Tea Lomdaridze to replace Warren Lee in “Brahms Addiction” concert on 22 June 2013

(Hong Kong, 18 June 2013) The Hong Kong Cellist Society (HKCS) announced that Ms Tea Lomdaridze, international concert pianist, will replace the advertised Mr. Warren Lee for concert “Brahms Addiction” on 22 June 2013 (This Saturday) at Concert Hall HKAPA. Warren Lee is unable to perform in this concert due to a left shoulder injury.

Updated programme information follows:

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38

Beethoven Piano Sonata in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata)

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor

Rachmaninoff Moments Musicaux Op 16 No 5 in D flat major

Rachmaninoff Moment Musicaux Op. 16 No. 4 in E minor

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99

This is our fourth concert under the Forever Red Project. We journey into the life and works of Brahms, where you will discover his cello and piano music. Over twenty years separated Brahms’s two cello sonatas No. 1 in E minor and No. 2 in F major, and thus one is youthful yet tragic, while the second one is mature yet still heroic. Also Tea will share with you the romance of moonlight to the fiery gypsy Hungarian Dance, and the brilliant Moments Musicaux of Rachmaninoff. We hope this evening will seduce and enchant you, whisking you off to a world of passion, devotion, and hope. 

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Tea Lomdaridze 

International concert artist Tea Lomdaridze has been described as “… the young lioness of the keyboard…huge talent…the real thing” (Chicago Tribune),”…Hypnotizing…no one could fail to acknowledge that Miss Lomdaridze is an extraordinary musician.” (The London Times), “…provided evidence of an assured and discriminating musical intelligence yoked to a stage personality of unusual warmth and charm... Lomdaridze`s clarity of thought and meticulously calibrated dynamic control - she commands a seemingly infinite variety of louds and softs - were immediately apparent. I do hope Lomdaridze returns soon, and to a venue where more people can hear her. She has much to offer us” (Washington Post),

Tea has been the principal keyboard at Civic Orchestra of Chicago (the training orchestra for CSO) for three consecutive years. She has completed her Masters with Miss Mary Sauer (Principal Keyboard of CSO) at the DePaul University and has studied privately and at the seminars with pianists Alexander Toradze, Deborah Sobol, Sergei Dorenski, Joanna MacGregor, Peter Serkin, and Mitsuko Uchida among others.

Tea’s performances have been broadcasted live from Preston Bradley Hall (USA), National Symphony Hall (Georgia). She has performed internationally at concert halls spanning many continents from USA to Europe and Asia.  Among the highlights of Tea`s musical collaborations are artists as Pianist Richard Goody, Composer Sebastian Hayudts, Clarinetist Larry Combs, Conductors Valery Gergiev, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach and others.

Miss Lomdaridze`s recent and upcoming international performances include Indiana Symphony, Moscow Chamber, Naples Philharmonic, as well as recitals in Atlanta, Boulder, Chicago (Ravinia), Los Angeles, New Orleans, Portland (OR), France, Germany, Italy, Ukraine, Portugal, Georgia and Russia, in addition to appearances at festivals such as White Nights in St. Petersburgh (Russia) and Tanglewood in Boston (MA).

Brahms Addiction - Clara Tsang and Warren Lee Duo Recital

Hong Kong Cellist Society is proud to present an extraordinary concert “Brahms Addiction Clara Tsang and Warren Lee Duo Recital”, featuring cellist Clara Tsang and pianist Warren Lee, to be held on 22 June, 2013 (Saturday 8pm) in the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts (HKAPA).

This is our fourth concert under the Forever Red Project.  We journey into the life and works of Brahms, where you will discover his cello and piano music.  Over twenty years separated Brahms’s two cello sonatas No. 1 in E minor, Op 38 and No. 2 in F major Op 99, and thus one is youthful yet tragic, while the second one is mature yet still heroic.  His cello sonata in D major Op 78 transcribed from his violin sonata was inspired by tragedy but full of restrained sweetness.  We hope these works of the Romanticism of Brahms will seduce and enchant you, whisking you off to a world of passion, devotion, and hope.

Cello – Clara Tsang

Piano  – Warren Lee

June 22th, 2013 SAT  8PM

The Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts Concert Hall 

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Cellist – Clara Tsang Fung

Clara Tsang graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in Music (Cello Performance). She studied under different cellists, including Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Cellist Richard Bamping and HKAPA Professor Ray Wang, and attended master classes of Pacific Music Orchestra Principal Cellist Timothy Landuer, Vienna Philharmonic Cellist Gerhard lberer and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Cellist Martin Menking. She also learnt from world renowned professor Orlando Cole from Curtis Institute of Music, University of Texas Professor Bion Tsang, Thomas Gossenbacher from Switzerland, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra Principal Cellist Artem Konstantinov and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist Ariel Barnes. She was invited to join the Pacific Music Festival (2005 ) in Japan with conductors Jun Märkl and Nello Santi. In 2012 she was invited by The Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific in Canada and played under the baton of Arthur Arnold. In 2008 she gave her first cello recital. She has participated in numerous music videos, live shows and CD recordings for pop singers and music groups of different genres, such as the Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival (2011), “Wing Chun” Documentary (2012), Music Lab multi-media Sonic Anchor (2013). 

Her passion in bringing music to as many people as possible has led her to establish Hong Kong Cellist Society in 2004, which comprised of an annual Hong Kong Cello Festival, Young Musicians Performance Program (YMPP), Cappuccino Moment and Forever Red Project.  Forever Red project was established since September of 2012. It is a project where emerging and established artists alike come together purely to create exciting new combinations of music and art.  The first recital under this project was Clara Tsang’s Cello Recital in September 2012, followed by “Deep Autumn” in December of the same year.  Her latest recital was called “Forever Red the Shadow of Your Smile”, where jazz and classical came together.

In June 2013, Clara along with pianist Warren Lee will give us Brahms Addiction, playing Brahms’s two cello sonatas No. 1 in E minor Op.38 and No. 2 in F major Op.99, and also his cello sonata in D major Op. 78, transcribed from his G Major violin sonata. 

Pianist – Warren Lee

Since his televised début with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at the tender age of six, Hong Kong-born pianist Warren Lee was destined for a lifelong career in music, both on and off the stage.

Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and Yale School of Music with the highest of honors, Warren was the first-prize winner of the 1995 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition and the “Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich”. Hailed by The Straits Times as a musician with “superb pianism… a wonderful sense of colour and impeccably controlled articulation”, Warren’s artistry has brought him to four continents, gracing stages of all sizes and forms, from the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing to Kettering in Tasmania, and from Carnegie Hall in New York to Colombo in Sri Lanka. In 2009, he was named a “Steinway Artist”, joining a distinguished roster of concert pianists in the world; and in 2012, received the Ten Most Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong in recognition of his outstanding achievement in the performing arts and exemplary contribution to the community.

Warren devotes much of his time off the stage advancing various education initiatives. He is currently the Music Director of St. Paul’s Co-educational College and Primary School, a role that led him to rekindle his passion for composing. His recent choral compositions have been gaining recognition internationally and are published by Porfiri and Horváth (Germany) and Pavane Publishing (USA). He is co-currently a Guest Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music EOS Orchestra Academy and an Visiting Artist in various universities and conservatories worldwide. His solo album, “From Bach To Gershwin”, released in 2008 on Universal Music (Hong Kong), has received critical acclaim for its contribution to music education.

Program: Forever Red The Shadow of Your Smile 

Date: 17th March 2013

Time: Sunday 8pm – 10pm

Venue: Backstage Live (1/F, 52-54 Wellington St, Central. Hong Kong) - (map)

Ticket: HK$180 include 1 standard drink

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Performer

Cello - Clara Tsang

Keyboard - Bernard Hui

Drums - Almond Yeung

Bass - Wong Tak Chung

Song

Caspar Cassado Suite for Cello Solo

Huguet Y Tagell Flamenco 

And

Jazz Selections

Presenter: Backstage Live 

Co-presenter: Hong Kong Cellist Society, Cello Factory

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Forever Red Project

Red is energizing.  It excites the emotions and motivates us to take action.

It is a pioneering spirit and leadership quality.  It signifies a passion that music evokes in every one of us, packed with emotions ranging from passionate, intense love, to anger and violence.

The Forever Red Project headed by our resident cellist Clara Tsang draws together different musicians in collaboration where the only goal is to spark a catalytic reaction of music explosion.  Established and emerging artists work together, and every three months, we bring to stage a new and exciting fusion of different styles of music, a vivid and colourful collaboration amongst musicians and artists.

Cello - Clara Tsang
Clara Tsang graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in Music (Cello Performance). She studied under different cellists, including Richard Bamping and Ray Wang, and attended master classes of Timothy Landuer, Gerhard lberer and Martin Menking. She also learnt from Orlando Cole, Bion Tsang, Thomas Gossenbacher, Artem Konstantinov and Ariel Barnes. She was invited to join the Pacific Music Festival (2005 ) in Japan major with conductors Jun Märkl and Nello Santi. In 2012 she was invited by The Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific in Canada and played under the baton of Arthur Arnold. In 2008 she gave her first cello recital. She has participated in numerous music videos, live shows and CD recordings for pop singers and music groups of different genres. In 2011 Clara joined Pony Leung at the Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival. Her passion in bringing music to as many people as possible has led her to establish Hong Kong Cellist Society in 2004, which comprised of an annual Hong Kong Cello Festival, Young Musicians Performance Program (YMPP), Cappuccino Moment and Forever Red Project.  

Keyboard – Bernard Hui
Bernard Hui is an energetic and experienced crossover pianist and music educator in Hong Kong for more than twenty years. His performance covers a wide range of styles, from Classical to contemporary Jazz bebop. Bernard graduated from Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), majored in piano performance, pipe organ performance and electronic music. Thereafter, he dug deep into keyboard improvisation pedagogy and jazz piano. With strong enthusiasm and passion, Bernard founded Aleatory Jazz Ensemble with his fellow jazz artists in 1996 , aiming to promote keyboard improvisation and jazz music in the local culture.

Drums – Almond Yeung
Almond Yeung is a professional drummer. Almond started his musical training under the tutelage of musicians Mr. Simon Chui and Mr. Paul Lui. Then he studied drum set under renowned Australian musician Mr. Andrew Gander and local musician Mr. Anthony Fernandes. Currently, Almond is the drummer of several Jazz bands in Hong Kong included Young Cats Quartet, and a large ensemble Shaolin Fez which is led by a group of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra players, and they performed Clockenflap Music Festival in December 2012.

Bass – Wong Tak Chung

Wong Tak-Chung is a young jazz bassist, who has been playing for over 10 years. He is experienced in jazz music performing with different musicians and groups. He was performed in the Taiwan Jazz Festival 2009, Beishan World Music Festival 2011 and Beishan International Jazz Festival 2011.

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