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Our Kowloon Center is
Opened
Breaking News! -
The
First Hong Kong Harp Competition 2010
New Harps at the Hong Kong Harp
Chamber - Call us to arrange a trial
Pre-Tour Performance by 3 HK Future
Harpists - Mar 27, 2010 19:00 - RSVP please
Breaking News! - Ms. Dan Yu joins Hong Kong Harp Chamber June 2008
Meet
Professor Jason Chang April 2008
Feb 2008
Program
Nov 4, 2007 -
Isabelle Perrin's 1st Harp Recital in HK
New Summer 2007
Program
May
22, 2007 - Meet with Dr. Ann Yeung at Chamber
 Known
for her bold and personal interpretations as well as her commitment to
the promotion and pedagogy of the harp, Ann Yeung has
established herself as one of the foremost harpists of her
generation. Active as a performer, teacher, and author, she is Editor
of the World Harp Congress Review, the official publication of
the World Harp Congress. Winner of numerous international and national
competitions including top prizes in the Lily Laskine International
Harp Competition (France) and the Nippon Harp Competition (Japan), her
musical career was launched when she became the only person to win
First Prize in the two highest divisions of the American Harp
Society’s national competition at the age of seventeen (USA).
Dedicated to the expansion of the harp’s repertoire, she premiered her
transcription of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Carnegie
Hall as a winner of Artists International and has given numerous world
premiere performances, most recently of interactive multi-media works
for harp. Her students include national First Prize winners and the
innovative ensemble, The HarpCore Four. She also has served as Second
Vice-President of the American Harp Society (AHS) and Chair of the AHS
Harp Literature Committee. She received her Doctor of Music and
Artist Diploma from Indiana University where she studied with Susann
McDonald. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Harp and Chair of
the String Division at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
where she heads the harp program, is Principal Harp of the Sinfonia da
Camera, and conducts an annual Summer Harp Class at UIUC (June
7-9, 2007).
If
you are interested, please register with us
Feb 07 - Mar 11, 2007- 2nd Harp Festival
Latest Harp Marathon (Mar 11) Program Rundown (ver7)
Latest Harp Music Journey (Mar 10) Program Rundown
HarpFest Leaflet Page 1
HarpFest Leaflet Page 2
HarpFest Marathon e-Circular
HarpFest Marathon e-Poster
Feb 2007- Harpist K and Tokyo String Quartet - Opening of the 2nd Harp
Festival
The concert
performs on the Paganini Quartet
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Feb 2007 - Meet Dan Yu at the Chamber
In July 2001, Dan
Yu won First Prize in the 5th USA International Harp Competition-the
first harpist from China ever to win this prestigious competition. The
USA International Harp Competition, which is held every three years in
Bloomington, IN, has launched the careers of some of the top harpists
in the world. Competing against 36 competitors from 14 countries, Ms.
Yu was unanimously awarded the Gold Medal, and also captured two
additional prizes for her interpretation of the Concerto No. 1 by
Ginastera, and for the solo work Maqamat by the contemporary Israeli
composer, Ami Ma'ayani. As part of the First Prize, Dan Yu won a
unique Commemorative Gold Harp made specially for the Competition by
Lyon & Healy Harps, and donated by the Victor Salvi Foundation, as
well as a recording contract, and recitals in London, New York, France
and Japan.
Dan Yu's lyrical
interpretations, profound musicality, and technical mastery have
captivated and dazzled audiences across three continents. She has
performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts throughout the
United States, Europe and Asia, and this season will be presented in
two debut recitals in Alice Tully Hall, New York, and Wigmore Hall,
London. Other performances this year include solo recitals at the
World Harp Congress in Geneva, and in San Francisco, Salt Lake City,
Las Vegas, Denver and Atlanta. Her debut CD on the Egan Records label
was released this spring.
A frequent
competition winner, Ms. Yu was also a winner of the Anne Adams
Competition of the American Harp Society for two consecutive years
(1995 and 1996). An experienced teacher as well as performer, she was
Director of the nationally acclaimed Roanoke County Schools Harp
Ensemble from 1999 to 2000.
Ms. Yu was born in
Shenyang, in the province of Liaoning, in China in 1974. She began
studying piano at the age of 6 and harp at 10 with Prof. Ping-Qiu Yue
at the Middle School of Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and came to
the United States in 1993 to continue her harp studies. She studied
with Dr. Ruth Inglefield at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore and is
currently studying with Susann McDonald at Indiana University.
If
you are interested to a private lesson, master class and /or
workshop with Dan, you
can contact us for details
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Feb 07 - Mar 11,2007 - 2nd Harp Festival - Harp Marathon
Get
ready!
If you
are musician (professional, amateur, beginner), bring your harp or
team up with your harpist...
Haven't got a harpist to play along with you??? Don't
worry, we can help to match one for you....
If
you
simply want to participate as a volunteer or enjoy the music....
Contact us for details
Download HarpFest Leaflet Page 1
Download HarpFest Leaflet Page 2
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Nov 2006 - Harp Regulator Visit
We have arranged for Harp Regulator to service harps at the Academy of
Performing Arts, Music Office and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
-If
your harp requires maintenance
Or
-If
you are interested to sit in a 'Harp Maintenance Workshop, you
can contact us for updates/details
Learn about harp
regulation
Summer 2006
Harp Ensemble - at the 15th Anniversary Charity Ball - Lion's Club
of Silverstrand (Sheraton Hotel)
Harp Tasting at the Central Library, City Hall Library, Kowloon Public Library, Shatin Public Library
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Asian Youth Orchestra
with the support of Asian Youth
Orchestra and the head coach Shannon Chieh, we see our young harpist
Jennifer Ho Perforing with AYO this Summer
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AYO Rehearsal |
Jennifer & Shannon |
AYO Concert |
Working Hard |
Two Harps @AYO |
2 Harps in Action |
Jennifer & Ms.Ding |
Summer Workshop and Class
Download Summer Class Information here
Look out for more exciting harp programs for our community.
Harping
Summer
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Trying it out together !! |
‘Sifu' showing off !!! |
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Event Log
Feb 2006
Douglas Rioth at the Hong Kong Harp Chamber
- Master Class with Douglas Rioth (For Grade 5+ harpist)
- Douglas held separate workshops with Young Harpists
 
Douglas Rioth, Principal Harpist of the San Francisco Symphony
Douglas joined the Orchestra in 1981 and has performed as concerto soloist with the SFS in works of Handel, Mozart, Ginastera, Debussy, and Frank Martin. He studied with Alice Chalifoux and Elisa Smith Dickson and attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and Cleveland Institute of Music, as well as the Berkshire Music Center. Before coming to the SFS he was principal harpist of the Indianapolis Symphony for six years. He has been a regular participant in the Salzedo Summer Harp Colony in Camden, Maine, and he serves on the coaching team for the SFS Youth Orchestra.
If you are interested to receive a short note of 'Key Pointers to Harpists' reviewed in the Workshop from Douglas Rioth, please contact us at 28860210 or enquiry@harpchamber.com
Master Workshop with Douglas Rioth for Young Harpists
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Hong Kong - Here is Doug helping the youngest of the students, 5 year old Nicole (playing the harp),
and Sasha, age six and a half ! |
Hong Kong - Here is Sasha eagerly awaiting her turn to perform for Sifu Rioth. |
Hong Kong - SF Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman clearly enjoyed the festive harp extravaganza. |
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| Hong Kong - Michael Tilson Thomas leads the orchestra in a performance of Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Stravinsky's Petrushka, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4. The appreciative crowd won't let the orchestra depart before performing three encores, including a sentimental favourite, a traditional Chinese song Colourful Clouds Chasing Moon, which the audience greeted with sighs and appreciative |
Hong Kong - The Hong Kong Cultural Center (in the
foreground on
the right)
sits along the waterfront
on the
Kowloon
side of Hong Kong,
across from Hong
Kong Island.
It's opening night at the prestigious
Hong Kong
Arts Festival,
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March 2006
Harp Tasting Session with the Waterloo University Alumni in Hong Kong
Flute, Harp and Piano Ensemble Performance in co-ordination with the French Alumni Schools in Hong Kong
- An afterwork concert by a Group of Musicians from Academic and Professional Profession
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Harp Tasting Session with the Hong Kong Children and Youth Services (www.cys.org.hk)
April 2006
 First Hong Kong Harp Festival – Press Release Message to Harp Charity Marathon Supporters
Program RunDown for the First Harp Marathon for Charity Apr 23 @ Harbour City |
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Hopes & Dreams
(Lisa Lynne) |
Latin Fire
(Maria Luisa Rayan) |
The Dawning of the Day
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The Nightingale
(Dan Yu) |
The Healer's Way
(Stella Benson) |
Plays harp on two very rare albums
from the 50's (Harpo Marx) |
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On the Air
(Carlos Salzedo) |
The Magic of the Harp
(Lily Laskine) |
Round the Corner
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Harp Summit
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