“City Hall Virtuosi” Series: Guzheng Recital by Xu Lingzi and Ng Hiu-hung
ProgrammeAbout the PerformersTicketing
Duet
Song of the Homebound Fishermen
Solo
Shooting Wild Geese
Moon at Dawn
Listen to My Drinking Vessel (with Piano Accompaniment)
Duet
Moonlight over the Spring River
Solo
On the Mountains Over the Clouds
Consort Yu (with Piano Accompaniment)
Duet
Battling with the Typhoon
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 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.
Xu Lingzi
Xu Lingzi is a guzheng virtuoso and a National Class One Musician in the Mainland. She graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1983 with distinction and joined the faculty there. She was later posted to the China National Traditional Orchestra in Beijing as a soloist. Currently she is Deputy Head of Chinese Music at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Moreover, she has given solo performances on world-class stages in Europe, Asia and America in more than 20 countries and regions, such as the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna. She has performed with many professional Chinese orchestras in performing full-length guzheng concertos. Xu is an expert in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music's Summit and Plateau Construction Projects, an honorary member of the Zheng Professional Committee of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, and a member of the Theory and Criticism Committee of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society. Her artistic accomplishments have been recorded in the “Classics of Chinese Music – Book of Guzheng”.
Ng Hiu-hung
Ng Hiu-hung, is a guzheng player. She is concurrently Honorary Director of the China Zheng Association and of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, Principal Guzheng of the Hong Kong City Chinese Orchestra, guzheng instructor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Vice Chairperson of The Association of Chinese Culture of Hong Kong, and Chairperson of Hong Kong Fenghua Production. Ng studied guzheng under the tutelage of several eminent musicians including Rao Ningxin, Hon See-wah, Gao Zicheng, and Louis Chen, and she has toured over 20 countries and regions, spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Ng collaborates regularly with record labels, having released solo albums under BMG, SONY MUSIC and ROI Productions. Among her discography, Butterfly Lovers is one of the best-selling albums in the Asia-Pacific region and has achieved Gold Record status. She composed the soundtrack music and performed guzheng solo for several TV drama series of Television Broadcasts Limited. Her composition Romance under the Moon won the 2015 CASH Golden Sail Most Performed Works Award, while another work Consort Yu received a nomination for the 2018 CASH Golden Sail Music Award for Best Serious Composition.
Ng is the author of a teaching aid entitled Chinese Guzheng Tutorial. Her musical and pedagogical achievements have been listed in "20th Century History of Chinese Music" and "20th Century Biographies of Chinese Music Figures".
Piano Accompaniment: Chang Tao
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“City Hall Virtuosi” Series: Guzheng Recital by Xu Lingzi and Ng Hiu-hung
Tickets available from 29 August onwards 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).
“City Hall Virtuosi” and “Our Music Talent” Series Package Discount
For each purchase of standard tickets for the ‘Guzheng Recital by Xu Lingzi and Ng Hiu-hung’, ‘Guzheng Recital by Wan Xing’, ‘Piano Recital by Charles Tam’, ‘Saxophone Recital by Chemie Ching’ and ‘Yangqin Recital by Yanki Ma’, the following concession applies:
10% off for any 2 programmes, 15% off for any 3 programmes, 20% off for any 4 or more programmes.
“City Hall Virtuosi” and “Our Music Talent” Series Group Booking Discount
For each purchase of standard tickets for the ‘Guzheng Recital by Xu Lingzi and Ng Hiu-hung’, ‘Guzheng Recital by Wan Xing’, ‘Piano Recital by Charles Tam’, ‘Saxophone Recital by Chemie Ching’ and ‘Yangqin Recital by Yanki Ma’, the following concession applies:
10% off for 4-9 tickets, 15% off for 10-19 tickets, 20% off for 20 or more tickets.
Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.
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