26 September, 2013 7.30 pm City Hall Concert Hall
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Transcript of 26 September, 2013 7.30 pm City Hall Concert Hall
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PROGRAMME Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 1 in E Major RV 269, "Spring“ Harold Arlen - The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow Calvin Leung – Peace on Earth Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You Manuel Ponce - Estrellita (Star of Love) Dvorak/Kriesler - Songs My Mother Taught me Agustin Lara - Granada: Fantasia Espanola M. Moszkowski - Valse Brillante for Two Pianos Eight Hands Jack Fina - Bumble Boogie for Two Pianos Eight Hands Mozart/Volodos - Concert Paraphrase on ‘Turkish March’ Bebu Silvetti - Piano Paul de Seneville - Balade pour Adeline Raul Di Blasio - Corazon de Niño Mario Chacón - Caballito Nicoyano Rubén Fuentes - La Bikina www.Peace-Intl.org
26 September, 2013 7.30 pm City Hall Concert Hall
Wong Sze Hang Violinist
Esteban Alvarez Steinway Artist
Goodwill Music Ambassador
Colleen Lee Concert Pianist
Peace Music Ambassador Kinwai Shum Steinway Artist
Toshiki Usui Concert Pianist
Joanne Um Soprano
Thomas Chan Baritone
Brian Montgomery Baritone
Peace International Foundation presents a star-dusted evening live performances of local and international music talents and an eclectic mix of music, the highlight for the global promotion of the Culture of Peace
Shirley Lo Concert Pianist Music Director
YCIS Junior Violin Ensemble Calvin Leung
Violinist Vivian Kao
Violinist
CONSULADO GENERAL DE MÉXICO EN HONG KONG Y MACAO
Supporting Organisation
Ticket Price : $480, $350, $220. Tickets available from 3 September, 2013 To purchase tickets/group tickets from Peace International Foundation,please send your completed Reservation Form with payment details to:
[email protected] Enquiries : Tel: +852 2552 4111
At Urbtix Outlets, on internet and by telephone. Half price for full time students, seniors and Disabled. Limited quota, first-come-first-servedURBTIX Internet Ticketing www.urbtix.hkTelephone Credit Card Booking 2111 5999Ticket Enquiries 2734 9009Programme Enquiries www.Peace-Intl.org
Proceeds from this event will contribute to the first Peace International Centre in Hong Kong
Toshiki Usui – Vienna based, multiple award winner from Italy and Holland International Music competitions. World renowned concert pianist performs in various international music festivals, presented charity concerts under the aegis of the U.N. for the Palestinian Refugee Camps .
Colleen Lee – Prize winner of 2005 International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition and many music competitions internationally. Featured artist at international music festivals and a global performer. Recipient of the Young Artist Award by HK Art Development Council in 2008. Peace Music Ambassador of PIF
Shirley Lo – Prizewinner of the 1st Japan-HK International Music Competition, with an exciting professional profile as a soloist, chamber musician and Music Director of Peace International Foundation and gives special performance at the annual UN International Day of Peace Ceremony.
Esteban Alvarez – Native of Costa Rica, composer and concert pianist, award winner from Dr. Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace Laureate and President of Costa Rica for writing music for the National Peace Program. He is the designated Steinway Artist in 2013 and Goodwill Music Ambassador of PIF.
Joanne Um – 1st prize winner of Sigma Alpha Iota and various international vocal competitions. A soprano solo with numerous Symphony Chorus Scholarship holder of East Bay Opera League and other international Foundations.
Brian Montgomery – Critical acclaimed baritone with performances in various international level opera houses, including Metropolitan Opera. A specialist in the Italian repertoire, has sung over 60 leading roles. He also performed playing different musical instruments and sings in 6 languages.
Vivian Kao – 1st prize winner for violin solo at both 63rd and 64th Hong Kong Music Festival. Concertmaster of YCIS Junior Violin Ensemble. Vivian performed solo violin & chamber music at all YCIS recital series since March, 2011
Calvin Leung – Young composer of 106 music pieces, gave his first presentation at age 8 at the City Hall Recital Hall. Also the 1st violinist of Yew Chung-Yew Wah International Orchestra, with Special Recognition for Music from YCIS.
Wong Sze Hang – An accomplished violinist, recitalist, chamber musician and concert- master, performed extensively around the world and acts as an experienced concert- master for orchestras in different parts of the world.
YCIS Junior Violin Ensemble
The young violinists from age 5to 8 years old have performed atYew Chung International SchoolOpen Day concerts and annualconcerts. Their repertoires are
Kinwai Shum – Steinway Artist, a multiprizewinner including the first Chineseprizewinner in the Schubert International PianoCompetition in Dortmund, Germany. He waspresented the certificate of commendation bythe government of the Hong Kong SAR inrecognition his musical achievements.
Thomas Chan – An expereicenced baritone,performs widely, sung principal roles in a numberof opera/musical productions. His passion insinging brings him to Milan frequently and underthe tutelage of world-renowned voice teacherSignora Rita Patane.
fr o m w e l l - k n o w n c l a s s i cmusic, Broadway musical songsChinese folk songs. All pieces arearranged exclusively for thisyoung violinists’ ensemble group.
Peace International Foundation is proud to co-host the 6th Annual UN Peace Day with the United Nations. The week-long Hong KongPeace Festival, 21 -29 September, represents Hong Kong’s contribution to the worldwide celebrations for the UN International Day of Peace.
This year’s theme of “Education for Peace”, aims to promote the growing efforts of educators around the world to integrate Peace building andglobal engagement into curricular for students of all ages. Through a variety of educational and intercultural events, we join forces with countriesfrom all around the world to unite people from different ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds to achieve our ultimate goal of World Peacethrough Education.
Thank you for supporting our quest for peace, and the development of the first International Peace Centre in Hong Kong.
Through youth-centered education and active community involvement, Peace International Foundation advances the UnitedNations' peace initiatives. Since our establishment in 2008, Peace International Foundation has blossomed into a robustnetwork, joining hands across ethnicity, nationalities, professional and social backgrounds through its NGO initiatives and asingle common thread – peace. '
