co-present
26.06.2019 (Wednesday), 8:00pm
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall
Beethoven Programme
Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus / Piano Concerto No.4 / Symphony No.3, Eroica
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Philippe Entremont, the legendary French pianist and conductor, returns to Hong Kong during the month of his 85th birthday to perform a special all-Beethoven programme with City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) as part of the Le French May Arts Festival 2019. The concert to be held on 26 June 2019 at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, 8:00pm, features Philippe Entremont as soloist in Beethoven’s dramatic and sublime Piano Concerto No.4, and as guest conductor of CCOHK in the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and Beethoven’s heroic Symphony No.3.
Born in Reims in France, Philippe Entremont was aged 16 when he became Laureate at the International Long-Thibaud Competition. His debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 18 followed by a highly successful performance with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra paved the way for an extraordinary solo career. Since then he has performed on five continents in almost every prestigious concert hall and festival around the world, and with most of the major orchestras. Philippe Entremont is also one of the most recorded classical artists of our time. His discography includes numerous recordings with many legendary conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Eugène Ormandy, Pierre Boulez and Seiji Ozawa.
Parallel to his piano and recording engagements, Philippe Entremont has pursued a successful career as a conductor. He has held the post of Music Director of the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra, the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra where he has been honoured with the title of Lifetime Laureate Conductor. Additionally, Philippe Entremont has served on the juries of all the major piano competitions including the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Leeds International Piano Competition. In 2018 he was appointed President of the Jury of the 2018 Enescu International Piano Competition in Bucharest. For more information visit: www.philippeentremont.com.
Tickets
Tickets priced at $500, $380, $250, with half-price concessions for full-time students, senior citizens, people with disabilities and minder, and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients, are available from all URBTIX outlets. For ticketing enquiries, call 3761 6661; for credit card telephone booking, call 2111 5999; for internet booking, visit www.urbtix.hk; for programme or other enquiries, call 2864 2156 or email [email protected].
Masterclass
Philippe Entremont is dedicated to sharing his piano expertise and to inspiring young piano talents and will give a piano masterclass on 23 June 2019 (Sunday) from 2:30pm-5:00pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Backstage 7/F, CR2. Observers are welcome. Tickets are priced at $100. For bookings and further enquiries on opportunities to perform for Philippe Entremont, please contact Ms. Betty Fung at 2864 2158 / [email protected].
Media Enquiries
For artist photos, interviews and further MEDIA ENQUIRIES please contact Ms. Linda Knauer at 2864 2151 or via email: [email protected].
More about City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) is one of Asia’s leading chamber orchestras and one of Hong Kong’s most dynamic cultural entities. Members are professional musicians experienced in playing diverse styles ranging from Baroque and classical to East-West crossover, tango, bollywood and jazz. Since its establishment in 1999 CCOHK has performed with many world-class artists including Sir James Galway, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Dame Emma Kirkby, Sir Thomas Allen, Christian Lindberg, Sarah Chang, Julian Lloyd Webber, Edgar Meyer, Branford Marsalis, Richard Galliano, Sir Neville Marriner, The Swingles and The King’s Singers. French conductor Jean Thorel served as chief conductor from 2008 to 2016. On tour CCOHK has been invited to perform in Italy, Taipei, Beijing, Chengdu and at the 20th China Shanghai International Arts Festival. At home CCOHK is in high demand with performing engagements for Hong Kong Ballet, Le French May Arts Festival, RTHK Radio 4, the World Harp Congress, the Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival and The Hong Kong International Piano Competition. CDs include an internationally acclaimed release on OUR Recordings featuring the world premiere of Richard Harvey’s Concerto Incantanto with Danish recorder virtuoso Michala Petri. CCOHK’s mission to cultivate young audiences for classical music in Hong Kong has led to the creation of several original fully-staged and semi-staged productions incorporating actors. These include Magnificent Mozart, The Star Bach, Vivaldi Unmasked and Bug Symphony which won the Public Choice Award at the YAMawards in Portugal 2017. At the helm of CCOHK’s artistic and executive planning is CCOHK’s founder Leanne Nicholls, herself a prize-winning performer who was awarded a commendation certificate from the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2009 for her outstanding contributions to the development of arts and cultural activities.
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