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Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at regular intervals:      Here is an item of interest to swimmers.      The Leisure and Cultural Serv… read more

     Police today (September 5) appealed to the public for information on a man who went missing in Tsuen Wan.        Ho Chi-nang, aged 76, went missing after he left his residence on Hoi Pa Str… read more

     To help mark the 30th anniversary of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC), the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present a jazz concert in November.
 
     Spanning generations and borders, the concert entitled “Jazz Gala – The Legend and Beyond”, will be staged at 4pm on November 3 (Sunday) at the Concert Hall of the HKCC, bringing together prominent jazz musicians to jam and recreate various jazz styles. Local musicians from different generations will collaborate with overseas artists to create a borderless soundscape through jazz. Details of the concert are as follows:
 
4pm
European jazz/beat music: Samuel Chan, Bowen Li, Scott Dodd and Alex Woods
4.50pm
Avant-garde: Mo-Men-T (Lui Ngao Yuen, Mike Yip, Vic Tsui), Paul Bebington and Martin Speake
5.40pm
Hard bop: Tjoe Man Cheung, Scott Murphy, Kendrick Scott and Li Xiao Chuan
7.15pm
Modern jazz: Alan Kwan, Fish Huang, Takashi Sugawa, Masaki Hayashi and Dayna Stephens
8.10pm
World music: maRK (Marcus Ho, Ricky Wong, Kenny Lin, Anna Fan) and Magda Giannikou
9.05pm
Modern/post-bop: Teriver Cheung, Nicholas Bouloukos, Matt Penman and Kendrick Scott; special guest – Angelita Li
10pm
Fusion jazz: Eugene Pao, Ted Lo, Nate Wood and Sam Minaie
 
     Various demonstration workshops and jam sessions (conducted in English) will be held from 1pm on November 2 (Saturday) at the seventh floor of the HKCC’s Concert Hall Backstage. Admission is free for concert ticket holders by online registration, with limited seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
     Tickets priced at $160, $240 and $340 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries, workshops registration and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_839.html. read more

Attention TV/radio announcers: Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:      Here is an item of interest to swimmers.      The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (Septemb… read more

     A quartet of acclaimed Hong Kong pianists will perform in a concert entitled “GENK and Friends – Perfect Ten” in December to help mark the 30th anniversary of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC).
 
     Gabriel Kwok, Eva Lue, Nancy Loo and Tam Ka-kit, aka GENK, will play Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Concerto in A minor for 4 Pianos” under the baton of Sharon Choa and the accompaniment by the Chamber Orchestra of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). The quartet will also collaborate with six other veteran local pianists – Enloc Wu, Margaret Lynn, Betty Woo, Eleanor Wong, Poon Chui-fun and Choi Sown-le and perform an array of works including Brahms’ “Hungarian Dances”, DvoÅ™ák’s “Slavonic Dances”, Wilberg’s “Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s ‘Carmen'” and the world premiere of Julie Kuok’s “Merry Collage 3X” for five pianos.
 
     Gabriel Kwok has been Head of Keyboard Studies at the HKAPA since 1989. A Fellow of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Royal Academy of Music since 2003, he was awarded a Medal of Honour by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2014 for his contribution to piano education.
 
     Eva Lue received her musical education from the Royal College of Music in the UK, earning scholarships and prizes. She has devoted much of her time in pedagogic and adjudicating work in recent years and is currently a teaching staff member of the Department of Keyboard at the HKAPA.
 
     Nancy Loo is one of Hong Kong’s most versatile artists, recognised as a pianist, radio programme hostess, actress and writer. As a pianist, she has given solo recitals and performed with orchestras in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia. She currently teaches the piano at the HKAPA and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
 
     Tam Ka-kit is a former piano professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in the UK. Now residing in Canada, he has made various concerto appearances with local orchestras and has played extensively in many parts of the world as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist.
 
     “GENK and Friends – Perfect Ten” is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It will be staged at 8pm on December 27 (Friday) at the Concert Hall of the HKCC. Tickets priced at $150, $200 and $250 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_824.html. read more