Tsang Hin-yat to perform Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas in July

     The winner of the Hong Kong Young Musician of the Year in 2010 by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Tom Lee Music Foundation, pianist Tsang Hin-yat, will give a recital in July.
 
     With the theme "Ludwig's Epilogue", Tsang will perform Beethoven's last three piano sonatas, namely No. 30 in E, Op. 109, No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110 and No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111.
 
     Tsang graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts under the tutelage of Eleanor Wong, and then with both a master's degree and an Artist Diploma from the Royal College of Music, where he studied with renowned Russian pianist Dmitri Alexeev. He also served as a Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow.
 
     Tsang is a winner of the First and Audience Prize at the Manchester International Piano Concerto Competition (2011), the Gold Medallist at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia (2014) and the Gold Prize of the International Piano-Campus Competition in Paris (2017). He is also a top prize winner and laureate of the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, the James Mottram International Piano Competition in Manchester, the Manhattan International Music Competition, the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City and the Scottish International Piano Competition.
 
     Tsang's performance career has led him to some of Europe's finest performing venues including the Wigmore Hall and Steinway Hall of London, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Bechstein Centrum in Frankfurt, the Musikinstrumenten-Museum in Berlin, the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and the Casa da Música in Porto. His concerto appearances include collaborations with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Manchester Camerata, the London Chamber Orchestra, the Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya as well as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. BBC Radio 3, RTHK Radio 4 as well as the Catalunya Música of Catalonia have broadcast his performances.
 
     Tsang is one of the young artists represented by both the Worshipful Company of Musicians as well as the Keyboard Charitable Trust in London. He currently resides in Germany and continues his studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin with pedagogue Klaus Hellwig.
 
     "Piano Recital by Tsang Hin-yat" is one of the programmes in the "Our Music Talents" Series presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. It will be staged at 8pm on July 7 (Wednesday) at the Theatre of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $150 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and various discount schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1103.html. Other programmes in the "Our Music Talents" Series include "Clarinet Recital by Linus Fung" (May 6) and "Cello Recital by Thomas Hung" (June 18).