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FIA 2013 - Performance 1: Music Jams

Event Category: ADAHK Programmes, Performing Arts

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Programme Description

Across languages and cultures, Music Jams demonstrates the real ability of music to break the boundaries. Engross yourself in these exceptional music performances to appreciate how different artists express their lives and emotions through music.

 

Percussion – Rossini X Four Gig Heads

How can plastic pipes bring Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell Overture to perfection? Can lighters and coffee mugs be used as musical instruments? Sophine Lee and Fung Kei Wah, two students of the Hong Kong Red Cross John F. Kennedy Centre, will perform with percussion group Made in Hong Kong@Four Gig Heads in a brisk and fascinating performance that rediscovers the origins of life and music.

 

Photos of Sophine Lee, Fung Kei Wah and Four Gig Heads 

 

Classical Music – Trio for Piano, Violin and Saxophone

Who says classical music is unapproachable and highbrow? How about seeing it yourself the trio performance of Lee Shing's expressive charm on piano, Tang Cheuk Him's surpassing pursuit of perfection with violin, and Thai saxophonist Yongsit Yongkamol’s sweet and affectionate melody. You will definitely gain a new perception of classical music!

 

Photos of Tang Cheuk Him, Lee Shing and Yongsit Yongkamol 

 

Folk Pop Songs – Music Views

Hong Kong Spirit Ambassador Siu Hoi Yan will play piano and sing with two guitarists Wilson Yung and Chet Lam in a trio performance that gives you wings to fly over the landscape of memory. Ready to go? Enjoy a pleasing and relaxing journey of music!

 

Photos of Siu Hoi Yan, Wilson Yung and Chet Lam 

 

Dance – Cheering Them Up

Life is capricious, offering a myriad of possibilities. Liao Zhi lost her legs in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In an amazing dance to cheer up victims of the disaster, Liao will perform on a 1.8− meter giant drum. Choreographed by Yang Yuntao*, Acting Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Dance Company, five local dancers will join Liao to create a unique performance which is a premiere for Hong Kong audience!
*By kind permission of the Hong Kong Dance Company.

 

Photo of Liao Zhi 

 

 

Programme Details

Date: 18 Oct 2013, Friday

Time: 8:15pm

Venue: Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre

 

 

Tickets

Price:*$150, *$120

 

* Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients. Concessionary ticket holders must produce evidence of their identity or age upon admission.

 

Tickets of Music Jams are now available at all URBTIX outlets!

 
Other Discount Details: Please refer to the website of the Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong」

 

 

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