Lunchtime Concert: Chamber ‧ Symphony
VIEW EVENT DETAILSHong Kong String Orchestra Chamber Music Concert Series
Registration 12:45pm
Concert 1:00pm
Close 2:00pm
Chamber music started developing in the Classical period. It is an ensemble for a few performers to perform their own part, which can show their virtuosity and the musicianship, especially in front of the nobles in the earliest days. Chamber music performance could be very intimate and delicate, yet it can sound like a symphony orchestra with only five instruments. The magic of the musical structure with complexity and the compacted harmony in our selected pieces shapes a virtual symphony orchestra.
Samuel Au graduated with a Bachelor’s degree with first class honours under the tutelage of Nathaniel Vallois and further studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under the renowned violinist Maurice Hasson. He accomplished Master’s degree in Violin Performance with Academy’s highest performing award, the DipRAM. In Vienna, he achieved post-graduate diploma in Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Anton Sorokow, Concertmaster of Wiener Symphoniker.
Man Wai So obtained his Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts in Music at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2012 under Ting Fan. After graduation, he received further training from Yingna Zhao, German concert violinist Ulf Hoelscher, first concertmaster of DSO Berlin Wei Lu, former Vice President of HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin Prof. Michael Vogler etc.
Chan Wai Bun received his undergraduate musical training at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, studying viola performance with Ricardo Zwietisch. Supported by a scholarship, he then completed the Guildhall Artist Master programme under the tutelage of Matthew Jones in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He is one of the founding members of a local chamber music group The TimeCrafters.
Benjamin Wong graduated with honours from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of National University of Singapore where he studied under Associate Prof. Zhang Manchin, Principal Violist of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, after being awarded full scholarships. Benjamin has taken masterclasses with many international artists such as Paul Silverthorne, Yizhak Schotten and David Erlich.
Pun Chak Yin received his Bachelor of Music degree from HKAPA in 2015, under the tutelage of cellist Karey Ho. A recipient of the Mary Stuart Harding Entrance Award, he completed his Master of Arts degree in cello performance at RAM in 2017, where he studied with David Strange. Chak Yin attended masterclasses with cellists including Li Jiwu, Bion Tsang, Zhu Yibing, Jens Peter Maintz and Colin Carr, and performed in music festivals and projects suchas the Modern Academy 2015.
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Event Details
Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty