“Beautiful Strings” by Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra
ProgrammeAbout the PerformersTicketing
Sarasate
Navarra
Violin
Jang Yoo Jin, Andrew Ling
Mendelssohn
Violin
Yip Wai-hong
Violin Concerto
Jang Yoo Jin
Splendour of the Desert (World Premiere)
Violin
Dvořák
Andrew Ling
Symphony No.8
Each performance will run for about 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission.
Audience is strongly advised to arrive punctually. Latecomers will only be admitted during the intermission or at a suitable break.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.
Orchestra: Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra
Music Director/Composer: Dr Yip Wai-hong
Guest Conductor: Lio Kuokman
Violin: Jang Yoo Jin, Andrew Ling
Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra
Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra aims at promoting music among the public, especially the young generation in Hong Kong. The orchestra has performed in the Hong Kong City Hall, district town halls and civic centres a few hundred times for 40 years. A number of internationally famous conductors and soloists have been invited to perform with it. By using the idioms of popular music and organising concert talks, the orchestra has successfully introduced classical music to the public.
The orchestra and its music director Dr Yip Wai-hong are committed to cultivate local art talents. Apart from standard orchestral repertoire, the orchestra has invited local artists from different arts aspects for the collaboration of cross-disciplinary programmes to nurture a new generation of artists, and on the other, creates more possibilities for innovating classical music. The orchestra has organised many one-of-its-kind concerts and cross-over programmes to promote classical music. These programmes have significantly expanded the audience base of the genre, and at the same time, offered more novel programmes for music lovers.
Dr Yip Wai-hong (Music Director/Composer)
Dr Yip Wai-hong is an eminent music educator. He served the Hong Kong Baptist University as the Head of Music and Fine Arts Department for almost 30 years. He founded the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Children’s Choir, Yip’s Children’s Choir, Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Professional Winds with the aim to nourish young talents in Hong Kong.
The honours and accolades bestowed upon Dr Yip include the Hong Kong Art Education of the Year, the Medal of Honour of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Award of Honorary University Fellow of Hong Kong Baptist University, the Fellows of Wells Cathedral School in the United Kingdom and the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award.
In 2011, Dr Yip was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the Government of the HKSAR for his valuable contribution to children music education, as well as his dedication in promoting the development of choral and orchestral music
Lio Kuokman (Guest Conductor)
Praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a startling conducting talent” for his “beautiful sense of control”, Lio Kuokman was the laureate at the 2014 Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Paris. Out of 450 international conductors Lio was awarded top prize, audience prize and orchestra prize. He served as the assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, making him the first Chinese conductor in this position in the history of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is currently serving as the conductor and artistic advisor of the orchestra's Asia residency.
Lio is a consummate conductor of symphony and opera. He has conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, St.Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Philharmonique de Radio France, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Sofia Philharmonia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Virtuosi, Taipei Philharmonic and Macau Orchestra. He collaborates with the Musica Viva Hong Kong annually as its music director to conduct new opera productions including Carmen, L’elisir d’amore, La fille du rochgiment, Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Il Trovatore and Rigoletto. Upon the invitation of maestro Valery Gergiev, he took up the baton at the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia as its guest conductor.
After graduating from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with first class honours, Lio furthered his studies at the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory. For his contributions to the development of arts and culture, he received the Certificate of Commendation and Medal of Cultural Merit from both the governments of Hong Kong and Macao.
Jang Yoo Jin (Violin)
Violinist Jang Yoo Jin, praised for her fiery virtuosity and sensitive interpretation, is the most recent first prize winner (Violin Section) of the 2016 Sendai International Music Competition. She has performed with top Korean orchestras such as the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra since the age of nine. An active international soloist, she has performed with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Bulgaria National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonia Orchestra, Erato Ensemble, Exremadura Orchestra, and Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo.
Jang is a seasoned winner of renowned international competitions. She won the 4th Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition in Japan in 2013 and was awarded fifth place and the special prize of “Best Sonata other than Beethoven” at the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the most prestigious competition in the United States.
Jang holds a bachelor’s degree of Music from the Korean National University of Arts, where she studied under Nam Yun Kim, and a master’s degree of Music, graduate diploma, and artist diploma from the New England Conservatory, where she learned from Miriam Fried. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree of the Musical Arts at New England Conservatory.
Andrew Ling (Violin)
A native of Hong Kong, Andrew Ling is currently the principal violist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also an artist teacher of the Hong Kong Baptist University and visiting artist of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He assumed the role of concertmaster at the Indiana University (IU) Concert Orchestra, Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and the principal violist of the IU Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ling began studying violin at the age of six under the tutelage of the late Professor Lin Yaoji of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. Ling completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the IU, and had further studies at the Rice University in Houston. He had a broad musical education with Henry Kowalski, Ik-Hwan Bae, Alan de Veritch and Cho-Liang Lin. He collaborated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and China Film Philharmonic Orchestra. He gave recitals in Hong Kong, North America and Europe. As an active chamber musician, Ling performed with Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo, Trey Lee, Shanghai String Quartet and was invited as a guest artist at the Chamber Residency of Banff Centre in Canada and Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival.
“Beautiful Strings” by Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra
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