Follow the mystic voices of the mountains to go in search of a lost, surreal world

“Presenting works of varying styles in one concert, and to be able to win the heartfelt approval of all composers is a gargantuan feat that only the world-class professional HKCO can achieve.” Guo Wenjing

Conductor: Yan Huichang
“Musical precision and charm just defined the conductor of the orchestra, Yan Huichang.” The Vancouver Sun

Dizi: Tang Junqiao
“a phenomenal woman musician from China” Times

For the third consecutive year, the HKCO continues Hong Kong Arts Festival journey with the Music about China concert series. This year it will feature the works of Guo Wenjing, “the only Chinese composer not having lived overseas for a long time but with an international standing” - The New York Times, and who has been acclaimed for his original musicality. Guo Wenjing is currently a professor and supervisor for doctoral candidates at the Department of Composition of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 1999, Guo was commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival to compose the chamber opera Night Banquet. His works have been performed at the world's important festivals in Edinburgh, Paris, Holland and New York, and theatres in London, Frankfurt and Rouen. Guo won seven awards at national composition contests and was the holder of National Class One Award for Education Performance and the Baogang Education Award.

Tickets were sold out long before the concert in the previous two years, so book early for Music about China 3 in the coming Arts Festival!

Suspended Ancient Coffins on the Cliffs in Sichuan
(World premiere of Chinese Music Arrangement)

Desolate Mountain
Dizi: Tang Juanqiao

Three Melodies of West Yunnan
(World Premiere of the 3rd Movement)

Music about China 3 - Guo Wenjing’s World of Chinese Music - Open Rehearsal
17 Feb 2009

2:45pm

Fee: $35*

Tickets are available at all URBTIX outlets.

* Free for the Friends and Students of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Festival Friends and Young Friends of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Concert Ticket Holders. Please reserve your seat by calling 3185 1600. (Limited seats, first-come, first-served.)

In co-operation with the Hong Kong Arts Festival

Presented by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Music about China 3 - Guo Wenjing's World of Chinese Music
Meet-the-Artist (Post-performance)
20 Feb 2009

Guo Wenjing is currently a professor and supervisor for doctoral candidates at the Department of Composition at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. The New York Times described Guo as “the only Chinese composer not having lived overseas for a long time but with an international standing”. In 1999, Guo was commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival to compose the chamber opera, Night Banquet. His works have been performed at festivals in Edinburgh, Paris, Holland and New York, and theatres in London, Frankfurt and Rouen. Guo won seven awards at national composition contests and received the National Class One Award for Education Performance and the Baogang Education Award. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet and chat with Guo Wenjing and Yan Huichang, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.