Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Concert Hall
Date: June 30, 2017
Duration: Approximate 120 mins
Programme
Symphonic Poem Ode to the Red Flag
Sea, Sail and Harbour
——Intermission——
Symphonic Overture Chinese Spring
Guangdong Music Suite
Symphony Unified Land
Conductor: KAN Pak-kin
Born in Hong Kong, KAN Pak-kin studied music from childhood.
He graduated from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1993. With a full scholarship, he pursued advanced studies at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Under the recommendation of Sergiu Comissiona, he became an apprentice conductor of Asian Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States for many times.
In 1995, he won award at Portuguese International Competition for Young Conductors. Thereafter, he began to serve as a guest conductor for different orchestras, including Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, National Radio Orchestra of Romania, Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra in British Columbia.
He has cooperated with Hong Kong Sinfonietta, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra. Since the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Hong Kong was set up, he had acted as the Chief Conductor of this Orchestra until 2013.
Since 2006, he has been an assistant conductor of Macao Orchestra and has also been committed to promoting the popularization of art education in Macao. From 2010 to 2012, he served as a resident conductor of Guiyang Symphony Orchestra. Recent years have seen his cooperation with China NCPA Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra.
In March 2015, he led Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra to give performances for cultural exchanges in South Africa, and served as the conductor for the opening concert. In September the same year, he followed Macao Orchestra to make a tour in Europe, and led the young pianist ZHANG Haochen and the orchestra to give performances in Zurich of Switzerland and Budapest of Hungary.
Presenter: National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra
Founded in 1959, National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra is affiliated to National Ballet of China. ZHANG Yi is Music Director and Chief Conductor, and LIU Ju is Permanent Conductor.
In the early stage of this orchestra, Chinese conductors including LI Delun, HAN Zhongjie, HUANG Feili, HUANG Yijun, LIN Kechang and other famous conductors have cooperated with this orchestra.
Since the reform and opening up in China, led by Mrs. ZHAO Ruheng (former President of National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra), this orchestra has made considerable progress in art production. When world-famous French conductor Jean Perrsion performed in China, he personally paid a visit to this orchestra and offer instructions. Ashley Lawrence (Chief Conductor of National Symphony Orchestra of Peru) and Peter Larsen (Chief Conductor of the Royal Danish Ballet) joined hands with the orchestra for concerts. In addition, under the baton of such famous Chinese conductors as LI Guoquan, BIAN Zushan, HU Bingxu, CHEN Zuohuang, TAN Lihua, HU Yongyan, LI Xincao and YANG Yang, ballet dramas and symphony concerts, presented by this orchestra, are highly praised.
Since the early 21st Century, under the leadership of current President FENG Ying and Music Director ZHANG Yi, this orchestra vigorously holds concerts and stages a number of works created by musicians during different eras and with different styles at NCPA Concert Hall. This orchestra has also cooperated with Max Pommer (famous German conductor, Music Director of MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of Sapporo Symphony Orchestra), German conductor Schumolfs, famous German cellist Gustav Rivinius, famous tenor Jose Carreras, famous pianists LANG Lang, CHEN Sa and TAN Xiaotang, violinists LÜ Siqing, NING Feng, HUANG Mengla, ZHU Dan and WEN Wei, QIN Liwei, famous Japanese animation musician Joe Hisaishi and many other world-class maestros.Source: National Centre for the Performing Arts
