Young flute virtuoso Angus Lee will give a recital in October as part of the "Our Music Talents" Series presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). He will collaborate with pianist Rachel Cheung and Mark Hui and show his superb skills by playing a variety of compositions.
The programme will include André Jolivet's "Chant de Linos", Bruno Mantovani's "Quatre Mélodies Arméniennes", Lowell Liebermann's "Sonata for Flute and Piano", Angus Lee's "Lapsus Memoriae" and Richard Strauss' "Sonata in E-flat for Flute and Piano".
Angus Lee is a versatile performer and composer who graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Music in Britain with the highest honours. His principal teachers include Tim Wilson, Olivier Nowak, Samuel Coles and Kate Hill. In 2012, Lee was selected as one of the Young Music Makers by Radio Television Hong Kong. In 2016, Lee was invited to perform as a soloist at Lucerne Festival Academy founder Pierre Boulez's memorial concert in Switzerland.
Lee is currently a member of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, and a founding member of the local chamber music collective, NOVA Ensemble, as well as a regular freelance musician with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Lee is a self-taught composer, and his works have been commissioned and performed by various international and local music groups including the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, MIT Saxophone Ensemble in Taiwan, Kollektiv International Totem in Switzerland, Ensemble Suono Giallo in Italy and Trio Accanto in Germany, as well as the CYCLE Music and Art Festival in Iceland, Ciclo de Música Contemporánea de Oviedo in Spain and Asian Music Festival in Japan.
"Our Music Talents" Series: Flute Recital by Angus Lee will be staged at 8pm on October 14 (Sunday) at the Theatre of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $120 and $160 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_579.html.
The LCSD is presenting the "Our Music Talents" Series to nurture and support local emerging artists and groups and provide them with performing opportunities, enabling them to develop and showcase their talent.
