Chamber Music Connections: Simple Gifts by LENK Quartet
ProgrammeAbout the PerformersTicketing
John Williams
Air and Simple Gifts
Joshua Chan
Fiery Rustles of Rain
Rabl
Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 1
Ran
Birkat Haderekh (Blessing for the Road)
Mozart
(trans. LENK Quartet)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat, K. 493
Del Águila
Disagree!
The performance will run for about 1 hour and 30 minutes 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 programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.
Meet-the-Artist Session A Meet-the-Artist Session in Cantonese will be held after the concert. Members of the audience are welcome to stay behind to join.
Formed in 2021, LENK Quartet is a violin-cello-clarinet-piano quartet composed of active musicians of classical music, all born, bred and based in Hong Kong. They came together when seasoned pianist Nancy Loo was invited by HKU MUSE to give a concert, and she started up the group with young violinist Kitty Cheung, cellist Eric Yip and clarinetist Linus Fung.
The name “LENK” is the combination of first letters of the members’ English names - Linus, Eric, Nancy and Kitty. They are committed to giving their audience top quality live performances with their engaging and multicoloured playing. LENK Quartet is currently the Ensemble-in-Residence at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Nancy Loo (Piano)
Nancy Loo is one of the most versatile artists in Hong Kong, being pianist, radio programme host, actress, writer and educator all in one. She currently teaches at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong. She attended the Juilliard School and The Royal Northern College of Music. Her teachers included Mieczyslaw Munz, Adele Marcus, Vlado Perlemuter, Guido Agosti, Ryszard Bakst and Derek Wyndham. In 1976, she won first prize at the 4th Rina Sala Gallo International Competition in Monza, and has since won awards in many other international competitions, including the Marguerite Long International Competition in Paris.
Loo has performed in concerts in Europe, North America and Asia. She has appeared as a soloist with The Juilliard Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and National Philharmonic of the Philippines. In Hong Kong, she has played with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. She appears frequently in festivals and events on the local music scene. She was the founder of the piano and woodwind sextet “Les Six” and is currently a member of the “LENK Quartet”.
Loo is the host of the music programmes “Cantilena” and “Children’s Corner” at Radio Television Hong Kong. She was one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons, a recipient of the Medal of Honour by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and was named Artist of the Year (Music) by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. She has been a volunteer to inmate rehabilitation since 2012, where she pays frequent visits and teaches music in the prisons.
Kitty Cheung (Violin)
Kitty Cheung graduated from the Eastman School of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She began learning violin at the age of four and under the tutelage of Lin Yao-ji, Qiu Xin-yeh, Li Hou-yi, Ho Hong-ying, Charles Castleman, Zvi Zeitlin and David Takeno. She was the Associate Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta between 2011 and 2017. Cheung is the co-founder and member of the LENK Quartet, Romer String Quartet and Contrast Trio. She frequently appears as associate musician with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. She has performed as a soloist with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, and had also appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, WNO (Welsh National Opera) Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. Cheung currently teaches violin at the Hong Kong Baptist University, The Education University of Hong Kong and Caritas Institute of Higher Education.
Eric Yip (Cello)
Eric Yip received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and his Master’s degree from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. He has been a cellist of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta since 2011. He was the principal cellist of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra as well as the member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Yip is also one of the founding members of the Romer String Quartet and LENK Quartet. He has participated in the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the International Menuhin Music Academy, Asian Youth Orchestra, Canton International Summer Music Academy and the Kirishima International Music Festival. Yip was also a faculty member of the Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra between 2011 and 2013. He is currently serving on the faculty of the Junior Music Programme of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Linus Fung (Clarinet)
Linus Fung graduated from the Music Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong majoring in clarinet under the tutorship of Martin Choy, and pursued his Master of Music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in the United Kingdom. As a chamber musician, Fung is the member of Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Wuji Ensemble, Freespace Ensemble, The TimeCrafters and LENK Quartet. He regularly appears as principal clarinet with the Ponte Orchestra & Singers and has performed with various local arts groups. Fung has given numerous solo recitals in Hong Kong, Macao, Shantou and Manchester. He has also appeared as a recital soloist at the “Our Music Talents” series presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2021. He currently teaches clarinet at The Education University of Hong Kong, Caritas Institute of Higher Education and Diocesan Girls’ Junior School.
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Chamber Music Connections: Simple Gifts by LENK Quartet
Tickets available from 5 September at URBTIX outlets, on internet, mobile app and credit card telephone booking.
Half-price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients available on a first come, first served basis).
“Chamber Music Connections” Package Discount
For each purchase of standard tickets for ‘Simple Gifts by LENK Quartet’, ‘Resilient’ and ‘Scent of Music’, the following concession applies:
10% off for any 2 programmes, 15% off for all 3 programmes.
“Chamber Music Connections” Group Booking Discount
For each purchase of standard tickets for ‘Simple Gifts by LENK Quartet’, ‘Resilient’ and ‘Scent of Music’, the following concession applies:
10% off for each purchase of 4-9 standard tickets, 15% off for 10-19 standard tickets, 20% off for 20 or more standard tickets.
Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.
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