Vienna) Pavla Tesařová (Prague) * Milan Al-Ashhab (Prague) **

- Two violas Yan Lok Hoi (Vienna)

Matouš Hasoň (Prague) *

Petr Holman (Prague) **

- Two cellos Constantin Sieperman (Vienna)

Alessandro Matricci (Prague) *

Petr Nouzovský (Prague) **

CLARINETISTS: Felicia Bulenda (Vienna)

Jana Krejčí (Prague)

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

• “The Echo” for String Sextet (excerpts) *

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

• String Sextet Op.18, No.1, in B flat major *

1st Movement: Allegro ma non troppo

BOHUSLAV MARTIN Ü (1890 – 1959)

• String Sextet ** 1st Movement: Lento – Allegro poco moderato

ZDENĚ K ŠESTÁK (1925-)

• Duet for two clarinets

Third Part

This part to be played live in HK and streamed to be seen and listened to by live audiences both in Prague and in Vienna.

A programme of a performance by The Logos Chamber Group followed by the guest appearance of a sextet of bowed Chinese string instruments from the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

the Logos s tring Quartet

Charlotte Scott

Emma Parker

Joel Hunter

Pierre Doumenge

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 – 1809)

• String Quartet Op.1, No.1, in B flat major I – Presto II – Minuet III – Adagio VI – Minuet V – Finale - Presto

The guest appearance of a hong kong chinese orchestra huQ in sextet

(Huqin (Huqin (Chinese: 胡琴 ; pinyin: húqin) is a family of bowed string instruments)

Members of the Huqin Sextet:

Wong Sum Ho (Eco-Gaohu)

Xu Hui (Eco-Erhu)

Han Jingna (Eco-Erhu)

Mao Qinghua (Eco-Zhonghu)

Tung Hiu Lo (Eco-Gehu)

Qi Hongwei (Eco-Bass Gehu)

Eco-huqin series from left: Gaohu, Zhonghu, Erhu, Bass Gehu, Gehu

JUNYI CHOW

• The Rainbow Pinwheel

HUA YANJUN Arr. by LEE HUANZHI

• Reflection of the Moon on the Water (Excerpts)

The Chopin Society of Hong Kong is proud to include an extraordinary event in the programme of our Joy of Music Festival 2024, continuing to participate in the “Low Latency Project”, which has allowed us to keep saying “PRESENT” when “calling the roll” during the difficult and challenging times the world has been going through in the recent past. Now that the WORST is over, we are delighted to have seen the BEST which can be extracted from having participated in presentations across the world, thanks to the links created with Institutions second to none which have honoured us by accepting our organization in Hong Kong to be part of the LINK which will be putting Hong Kong once again on line with Vienna and this time also with Prague during our Joy of Music Festival. On Saturday 19th of October, an audience in Vienna (at mdwUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), an audience in Prague (at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague), and an audience in Hong Kong (at the Hong City Hall Concert Hall) will be attending a recital that will be taking place in these three places. Since Hong Kong has six hours difference with Vienna and Prague, when we start our musical evening presentation in Hong Kong, which will be on that evening at 7:30pm HK time, the audiences in Vienna and Prague will be gathering at the venue in each city, at 1:30pm.

First part: (THIS PART WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH)

During the first part of this programme, there will be a conversation between:

Johannes Meissl, Univ.-Prof. Dr. h.c., Vice rector for International Affairs and Art, mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna AND

Dr. Andrew Freris, Chairman, The Chopin Society of Hong Kong

Second part: Three musicians in Prague and three in Vienna, will be performing movements from Haydn, Brahms and Martinu Sonatas for string sextet, followed by a clarinet duo. The performance will be streamed live to HK where the audience will be able to listen and see it in the big screen at the Concert Hall !!!

Third part: This part to be played live in HK and streamed to be seen and listened to by live audiences both in Prague and in Vienna.

A programme of a performance by The Logos Chamber Group followed by the guest appearance of a sextet of bowed Chinese string instruments from the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

These unique, synchronized, simultaneous live-performances linking three remote locations, Prague, Vienna and HK will combine art & technology into a ground-breaking, unmissable experience, using the unique CESNET’s MVTP technology for low latency network transmissions.

The device, named MVTP technology (Modular Video Transmission Platform) enables direct remote collaboration in critically sensitive areas in terms of communication latency, such as live culture.

This is the message Dr. Sven Ubik, head of CESNET Networking Application Technologies Department and whose team created the prized solution, has sent us:

“The interaction of musicians between music academies in Vienna and Prague is made possible by the ultra-low-latency MVTP audiovisual transmission technology developed by CESNET. The total delay between musicians is approximately 6 milliseconds, including all processing in the transmitter, receiver and the network propagation delay.

This corresponds to approximately two meters of acoustic propagation. The musicians can play as if they were together on the same stage.

About MVTP low-latency technology for collaboration in performing arts:

CESNET has been developing ultra-low latency transmission technologies since 2010. The aim was to bring new opportunities for collaboration, education, performance and promotion of music. Musicians and other performers in different cities and countries can conveniently play and collaborate together as if they were standing in one place on one stage, without affecting the musicality of their performances. The video transmission quality allows for live television production in high definition. The result of the development is the MVTP (Modular Video Transmission Device) technology, which enables video transmissions up to 8K resolution with an added latency of less than 3 ms.

It should be noted that we did not want to replace live performances with streaming. We wanted to bring new possibilities for remote collaboration. The technology we have created brings entirely new possibilities, such as playing multiple organs together, distance learning, distance auditions between music academies, using historical instruments to play together with other musicians, and other innovative activities.

The technology has been awarded the Europa Nostra / Creative Europe award in 2020 for contribution to collaboration in classical music in a European scale. It has been also awarded the Czech Head Award in the industry category in 2022 for the most innovation product developed in Czech Republic.”

Needless to say, this evening of music delivered in such innovative ways, would not have been able to be conceived and planned to be executed, had it not been for the collaboration and sponsorship of:

* CESNET, developers of this technology who will be partially sponsoring this evening and which will be sending one of their engineers from Prague to Hong Kong: Mr. Jiri Melnikov. Jiri will be bringing along the named MVTP technology (Modular Video Transmission Platform) which will make this transmission possible.

* Sound engineer Volker Werner, who will be flying from Vienna to be working with us to prepare for and lead the execution of the show on this evening. Volker specializes in sound design for concerts and shows , audio and video production, as well as film music.

* mdw, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, which has accepted us to be part of this Low Latency project and who are making available the venue in Vienna which will be one of the locations where this performance will take place. And, they will be providing half of the musicians whose performance, together with the musicians at the Academy of Performing Arts on Prague, we will be enjoying in HK this evening.

* The Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, partially sponsoring our event by providing the venue which will be the other location in Europe where this performance will take place. And, they will providing half of the musicians whose performance, together with the musicians at the University in Vienna we will be enjoying in Hong Kong at the HK City Hall Concert Hall.

* HGC, in Hong Kong, will be providing us with the indispensable connectivity to make this event possible. They have been unconditional supporters, for several months, allowing testing the connectivity between Prague in Hong Kong thanks to a “reflector” which they have installed in their premises and have been in contact with Dr. Sven Ubik in Prague, in preparation for this event.

We will be updating the information on everything having to do with this evening … including the complete programme to be presented.

Meanwhile, we hope you, members of the public in Hong Kong, will accompany us on this day, to help us put one more star on Hong Kong’s potential to play an important role in the development of the arts and technology in the region as well as in establishing links with the rest of the world.

挑戰距離… 打破障礙… 突破界限… 創造連結

現場和串流媒體表演，橫跨

香港布拉格

維也納

19:30 香港時間 | 13:30 布拉格時間 | 13:30 維也納時間

第一部分 :

在音樂會的首 25 分鐘，來自香港、維也納和布拉格這三個參與城市的代表將進行對話。

第二部分 :

三名音樂家在布拉格，另外三名在維也納，他們將共同演奏海頓、布拉姆斯和馬天奈的弦樂六重奏奏鳴曲，接下來還會有單簧管二重奏。演出將在香港進行直播。

弦樂六重奏 :

- 兩支小提琴 Anna Perl ( 維也納 )

Pavla Tesařová ( 布拉格 ) *

Milan Al-Ashhab ( 布拉格 ) **

- 兩支小提琴 Yan Lok Hoi ( 維也納 )

Matouš Hasoň ( 布拉格 ) *

Petr Holman ( 布拉格 ) **

- 兩支小提琴 Constantin Sieperman ( 維也納 )

Alessandro Matricci ( 布拉格 ) *

Petr Nouzovský ( 布拉格 ) **

單簧管演奏家 : Felicia Bulenda ( 維也納 )

Jana Krejčí ( 布拉格 )

節目內容

海頓 (1732 – 1809)

• “The Echo” for String Sextet (excerpts) *

布拉姆斯 (1833 – 1897)

• String Sextet Op.18, No.1, in B flat major *

1st Movement: Allegro ma non troppo

馬天奈 (1890 – 1959)

• String Sextet **

1st Movement: Lento – Allegro poco moderato

斯塔克 (1925-)

• Duet for two clarinets

第三部分：

將會有一場由 Logos 室樂團演出的室樂表演，隨後香港中樂團也將登場，作拉弦樂器六重奏客席演出。這一部分的演出將在香港現場進行，同時串流直播至布拉格和維也納。

室樂團演出

LOGOS弦樂四重奏

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 )

海頓 (1732 – 1809)

• 降B大調《弦樂四重奏》作品1之1 I – 急板

II – 小步舞曲

III – 慢板

VI – 小步舞曲

V – 終曲 - 急板

客席演出

香港中樂團胡琴弦樂六重奏

兩支小提琴 , 兩支中提琴 , 兩支大提琴

胡琴六重奏成員 : 環保高胡：黃心浩環保二胡：徐慧

環保二胡：韓婧娜

環保中胡：毛清華

環保革胡：董曉露

環保低音革胡：齊洪瑋

香港中樂團胡琴重奏小組 - 胡琴是弦樂器家族環保胡琴系列左起 : 高胡、中胡、二胡、低音革胡、革胡

趙俊毅

• 七彩風車

華彥鈞李煥之編曲

• 二泉映月 (選段)

香港蕭邦社將於 2024 年美樂聚音樂節的節目中，增添一項非凡活動，繼續帶來「低延遲」演出，「低延遲」技術讓我們在傳輸影像時，減少延遲時間，讓我們於全球面臨困難和疫情挑戰時，線上「點名」時仍能隔空實時「報到」。

隨著最艱難的時期已經過去，我們很高興，看到透過轉播來自世界各地演出所獲得的最佳成果，這得益於我們和無與倫比的機構建立連結，他們接納我們這個香港的組織，讓我們成為連結的一部分。這次，我們將再次把香港與維也納和布拉格連接起來，於美樂聚音樂節期間共同演出。

在 10 月 19 日（星期六），維也納（mdw - 維也納音樂與表演藝術大學）、布拉格（布拉格表演藝術學院音樂系）和香港（香港大會堂音樂廳）的觀眾，將共同參加這場跨越三個地區的音樂會。由於香港與維也納和布拉格有六小時的時差，當我們在香港的音樂之夜於晚上七時半開始時，維也納和布拉格的觀眾將於下午一時半，在各自的場地聚首。

第一部分 : 在音樂會的首 25 分鐘，來自香港、維也納和布拉格這三個參與城市的代表將進行對話。

第二部分 : 三名音樂家在布拉格，另外三名在維也納，他們將共同演奏海頓、布拉姆斯和馬天奈的弦樂六重奏奏鳴曲，接下來還會有單簧管二重奏。演出將在香港進行直播。

第三部分：將會有一場由 Logos 室樂團演出的室樂表演，隨後香港中樂團也將登場，作拉弦樂器六重奏客席演出。這一部分的演出將在香港現場進行，同時串流直播至布拉格和維也納。

這場獨特和同步的實時表演，將布拉格、維也納和香港三個遙遠地點連接在一起，將藝術與技術結合，創造出一個既獨特、又不可錯過的體驗：

我們將利用 CESNET 的 MVTP 技術，實時連接全球音樂家，以可編程硬件實現低延遲的網絡傳輸。CESNET 的 MVTP 技術於 2020 年獲得 Europa Nostra 獎項，並於 2022 年獲得了 Czech Head 獎項。

這種 MVTP 技術（模組化視頻傳輸設備）的設備，能夠幫助較受通訊延遲影響的領域（如現場藝術表演），實現遠程協作。

和團隊一起研發這項解決方案的 CESNET 網絡應用技術部門負責人斯文•烏比克博士（Dr. Sven Ubik ）表示：「 CESNET 開發的超低延遲 MVTP 視聽傳輸技術，讓身處維也納和布拉格音樂學院的音樂家可以一同互動。計上發射器、接收器及網絡傳輸中的所有處理過程，音樂家之間的總延遲約 6 毫秒，大約相當於兩米的聲音傳播距離，音樂家演奏時能夠如同站在同一舞台上。

關於 MVTP 低延遲技術在表演藝術中的應用：

自 2010 年以來，CESNET 一直致力於開發超低延遲的傳

輸技術，目的是為音樂合作、教育、表演和推廣創造新機會。

來自不同城市和國家的音樂家和其他表演者可以輕鬆地一起演奏，彷彿站在同一個舞台上，而且不會影響表演的音樂性，視頻傳輸質量亦支援電視現場演出節目的高畫質製作。MVTP（模組化視頻傳輸設備）技術的推出，讓視頻傳輸達到 8K 解析度，延遲不超過 3 毫秒。

值得強調的是，我們並不希望用串流取代現場表演，而是希望開創新的遠程合作可能性。我們的技術為音樂創造了全新機會，例如同時演奏多個風琴、遠程學習、音樂學院之間的遠程試音、使用時代樂器與其他音樂家一起演奏以及其他創新活動。

這項技術於 2020 年榮獲 Europa Nostra / Creative Europe 獎，以表彰在歐洲古典音樂合作方面的貢獻。2022 年亦於 Czech Head 的工業類別，獲頒捷克最創新產品開發獎項。」

當然，要以這種創新方式呈現音樂節，需要歸功於以下機構的合作和贊助：

* CESNET：這項技術的開發者將會部分贊助此次活動，並派遣工程師伊里•梅爾尼科夫先生從布拉格來到香港。伊里•梅爾尼科夫先生將會為我們帶來 MVTP 技術（模塊化視頻傳輸平台）設備，以作傳輸。

* 音響工程師沃爾克•維爾納：他將從維也納飛來與我們合作，並領導當晚的演出執行工作。沃爾克•維爾納專注於音樂會和表演的音效設計、音頻、視頻製作以及電影音樂。

* mdw，維也納音樂與表演藝術大學：他們除了參加今次的低延遲演出，亦會提供維也納的場地，作為今次的演出地點之一。他們將為我們帶來今次表演中的一半音樂家，與布拉格表演藝術學院的音樂家共同演出，讓我們得以在香港享受這場美好的表演。

* 布拉格表演藝術學院音樂系：他們將部分贊助今次的活動，並提供歐洲的另一個地點場地。他們將為我們帶來表演中的一半音樂家，與維也納的音樂家共同演出，讓我們得以在香港大會堂音樂廳欣賞這場音樂會。

* 香港 HGC

：他們將為我們提供不可或缺的連接系統，讓此次活動得以順利舉行。過去數個月，他們無條件支持我們，透過在他們的場地安裝反射器，測試布拉格與香港之間的連接。他們亦一直與布拉格的斯文•烏比克博士保持聯繫，為今次活動做準備。

我們將會繼續更新有關今次活動的所有資訊，包括完整的節目表。與此同時，我們希望香港的朋友，能夠在這天與我們一起同行，共同推動及見證香港的藝術和技術發展，與世界各地建立更緊密的聯繫。

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 19th October 2024

Live and streamed performances from Hong Kong, Vienna and Prague

HAYDN The Echo for string sextet (Excerpts)

BRAHMS String Sextet No.1 in B flat major, Op.18

1. Allegro ma non troppo

MARTINU String Sextet

1. Lento – Allegro poco moderato

SESTAK Duet for two clarinets

HAYDN String Quartet in B flat major, Op.1 No.1

1. Presto

2. Minuet

3. Adagio

4. Minuet

5. Finale. Presto

Joseph Haydn is widely credited as the “father of the string quartet” but he wrote much more music than that, essentially being a pioneer of the classical form, chamber music and symphony as we know it. He was a salaried musician in service of the court of Esterhazy, where much of his creativity was honed. He famously proclaimed, “I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original”.

His Divertimento in E flat major (Hob.II:39) was unusually scored for two pairs of two violins and cello, placed in separate chambers. This string sextet carries the nickname Echo (Das Echo) simply because the offstage trio repeats what is played by the trio on stage. This effect must have been amusing to its earliest audiences as its recurs in all of its five movements which comprise Presto and Minuet movements sandwiching a central Adagio. Today’s performance is a bit special as the two trios are separated by some 250 kilometers, playing in Vienna and Prague, but connected by modern technology. The innovative spirit in Haydn would have been delighted.

Haydn’s first string quartets (catalogued by the publisher Pleyel as Op.1) came before the traditional four-movement form he pioneered became firmly established. The first three quartets, dating from 1757-59, were divertimentos with five movements each, carrying the title of Divertimento-Quartets. The very first movement of Haydn’s very first quartet, is a Presto based on the ascending notes of the B flat major triad, its jaunty quality lending it the nickname of “The Hunt”.

The string sextet, formed by pairs of violins, violas and cellos, was a creation of Luigi Boccherini but it is the two sextets by Johannes Brahms which are most performed these

days. Brahms’ First Sextet (Op.18) was composed in 1860 and premiered by an ensemble led by the great violinist Joseph Joachim. The richness and warmth conferred by the additional instruments (a viola and cello) to a traditional string quartet is evident from the opening page. The feeling of nobility in the first movement’s opening theme, despite Brahms’ relative youth, would be a continuing thread from his First Piano Trio (Op.8) all the way to his First Symphony (Op.68).

Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu’s String Sextet was composed in 1932, and was awarded the Elizabeth SpragueCoolidge prize of a thousand American dollars, fending off competition from 144 other entries. He did not initially receive the money, thinking it was a joke played on him by his friends, but later used the money to buy himself a piano. He composed the three-movement work within the space of a week. The first movement opens slowly (Lento) in C minor, highly chromatic in harmony, but soon gives way to a faster (Allegro poco moderato), kinetic and syncopated style more typical of his music, before closing more optimistically in C major.

Programme notes by Chang Tou Liang

Sunday, 20th October

iLya r ashkovskiy

Concert Hall 20:00

Hong Kong City Hall

1st Prize, The 1st Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2005

First Part

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849)

• 24 Preludes, Op. 28

the Logos s tring Quartet

& Charlotte Scott (violin), Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola), Pierre Doumenge (cello)

PROGRAMME

1. C major 13. F sharp major

2. A minor 14. E flat minor

3. G major 15. D flat major

4. E minor 16. B flat minor

5. D major 17. A flat major

6. B minor 18. F minor

7. A major 19. E flat major

8. F sharp minor 20. C minor

9. E major 21. B flat major

10. C sharp minor 22. G minor

11. B major 23. F major

12. G sharp minor 24. D minor

Ilya Rashkovskiy (piano)

INTERMISSION

Second Part

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)

• Élégie for cello and piano, Op. 24

• Piano Quintet No.1, in D minor, Op. 89

I – Molto moderato

II – Adagio

III – Finale, Allegretto moderato

Charlotte Scott (violin)

Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola)

Pierre Doumenge (cello)

Ilya Rashkovskiy (piano)

The “Young Talents” Series

程函霏CHENG Hanfei (結他)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

• BWV 1005 Violin Sonata No 3 in C

- Allegro assai

AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE (1885-1994)

• La Catedral

– Preludio Saudade

II – Andante Religioso

III – Allegro Solemne

蘭殊•高夫斯基 ( 鋼琴 )

2005 年第一屆香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍

第一部份

蕭邦 (1810-1849)

• 《24首前奏曲》作品28

1. C 大調 13. 升 F 大調

2. A 小調 14. 降 E 小調

及

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 ), 佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 ) LOGOS弦樂四重奏

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 ), 艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

3. G 大調 15. 降 D 大調

4. E 小調 16. 降 B 小調

5. D 大調 17. 降 A 大調

6. B 小調 18. F 小調

7. A 大調 19. 降 E 大調

8. 升 F 小調 20. C 小調

9. E 大調 21. 降 B 大調

10. 升 C 小調 22. G 小調

11. B 大調 23. F 大調

12. 升 G 小調 24. D 小調

蘭殊•高夫斯基 ( 鋼琴 )

節目內容

第二部份

佛瑞 (1845-1924)

中場休息

• 《大提琴及鋼琴輓歌》作品24

• D小調《第一鋼琴五重奏》作品89

I - 非常中板

II - 慢板 III - 終曲 , 稍快中板

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

佩爾•多明戈 ( 大提琴 )

蘭殊•高夫斯基 ( 鋼琴 )

青少年音樂英才系列

程函霏CHENG Hanfei (結他)

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

• BWV 1005 Violin Sonata No 3 in C

- Allegro assai

AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE (1885-1994)

• La Catedral

– Preludio Saudade

II – Andante Religioso

III – Allegro Solemne

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 20 October 2024

ILYA RASHKOVSKIY, Piano

1st Prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2005

JONAS STARK, Piano

1st Prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2022

Logos Chamber Group:

CHARLOTTE SCOTT & EMMA PARKER, Violins

JOEL HUNTER, Viola

PIERRE DOUMENGE, Cello

CHOPIN 24 Preludes, Op.28

FAURE Élégie in C minor for Cello & Piano, Op.24

FAURE Piano Quintet No.1 in D minor, Op.89

1. Molto moderato

2. Adagio

3. Finale. Allegretto moderato

Russian pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy opens this concert with Frédéric Chopin’s wonderful set of 24 Preludes, which like the precedent set by Johann Sebastian Bach in two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier, covers all twenty-four major and minor keys. These were composed between 1835 and 1839, including a well-documented sojourn in Mallorca where Chopin had escaped the winter with his mistress George Sand and her children.

These short pieces were unusual in their own right, selfcontained entities which do not precede larger forms like fugues, suites or operas. Beginning with C major, these alternate between major and minor modes in a circle of fifths, before closing in D minor. The shortest in duration plays for under half a minute (No.7 in A major) while the shortest in composition comprises just 12 bars (No.9 in E major). No number is longer than 90 bars (No.18 in A flat major), while the longest can take about six minutes (No.15 in D flat major), the famous “Raindrop” Prelude. Chopin never performed more than four preludes as a group in his salon recitals, but it is now customary to hear all 24 in a single sitting at piano recitals and competitions today. In this journey through all keys, Chopin traverses a kaleidoscopic range of styles, moods and nuances. The opening prelude is a chorale built on the C major triad, the second (A minor) a dirge-like procession unusual for its dissonance, the cheery third (G major) delights in a swift-flowing left hand figurations, while the fourth (E minor) is a simple yet celebrated representation of grief based on a falling interval of just two notes. The great conductor-pianist Hans von Bülow, who provided titles to each number, so eloquently called it “Suffocation”.

The familiar A major (No.7) is the shortest Mazurka Chopin ever wrote, while the big tragic chords of the C minor (No.20) recall a funeral march. Perhaps the most astonishing sequence of preludes takes place between No.13 (F sharp major) and No.17 (A flat major), which encompasses pure lyricism, angst and agitation (No.14 in E flat minor), contemplation (No.15 in D flat major, the “Raindrop” and jewel in the crown), brief relentless violence (the etude-like No.16 in B flat minor) and contentment, a veritable roller-coaster ride of emotions. Leaving the most dramatic for the last, No.24 (D minor) is another etude-like number which closes with three fateful low Ds, resounding like metaphorical nails in a coffin.

French composer Gabriel Fauré wrote ten major chamber works and shorter instrumental pieces, all of exquisite quality. He helped define the French Belle Epoque aesthete, which prized beauty and lyricism over the more Germanic values of contrapuntal rigour. Fauré’s Élégie in C minor is his most popular and memorable cello work, composed in 1880 originally as a slow movement of a projected cello sonata. That sonata never came to fruition, and the elegiac piece was published as a standalone work three years later. Described as “one of last manifestations of French musical Romanticism”, it is one of pathos and restraint, contrasted with a tempestuous and passionate central section, before closing with subdued tones and reverential calm.

By the time Fauré’s First Piano Quintet in D minor was completed in 1906, the composer had adopted a more austere and seemingly elusive idiom in his compositions. After a prolonged gestation of almost twenty years, it was premiered by the composer at the piano with the dedicatee Belgian violinist Eugene Ysaÿe’s string quartet. The work is in three movements, with the customary Scherzo omitted.

The first movement opens with a melancholic unison string melody heard over harp-like arpeggios on the piano. This is contrasted with a recurrent string motif and a more rustic melody played by the second violin and later the cello. All three interact in this sonata-form, which rises to an impassioned climax before calmly receding. The slow movement in G major establishes a gentle cantabile on the first violin which gradually builds up in intensity, but the overall mood never goes beyond that of uneasy repose. A spirit of levity possesses the Finale, where the piano begins a canon-like procession in D major. The strings open with pizzicatos and enter the fray in a myriad of ways as if in a series of variations. The restlessness gradually builds up in intensity before closing on an optimistic high.

Programme notes by Chang Tou Liang

金弘基

2019 年第五屆香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍

節目內容

第一部份

李斯特 (1811 - 1886)

• 《三首音樂會練習曲》 S.144

〈悲傷〉

〈輕快〉

〈嘆息〉

利亞普諾夫 (1859 - 1924)

• 《十二首超技練習曲》作品11 (首六首)

I - 升 F 大調〈搖籃曲〉

II - 升 D 大調〈幽靈舞曲〉

III - B 大調〈鐘琴〉

IV - 升 G 小調〈捷列克〉

V - E 大調〈夏夜〉

VI - 升 C 小調〈風暴〉

中場休息

第二部份

利亞普諾夫 (1859 - 1924)

• 《十二首超技練習曲》作品11 (最後六首)

VII - A 大調〈田園樂曲〉

VIII - 升 F 小調〈史詩歌曲〉

IX - D 大調〈風琴〉

X - B 小調〈列茲金卡〉

XI - G 大調〈精靈之舞〉

XII - E 小調〈紀念李斯特的輓歌〉

青少年音樂英才系列

曾瀚萱ZENG Hanxuan (小提琴)

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)

• Variations on an original theme for violin and piano, Op.15

Monday, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 20:00

First Part

FRANZ LISZT (1811 - 1886)

• 3 Etudes de Concert S.144

Il Lamento

La Reggierezza

Un Sospiro

SERGEI LYAPUNOV (1859 - 1924)

honggi k im

1st Prize winner, The 5th Hong Kong International Piano Competition - 2019

PROGRAMME

• 12 transcendental Etudes op.11 (first 6 etudes)

I – Berceuse (“Lullaby”) in F sharp major

I I – Ronde des Fantômes (“The ghosts’ dance”) in D sharp minor

III – Carillon (“Bells”) in B major

IV – Térek in G sharp minor

V – Nuit d’été (“Summer night”) in E major

VI – Tempête (“Storm”) in C sharp minor

Second Part

INTERMISSION

SERGEI LYAPUNOV (1859 - 1924)

• 12 transcendental Etudes op.11 (last 6 etudes)

VII – Idylle in A major

VIII – Chant épique (“Epic song”) in F sharp minor

– Harpes éoliennes (“Aeolian harps”) in D major

X – Lesghinka in B minor

XII

– Ronde des sylphes (“Dance of the sylphs”) in G major

– Élégie en mémoire de François Liszt (“Elegy in memory of Liszt”) in E minor

The “Young Talents” Series

曾瀚萱ZENG Hanxuan (小提琴)

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)

• Variations on an original theme for violin and piano, Op.15

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 21st October 2024

HONGGI KIM, Piano

1st Prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2019

LISZT Three Etudes de Concert S.144

1. Il lamento

2. La leggierezza

3. Un sospiro

LYAPUNOV 12 Transcendental Etudes, Op.11

1. Berceuse

2. Ronde des Fantômes

3. Carillon

4. Terek

5. Nuit d’été

6. Tempête

7. Idylle

8. Chant épique

9. Harpes éoliennes

10. Lesghinka

11. Rondes des sylphes

12. Elegie en memoire de Francois Liszt

Honggi Kim’s solo recital comprises wholly piano studies with the unique imprimatur of Franz Liszt. Far from being technical exercises of a didactic or instructional kind, Liszt’s etudes, much like Chopin’s, marry finger virtuosity with poetic sensibilities, and are crafted as miniature tone poems. His Three Concert Studies (S.144) also carry the title Trois Caprices Poetiques, providing a clue to their inspirations.

Each is very different in character. Il Lamento is the longest, with a seamless bel canto line ornamented by cadenzas in the manner of Liszt’s fantasies on operatic themes. La Leggierezza is the study of silky smoothness and feathery lightness par excellence, a favourite of Martha Argerich’s. Un Sospiro (A Sigh) is one of Liszt’s most famous melodies, in the classic lyrical key of D flat major. One is also reminded of Liszt’s Third Consolation, Chopin’s Berceuse, Fantaisie-Impromptu and Nocturne (Op.27 No.2), which all make for perfect encores.

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924) was a Russian nationalist composer who studied with Mily Balakirev (of the “Mighty Handful”) and Liszt’s student Karl Klindworth, whose fame lies almost wholly in his twelve Transcendental Études for piano. The title is deliberate as he sought to complete the work of Liszt’s own Transcendental Études (S.139, published in 1852) by writing studies in the major and minor keys not covered in the original set. Composed between 1897 and 1905, the twelve pieces replicate the challenge of Liszt’s technical mastery but coloured with clear Russian accents. There are quotes of Russian folksongs, reminiscent of Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin, and some have direct references to Liszt’s originals.

Alternating between major and minor keys, Lyapunov varies the mood and temp of each study, all of which have distinctive titles. There are four slow pieces, with Berceuse in F sharp major (No.1) opening the set, a gentle cradle song in F sharp major. Nuit d’été (Summer Night, No.5) in E major, with its lyrical line sometimes carried over three staves, bears more than a passing resemblance to Liszt’s Ricordanza. Idylle (No.7) in A major is perhaps the least technically demanding number, much in the same way as Liszt’s Paysage. Harpes éoliennes (Aeolian Harps, No.9) in D major delights in long stretches of hemidemisemiquavers (1/64 notes), with murmuring and shimmering textures mimicking billowing passages of wind.

The fast and furious etudes are more than a match for Liszt’s, beginning with Ronde des Fantômes (Phantoms’ Dance, No.2) in D sharp minor in a very swift 6/8 tarantella rhythm. Extreme fleetness is key here. Terek (No.4) in G sharp minor depicts the raging torrents of the Terek River as it empties into the Caspian Sea, but has time for a folk melody as if heard on flute and piccolo. Tempête (Tempest, No.6) in C sharp minor closes the first half-dozen amid a storm. A folk-derived melody also heard in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Antar (Symphony No.2) may be discerned through the storm.

Lesghinka (No.10) in B minor is the best known, and most often performed of the dozen. Based on the ethnic dance of the Lesghin people of the North Caucasus (including the lands of Azerbaijan and Dagestan), this coruscating showpiece owes a debt of influence to Balakirev’s famous Oriental fantasy Islamey, which Lyapunov also orchestrated. The penultimate study, Ronde des Sylphes (Dance of the Sylphes, No.11) in G major is Lyapunov’s answer to Liszt’s Feux follets, the ultimate exercise of feathery lightness and mercurial swiftness.

Then there are the epic studies. The tolling of many bells in Carillon (No.3) in B major, a tribute to the Russian Orthodox Church, hails from a hallowed Mussorgskyan tradition. This glorious piece sits well alongside similar contemporaneous examples by Rachmaninov and Medtner. Chant épique (Epic Song, No.8) in F sharp minor is perhaps the most Russian piece of the set, with the quote of Russian song Out Of The Woods, Dark Woods and piano arpeggios and staccato passages simulating the plucked strings of a harp or psaltery. The final study in E minor is titled Elegy in Memory of Franz Liszt (No.12), a tribute in the heroic funereal mode of his First Hungarian Rhapsody, bringing this monumental set to a momentous close.

Programme notes by Chang Tou Liang

Tueday, 22nd October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall 20:00

Members of the

Logos chamber group:

Charlotte Scott (violin), Emma Parker (violin), Joel Hunter (viola)

giuseppe andaLoro (piano) &

PROGRAMME

First Part

WOLFGANG AMADEUS

MOZART (1756 – 1791)

• Sonata for violin & piano No.21, in E minor, K304

I – Allegro

II – Tempo di Menuetto

Charlotte Scott (violin)

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

NICOLA MATTEIS JR. (C.1690 - C.1749)

• Fantasia in A minor for solo violin

Charlotte Scott (violin)

ANTONÍN D VOŘ ÁK (1841 – 1904)

• Terzetto

I – Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo

II – Larghetto

III – Scherzo: Vivace – Trio: Poco meno mosso

VI – Tema con Variazzioni. Poco adagio - Molto

Charlotte Scott (violin)

Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola)

INTERMISSION

Second Part

JOSEPH - ERMEND BONNAL (1880-1944)

• Petit poème for voilin, viola & piano, Op.29

Emma Parker (violin)

Joel Hunter (viola)

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

• Sonata in A major for violin & piano

I – Allegretto ben moderato

II – Allegro molto

III – Recitativo – Fantasia: Ben moderato

VI – Allegretto poco mosso

Charlotte Scott (violin)

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

The “Young Talents” Series

吳幽 NG Yau (大提琴)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

• Cello Sonata No.1, Op.38, 1st movement

LOGOS 室樂團

成員：

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

&

朱塞佩•安達羅洛 (鋼琴 )

節目內容

第一部份

莫札特 (1756-1791)

• E小調《第二十一號鋼琴與小提琴奏鳴曲》K.304

I – 快板

II – 小步舞曲速度

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

朱塞佩•安達羅洛 ( 鋼琴 )

馬泰斯 (C.1690 - C.1749)

• A小調小提琴獨奏幻想曲

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

德伏扎克 (1841 – 1904)

• 三重奏

I – 引子 : 從容的快板

II – 小廣板

III – 詼諧曲 : 活潑的 – 三重奏 : 稍稍慢一點的

VI – 主題與變奏 . 略為緩慢地

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

中場休息

第二部份

JOSEPH - ERMEND BONNAL (1880-1944)

• Petit poème for voilin, viola & piano, Op.29

艾瑪•帕克 ( 小提琴 )

喬爾•亨特 ( 中提琴 )

朱塞佩•安達羅洛 ( 鋼琴 )

法朗克 (1822-1890)

• A大調小提琴與鋼琴奏鳴曲 I – 中等的稍快板

II – 甚快板 III – 宣敘調 – 幻想曲 : 適中的中板

VI – 稍快的小快板

夏洛特•斯科特 ( 小提琴 )

朱塞佩•安達羅洛 ( 鋼琴 )

青少年音樂英才系列

吳幽 NG Yau (大提琴)

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

• Cello Sonata No.1, Op.38, 1st movement

The Joy of Music Festival 2024 22nd October 2024

GIUSEPPE ANDALORO, Piano

1st Prizewinner, Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2011

Members of Logos Chamber Group: CHARLOTTE SCOTT & EMMA PARKER, Violins

JOEL HUNTER, Viola

MOZART Violin Sonata No.21 in E minor, K.304

1. Allegro

2. Tempo di menuetto

MATTEIS Fantasia in A minor

DVORAK Terzetto in C major for two violins & viola, Op.74

1. Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo

2. Larghetto

3. Scherzo: Vivace – Trio: Poco menno mosso

4. Tema con Variazioni: Poco adagio – Molto allegro

FRANCK Violin Sonata in A major

1. Allegretto ben moderato

2. Allegro molto

3. Recitativo – Fantasia: Ben moderato

4. Allegretto poco mosso

This concert by Giuseppe Andaloro and members of the Logos Chamber Group opens with what is possibly the most performed of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 36 or so violin sonatas. The designation of sonata for piano and violin underlined the dominant role assumed by the piano, but as Mozart matured, the violin soon gained parity. The E minor sonata, the only one in a minor key, was composed in 1778 in Paris where Mozart was touring, accompanied by his mother. This fateful trip saw her die from an unknown illness, the grief of which was channeled into his music.

The pathos is immediately apparent in the opening bars, a melancholy coloured with some degree of urgency which never lapses into melodrama or bathos. The second movement is in the form of short variations, with its bittersweet minuet subject treated with loving reverence. An excursion into E major provides brief moments of sunshine, but this soon returns to the earlier unease to close.

Nicola Matteis Jr. (1670-1737) was born in London, the son of a Neapolitan violin virtuoso of the same name who had emigrated to England as a young man and revolutionised violin playing there. The younger Matteis later moved to Vienna where he served at the Habsburg court as a composer of operas and ballets. Almost totally forgotten today, his fame lies in two fantasias for solo violin composed in 1720. The A minor Fantasia, also known as Alla Fantasia, is a virtuoso arpeggio study centred on the A minor triad, a technique later perfected by composers from Paganini to Arvo Pärt.

Antonin Dvorak’s 14 string quartets occupy an important part in Romantic era chamber music, often overshadowing his other string music, all of which conceived with care and craftsmanship. His Terzetto in C major, a charming fourmovement string trio, is such a work. Its Italian title refers to a work for three voices, in this case two violins and a viola. It was composed in 1887 for a chemistry student, an amateur violinist boarding in Dvorak’s household who found it beyond his technical capabilities.

The very congenial first movement is titled an Introduction, specifically to the second movement’s Larghetto, which continues in this very affable Hausmusik thread. The ensuing Scherzo in A minor, with its Trio in A major, is a genuine Slavonic dance - the furiant. The theme of the finale’s set of variations, in dotted rhythm, is not immediately apparent. The relative brevity and tightness of the ten variations that follow suggests this to be a well-disguised passacaglia. There is even a soloistic recitative for first violin – which the original dedicatee had probably found too forbidding - before the work closes in a short-winded blaze of fireworks.

If audiences and musicians were polled as to which violin sonata was the most popular ever, chances are César Franck’s Sonata in A major would top the list. Trumping the likes of Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart, it carried the designation “sonate pour piano et violon”, indicating the piano’s primacy. It was composed in 1886 for fellow Belgian the great violinist Eugene Ysaÿe as a wedding present. At its public premiere in a Brussels art museum, the musicians were obliged to perform in virtual darkness (due to a prohibition of artificial lighting) and did so completely from memory.

Its four movements are distinguished by sublime melodies and the unity of recurring motifs. The opening movement’s serene theme is heard again in the second and third movements, returning first passionately and later like some long-lost friend. The turbulent second movement is technically far more challenging for piano than violin, its outward brilliance tempered with moments of reflection.

The Recitativo-Fantasia third movement is pivotal, being a meditation on motifs that appear in all four movements, the perfect embodiment of cyclical form. Two motifs, described as dolce and drammatico, would later figure prominently in the finale. The finale is a rondo in the form of a canon, with the violin following in imitation exactly one bar after the piano. Being out of phase yet sounding totally in harmony is the chief pleasure of this movement, capping a work of great stature and beauty. This music exists in versions for solo piano (by Alfred Cortot), flute, viola and cello, just to name a few instruments.

Programme notes by Chang Tou Liang

Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳 2024 年 10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00

香港美樂聚音樂節

阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里與結他

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳

節目

10月19 - 21日

在過去的約 20 年中，香港蕭邦社很榮幸能邀請到世界知名結他音樂家阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里，為我們演奏獨奏、室樂及協奏曲等。

多年來，不論是獨奏還是與其他樂器合奏，一系列精彩結他音樂，都展現了結他不可思議的潛力。除了讓香港觀眾能更深入了解結他及結他曲目，阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里還教授香港和中國內地的新晉結他音樂家，以傳承結他演奏藝術並引領他們了解音樂的精髓。他從結他的角度出發，讓他們了解音樂如何隨著時間、地點、文化和傳統等演變。

阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里以其無可挑剔的技術和詮釋，已成為全球最優秀的結他音樂家之一，世界各地的樂迷都沉醉於他的音樂之中。

阿爾瓦羅每年都在美樂聚音樂節上亮相，吸引了香港和中國內地的音樂愛好者。他的大師班和講座 / 示範也吸引了那些學習結他的人。

今年亦不例外，阿爾瓦羅將於 2024 年 10 月 16 日至 22 日的美樂聚音樂節期間亮相。

為了體現他的教學成果，蕭邦社決定提供中間平台，讓阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里與來自香港及中國內地的結他手合作。這

些受邀的結他手在 2024 年 5 月齊聚香港，通過 ZOOM 接受阿爾瓦羅的結他課程。

這群年輕的結他手連同其他幾位結他手，現在有機會與阿爾瓦羅合作。阿爾瓦羅將於 10 月親自來香港，參加 2024 年的美樂聚音樂節。

一直與阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里合作的香港結他手黃文錦，今年亦有為這群年輕結他手及阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里進行協調和合作。

大師班課程的節目內容和參與學生名單，請參照以下詳情。

課程和講座將以英語進行，但將提供中文即時傳譯。

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Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High

ALVARO PIERRI AND THE GUITAR AT THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVALS

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

THE PROGRAMME DAY BY DAY (19th - 21st OCTOBER, 2024)

The Chopin Society of Hong Kong is proud to have been presenting the world-known guitarist Alvaro Pierri in solo, chamber music and concerto performances for the past almost 20 years.

A fantastic repertoire of music for guitar has been performed along the years, displaying the incredible potential of this instrument either when played by itself or playing together with other instruments. Apart from having been offering the public in Hong Kong such a treat in getting to know the guitar and its repertoire, Alvaro Pierri has been teaching budding guitarists of Hong Kong and China, the art of playing the guitar as well as introducing them to the essence of music and the way it has evolved through times and places, cultures and traditions, looking at it from the point of view of the guitar.

Making use of an impeccable technique always at the service of an interpretative potential at the guitar which positions Alvaro among the best guitarists in the world nowadays, he has never failed to enchant his followers who are spread all over the world.

Each year, Alvaro’s presence at the Joy of Music Festival has become an attraction for the music lovers of Hong Kong and China and his teaching through masterclasses and lecture/demonstrations, a magnet for those learning how to play this instrument.

This year is not going to be an exception, and Alvaro will be featured in our Joy of Music Festival to be presented between the 16th and the 22nd October 2024.

To extract the most of the privilege of benefiting from his teaching, our Society has decided to create an intermediate stage this year by having Alvaro Pierri working with a

selected group of guitarists from Hong Kong and China, who gathered in Hong Kong and received classes from Alvaro who taught them via ZOOM during the month of May 2024.

This group of young guitarists plus a few additional ones, are now having the chance of working with Alvaro when he will be physically in Hong Kong in October, taking part of the Joy of Music Festival 2024.

Hong Kong based guitarist: Chris Wong, has been working with Alvaro Pierri putting together this group of young guitarists working with Alvaro this year.

The programme to be presented during the masterclasses is detailed below as is the list of names of the participating students.

The classes and lectures will be in English but there will be a simultaneous translation into Chinese.

Those interested in attending the masterclasses as members of the audience, should be able to register by contacting Anabella at the following e-mail: afreris@ netvigator.com or by WhatsApp at: +852 9027 1429 (also Anabella’s mobile).

Since there is a limited capacity in the venue, when sending the request please, write your name, mobile and WhatsApp number (if applicable) and your e-mail address, as well as the number of people requesting to attend and which days and sessions.

We will reply to each one of the requests to confirm your registration.

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳 2024 年 10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

ALVARO PIERRI AND THE GUITAR AT THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVALS

Hong Kong City Hall, Recital Hall (High Block 8/F)

Saturday 19th Oct., 2024

香港美樂聚音樂節阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里與結他

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳

2024年10月 19日(星期六)

Masterclasses

結他大師班

13:00 to 13:40

CHENG Hanfei 程函霏

Repertoire:

- Allegro assai from BWV 1005 Violin Sonata No.3 in C by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

13:45 to 14:25

HE Jinghan 賀敬涵

Repertoire:

- Fuga and Allegro, BWV 998 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

14:30 to 15:10

YU Jing Yin, Eric 余敬賢

Repertoire:

- Prelude from BWV 998 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

- 1st and 2nd movements, All in Twilight by TŌru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

15:15 to 15:30 BREAK

15:30 to 16:10

ZHU Yiwei 朱一瑋

Repertoire:

- 3rd movement, “Tempo di menuetto” from Guitar Sonata in D major, Op.77 “Omaggio a Boccherini” by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

16:15 to 16:55

LI Zehao 李澤皓

Repertoire:

- 1st and 2nd movement, Sonata Giocosa by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

Recitals

結他演奏會

2024年10月 19日(星期六)

Saturday 19th Oct., 2024 17:30 to 18:30

Guitar recitals showcasing guitarists participating in the cycle: Alvaro Pierri’s Guitar Masterclasses in Hong Kong 2024.

Venue: Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall

GUO, Shenglin 郭升霖

Repertoire:

- Fuga BWV 1000 by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

CHAN, Cham Man 陳澤文

Repertoire:

- Scherzo & Finale Allegretto from Sonate VI by Wenceslaus Matiegka (1773-1830)

FU Hoi Man, Kevin 付凱文

Repertoire:

- Fantaisie Hongroise by J.K.Mertz (1806-1856)

CHEUNG Ka Tung, Tony 張嘉東

Repertoire: - Asturias by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

ZHU Rofay 祝若菲

Repertoire: - 2nd and 3rd movement, La Catedral by Augustin Barrios (1885-1944)

YE Yaokun 叶耀焜

Repertoire: - 2nd and 3rd movement, Aquarelle by Sergio Assad (1852- )

LI Zehao 李澤皓

Repertoire:

- 1st and 2nd movement, Sonata Giocosa by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

LI Haoqi 李灝淇

Repertoire:

- Etude No.4 by Giulio Regondi (1822-1872)

- 3rd movement, Sonata Giocosa by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

2024 年 10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

ALVARO PIERRI AND THE GUITAR AT THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVALS

Hong Kong City Hall, Recital Hall (High Block 8/F) Sunday, 20th October 2024

香港美樂聚音樂節阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里與結他

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳

2024年10月 20日(星期日)

Masterclasses

結他大師班

13:30 to 14:10

LI Xin 李鑫

Repertoire:

- BWV 1004 Ciaccona by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

14:15 to 14:55

GUO Shenglin 郭升霖

Repertoire:

- 3rd movement, Fuoco, Libra Sonatine by Roland Dyens (1955-2016)

15:00 to 15:40

CHAN Cham Man 陳澤文

Repertoire:

- 1st movement, Danzas Rituales y Festivas by Leo Brouwer (1939)

15:45 to 16:00 BREAK

16:00 to 16:40

FU Hoi Man Kevin 付凱文

Repertoire: - Elogio de la Danza by Leo Brouwer (1939)

16:45 to 17:25

CHEUNG Ka Tung Tony 張嘉東

Repertoire:

- Cadenza and 3rd movement, Concerto for guitar by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

17:30 to 18:10

ZHU Rofay 祝若菲

Repertoire:

- Etude No.1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

Recitals

結他演奏會

2024年10月 20日(星期日)

Sunday, 20th October 2024 18:30 to 19:30

Guitar recitals showcasing guitarists participating in the cycle: Alvaro Pierri’s Guitar Masterclasses in Hong Kong 2024.

Venue: Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall

CHEN Yixin 陳奕欣

Repertoire: - Sonata K491 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

WANG Jinxiang 汪錦湘

Repertoire: - Fantasia Op.7 by Fernando Sor (1778-1839)

HE Jinghan 賀敬涵

Repertoire: - Le Depart, Fantaisie Dramatique, Op. 31 by Napoleon Coste (1805-1883)

LIANG Haoyao 梁皓垚

Repertoire: - Capricho Arabe by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)

ZHU Yunai 朱芸爱

Repertoire: - Variations on the theme “Carnival of Venice” by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)

LI Xin 李鑫

Repertoire: - 1st Movement, Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

HUANG Hanyuan 黃瀚源

Repertoire: - Invocation et Danse by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

13:00-19:00

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

ALVARO PIERRI AND THE GUITAR AT THE HONG KONG JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVALS

Hong Kong City Hall, Recital Hall (High Block 8/F) Monday, 21st October 2024

香港美樂聚音樂節阿爾瓦羅．皮耶里與結他

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳

2024年10月 21日(星期一)

Masterclasses

結他大師班

13:00 to 13:40

YE Yaokun 叶耀焜

Repertoire:

- BWV 1004 Ciaccona by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

13:45 to 14:25

LIANG Haoyao 梁皓垚

Repertoire:

- Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata by Francisco Tarrega (1852-1909)

14:30 to 15:10

CHEN Yixin 陳奕欣

Repertoire:

- Fandango by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

15:15 to 15:30 BREAK

15:30 to 16:10

ZHU Yunai 朱芸愛

Repertoire:

- Toccata (1933) by Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

16:15 to 16:55

HUANG Hanyuan 黃瀚源

Repertoire:

- Nocturnal Op.70 by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

17:00 to 17:40

WANG Jinxiang 汪錦湘

Repertoire: - 3rd movement, Aquarelle by Sergio Assad (1952)

2024 年 10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

the participating guitar pL ayers

CHAN Cham Man 陈泽文

Age: 19

Year 2, Lingnan Normal University

Gold prize of the 18 to 21 division in the Grand Master Music Competition 2023 Second prize of guitar division in the Wuhu Teenagers Musical Playing Competition

2023 Gold prize of both teenagers and adults division in the Symphony International Guitar Festival & Second National Guitar Invitational Competition 2023

Teacher: ZHANG Chongyi

CHEUNG Ka Tung, Tony 張嘉東

Age: 22

Year 3, BA Music, BU

Teacher: Chris Wong

CHENG Hanfei 程函霏

Age: 8

3rd Grade, Shanghai Xuhui Guangqi Primary School

The Silver Award of the 17th Chinese Youth Art Festival, Guitar Pre-Sch Group in 2021 The Silver Award of Shanghai Youth Training Competition,Children´ s Solo Singing Public Toddler Group in 2021 The Silver Award of Shanghai Youth Training Competition,Classical Guitar

Solo Public Toddler Group in 2021 The Second Prize of Xuhui Student Art Individual Competition, Vocal Music

Special Toddler Group in 2021 and 2022 The Gold Medal of Shanghai Youth Training Competition, Children´ s

Solo Singing Public Toddler Group in 2022 The First Prize of Xuhui Student Art Individual Competition, Vocal Music Special Primary School Group A in 2023 The Champion of Shanghai Children´ s Sports League Kendo Competition Finals, Second Grade Regulation Movement Group in 2023 The Champion of Jiaxing National Guitar

Invitational Competition, Classical Guitar Solo Children Group C in 2023 The Gold Medal of the 5th National Youth Art Creation Theme Competition, Primary School

Junior Instrumental Group in 2023 The Second Place of Symphony International Guitar Festival and the 3rd Guitar

Invitational Competition, Classical Guitar Solo Children

Group B Gold Medal Ranking Finals in 2024

Teacher: LIU Xianji

CHEN Yixin 陈奕欣

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F) G U I

Age: 19

Year 2, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

Second prize of Open Group in the 4th Henan Altamira

Classical Guitar Competition 2023 organised by the Henan Guitar Association Third prize in the 1st Jiangxi Guitar Art Festival 2023

Teacher: Kenneth Kwan

FU Hoi Man, Kevin 付凱文

Age: 20

Year 4, Music Department, CUHK

First prize of Guitar Solo Senior Section in 73rd Hong Kong Inter-School Music Festival Competition 2021 First prize of Guitar Solo Open Section in the 21st China (Zhuhai) Guitar Art Festival and “ Corbin Cup”Guitar

Competition 2022

Teacher: Chris Wong

GUO Shenglin 郭升霖

Age: 24

Graduate of Admiralty Conservatory of Music, Shenzhen University

Teacher: FANG Fang

HE Jinghan 贺敬涵

Age: 17

12th Grade, The Music School attached to Xinghai Conservatory of Music Second prize of Open Group in the Martini National Guitar Competition 2023 Third Prize in the Qingdao Shanhai Impression International Guitar Art Competition 2023

Teacher: WANG Zixuan

2024 年 10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

the participating guitar pL ayers

HUANG HanYuan 黄瀚源

Age: 26

Year 2, Graduate School of XingHai Consevatory of music 1st prize in the Thailand International Guitar Competition 2017 2nd prize in the ShenZhen International Guitar Competition 2019 Silver prize in the the Gold Hibiscus Music Award Classical Guitar Artist Competition 2021

Teacher: Kenneth Kwan

LIANG Haoyao 梁皓垚

Age: 18

Year 2, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

Teacher：Bastian Hildner

LI xin 李鑫

Age: 25

Year 1, Graduate School of XingHai Consevatory of music 2nd Prize of Open Group in the Qing Ling International Guitar Festival 2023

Teacher: Kenneth Kwan

LI Zehao 李泽皓

Age: 17

12th grade, Shenzhen Art School

First prize of Junior Division in GFA 2019 Fourth prize of Senior Division in GFA 2024

Teacher: Alvaro PIERRI

WANG Jinxiang 汪锦湘

Age: 16

12th Grade, The Music School attached to Xinghai Conservatory of Music

Teacher: Kenneth Kwan

YE Yaokun 叶耀焜

Age: 19

11th grade, Guangzhou Peiying High School

Teacher: TAN Lei

YU King Yin, Eric 余敬賢

HKBU (B.A.)

Manhattan School of Music (Master of Guitar Performance) 1st prize of 2nd Tiziano Rossetti International Music Competition (Lugano. Switzerland)

Teacher: Chris Wong

ZHU Yiwei 朱一玮

Age: 14

8th Grade, Shanghai Conservatory of Music Affiliated Middle School 1st prize of the Children´s Group Gold Award in “ Donggong Cup” Shanghai Guitar Competition 2019 1st prize of the children´s preliminary round Shanghai Division in the Martini Classical Guitar Competition 2020 1st prize of Division Classical Guitar in China Youth Music Competition Hummingbird Music Award Shanghai (Provincial) 2021 2nd Prize in National Classical Guitar Competition 2021 1st prize of the Youth Group Gold Award in “ Donggong Cup”Shanghai Guitar Competition and Natasha Zheng´an Guitar

National Guitar Invitation Competition 2021 1st prize of the Professional Group Gold Award in “ Donggong Cup” Shanghai Guitar Competition and Natasha Guitar

National Guitar Invitation Competition 2023

Teacher: LIU Xianji

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳 2024 年 10 月19- 21 日 13:00-19:00 Sat, 19th - Mon, 21st October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

the participating guitar pL ayers

ZHU Yunai 朱芸爱

Age：19

Year 2, Xinghai Conservatory of Music

1st prize of Junior Section in the Changsha International Classical Guitar Competition 2019 2nd prize of Open Group in the Qingdao International Classical Guitar Competition 2022 2nd prize of Junior Group in the Albania Guitar Festival 2022 2nd prize of Open Group In the International Fringe Virtual Competition in Hong Kong 2022 3rd prize of the Player Group in the 28th International Competition of Musical Performance for Guitar – City of Mottola (ITALY) 2022 3rd prize of the Player Group in the Houston International Classical Guitar Competition 2022

Teacher：Bastian Hildner

ZHU Rofay 祝若菲

Age: 11

6th Grade, Shenzhen Futian Xinzhou Primary School

Teacher: FANG Fang

鋼琴/弦樂/結他大師班

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REGISTERING ATTENDANCE TO THE PIANO/STRINGS/GUITAR MASTER CLASSES

Attendance to all master classes will be open to the public and free of charge, but we require that bookings are made in advance by getting in touch with the office of the Festival preferably by e-mail at: afreris@netvigator.com or by phone at: 2868 3325 / 9027 1429 and telling us the number of seats requested and providing us with your contact information: name, mobile number and e-mail address. We will be sending you a confirmation of your booking. The name of the participating artists and the programme to be performed by each one of them will be published in our website www.chopinsocietyhk.org in due time.

Sat, 19th and Mon, 21th October

Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

PIANO MASTERCLASSES

Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall

THE PROGRAMME DAY BY DAY (19th & 21st OCTOBER, 2024)

Saturday, 19th October

Piano master classes by Giuseppe Andaloro

2024年10月19日 (星期六)

朱塞佩•安達羅洛

10:00 - 13:00

1. 10:00-10:50

NIE Chenyang

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

- Two Transcendental Etudes, No.4 Mazeppa & No.8 Wilde Jags

2. 11:00-11:50

SHI Yu Xu

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

- Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book 1

3. 12:00-12:50

Linda ZHANG

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

- Spanish Rhapsody S.254

鋼琴/弦樂/結他大師班

鋼琴大師班

香港大會堂音樂廳

Monday, 21st October

Piano master classes by Ilya Rashkovskiy 2024年10月21日 (星期一)

10:00 - 13:00

1. 10:00-10:50

Alexander LAU

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) / Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

- Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, S. 180

2. 11:00-11:50

Jerry CHANG

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

- Sonata No.2, Op.58, 1st movement

3. 12:00-12:50

Chadwick LAM

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

- Ballade No.1, Op.23

REGISTERING ATTENDANCE TO THE PIANO/STRINGS/GUITAR MASTER CLASSES

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳 2024 年 10 月 20 日 (星期日 ) 10:00-13:00 Sunday, 20th October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F)

STRINGS MASTERCLASSES

Hong Kong City Hall, Recital Hall (High block 8/F)

Sunday, 20th October

10:00 - 13:00

Strings Master Classes by*

Charlotte Scott (violin), Emma Parker (violin), Joel Hunter (viola) & Pierre Doumenge (cello)

1. 10:00-10:40

NG Yau (cello)

11 years old

Repertoire: CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

• Sonata in A major for cello and piano, 4th Movement

2. 10:45-11:25

Eugene Oscar YUEN (cello)

29 years old

Repertoire: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (16851750)

• Sarabande, Gavotte I & II, Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012

鋼琴/弦樂/結他大師班

3. 11:30-12:10

CHIU Sung Hong (violin)

17 years old

Repertoire: MAX BRUCH (1838-1920)

• Violin Concerto No. 1, First movement

4. 12:15-12:55

ZENG Hanxuan (violin)

12 years old

Repertoire: CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)

• Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, Op.61, 1st movement

2024 年 10 月 20 日 (星期日 ) Sunday, 20th October

Hong Kong City Hall, Recitals Hall (High Block 8/F) 10:00-13:00

弦樂大師班

香港大會堂高座8樓演奏廳 2024年10月20日 (星期日)

10:00 - 13:00

弦樂大師班*

夏洛特•斯科特（小提琴）, 艾瑪•帕克（小提琴）, 喬爾•亨特 (中提琴) 及佩爾•多明戈 (大提琴)

1. 10:00-10:40

吳幽 (大提琴)

11 歲

曲目：

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

• Sonata in A major for cello and piano, 4th Movement

2. 10:45-11:25

袁乙熙 (大提琴)

29 歲

曲目：

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

• Sarabande, Gavotte I & II, Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012

3. 11:30-12:10

趙崇康 (小提琴)

17 歲

曲目：

MAX BRUCH (1838-1920)

• Violin Concerto No. 1, First movement

4. 12:15-12:55

曾瀚萱 (小提琴)

12 歲

曲目：

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)

• Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, Op.61, 1st movement

REGISTERING ATTENDANCE TO THE PIANO/STRINGS/GUITAR MASTER CLASSES

夏洛特•斯科特 (小提琴)

作為一位備受追捧的小提琴家和合作者，夏洛特享有獨奏家、室樂音樂家和總監等多種職業。獲得高度好評的包括 Linn Records、 Champs Hill 和 Apple Music 的錄音。

Oculi 合奏的創辦人和第一小提琴手，夏洛特以前擔任過 Piatti 和 Badke 四重奏中的第一小提琴手。作為一位充滿熱情的總監和首席小提琴手，她經常與蘇格蘭室樂團、 Musica Vitae、荷蘭室樂團以及世界各地其他樂團合作演出。

Charlotte Scott (Violin)

作為獨奏家和室樂音樂家，她定期在威格摩爾音樂廳、 Concertgebouw 和 Festival 音樂廳等場地以及一系列國際夏季室樂音樂節上進行演出。

As a highly sought after violinist and collaborator, Charlotte enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician and director. Discographies that received high critical acclaim include recordings for Linn Records, Champs Hill and Apple Music.

Co-founder and first violinist of the Oculi Ensemble, Charlotte previously held the latter position in the Piatti- and Badke Quartets. As a passionate director and concertmaster, she frequently plays with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Musica Vitae, Nederlands Chamber Orchestra and various others worldwide.

Regular performances both as a soloist and chamber musician include venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw and Festival Hall, as well as an array of international summer Chamber music festivals.

(以表演次序排列)

艾瑪•帕克 (小提琴)

艾瑪於 2006 年畢業於皇家音樂學院。她將自己的大部分職業生涯致力於室樂。2002 至 2015 年，她擔任 Badke 四重奏第二小提琴，並獲得第五屆墨爾本國際室樂比賽冠軍和觀眾獎。隨後，從 2016 到 2023 年作為 Albion 四重奏的成員，艾瑪定期在歐洲許多最負盛名的室樂音樂廳演出，包括威格摩爾音樂廳（倫敦）、Snape Maltings（奧德堡音樂節）、 Konzertgebeouw（阿姆斯特丹）、羅浮宮（巴黎）和 Esterhazy（匈牙利）。她在 Albion 時曾為 Signum Records 製作了多張唱片，他們最新的 CD 被選為年度評論家精選獎和留聲機雜誌的編輯精選獎。艾瑪於廣播電台並不陌生，她定期在 BBC 廣播電台第三台演出。除了四重奏，她是 Oculi 合奏的創辦人之一。室樂之外，艾瑪還在 2014 至 2019 年擔任曼徹斯特 Camerata 第二小提琴首席。

(In order of appearance)

Emma Parker (Violin)

Emma graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2006. She has dedicated much of her career to chamber music. From 2002 to 2015 she was second violin in the Badke Quartet, winners of First Prize and Audience Prize in the Fifth Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. Subsequently, as a member of the Albion Quartet from 2016 to 2023, Emma performed regularly at many of Europe’s most prestigious chamber-music halls, including the Wigmore Hall (London), Snape Maltings (Aldeburgh Festival), the Konzertgebeouw (Amsterdam), the Louvre (Paris) and Esterhazy (Hungary). With the Albion she also made a number of discs for Signum Records, their latest CD being voted Critic’s Choice of the Year and Editor’s Choice in Gramophone Magazine. No stranger to the airwaves, Emma has regularly performed on BBC Radio 3. Alongside her quartet work, she is a founder member of the Oculi Ensemble. Outside chamber music, Emma served in 20142019 as Principal Second Violin of the Manchester Camerata.

喬爾•亨特 (中提琴)

出生於英國的喬爾，為其約克郡人的身份感到自豪，七歲開始接觸中提琴，在獲頒獎學金後，決定就讀於曼徹斯特切塔姆音樂學校，後再到倫敦皇家音樂學院深造。從那時開始，他一直在世界各地與許多主要管弦樂隊和樂團合作演出。

於倫敦完成學業後，喬爾獲格拉斯哥 BBC 蘇

格蘭交響樂團聘為聯合首席中提琴，數年後於斯德哥爾摩瑞典廣播交響樂團擔任首席中提琴，直至 2014 年。他目前為馬勒室樂團的首席中提琴，同時身兼自由身音樂家四處出演。

Joel Hunter (Viola)

他獲英國各大樂團聘為客席首席中提琴，包括 BBC 交響樂團、英國愛樂樂團﹑英國皇家愛樂樂團﹑倫敦愛樂樂團﹑伯明翰城市交響樂團、皇家蘇格蘭國家交響樂團﹑蘇格蘭室內樂團、倫敦室內樂團、極光樂團、音樂會管弦樂團﹑皇家北部交響樂團等；其他地方的樂團包括：巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團、班堡交響樂團、奧斯陸愛樂樂團﹑慕尼黑愛樂樂團﹑ 萊比錫布業大廳管弦樂團、琉森節慶管弦樂團及阿姆斯特丹小交樂團。

作為一名室內樂音樂家，喬爾曾在世界各地的音樂會上，與許多著名藝術家合作，包括克里斯蒂安 • 特茨拉夫、艾莉莎 • 魏勒絲坦、帕斯卡 • 羅傑、內田光子和安斯涅。他最近錄製的唱片包括：山度士唱片出版的《康果爾德弦樂六重奏》，以及與安斯涅合作並由索尼經典唱片出版的《莫扎特鋼琴四重奏》。他亦是 Logos 室樂團的創團成員之一，該樂團每年都會為香港蕭邦社年度「香港美樂聚音樂節」和「香港國際鋼琴大賽」演出。

2001 年，為表彰其於專業領域之貢獻，獲倫敦皇家音樂學院頒發「院士」稱號。喬爾現與家人於柏林定居。

Born in the UK and a proud Yorkshireman, Joel was drawn to the viola as a 7 year old and decided many years later after being offered a scholarship, to continue his studies at Chethams School of Music in Manchester and subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Since then Joel has been performing all over the world with many leading orchestras and ensembles.

Immediately after finishing his studies in London he was appointed co-principal viola with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow, moving on to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm a few years later where as principal viola he worked until 2014. He is currently the principal violist of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra which he combines with a busy freelance career.

He has appeared as a guest principal violist in most UK orchestras, including all of the BBC orchestras, the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Aurora, Royal Northern Sinfonia and internationally with the Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk, Bamberg Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

As a chamber musician Joel has collaborated with many eminent artists, including Christian Tetzlaff, Alisa Weilerstein, Pascal Roge, Mitzuko Uchida and Leif Ove Andsnes in concerts throughout the world. Recent recordings include the Korngold String Sextet for Chandos and the Mozart Piano Quartets with Leif Ove Andsnes for Sony Classical. He is a founding member of the Logos Chamber Group playing annually at the Joy Of Music Festival and International Piano Competition in Hong Kong.

In 2001 he was made an ‘Associate member’ of the Royal Academy of Music in London (ARAM) for his services to the profession. Joel is now based in Berlin where he lives with his family.

佩爾•多明戈 (大提琴)

佩爾

• 多明戈為挪威卑爾根管弦樂團首席大提琴，以及卑爾根弦樂四重奏的成員，並時常為其他樂團擔任客席首席大提琴，包括奧斯陸愛樂樂團、荷蘭愛樂樂團、蘇格蘭室樂團、倫敦小交響樂團、馬勒室樂團、阿姆斯特丹交響樂團、啟蒙時代管弦樂團等。

佩爾亦為但丁弦樂四重奏擔任大提琴手，音樂足跡遍佈各大國際音樂節（奧爾德伯勒、庫赫莫、布加勒斯特、維也納、奧索爾、紐倫堡、伯格斯塔登、Hindsgavl 音樂節、IMS 音樂節、斯泰倫博斯、新加坡、香港、紐約、華盛頓、溫哥華和波士頓、德巴里洛切等地）。獲達頓、Meridian、亥伯龍、山度士等唱片公司錄製發行專輯，好評如潮。他亦定期與不同藝術家和樂團合作表演，包括：帕斯卡爾 • 羅傑、丹尼爾 • 霍普、佩卡•庫西斯托、勞倫斯•波沃爾、貝爾琪亞四重奏、阿萊格里、薩科尼四重奏、皮亞堤、倫敦海頓弦樂四重奏、阿羅諾維茨樂團、納許合奏團等等。2008 年，他被選為梅紐因國際小提琴比賽的指定大提琴手，與九名半決賽選手，演奏拉威爾二重奏奏鳴曲。

Pierre Doumenge (cello)

Pierre Doumenge is the principal cellist of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Bergen String Quartet. He is also guest principal cello with many orchestras including Oslo Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Pierre was the cellist of the Dante Quartet and has appeared at many international festivals (Aldeburgh, Kuhmo, Bucharest, Vienna, Osor, Nuremberg, Hindsgalv, IMS Prussia Cove, Stellenbosch, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, Washington DC, Vancouver, Boston, Bariloche). He has recorded for the Dutton, Meridian, Hyperion and Chandos labels to great critical acclaim. His regular chamber music partners include Pascal Rogé, Daniel Hope, Pekka Kuusisto, Lawrence Power, the Belcea, Allegri, Sacconi, Piatti, London Haydn quartets, Aronowitz Ensemble and the Nash Ensemble. In 2008 he was chosen to be the official cellist of the Menuhin International Violin Competition, performing the Ravel Duo Sonata with the nine semi-finalists.

佩爾在 2003 年至 2009 年，於梅紐因音樂學校任教，2005 年至 2017 年期間，為倫敦市政廳音樂及戲劇學院擔任大提琴教授。他每年亦會主持大師班，包括英國國際大提琴課程、牛津大提琴學校、倫敦大提琴學會、巴黎音樂師範學院、西赫爾辛基音樂學院、蒙斯皇家音樂學院和日本富山的西蒙 • 戈德堡研討會。他亦曾於多個地方公開講課，包括紐約茱莉亞學院，以及布盧明頓、尤金、薩克拉門托、溫哥華、斯泰倫博斯、新加坡、香港和維也納等地多間音樂大學。

Pierre taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School from 20032009 and was professor of cello at the Guildhall School of Music from 2005-2017. He gives annual masterclasses at the International Cello Courses UK, Oxford Cello School, Violoncello Society of London, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, West Helsinki Music Institute, Conservatoire Royal de Mons and the Szymon Goldberg Seminars in Toyama, Japan. He has given public classes at the Juilliard School in New-York and the music universities of Bloomington, Eugene, Sacramento, Vancouver, Stellenbosh, Singapore, Hong Kong and Vienna.

喬納斯•斯塔克（鋼琴）

德國鋼琴家喬納斯 • 斯塔克於 2022 年榮獲香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍，曾在全球不同地方演出，包括德國各大城市、法國、荷蘭、英國、愛爾蘭、波蘭、斯洛伐克、奧地利、瑞士、意大利、俄羅斯、香港和澳洲等。為多個樂團協奏曲演出擔任鋼琴獨奏，包括海德堡愛樂樂團、德國廣播愛樂樂團、杜伊斯堡愛樂樂團、北德意志愛樂樂團、慕尼黑室內樂團和海頓愛樂樂團，合作的指揮家包括馬林 • 阿爾索普、馬庫斯 • 博斯、馬丁• 弗拉茨、迪特格 • 霍爾姆和黃佳俊等。

Jonas Stark (piano)

他於多個國際音樂比賽中屢獲殊榮，包括 2009 年巴黎法國國際音樂比賽冠軍、2014 年青少年音樂大賽聯獎以及兩個特別獎、2017 年季雪金比賽冠軍、2021 年多特蒙德國際舒伯特比賽季軍、以及 2022 年慕尼黑 ARD 國際音樂比賽特別獎。

此外，喬納斯憑著其出色的獨奏表演，兩度獲得州特別獎，並於 2021 年，獲選為成為青年施坦威藝術家。

在學的同時，喬納斯還出席了由不同音樂家主持的大師班，包括萊斯利•霍華德、彼得•弗蘭克爾、迪米特里•巴什基洛夫、羅伯特•麥克唐納、約翰•佩里、克里斯托弗•埃爾頓、帕斯卡· 德沃永、迪米特里 • 阿列克謝耶夫、史蒂文• 奧斯本、伊莫金 • 庫珀、馬丁• 赫爾姆臣、阿里 •瓦爾迪、賈尼娜 • 菲爾科斯卡、安娜 • 馬利科娃、貝恩德 • 戈茨克、格里戈里 • 格魯茲曼和米多里等。

喬納斯 • 斯塔克五歲時開始師從耶萊娜 • 塞梅年科習琴。

2018 年在德國薩爾高等音樂學院師從托馬斯 • 杜伊斯，取

得音樂學士學位後，在英國倫敦皇家音樂學院師從伊恩 • 方坦，攻讀碩士和專業文憑。

直至 2021 年，他繼續於漢諾瓦音樂、戲劇與媒體學院，師從羅蘭 • 魯格，攻讀獨奏研究生課程，並自 2023 年起擔任鋼琴教學職位。

喬納斯亦榮獲多個基金獎學金，包括於爾根 • 彭托基金會、德國國家學術基金會、德國學術交流總署、德國音樂生活基金會、漢斯和露絲 • 吉森基金會以及英國蒙斯特女伯爵音樂基金獎。

German pianist Jonas Stark, winner of the Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2022, has performed extensively through all major German cities, France, the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Hong Kong and Australia. As a soloist in piano concertos he appeared with the Heidelberger Philharmoniker, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Münchener Kammerorchester and Haydn Philharmonie under the baton of Marin Alsop, Marcus Bosch, Martin Fratz, Dietger Holm and Kahchun Wong.

Further achievements include the 1st prize at ‘Concours Musical de France’ in Paris in 2009, the 1st federal prize and two special prizes at ‘Jugend musiziert’ in 2014, the 1st prize at the Walter Gieseking competition 2017, the 3rd prize at the International Schubert Competition Dortmund in 2021 and a special prize at the ARD International Music Competition Munich in 2022.

Moreover, Jonas twice received the special award of his state for outstanding solo performance and became Young Steinway Artist in 2021.

Alongside his studies, Jonas has attended masterclasses by Leslie Howard, Peter Frankl, Dimitri Bashkirov, Robert McDonald, John Perry, Christopher Elton, Pascal Devoyon, Dimitri Alexeev, Steven Osborne, Imogen Cooper, Martin Helmchen, Arie Vardi, Janina Fialkowska, Anna Malikova, Bernd Goetzke, Grigory Gruzman and Midori.

Jonas Stark started piano lessons with Jelena Semenenko when he was five years old. After his Bachelor of Music at the HfM Saar, Germany with Professor Thomas Duis in 2018 he studied Master and Professional Diploma with Professor Ian Fountain at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Since 2021 Jonas is studying Soloklasse with Professor Roland Krüger at the HMTM Hanover where he is also holding a teaching position for piano since 2023.

Jonas is scholar of the Jürgen Ponto foundation, the German National Academic Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the Hans-and-Ruth-Giessen-Foundation and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

朱塞佩．安達羅洛（鋼琴）

1982

年出生於巴勒莫，朱塞佩年紀很小時便對音樂充滿熱情及認真，並開始參加音樂會演出，演奏的曲目範圍廣泛，由文藝復興、跨越到現代及當代音樂。他是多個著名音樂節的表演嘉賓（薩爾茨堡音樂節、魯爾鋼琴節、斯波萊托兩個世界音樂節、布加勒斯特艾內斯科音樂節、香港美樂聚、拉維多音樂節、杜斯尼基— 茲德羅伊「蕭邦」音樂節、布雷西亞及貝爾加莫米凱蘭傑利音樂節、貝魯特「阿爾布斯坦」音樂節、孟買「梅利．梅塔」音樂節），以及在世界上最著名的音樂會場地演出，包括米蘭斯卡拉歌劇院、巴黎夏沃音樂廳、柏林音樂廳、慕尼黑加斯泰格音樂廳、皇家節日音樂廳和倫敦的伊麗莎白女王音樂廳、羅馬「音樂公園禮堂」的聖則濟利亞廳、布拉格的魯道夫音樂廳音樂廳、墨西哥城的西蒙．玻利瓦爾劇院、智利聖地牙哥東方劇院、東京墨田三聲音樂廳、新加坡濱海藝術中心、香港大會堂音樂廳等等。

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

他經常與知名的樂團合作演出（倫敦愛樂樂團、東京 NHK 交響樂團、新加坡交響樂團、香港管弦樂團、柏林愛樂樂團、倫敦莫札特音樂家合奏團、捷克愛樂樂團），與多位出色的指揮家合作，例如弗拉基米爾 • 阿殊堅納西、約翰 – 傑克 • 康投侯福、賈南德雷亞 • 諾賽德、安德魯．帕羅特等等，亦曾與享負盛名的音樂家一同演出，包括張莎拉、喬萬尼 • 索利馬、謝爾蓋 •克雷諾夫、安娜．蒂夫、斯飛特麟 • 盧塞夫、約翰 • 馬爾科維奇等等。

他曾於各大國際鋼琴賽事斬獲冠軍，包括波扎諾「布索尼國際鋼琴比賽」、倫敦鋼琴比賽，及波爾圖、仙台和香港等地的比賽，2005 年獲意大利文化遺產及文化活動部，頒發藝術優等獎。

他擁有許多唱片（索尼、華納、Naxos、香港 The Alpha Omega Sound 及 Labels），並曾為各大電台及電視台擔任嘉賓，例如 NHK-BS2 東京、倫敦 BBC、法國音樂電台、Amadeus103.7 布宜諾斯艾利斯、約翰內斯堡快板古典音樂台、盧加諾 RTSI 電台、葡萄牙 RDP 電台、意大利 RAI 電台第 3 台、德國廣播電台 SWR2、梵蒂岡廣播電台、 WRR 達拉斯古典廣播電台、香港電台第 4 台、新加坡交響樂團 92.4FM、弗雷斯諾谷公共廣播電台等。

安達洛羅於意大利及世界各地教授大師班（包括東京昭和大學、加州州立大學弗雷斯諾分校、泰國國際鍵盤學院、吉隆坡蕭邦社、香港蕭邦社），並為不同國際鋼琴比賽出任評審。

Born in Palermo in 1982, he started a passionate and intense concert activity at a very young age, carrying out a wide repertoire which ranges from Renaissance to modern and contemporary music. He has been guest of renowned festivals (Salzburger Festspiele, Ruhr Klavier, Spoleto Due Mondi, Bucarest Enescu, Ravello, “Chopin” Duszniki-Zdròj, A.B. Michelangeli di Brescia e Bergamo, “Al Bustan” Beirut, “Mehli-Mehta” Mumbai) and in some of the most important concert venues in the world, including La Scala in Milan, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Gasteig in Munich, Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Santa Cecilia at “Parco della Musica” in Rome, Rudolfinum Dvořák Hall in Prague, Anfiteatro Simón Bolívar in Mexico City, Teatro Oriente in Santiago de Chile, Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Esplanade Auditorium in Singapore, City Hall Concert Hall in Hong Kong, etcetera.

He regularly plays with major orchestras (London Philharmonic, Tokyo NHK Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Philharmonische Camerata Berlin, London Mozart Players, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra) and great conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrew Parrott and internationally acclaimed artists, including Sarah Chang, Giovanni Sollima, Sergej Krylov, Anna Tifu, Svetlin Roussev, John Malkovich.

First Prize Winner in some of the most prestigious international piano competitions - such as “Ferruccio Busoni” in Bolzano, London Piano Competition, Porto, Sendai, Hong Kong - in 2005 he was praised for artistic merit by the Italian Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities.

He has many records on his credit (Sony, Warner, Naxos, Fontec labels) and has been guest in various Radio-TV broadcasts, such as NHK-BS2 Tokyo, BBC London, Radio France Musique, Amadeus 103.7 Buenos Aires, Classic FM Radio Allegro Johannesburg, RTSI Lugano, RDP Radiodifusão Portuguesa, Rai Radio3 Italia, German Radio SWR2, Vatican Radio, WRR Dallas Classical Radio, Hong Kong Radio 4, Singapore Symphony 92.4FM, Fresno Valley Public Radio, etc.

Andaloro gives master classes in Italy and abroad (Tokyo Showa University, Fresno California State University, International Keyboard Academy of Thailand, Kuala Lumpur Chopin Society, Hong Kong Chopin Society) and has served the jury in international piano competitions. (以表演次序排列)

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阿爾瓦羅•皮耶里（結他）

阿爾瓦羅 • 皮耶里為全球公認的大師級結他音樂家，世界各地的各大媒體讚譽不絕，「精湛慎密的演繹」、「令人讚嘆的切句」、「非凡卓越的技巧」、「以結他創造出獨一無二的音樂光譜」。

阿爾瓦羅 • 皮耶里深受大眾和評論家歡迎，為世界各地主要音樂廳的常客，足跡遍布歐洲、北美、南美、印度、日本、韓國和中國等。

他於美國紐約的首次亮相，好評如潮：「皮耶里先生展現出的藝術成熟度，為稀世之珍」、「堪比塞戈維亞、布里姆、威廉姆斯等藝術家」、「才華橫溢、靈敏、多才多藝、令人驚嘆」（紐約時報）。1983 年，他與柏林愛樂管弦樂團合作表演，於德國首次亮相，其後，他成為全球各地電台和電視節目的常客，除了獨奏表演，他亦曾與不同知名音樂家合作，例如：弗蘭克 • 彼得 • 齊默爾曼、阿斯特 • 皮亞佐拉、查爾斯 • 杜托伊特及多個大型管弦樂團。他亦曾與各大電台合作進行音樂表演製作，包括：德國廣播、紐約 PBS、加拿大哥倫比亞廣播公司、法國廣播電台、日本 NHK、韓國 KBS，以及位於澳洲、西班牙、法國、丹麥、中國等地的電台。

阿爾瓦羅 • 皮耶里經常與不同出色的音樂家、樂團和管弦樂隊合作演出，包括：查爾斯 • 迪圖瓦和蒙特利爾交響樂團；阿斯特 • 皮亞佐拉、平夏斯 • 斯坦伯格以及 WDR 科隆廣播交響樂團；雅尼克 • 內澤 - 塞甘、與沃伊切赫 • 拉斯基及波蘭室樂愛樂樂團；馬里奧 •貝爾納迪及 CBC 廣播交響樂團；倫敦室樂團、弗蘭克 • 彼得 • 齊默爾曼、埃爾諾 • 塞貝斯汀、雷吉斯 • 帕斯奎爾、哈托 • 拜爾勒、菲利普 • 穆勒、利奧 • 布勞威爾、阿姆賈德 • 阿里 • 汗、阿爾西德斯 • 蘭扎、特雷西 • 西爾弗曼、莫林 • 福雷斯特、愛德華多 • 費爾南德斯、伊薩耶四重奏、凱魯比尼四重奏、海龜島弦樂四重奏、維也納合奏團與萊納 • 霍涅克、瓦斯科 •瓦西列夫、帕斯卡 • 羅傑等等。

他的不少主要作品皆出自當代作曲家手筆，例如萊奧 • 布勞威爾、基多 • 山杜梭拉、雅克 • 赫圖、阿斯托爾 • 皮亞佐拉、亞貝爾•卡雷巴洛、卡羅•多明尼可尼和杜尚•博格達諾維奇等，這些樂曲亦由阿爾瓦羅傾情首演。

皮耶里的專輯獲世界各大品牌發行，如法國寶麗多、德國藍天使 -2001、加拿大米蘭唱片、加拿大 Analekta、加

拿大 Amplitude、加拿大 Madacy、日本 HOMA、日本 Pioneer Classics 和香港 Alpha Omega 等。他的唱片包括獨奏唱片、室樂、結他音樂會和電子原音音樂。他憑著這

些音樂作品屢獲殊榮，至今他已兩次獲得加拿大 FELIX 年度最佳古典音樂大碟獎，最近，日本 Pioneer Musics 亦為他發行輯錄了西班牙

及南美結他音樂作品，德意志留聲機公司則再次發行皮耶里與阿斯托爾 • 皮亞佐拉的二人組演出 DVD。

作為一位蜚聲國際的導師，皮耶里許多門下弟子都曾獲重大國際結他比賽獎項，發展優異音樂事業，包括表演及錄製專輯。皮耶里曾於巴西聖瑪麗亞大學任職教授，其後於加拿大麥吉爾大學（音樂學院）和滿地可魁北克大學蒙特利爾分校（音樂部門）開設結他班。2002 年，他獲著名的奧地利維也納音樂學院（現已改名為維也納音樂和表演藝術大學）聘為教授。

皮耶里亦在全球各地的音樂節教授大師班，包括紐約曼哈頓大師班、美國 GFA 結他基金會、魁北克 Fig、奧福德音樂節、加拿大 Domain Forget 音樂節、巴黎 SIG 國際結他研討會，足跡遍布西班牙波爾多、巴塞羅那、塞維利亞和埃爾切、羅馬、薩爾茨堡莫札特音樂大學、維也納大師班、列支敦士登結他周、阿姆斯特丹、哥本哈根、赫爾辛基、烏普薩拉、美因茨音樂別墅、柏林、科布倫茨、伊瑟隆、聖保羅、里約熱內盧、蒙得維的亞、孟買、新德里、東京、札幌、大阪、首爾、香港、北京、上海等。

阿爾瓦羅 • 皮耶里出生於烏拉圭蒙特維多的音樂世家，皮耶里自小便由鋼琴家母親阿達 • 埃斯塔德斯及烏拉圭結他手阿姨奧爾加 • 皮耶里教授音樂，後師從著名傳奇大師亞伯 • 卡列瓦羅及作曲家吉多 • 桑托索拉，並入讀烏拉圭國立音樂學院。從 11 歲起，他便展開其音樂演出生涯，並於國際結他比賽中屢獲殊榮，包括阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯國際結他比賽冠軍、巴西阿雷格里港國際結他比賽冠軍、以及第 18 屆巴黎國際比賽金獎。

2008 年，其家鄉蒙特維多向他頒發「榮譽市民」稱號，以肯定皮耶里出色的藝術才華及事業，並表彰其對音樂和文化所作出的豐富貢獻。

Alvaro Pierri (guitar)

Alvaro Pierri is internationally acclaimed as a leading personality in the world of the guitar. Press reviews around the world praise “his masterly thought-out interpretations“... “the breathtaking phrasing“ ... “his phenomenal and brilliant technique” ... “the unmatched musical colour spectrum that he creates on the guitar“.

Popular with both the public and the critics, Alvaro Pierri is regular guest in major concert houses in Europe, North and South America, in India, Japan, Corea and China.

His debut in the USA took place in New York and received outstanding reviews: “… Mr. Pierri revealed an artistic maturity not commonly encountered ” … “compared to artists as Segovia, Bream, Williams” … “brilliant, sensitive, versatile, breathtaking” (New York Times). In 1983 he made his debut in Germany with the string soloists of the Berlin Philharmonic; subsequently Alvaro Pierri appeared worldwide on numerous radio and television programmes (as a soloist but also together with artists like Frank Peter Zimmermann, Astor Piazzolla, Charles Dutoit and big Orchestras) produced by stations like Deutsche Rundfunk, PBS New York, CBC Canada, Radio France, NHK Japan, KBS Korea, Austrian, Spanish, French, Danish, Chinese Radios.

Alvaro Pierri is regularly performing with outstanding musicians, ensembles and orchestras. He has shared the stage with artists including Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Astor Piazzolla and the WDR Radio Orchestra Köln with Pinchas Steinberg, Yannick NezetSéguin, Polnish Chamber Philharmoniic Orchestra with Wojciech Rajski, CBC Radio Orchestra with Mario Bernardi, London Chamber Orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Ernö Sebestien, Regis Pasquier, Hatto Beyerle, Philippe Müller, Leo Brouwer, Amjad Ali Khan, Alcides Lanza, Tracy Silverman, Maureen Forrester, Eduardo Fernandez, Isaye Quartett, Cherubini Quartet, Turtle Island String Quartet, Ensemble Wien with Rainer Honeck, Vasko Vassilev, Pascal Rogé.

Contemporary composers such as Leo Brouwer, Guido Santorsola, Jacques Hétu, Astor Piazzolla, Abel Carlevaro, Carlo Domeniconi, Dusan Bogdanovic a. o. have written major works for Alvaro Pierri, in each case he has premiered them brilliantly.

Alvaro Pierri’s CDs have been released by Metropole-Polydor (France), Blue Angel-2001 (Germany), Milan Records (Canada), Analekta (Canada), Amplitude (Canada), Madacy (Canada), HOMA (Japan), Pioneer Classics (Japan) and Alpha Omega (Hong Kong). His discography includes solo recordings, chamber music, guitar concerts and electroacoustic music. Several of his CDs have been honoured with prices and nominations, he received already twice the coveted

Canadian FELIX award for the best classical CD of the year. Recently „Pioneer Classics Japan“ brought out a DVD featuring Spanish and South American guitar music, and “Deutsche Grammophon“ re-issued a DVD, Alvaro Pierri performing in duo with Astor Piazzolla.

Alvaro Pierri is also an internationally acclaimed teacher. Many of his students have won major international guitar competitions, and have themselves outstanding performing and recording careers. He was professor in Brazil at the University of Santa Maria, later then in Canada at McGill University (Faculty of Music) and at the UQAM (Department of Music) in Montreal. In 2002 he was appointed professor at the famous Academy of music in Vienna (today University of Music and Performing Arts), Austria.

Pierri gives master classes at major music festivals such as New York Manhattan Masters, GFA Guitar Foundation of America, Québec FIG, Orford Festival, Domain Forget (Canada), SIG Séminaire International de Guitare in Paris and Bordeaux, Barcelona, Sevilla and Elche in Spain, Rome, Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, Wiener Meisterkurse, LiGiTa Liechtenstein Guitar Week, Amsterdam, Kopenhagen, Helsinki, Uppsala, Villa Musica Mainz, Berlin, Koblenz, Iserlohn, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Mumbai, New Delhi, Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, a.o.

Alvaro Pierri was born in Montevideo in Uruguay, in a family of musicians. He received his early musical education from his mother, the pianist Ada Estades, and his aunt, the uruguayan guitarist Olga Pierri. Later he studied with the legendary Maestro Abel Carlevaro, the composer Guido Santorsola and also at the Uruguayan National Institute of Musicology. From the age of 11 he was already performing in concerts and winning prizes in international guitar competitions, including 1st Prize in the International Guitar Competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1st Prize in the International Guitar Competition in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and the Gold Medal at the 18th International Competition in Paris.

In recognition of his outstanding artistic talent and career and his permanent enriching contribution to music and culture, 2008 Alvaro Pierri was appointed as honorary citizen of his home town Montevideo.

蘭殊．高夫斯基（鋼琴）

1984 年生於俄羅斯伊爾庫茨克。八歲首度於台上亮相，和伊爾庫茨克室樂交響樂團同台演出。於各大比賽屢獲殊榮，包括：2001 年巴黎隆提博國際鋼琴大賽亞軍﹑ 2005 年香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍﹑ 2011 年斯坦鋼琴大賽季軍和濱松國際鋼琴比賽冠軍。就讀於新西伯利亞、漢諾威及巴黎等地，曾師隨弗拉基米爾 • 克拉伊涅夫習琴。

獨奏方面，他曾與各大樂團合作，包括：法國廣播愛樂樂團、馬林斯基交響樂團、里爾國家交響樂團、古爾本基安交響樂團、比利時國家交響樂團、捷克國家交響樂團、俄羅斯國家交響樂團、羅馬尼亞國家交響樂團等。蘭殊亦曾於全球多個著名音樂會場演出，如夏特雷劇院、皮勒耶音樂廳、科隆愛樂廳、阿姆斯特丹皇家音樂廳、莫斯科音樂學院大音樂廳、東京三得利音樂廳和台北國家音樂廳等。

Ilya Rashkovskiy (piano)

Born in Irkutsk, Russia in 1984, Ilya Rashkovskiy debuted at age 8 with the Irkutsk Chamber Music Orchestra. He won the 2nd place at the Long – J. Thibaud Competition (2001), 1st place at the Hong Kong International Competition (2005), 4th at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, 3rd place at the Artur Rubinstein Piano Masters in Tel Aviv (2011) and the 1st place at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. He studied in Novosibirsk, Hannover and Paris; his main piano teacher was Vladimir Krainev.

室樂方面，他曾與不同音樂家合作，包括諏訪內晶子、庄司紗矢香、加里 • 霍夫曼、丹尼爾 • 洛扎科維奇、博索里、鮑羅丁和上海四重奏等。他錄製了多張唱片，包括蕭邦練習曲全集和斯克里亞賓鋼琴奏鳴曲全集。2024 年 11 月受邀擔任第十二回濱松國際鋼琴比賽評審。

2017 年起，他亦於首爾誠信女子大學擔任客座教授。

He collaborated as a soloist with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mariinsky Orchestra, the Orchestre national de Lille, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony, the Romanian National Orchestra amongst many others. Ilya performed in several prestigious concert venues throughout the world, such as the Théatre du Châtelet, the Salle Playel, the Cologne Philharmonic Hall, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo and Taipei National Concert Hall.

He is also active as a chamber musician, having collaborated with musicians such as Akiko Suwanai, Sayaka Shoji, Gary Hoffman, Daniel Lozakovich, Bomsori, Borodin and Shanghai String Quartets. He recorded several CDs including Chopin Complete Etudes as well as Scriabin Complete Piano Sonatas. In November 2024 he is invited to serve as a Jury member of 12th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

Since 2017 he is also a guest professor at Sungshin Woman’s University in Seoul.

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金弘基 (鋼琴)

韓國鋼琴家金弘基榮獲多項大獎，包括 2013 年尹伊桑國際音樂比賽冠軍、2018 年第 60 屆西班牙哈恩國際鋼琴比賽新秀特別獎、冠軍和兩項特別獎（最佳室樂演奏、最佳西班牙音樂演奏）、2019 年第五屆香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍。

他的音樂造詣備受肯定，榮獲多項國際獎項包括：2013 年中國國際鋼琴比賽季軍、2014 年第 69 屆日內瓦國際音樂比賽季軍、2016 年德國舒伯特國際音樂大賽特別獎、2018 年瑞士格扎安達音樂比賽最佳舒曼演奏特別獎。

Honggi Kim (piano)

他亦以獨奏家身分，在不同獨奏音樂會、室樂音樂會等演出，他亦與多個歐洲管弦樂團合作，其中包括德國、法國、意大利、奧地利、西班牙和瑞士，亞洲演出包括中國、日本、新加坡和香港；南美洲演出包括巴西。以勝出者身份，為中國國際鋼琴比賽完成了中國巡演、日內瓦國際音樂比賽的亞洲巡演、哈恩比賽於西班牙安達盧西亞地區巡演等。在韓國，他曾與 KBS 交響樂團和國家交響樂團合作，在首爾藝術中心演出；與迪託管弦樂團合作，於仁川藝術中心的貝多芬誕辰 250 週年音樂會演出；以及與原州、昌原、木浦和群山等地的交響樂團合作。

他曾於歐洲的舞台進行獨奏演出，包括意大利的第 54 屆切爾沃音樂節、意大利萊萬托的第 26 屆露天劇場音樂節、奧地利艾森斯塔特美樂聚音樂節、伯布林根鋼琴節、腓特烈港地震音樂節、德累斯頓的邁森鋼琴節。他還曾在韓國錦湖藝術廳《美麗星期四系列》、首爾藝術中心夏季音樂節和平昌音樂節等舞台上作獨奏演出。

2021 年，他獲韓國鋼琴家白建宇選中，在法國歷史悠久的巴黎香榭麗舍劇院合作演出。2023 年，為紀念拉赫瑪尼諾夫誕辰 150 週年，他演奏了拉赫瑪尼諾夫為鋼琴而作的《 24 首前奏曲》。2024 年為紀念俄羅斯作曲家「謝爾蓋利亞普諾夫」逝世 100 週年，他演奏的樂章包括獻給給李斯特費倫茨的「12 首超驗練習曲 op.11」。

在藝園學校就讀期間，洪基在韓國藝術綜合大學（現為韓國國立藝術天才學院）預科學習作曲三年，後畢業於首爾藝術高中和韓國藝術綜合大學。隨後，他移居德國，在慕尼黑音樂戲劇學院和明斯特音樂學院深造。

South Korean Pianist Honggi Kim won the first prize at the Isangyun International Music Competition in 2013 and the Special Prize for Young Talents, the first prize and two special prizes (Best Performance in Chamber Music and Best Performance in Spanish Music) at the 60th International Piano Competition of Jaén, Spain in 2018, and also another first prize at the 5th Hong Kong International Piano Competition in 2019.

He has also been recognized for his outstanding musicianship by winning numerous international prizes, including the 3rd prize at the China International Piano Competition in 2013, the 3rd prize at the 69th Geneva International Music Competition in 2014, a special prize at the Schubert International Music Competition in Germany in 2016, and a special prize for the best performance of Schumann at the Geza and Competition in Switzerland in 2018.

He has performed numerous concerts as a soloist in recitals, chamber music, and with orchestras in Europe, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Spain, and Switzerland; Asia, including China, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong; and South America, including Brazil. He has also completed a tour of China as a winner of the China International Piano Competition, a tour of Asia as a winner of the Geneva International Music Competition, and a tour of Spain’s Andalusia region as a winner of the Jaen Competition. In Korea, he performed with the KBS Symphony Orchestra the National Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center, the Dito Orchestra at the 250th anniversary concert of Beethoven’s birth at the Incheon Arts Center, and the Wonju, Changwon, Mokpo, and Gunsan symphony orchestras.

He has performed on the solo stage in Europe at the 54th Cervo music festival and 26th Amfiteatrof music festival in Levanto in italy, Joy of music festival in Eisenstadt in Austria, pianistenfestival Böblingen, earthquake-Konzertreihe in Friedrichshafen, pianoforte-fest Maissen in Germany. He has also performed on the solo stage in South Korea at the Kumho Art Hall Beautiful Thursday Series, the Seoul Arts Center Summer Music Festival, and the Pyeongchang Music Festival.

Recently, in 2021, he was selected by Korean pianist Kunwoo Paik and played together at the historic Champs-Elysees Theater in Paris, France, and in 2023, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth, he performed all of Rachmaninoff’s ‘24 Preludes for Piano on one stage. In 2024 for the 100th anniversary of the Russian composer ‘Sergei Lyapunov’s death, he is presenting the program including his ‘12 transcendental Etudes op.11’ which is dedicated to Franz Liszt.

While attending Yewon School, Honggi studied composition for three years at the Preparatory School Program of the Korea National University of Arts (now the Korea National Institute for Gifted in Arts) and later graduated from Seoul Arts High School and Korea National University of Arts. He then moved to Germany to study at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and the Musikhochschule Münster.

Technical Engineers

（音訊、視訊和串流媒體工程師）

Volker Werner (Audio, Sound & Streaming engineer)

沃爾克・

維爾納在維也納音樂與表演藝術大學、佛羅里達州的邁阿密大學和加拿大的班夫中心接受專業聲音藝術製作訓練。他於 2007 年創立

了自己的公司 PDV Records，專注於音樂會和表演的聲音設計、音頻、視頻製作以及電影音樂等工作。作為音效設計師，他參與了維也納音樂節的開幕禮、迪士尼音樂會和採石場歌劇等項目。他也參與電視音樂節目製作，如梅爾克修道院的全國五旬節音樂會和維也納聖斯德望主教座堂的復活節音樂會。

沃爾克・維爾納亦曾與多位知名古典音樂藝術家合作，包括尼古勞斯・哈農庫特、戴安娜・達姆勞、埃迪塔・格魯貝羅娃和邁克爾・沙德，世界著名的樂團包括柏林愛樂樂團、維也納交響樂團和馬勒室樂團。沃爾克・維爾納目前在維也納音樂與表演藝術大學任教，並參與了各種沉浸式音頻格式的開發工作。他是艾瑪迪斯聲學公司的首席技術官，他們開發的主動式聲學系統與倫敦交響樂團合作進行首次「公演」，並在柏林愛樂樂團的演出使用，為安德瑪特音樂廳揭幕。他還負責占士邦博物館「 007 元素」的 3D 音響裝置以及維也納的《神話莫扎特》體驗。

Volker Werner studied “Tonmeister” at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, at University of Miami, Florida and Banff Centre in Canada. In 2007 he founded his company PDV Records, specializing in sound design for concerts and shows, audio and video production as well as film music. As sound designer he worked on projects like the opening of the Vienna Festival, Disney in Concert or Opera in the Quarry. He produced musical TV events such as the national Whitsunday concert from Stift Melk or the Easter Concert from St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.

Volker Werner has worked with renowned classical music artists such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Diana Damrau, Edita Gruberová and Michael Schade as well as world famous orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphonic or the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Volker Werner is teaching at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and has been involved in the development of various immersive audio formats. He is the CTO of Amadeus Acoustics, an active acoustics system debuting with the London Symphony Orchestra and inaugurating the Andermatt Concert Hall with the Berlin Philharmonic. He is also responsible for the 3D sound installation at the James Bond Museum ”007 Elements” or the Mythos Mozart experience in Vienna.

Jiri Melnikov (Streaming Engineer)

Jiri Melnikov is the manager of SAGElab, a joint workplace of the CESNET association and the Faculty of Information Technology of the Czech Technical University in Prague focused on network technologies, multimedia and virtual reality. For many years he has been working on highresolution and low-latency transmission research. He is the lead software developer of the MVTP platform used for realtime delay-critical applications.

伊里•梅爾尼科夫（串流媒體工程師）

伊里・梅爾尼科夫於協會和布拉格捷克理工大學資訊科

技學院的聯合實驗室擔任負責人，專注於網路技術、多媒體和虛擬現實等領域，多年來，他一直致力研究高解析度和低延遲傳輸。他亦是平台的首席軟體開發人員，用於實時時間關鍵型的應用程式。

Dr. Sven Ubik (Senior Researcher)

Dr. Sven Ubik is a senior researcher in CESNET. He is the head of the research group Technologies for network applications. He has been a researcher and a coordinator in several national and international projects. He is a co-author of several patents and he is a Cisco CCIE#14053 professional. He is a PhD advisor at the Czech Technical University. He has built a Network Visualization Lab as a joint research facility of CESNET and the Czech Technical University. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of ACM and SMPTE. He has been a reviewer of multiple international conferences and of research project proposals. His research group has developed the MVTP (Modular Video Transmission Platform) technology based on FPGA for ultra-low-latency audiovisual transmissions for distance collaboration. In 2020 he received the Europa Nostra / Creative Europe Award for the contribution to collaboration in classical music in an European scale. In 2022 he received the Czech Head Award in the industry category for the most innovative product (MVTP) developed in Czech Republic. He acquired his MSc. and Dr. degrees at the Department of Computer Science at the Czech Technical University. He has over 30 years of experience in computing systems and electronics. He was a visiting researcher at the Internet Real-Time Laboratory of the Columbia University in New York (1999-2000). After joining CESNET, he has been leading a research group that has developed multiple hardware (FPGA-based) and software systems for high-speed passive network monitoring, ultra-high-definition video transmissions, ultra-low-latency transmissions for realtime collaboration, 3D model navigation, electro-photonic devices, medical transmissions and cyber-performances across continents.

Education:

Other professional experience:

• Research interests: advanced network applications, performing arts over network, digital cultural heritage, Internet of Things, computer network monitoring, programmable hardware, optical networks.

• Principal investigator in multiple national and international projects

• PhD advisor at the Czech Technical University

• Professional-Level Cisco Certification CCIE #14053

• Design and implementation of computer network systems (architecture, hardware, software)

• Real-time programmable hardware (FPGA) systems

• Distance collaboration audiovisual systems

Membership: ACM, SIGCOMM, IEEE (M’00, SM’07), COMSOC, SMPTE

Selected relevant publications:

• T. Dvorak, J. Kubista, O. Linhart, I. Maly, D. Sedlacek, S. Ubik, “Presentation of Historical Clothing Digital Replicas in Motion”, IEEE Access, Volume 12, 2024, DOI10.1109/ ACCESS.2024.3355049.

• S. Ubik., J. Kubista, T. Dvorak, “Interactive 3D models: Documenting and presenting restoration and use of heritage objects”, Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Volume 27, December 2022, DOI 10.1016/j.daach.2022.e00246.

• S. Ubik, J. Halák, M. Kolbe, J. Melnikov, M. Frič, “Lessons learned from distance collaboration in live culture”, International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Future Applications (IHIETAI 2021), April 28-30, 2021, Strasbourg, France, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74009-2_77.

1998 Dr. Czech Technical University in Prague

1990 MSc. Czech Technical University in Prague

Current position:

• 2000-now: CESNET, Senior Researcher, Head of the research group Technologies for network applications

Previous positions:

• 12/99-05/00 Postdoc Research Scientist, Internet Real-Time Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

• 2/99-11/99 Research Scientist (part-time), Department of research and development, CESNET, Prague, Czech Republic.

• 7/91-11/99 Computer Network, UNIX and Oracle Administrator, Application Developer, Head of the server administration group, Chief faculty network administrator, Computer Center, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague.

• S. Ubik, J. Halák, J. Melnikov, M. Kolbe, “Ultra-LowLatency Video Transmissions for Delay Sensitive Collaboration”, The 9th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO’2020).

• S. Ubik, J. Pospíšilík, “Video Camera Latency Analysis and Measurement”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, March 2020, Vol. 30, No. 3, DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2020.2978057.

• S. Ubik, K. Hynek, J. Melnikov, “FPGA Packet Reflector for Network Path Testing”, PROCEEDINGS OF 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, SIGNALS AND IMAGE PROCESSING (IWSSIP 2019), Page 39-42, DOI10.1109/iwssip.2019.8787248.

• S. Ubik. J. Navratil, J. Melnikov, B. Goo, F.Noor, A. Baumann, J. Hrb, C. Allocchio, G. Castillo: Cyber performances, technical and artistic collaboration across continents, Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier, ISSN: 0167-739X, Vol. 54, January 2016, pp. 306–312.

Technical Engineers

斯文•烏比克博士

（高級研究員）

斯文烏比克博士是 CESNET 的高級研究員，亦是網路應用技術研究組的組長。他參與並統籌了多個國家級和國際項目，合著多項專利，並獲得了思科認證網際網路專家 #14053 認證。他於布拉格捷克理工大學擔任博士生導師，並為 CESNET 與捷克理工大學設立了聯合網絡可視化實驗室。他亦是電機電子工程師學會（IEEE）的高級會員、電腦協會（ ACM）和電影電視工程師協會（SMPTE）的成員，曾為多個國際會議和研究計劃擔任審核人。

其研究組開發的 MVTP（模塊化視頻傳輸平台）技術基於現場可程式化邏輯閘陣列（FPGA），旨在實現超低延遲的音視頻傳輸，以支援遙距協作。2020 年，為表彰其在歐洲古典音樂合作舞台上所作的卓越貢獻，他獲頒 Europa

Nostra ／ Creative Europe 獎項；2022 年，在 Czech Head 獎項的工業類別中，榮獲捷克最創新產品開發獎（MVTP）。他在捷克理工大學獲得計算機科學學系的碩士和博士學位，擁有超過 30 年的計算系統及電腦技術的豐富經驗。1999 至 2000 年，他在紐約哥倫比亞大學的互聯網實時實驗室擔任訪問研究員。

加入 CESNET 後，由他領導的研究組開發了多個硬體（基於 FPGA 技術）和軟體系統，涵蓋不同領域，包括高速被動網路監測、超高清晰度視頻傳輸、實時協作的超低延遲傳輸、3D 模型導航、電光設備、醫療傳輸及跨大陸的網路表演等。

Chang Tou Liang 張道亮

The Writer of the Programme Notes

Singapore native Chang Tou Liang is a family physician in private practice. He also aspires to classical music-related endeavours, including being a music reviewer for The Straits Times (over 2600 publications to date), former Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival (20042008), amateur pianist, amateur singer (10 years as a tenor in the Singapore Symphony Chorus), co-founder of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Piano Marathon, co-host in the Symphony 92.4 FM syndicated musical talk-show Bluff Your Way Through Classical Music, annotator of the Hong Kong International Piano Competition and The Joy of Music Festival (Hong Kong), and seat-warmer in innumerable committees of numerous Singapore arts organisations.

In 2011, he was conferred a Special Recognition Award by the Singapore government’s Ministry of Communication, Information and the Arts for contributions to music and the arts. In 2016, he was the unanimous winner of the 4th Husum Piano Quiz, an honour previously held by Marc-André Hamelin. He also made a cameo appearance in the Jan Ö. Meier directed documovie PianoCrazy, released on DVD (Danacord label) in 2017. His work as a music reviewer has been documented in the Cambridge History of Music Criticism (2019 Edition). In 2020, he was invited to judge at the Thailand Steinway Youth Piano Competition, and later served as its special consultant. His blog Pianomania (pianofortephilia.blogspot.sg) has an international following with over 2 million reads. He is married to Janet, and they have a son Shan Ming, and maintain a household of 7 rescued cats.

Participants in the 19th OCT. event THE DISCUSSANTS

Johannes Meissl

Johannes Meissl, born in Ried/Austria, studied at mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Gerhart Hetzel, and Hatto Beyerle. He graduated with distinction and a special award from the ministry. 1982 he joined the Artis Quartet. After further studies with the LaSalle Quartet in the US and several competition prizes the ensemble established a long-lasting international career. Concerts at prestigious series and festivals worldwide, awards for over 40 recordings (Grand Prix du Disque, Diapason d’Or, Echo, Midem Classics, etc.) and the still running “Artis Series” at the Musikverein in Vienna (since 1988) bear witness to the international standing of the ensemble.

Meissl also performs in solo recitals and in open chamber projects, and he has achieved success as a conductor.

Professor for chamber music at mdw, Johannes Meissl has been serving as the Vice Rector of this top-ranking university

since October 2019. Prior to this, he headed mdw’s Joseph Haydn Department of Chamber Music and served as president of the Senate at mdw.

Meissl is artistic director of isa – International Summer Academy of mdw and artistic co-director of ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy). He gives master classes worldwide and he is very active within the Musethica project, combining intensive performance training with social outreach and community engagement. For more than 30 years, he has been teacher and mentor for generations of young chamber musicians. His students won first prizes at leading international competitions and succeeded in establishing sustainable careers. For a number of his former student ensembles’ acclaimed recordings he also acted as artistic producer.

Dr Andrew F.Freris

Chairman of the Chopin Society of Hong Kong

Dr Freris has lived in Hong Kong with his wife Dr Anabella Levin-Freris, the Executive Secretary of the Chopin Society, for nearly 40 years. He taught at the London Metropolitan University and at the City University of Hong Kong where he was its first Head of the Finance and Economics Department. He also worked as an economist in senior positions for major Investment Banks such as Salomon Brothers, Bank of America and BNP Paribas. Since 2014 he has been running his own consultancy- Ecognosis Advisory Ltd.

He is, of course, a keen music lover from classics to heavy metal pop. During 2004-7 he presented regularly in RTHK the classical music programme: “Works For Me”.

THE MUSICIANS Participants in the 19th OCT. event

Jana Krejčí (clarinet)

Jana Krejčí was born in Brno. She studied clarinet at the Jaroslava Kvapil Academy of Arts in Brno in the class of Mgr. Břetislav Winkler and at the same time playing the piano at the ZUŠ PhDr. Zbyňka Mrkose in Brno in the class of Mgr. Ilona Prchalová. In 2013, she was awarded the absolute winner in the chamber game with a predominance of wind instruments in the national round at the ZUŠ competition, and in 2014 she completed a solo performance with the Brno Philharmonic as part of the Mozart’s Children project. From 2014 to 2020, she studied clarinet at the Brno Conservatory in the class of Mgr. Břetislav Winkler. Now she is a student of the 1st year of a master’s degree at the Music Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in the class of doc. Irvin Venyš and prof. Vlastimila Mareš.

Since 2016, he has been participating annually in international master clarinet courses in Prague under the name Prague Clarinet Days and international clarinet courses in Ostrava.

During her studies at the Conservatory, she participated in several competitions, where she received various awards. She won the third prize in her category at the Pardubice Breaths Competition in 2015 and the first prize in 2017. At the ProBohemia Ostrava competition, she placed third in her category in 2016. In 2017, with the Trio of the Brno Conservatory, she participated in the competition “Karel Ditters from Dittersdorf and musical classicism”, where the ensemble won the first prize and at the same time the title of Laureate of the competition.

In 2020, she was awarded the Leoš Janáček prize for artistic activity and musical achievements during her studies at the Brno Conservatory.

She worked in student orchestras such as the Chamber Symphony Orchestra in Brno or the Young Brno Symphony Orchestra, and at the end of 2020 she was admitted to the Orchestral Academy of the Brno Philharmonic. She worked in the orchestra of the Goja musical theater in Prague for two years. In the spring of 2023, she took part in a European tour with the Czech Philharmonic as a support act.

He is actively involved in musical events at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He works in chamber ensembles, namely in the Cinque Ance Wind Trio and in the AMU Student Trio composed of violin, clarinet, piano.

Milan Al-Ashhab (violin)

Milan Al-Ashhab was born 11.12.1992. He began to study violin when he was five years old. In 2000 he became a pupil of prof. Květoslava Hasilová at Music School in Most. In 2008 he started to study at Conservatory in Teplice, still under the leadership of prof. Hasilová. Since 2012 he is student of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in class of Prof. Ivan Štraus.

Milan has been succesfull in several competitions, including 1st prize in international Kocian Violin Competition ( in Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech republic, 2006), 1st prize in Georg Philipp Telemann Competition (Poznan, Poland, 2007), 2nd prize in Luis Spohr Competition (Weimar, Germany, 2010), 1st prize in Violin Competition of Conservatories in Czech republic (Prague, 2014). He performed recitals and concertos with orchestra both in the Czech republic and abroad (Czech Philharmonic, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Hofer Symphoniker, Europera Jugendorchestra, L’armonia terrena etc.).

He took part in many violin courses and masterclasses with famous violinists llike for example Shlomo Mintz or Ida Haendel.

Participants in the 19th OCT. event

THE MUSICIANS

Petr Holman (viola)

In 1998, Petr Holman successfully completed his studies at the department of mathematics in the Charles University. In 2000 he became the winner of the Beethoven’s Hradec International Viola Competition, and a year later he graduated from the Prague Conservatory in the class of Prof. K. Doležal. In 1997-2004 he was a member of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, with which he also appeared as a soloist in 2001. At present, Petr Holman is a professor of viola and chamber music at the Prague Conservatory.

Nevertheless, his most important musical activity is located in the field of chamber music. Petr Holman is a founding member of the Zemlinsky Quartet, which has been active on the Czech and international music scene since 1994. Its main focus are performing, recording and teaching activities. Among the ensemble’s important achievements, we can mention numerous awards in the international competitions (Banff, Prague Spring, London and especially the victory in Bordeaux, France), more than 30 CDs containig works by Czech and international composers and numerous recordings for Czech Radio. The Zemlinsky Quartet is only the fourth ensemble in history to record the complete works for string quartet by A. Dvořák. The recording of his early quartets won the prestigious French award “Diapason d’Or”.

Petr Nouzovský (violoncello)

studied at the Prague Conservatory, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, and the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.

Petr Nouzovský cooperates with prominent conductors, such as Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Tomáš Brauner, Jakub Hrůša, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Petr Altrichter, Caspar Richter, Jan Schultsz, Petr Popelka, Andrew Parrott, Case Scaglione, or James Judd. He performs the standard cello concert repertoire (Martinů, Dvořák, Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schumann, Shostakovich, Penderecki, Bloch), as well as compositions less frequently heard owing to their extraordinary degree of difficulty (such as Prokofiev’s Symphony-Concerto, or Offenbach’s Concerto Militaire, Kraft Cello Concerto).

The cellist has made recordings for Dabringhaus und Grimm, Brilliant Classics, CUBE, Albany, Supraphon, and ArcoDiva. His CD ‘Vivat tango’, recorded with the accordionist Ladislav Horák for the Supraphon, has been declared the 2014 CD of the Year by the New York Violoncello Foundation. The recently published double-CD recording of Bohuslav Martinů’s complete works for cello and orchestra (with the Pilsen Philharmonic under the baton of Tomáš Brauner), issued by the prestigious German Dabringhaus und Grimm label, has won the 2017 Classic Prague Award and the 2017 Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Longlist; glowing reviews have appeared in the Pizzicato Luxembourg and the Frankfurter Allgemeine. His most recent CD featuring works by Antonín Dvořák (with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice under the baton of Stanislav Vavřínek), issued by the Brilliant Classics, has been named the Album of the Weekend by the British Classic FM radio and garnered distinctions, such as the highest mark from the Pizzicato Luxembourg, five stars from the prestigious French Classica Magazine, or a unreservedly frenetic review in the Belgian Crescendo Magazine. According to the U. S. Fanfare Magazine, Nouzovský’s recording of Antonín Dvořák’s Concerto in B minor ranks as the best in history (Jerry Dubins, Fanfare Magazine, July/August 2022).

In 2020, Petr Nouzovský finished the first-ever complete recording of the cello compositions of Bohuslav Martinů, on five CDs. In this project, he was partnered by the Pilsen Philharmonic, the conductor Tomáš Brauner, and the pianists Gérard Wyss and Miroslav Sekera.

THE MUSICIANS Participants in the 19th OCT. event

Pavla Tesařová (violin)

Violinist Pavla Tesařová, a student of the Faculty of Music and Dance at the Prague Academy of Music, became the Grand Prix holder and absolute winner of the online Beethoven International Music Competition in 2023. The competition organized by the World Online Music Competition Organization (WOMCO), based in Britain, is intended for musicians of all of all ages, for instrumentalists and vocalists, soloists, chamber ensembles, composers and conductors.

Twenty-four-year-old Pavla Tesařová has been playing the violin since the age of seven. At nine she played with Josef Suk and the PKF orchestra in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle, at eleven with Václav Hudeček in a live TV broadcast from the Zlatá Praha festival. She is the absolute winner of the Josef Micka International Violin Competition in 2015, a year later she was among the laureates of the Kocian Violin Competition and the Concertino Praga competition. In 2020, she won the France Music Competition in Paris and Manhattan, New York. She also performs in a duo with accordionist Markéta Laštovičková and together with her sister, oboist Bohdana Tesařová. He plays the violinist Jaroslav Kohout’s instrument from 2016, which he won together with the victory at the twentieth year of the Václav Hudeček Academy in Luhačovice.

Matouš Hasoň (viola)

a student of the Faculty of Music and Dance at the Prague Academy of Music. He is a member of Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague and a member of The Ševčík Quartet. Quartet was founded in June 2020 in Prague.

The founding members of the quartet are talented and gifted performers of the young musical scene, in June 2021 they won first prize at the Talents for Europe competition, reached the semifinals of the Prague Spring competition and also reached the finals of the Italian Societa Umanitaria competition. The Ševčík Quartet also took part in several master classes, in France at the Musique ala Flaine with Maria Chilemme (Quatuor Ebene), in Germany at the Jenuesses Musicales Deutschalnd (Cuarteto Casals), at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with the Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) . The ensemble also took part in a project organized by Musethica in Barcelona, where they performed repeatedly Brahms sextet together with Jonathan Brown and Eric Wise. Ševčík Quartet is developed under the supervision of players from the best Czech and foreign chamber ensembles, among them, in addition to Štěpán Ježek, Petr Holman (Zemlinsky Quartet), Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet, Jonathan Brown (Cuarteto Casals) and Yovan Markovitch (Quatuor Danel) and others.

Participants in the 19th OCT. event

THE MUSICIANS

Alessandro Mastracci (violoncello)

He started playing the cello at the age of seven. He previously studied at the Conservatory in L’Aquila, Italy, and continued his studies at the Music Academy in Cremona. He is currently a student at Prague’s HAMU in the class of prof. Michal Kanka. He became a laureate of many international competitions and participated in master classes under the guidance of, for example, David Geringas, Steven Isserlis or Mischa Maiský.

The “YOUNG TALENTS” Series

The Chopin Society of Hong Kong, during its twenty four years history, has supported local artists through scholarships, the funding of their studies in Hong Kong and overseas and by presenting them in public recitals in Hong Kong and in other countries as well as recording them for the Society’s recording label: The Alpha Omega Sound.

Starting in 2015, the Society has been implementing in Its Joy of Music Festival, the “Young Talent” Series, an innovative programme for our young artists.

Audiences in general are always eager to attend presentations of artists who have already carved a place in their performing careers, and the Society’s presentations are no exception in acknowledging and trying to fulfill these expectations. The Society is, of course, very proud to present to the public in Hong Kong great artists who have gone through that long and arduous path until they are acknowledged and their presentations are eagerly awaited by the audiences.

Undoubtedly, a very special talent and a very strong self-discipline are essential ingredients in managing to go through this path. But there are many factors that contribute positively or negatively to the building of the career of a performing artist. Some artists will manage to overcome all obstacles and continue all through their lives in this voyage of discovery. Others will be forced to choose alternative paths in their lives. Who knows? Only time can tell!

The Chopin Society would like to offer our audiences the opportunity to listen to some of those promising, budding young artists by presenting them in brief recitals at the start of each night’s main performance. Their appearance is not there to offer opportunity for comparison or criticism, nor in any way, is their presence to detract from what follows after their brief appearance, that is the performances of seasoned and mature artists. But their presence on stage is a salute to these young talents and it is the Society’s way of giving them the chance to share, briefly, the limelight with the older and more experienced colleagues. It also gives the Hong Kong audience a sample of the artists whom they will be enjoying in the near future.

(Incidentally - people are usually familiar with opening, warm-up or supporting acts that perform at a concert before the main or featured act is presented. The use of warm-up acts is a general practice in “pop concerts” but it is not something that has been practiced in the more conventional format of classical music presentations.)

ZHU Yiwei (guitar)

8th Grade, Shanghai Conservatory of Music Affiliated Middle School 1st prize of the Children’s Group Gold Award in “Donggong Cup” Shanghai Guitar Competition 2019 1st prize of the children’s preliminary round Shanghai Division in the Martini Classical Guitar Competition 2020 1st prize of Division Classical Guitar in China Youth Music Competition Hummingbird Music Award Shanghai (Provincial) 2021 2nd

Prize in National Classical Guitar Competition

2021 1st prize of the Youth Group Gold Award in “Donggong Cup”Shanghai Guitar Competition and Natasha Zheng’an Guitar National Guitar Invitation Competition 2021 1st prize of the Professional Group Gold Award in “Donggong Cup” Shanghai Guitar Competition and Natasha Guitar National Guitar Invitation Competition 2023.

LIN YenKei Jasper (piano)

8 years old Jasper is currently a Primary 3 student at St. Paul’s College Primary School. He began his piano journey at the age of 4 under the tutelage of Pianist Ms. Chau Lok Ping. By age 7, Jasper was admitted to the Pre-Junior Music Programme at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA).

Jasper’s recent awards include Second Runner-up in the Elementary Group of the Final Round at the “2024 Hong Kong Children and Youth Piano Contest”, First Place in the Children A Group at the “28th Japan PIARA Hamamatsu Competition”, First Place in the Open Piano Solo Class Grade 5 Group at the “87th Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition”, and First Place in the Piano Age Group Pre Junior Class at the “10th Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival”.

In addition to his piano achievements, Jasper began learning the violin at the age of 5 and has demonstrated great passion in violin performance as well. Music is part of his life. He always enjoys expressing himself and bringing joy to others through music performance.

Lam Ting Hei Brandon (piano)

Born in 2013, Brandon Lam is currently attending Year 6 at the Australian International School Hong Kong. He commenced his music learning journey since the age of 3 and enrolled into the Junior Music Programme at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts at the age of 7 under the tutelage of music educator Professor Eleanor Wong and concert pianist Ms. Rachel Cheung successively.

As a recipient of multiple awards locally and regionally, Brandon possesses a great passion in sharing his music and keeps thriving through performances and competitions. At the age of 5 to 7, he was awarded the Gold Prize in the Preparatory Open Class at the Asia Music Competition for Young Artists Busan in Korea, the championship at the Budapest Liszt Ferenc Piano Competition together with the Grand Slam Prize across the children categories for age 10 and under, the championship in Children Junior Class in the Hong Kong Music Talent Music Competition 2020 and also the championship in the Elementary Category in the 83rd Steinway and Sons International Youth Piano Competition Final.

Most recently, Brandon has been recognized as one of the Hong Kong Outstanding Young Musicians in the Hong Kong International Music and Arts Festival 2024 with double championships in Children Piano Open Class and Junior Piano Own Choice Class Global Final. Brandon has also won numerous prizes in other piano competitions including the third prize in the 11th Steinway and Sons International Youth Piano Competition China Final and the Champions in Hong Kong School Music Festivals.

The “YOUNG TALENTS”

Brandon regards all his performances as enchanted moments on stage and enjoys his life filled with music. He was selected by the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong to debut at the “Magnificent Mozart” concerts at the Hong Kong City Hall in 2021. He is an active member of the school orchestra and ensemble teams playing piano and percussion instruments and contributing to diverse school concerts, music showcases and piano recitals. Brandon is also a recent member of the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education, supported by the Education Bureau of the HKSAR government. He has a keen interest in acoustics, exploring different sound sources and harmonies, reading, swimming and playing tennis.

ZENG Hanxuan (violin)

7th Grade, Shenzhen Art School under Professor Gleb Dontsov. She started learning violin at the age of 4 and 8 months. In 2018, She won the first place in Children’s Violin Solo Group A of the 4th Shenzhen String Competition; In July 2019, She won the gold medal in Children’s Group A of the 17th Guangdong Province Children’s Violin and String Competition; In August 2019, She won the “Golden Beijing” Gold Star Award for the 7-yearold group; In December 2020, Envoys from 22 countries stationed in China visited Shenzhen, listened to Zeng Hanxuan’s solo piece (Sarasate Introduction And Tarantella Op.43) and gave high praise. In 2021, She won the first place in Children’s Group A of the “11th Hong Kong International Violin Competition Finals”; In 2024, he won the first place in the children’s professional group of the 14th Hong Kong International Violin Competition Finals.

CHENG Hanfei (guitar)

3rd Grade, Shanghai Xuhui Guangqi

NG Yau (cello)

Ng Yau (Yau Yau) is an eleven-year-old ardent cellist who appears actively as soloist and orchestral player. Born and raised in Hong Kong, China, Yau Yau embarked on his musical journey at the age of five, learning classical music on the piano with his amateur pianist parents. He started learning the cello with Ms Beatrice Lee Ha-yan when he was seven and is currently under the tutelage of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) cellist Ms Anna Kwan Ton-an. At the age of eight, Yau Yau achieved Distinctions for both cello and piano in ABRSM Grade 8 and was awarded two musical scholarships from the Diocesan Boys’ School Primary Division (DBSPD). He attained Trinity ATCL Cello diploma with distinction and attended the Hong Kong Joy of Music Festival 2023 when he just turned ten, playing in the masterclass of Cellist Prof. Jian Wang, Prof. Pierre Doumenge, Ms Yeonjin Kim, Violist Prof Wing Ho, Mr. Joel Hunter and Violinist Mr. Michael Brooks Reid & Mr. Ciaran McCabe.

Yau Yau has been actively participating in various music festivals and competitions. He was rewarded a long thread of noteworthy awards, including 2nd Place in the Cello Concerto Class and 3rd Place in the Cello Sonata Class as the youngest participant and winner in due class at the Hong Kong School Music Festival, First Place Awards in both Cello Diploma Class and Children Class at the international round of the Hong Kong International Youth Performance Arts Festival, First Place in the Scholarship Class of the Hong Kong Promotion of Performing Arts Association competition, Gold Award in the Cello Diploma Class at the Joint School Music Competition, amongst many other.

Primary School The Silver Award of the 17th Chinese Youth Art Festival, Guitar Pre-Sch Group in 2021 The Silver Award of Shanghai Youth Training Competition, Children’s Solo Singing Public Toddler Group in 2021 The Silver Award of Shanghai Youth Training Competition, Classical Guitar Solo Public Toddler Group in 2021 The Second Prize of Xuhui Student Art Individual Competition, Vocal Music Special Toddler Group in 2021 and 2022 The Gold Medal of Shanghai Youth Training Competition, Children’s Solo Singing Public Toddler Group in 2022 The First Prize of Xuhui Student Art Individual Competition, Vocal Music Special Primary School Group A in 2023 The Champion of Shanghai Children’s Sports League Kendo Competition Finals, Second Grade Regulation Movement Group in 2023 The Champion of Jiaxing National Guitar Invitational Competition, Classical Guitar Solo Children Group C in 2023 The Gold Medal of the 5th National Youth Art Creation Theme Competition, Primary School Junior Instrumental Group in 2023 The Second Place of Symphony International Guitar Festival and the 3rd Guitar Invitational Competition, Classical Guitar Solo Children Group B Gold Medal Ranking Finals in 2024.

Yau Yau is an avid orchestral player committed to collaborate with local renowned conductors–Dr Joseph Kam Ho-pang, Mr Homer Lee Siu-lam, Mr Andrew Ling Hin-yau, Ms Sophie Mok Sze-ki, and Mr Chu Siuwai, to name but a few. He is privileged to perform with the acclaimed Maestro Christoph Eschenbach in “Share the Stage with the HK Phil” in November 2024. Since the age of nine, Yau Yau has been the Principal Cellist of DBSPD Senior Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra and Chinese Orchestra. In the same year,

Yau Yau also served as the Associate Principal Cellist in the Music Office Junior Symphony Orchestra. From Season 2023/24 onward, he became the youngest cellist in the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra and played as the Associate Principal Cellist in the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra Annual Concert-A Journey through Orchestral Music and Music Office 45+ Anniversary Gala, Asian Youth Orchestra Hong Kong Music Summer Orchestra, Hong Kong Youth Music Camp serving as the Principal Cellist.

青少年音樂英才系列

過去二十四年，香港蕭邦社銳意透過各種活動和計劃，如獎學金﹑本港和海外學習基金﹑海內外公開演出機會及

蕭邦社旗下 The Alpha Omega Sound 唱片公司錄製發行唱片等，支持和提拔本地青少年藝術家。

由 2015 年開始，蕭邦社舉辦創新項目，為具備天賦的青少年提供表演機會。

長期為本社貢獻良多的藝術顧問，黃懿倫音樂教授，香港著名藝術家和音樂教育家，將甄選七位樂壇新秀，於音樂節正式演出前，表演長約五至十分鐘的曲目。

普遍而言，觀眾總是渴望欣賞成就非凡的藝術家的演出。

蕭邦社深明此意，長期以來，非常自豪為香港觀眾呈獻，在求藝之旅經過千錘百鍊，深受觀眾愛戴的偉大藝術家們的精彩演出。

與此同時，蕭邦社亦理解，通往藝術之旅艱辛難言，毋容置疑，天賦異禀和高度自律是其中必不可少的基本要素之一，

但除此之外，影響藝術家表演的職業生涯正面和負面因素眾多，有些藝術家可克服困難沙石，扺達成功彼岸。有一些，郤被迫選擇其他道路。我們無從預見未來，只有時間可見證這一切。

鑒於此，蕭邦社特別為觀眾獻上青少年藝術家的演出。這些年幼又天資聰慧的青少年，因為年輕，鮮有機會在大音樂廳裡面對眾多陌生觀眾表演，今年，蕭邦社非常高興為

這些青少年提供一個機會﹑一個舞台﹑一種鼓舞性的「致意」，作為音樂節的「暖場節目」。( 順帶一提，公眾較熟悉正式演出外的節目包括有開幕﹑暖場和加料節目。暖場節目通常用於「流行音樂會」，在相對傳統的古典音樂會中並不常見。)

歡迎與我們共同欣賞樂藝承傳﹑青少年之樂！

曾瀚萱 ZENG Hanxuan (小提琴)

曾瀚萱出生于 2012 年 7 月，4 歲 8 个

月开始学習小提琴，目前就读于深圳艺

术学校，師从 Gleb Dontsov 教授。

2018 年获深圳市第四届弦樂大賽小提

琴独奏儿童 A 組第一名 ; 2019 年 7 月

获广东省第十七届少儿小提琴弦樂大

賽小童 A 組金獎 ; 2019 年 8 月荣获“金

色北京”7 歲組金星獎 ; 2020 年 12

月 , 22 国驻华使节访深，聆听了曾瀚萱独奏曲目（Sarasate

Introduction And Tarantella Op.43 ）并给予了高度赞

誉。2021 年荣获“第十一届香港国际小提琴大賽总决賽儿

童 A 組第一名 2024 年荣获“第十四届香港国际小提琴大

賽总决賽少儿專业組第一名。

林彥奇 LIN YenKei (鋼琴)

8 歲的林彥奇目前就讀於聖保羅書院小學三年級。他在 4 歲時開始在鋼琴家周樂娉女士的指導下學習鋼琴。7 歲時，林彥奇被香港演藝學院的 Pre-Junior Music Programme 課程錄取。林彥奇最近的獲獎包括：在「2024 香港青少年鋼琴大賽」決賽中獲得幼童組金獎季軍，在「第 28 日本 PIARA 浜松鋼琴大賽」兒童 A 組中獲得冠軍，在「第 87 屆施坦威國際青少年鋼琴比賽」公開鋼琴獨奏五級組中獲得冠軍，以及在「第 10 屆香港國際青少年表演藝術節」鋼琴公開分齡組幼兒組中獲得冠軍。

除了鋼琴成就之外，林彥奇在 5 歲時開始學習小提琴，並在小提琴演奏方面展現出極大的熱情。音樂是林彥奇生活中重要的一部分，是他表達自我和帶給他人快樂的主要方式。

林庭熙 Lam Ting Hei Brandon (鋼琴)

林庭熙生於 2013 年 , 現就讀於香港澳洲國際學校就讀六年級。因為對聲音特別敏感，他於三歲開始接觸音樂 , 並於七歲考入香港演藝學院青少年音樂課程先後跟隨音樂教育家黃懿倫教授以及鋼琴演奏家張緯晴老師學習鋼琴。

庭熙熱愛分享他的音樂 , 亦曾參與不同演出和比賽獲得加許及肯定 , 在音樂學習路上努力扎根成長。他於五至七歲時先後獲得韓國釜山亞洲音樂藝術家大賽 2018 金獎，匈牙利布達佩斯李斯特國際鋼琴比賽 2019 兒童組冠軍與十歲以下各組別最高成績 Grand Slam Prize 大滿貫獎項 , 第 5 屆香港演藝精英杯音樂大賽初級組冠軍 , 以及第 83 屆施坦威國際青少年鋼琴比賽少兒組決賽冠軍。

本年庭熙更於香港國際音樂藝術節 2024 獲頒發香港傑出青少年音樂家獎項 , 並於鋼琴公開演奏兒童組別和少年 A 組自選曲組組別全球總決賽獲得兩項冠軍。過去他亦曾經參與其他不同的比賽並獲得獎項 , 包括第 11 屆施坦威國際青少年鋼琴比賽中國區決賽季軍及香港校際音樂節比賽冠軍。庭熙亦是校內管弦樂團的活躍成員，負責鋼琴和敲擊樂演出部分並恆常協助學校完成不同的音樂演出。他同時也是由政府教育局資助的香港資優教育學苑成員之

青少年音樂英才系列

一。除鋼琴外 , 他的興趣是探索和研究聲音的來源、閱讀、游泳和打網球。

於鋼琴演奏上，庭熙期望將好的音樂體驗分享與觀眾。他曾獲香港城市室樂團選拔 , 邀請於 2021 年在香港大會堂「莫札特的魔法」三場音樂會中演奏莫札特最早期作品。

他十分期待能在是次美樂聚演出分享更多莫扎特的作品。

朱一瑋 ZHU Yiwei (結他)

2010 年 3 月 28 日出生于上海，就读于上海市音樂学院附中。7 歲起跟随林幻奇老師学習古典吉他，2021 年起師从上海音樂学院刘宪績副教授（泰雷加国际吉他大賽金獎获得者），并于 2023 年以專业分数第一的成績考入上海音樂学院附中古典吉他專业，一玮在过去的学習阶段也曾赢得过多个獎项。

2019 年：“东宮杯”上海吉他大賽儿童組金獎第一名

2020 年：玛丁尼古典吉他大賽上海賽區儿童組初賽第一名

2021 年：中国青少年音樂比賽蜂鸟音樂獎上海（省级）賽區古典吉他一等獎 , 全国级比賽古典吉他二等獎

2021 年：“东宮杯”上海吉他大賽暨“娜塔莎正安吉他”全国吉他邀請賽少年組金獎第一名

2023 年：“东宮杯”上海吉他大賽暨“娜塔莎吉他”全国吉他邀請賽專业組金獎第一名

香港國際青少年表演藝術節國際總決賽大提琴演奏級組第一名及兒童組第一名，聯校音樂大賽大提琴演奏級組金獎等。

幽幽不但活躍於獨奏演出，亦熱衷於與一眾青年樂手合作樂團演奏，在過去曾多次與眾傑出本地指揮家演出交響樂及弦樂音樂會，包括甘浩鵬博士、李少霖先生、凌顯祐先生、莫思奇小姐、朱紹威先生等。幽幽有幸與傳奇指揮家艾遜巴赫於 2024 年 11 月在《與港樂同台演奏》演出。幽幽自九歲開始一直擔任拔萃男書院附屬小學高級交響樂團、弦樂團以及中樂團大提琴首席。同年，幽幽亦曾擔任音樂事務處少年交響樂團大提琴副首席，於 2023/24 年度成為香港青年交響樂團成員，現為該樂團最年青大提琴手，並作為大提琴副首席參加了「香港青年交響樂團周年音樂會 - 交響之旅」，以及「音樂事務處 45+ 周年大匯演」，亦參與亞洲青年管弦樂團香港暑期音樂營及於香港青年音樂營擔任首席大提琴。

程函霏CHENG Hanfei (結他)

2016 年 6 月 7 日出生于上海，3 歲

半随父开始接触古典吉他，5 歲半正式拜上海音樂学院古典吉他專业副教授、演奏家刘宪績為師，学習至今。

自幼随上海歌剧院花腔女高音季韵

翬学習声樂至今，2023 年考入上海 “春天合唱团”随团学習、演出至今；樂理、视唱练耳、剑道等艺体项目学習至今。

吳幽 NG Yau (大提琴) 中國香港少年大提琴手吳幽 ( 幽幽 ) 現年十一歲，自五歲開始他的音樂之旅，在鋼琴上與父母研習古典音樂。七歲時跟隨啓蒙老師李夏茵女士學習大提琴，目前，幽幽正追隨香港管弦樂團 ( 港樂 ) 大提琴家關統安女士習琴，他亦於大師班接受著名大提琴家王健、佩爾．多明戈、金兗珍，小提琴家米高．布魯克斯里，中提琴家何榮、喬爾．亨特及小提琴家西倫．麥卡比及的指導。幽幽於八歲時以優異成績取得英國皇家音樂學院大提琴及鋼琴八級，亦曾獲拔萃男書院附屬小學頒發兩個音樂獎學金，隨後以優異成績取得聖三一大提琴 ATCL 演奏文憑。

幽幽經常以獨奏者身份參加音樂節與音樂比賽並獲得多個獎項殊榮，包括香港學校音樂節大提琴協奏曲組第二名和大提琴奏鳴曲組第三名，成為年級最小的參賽及獲獎者；

演出经历 : 上海音樂廳、捷豹交响音樂廳、上海东方艺术中心、九棵树未来艺术中心、上海兰心大剧院、上海宛平剧院等。

比賽获獎经历 :

2021 年：第十七届世界华人青少年艺术节吉他学前組银獎

2021 年：上海市青培賽童声独唱公开幼儿組银獎

2021 年：上海市青培賽古典吉他独奏公开幼儿組银獎

2021、2022 年：徐汇區学生艺术单项比賽幼儿声樂組二等獎

2022 年：上海青培賽童声独唱公开幼儿組金獎

2023 年：徐汇區学生艺术单项比賽声樂專场小学 A 組一等獎

2023 年：上海市少儿体育联賽剑道比賽总决賽二年级规定动作組冠军 2023 年：嘉兴全国吉他邀請賽古典吉他独奏儿童 C 組亚军

2023 年：第五届全国青少年艺术创作主题竞賽小学低龄器樂組金獎 2024 年：辛弗尼国际吉他艺术节第三届吉他邀請賽古典吉他独奏儿童 B 組金獎排位总决賽第二名

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夏洛特•斯科特 (小提琴)

Charlotte Scott (Violin)

艾瑪•帕克 (小提琴)

Emma Parker (Violin)

喬爾•亨特 (中提琴)

Joel Hunter (Viola)

佩爾•多明戈 (大提琴)

Pierre Doumenge (cello)

Jonas Stark (piano)

Giuseppe Andaloro (piano)

Ilya Rashkovskiy (piano)

金弘基 (鋼琴)

Honggi Kim (piano)

Technical Engineers

Dr. Sven Ubik (Senior Researcher)

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The Writer of the Programme Notes

Participants in the 19th OCT. event THE DISCUSSANTS

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Dr Andrew F.Freris

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Milan Al-Ashhab (violin)

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