HK Phil : Rhapsody In Blue «港樂 : 藍色狂想曲»

HK Phil : Rhapsody In Blue «港樂 : 藍色狂想曲»This energetic programme takes us all the way to the Argentinian pampas of Ginastera, on to Gershwin’s jazzy America and finally to the lively country dances of Dvořák’s Bohemia as revealed in his sprightly Eighth Symphony. The soloist in Gershwin’s all-time favourite Rhapsody in Blue is the Young Steinway Artist pianist Vanessa Wong Wai-yin.CONDUCTOR : DORIAN WILSONDorian Wilson first obtained international recognition at the 1989 Malko International Conducting Competition. He was subsequently asked to be the second conductor for the Moscow Philharmonic, and, at 25 years old, the youngest conductor in their history. He was later appointed first guest conductor of the Russian National Orchestra, and frequently conducts to the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Between 2003 and 2007 he was Principal Guest Conductor, then Music Director of the Belgrade Philharmonic. In October 2006 he conducted a nine concert tour of Spain with the Berliner Symphoniker, while in opera, he was Music Director of Theater Vorpommern in Germany where he conducted over 50 productions in more than 300 performances. He made his Royal Swedish Opera debut with Nozze di Figaro, and conducted Lohengrin at the Deutsches National Theater Weimar, where he was immediately asked to conduct a new production of La Boheme.As recognized by the International Federation of Music Competitions, Wilson has won more International prizes for conducting than any other conductor. Since 1989 he has won an additional eight prizes in every conducting competition he has entered, which include virtually all the world’s major competitions. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory (Piano and Art History), Indiana University (Piano and Viola), the University of Michigan (Orchestral Conducting and Opera Coaching), and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna (Conducting), and his teachers included Seiji Ozawa, Gustav Meier, Dmitri Kitajenko, Rudolph Barshai, Jorma Pamula and Leonard Bernstein. PIANO : VANESSA WONG WAI-YINPraised by Gramophone magazine for “impressive…innate musicality and technical mastery”, young Steinway Artist pianist Wong Wai-yin was the recipient of a number of international awards.  She was the youngest First Prize Winner of the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition in Australia, Second Prize Winner of the 17th Hilton Head International Piano Competition in the US, and was the youngest Gold Medal winner in the 7th International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz with five special prizes.Wong has appeared in solo performances with a number of orchestras including the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Canberra Symphony Orchestra of Australia, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, New Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia and Macao Orchestra.She has given recitals at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Salle Cortot in Paris, Steinway Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, and Poly Theatres in Beijing, and was also invited to give opening recitals at the Newport International Festival in the US, the 39th and the 46th Hong Kong Arts Festivals, and the Hong Kong City Hall Virtuosi Series. Solo recitals have also been presented in Brisbane, Canberra, Washington D.C., Chicago, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Egypt. She is an active chamber musician and has performed frequently with members of the Chamber Music Society of Yale Club of Hong Kong.In 2019, Wong released her debut CD on the Naxos label: Liszt’s Transcriptions from Operas by Auber and Verdi.Wong completed the Artist Diploma program at the Yale School of Music. Before that, she completed her Bachelor of Music degree with First-class honours at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Master of Music Degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Her teachers include Gabriel Kwok, Hui Ling, Boris Slutsky and Boris Berman. Wong was the recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, Lady Fung Scholarship, and the Asian Cultural Council Scholarship. She was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Hong Kong Government in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the promotion of international arts and culture activities. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil)The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is recognised as Asia’s foremost classical orchestra. Presenting more than 150 concerts over a 44-week season, the HK Phil attracts more than 200,000 music lovers annually. In 2019 the HK Phil received the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award – the first orchestra in Asia to receive this distinction.PROGRAMMEGINASTERA : Variaciones Concertantes GERSHWIN : Rhapsody in BlueDVOŘÁK : Symphony no. 812 MAR 2021 (Fri) 8:00pmHong Kong Cultural Centre Concert HallHouse Programme香港管弦樂團為大家帶來一個活力十足的音樂會:由遙遠的阿根廷草原出發，欣賞珍納舒特拿精妙的變奏協奏曲；到訪歌舒詠的爵士美國，聆聽鋼琴家黃蔚然演譯歌舒詠的不朽名作《藍色狂想曲》。

終點站是捷克作曲家德伏扎克的家鄉，他的第八交響曲清新怡人，捷克生氣盎然的傳統舞曲令人手舞足蹈。

2021年3月12日 (星期五) 8:00pm香港文化中心音樂廳樂曲：珍納舒特拿變奏協奏曲歌舒詠 藍色狂想曲德伏扎克第八交響曲演出：香港管弦樂團香港管弦樂團（港樂）獲譽為亞洲最前列的古典管弦樂團。

2019年港樂榮獲英國《留聲機》年度樂團大獎，成為亞洲第一個贏得此項殊榮的樂團。指揮：衛道安(Dorian Wilson)衛道安於1989年的馬爾科國際指揮比賽中嶄露頭角，不久即獲莫斯科愛樂樂團邀請擔任第二指揮，其時他只有25歲，是樂團歷來最年輕的指揮。他後來獲任命為俄羅斯國家交響樂團首位客席指揮、貝爾格萊德愛樂樂團的首席客席指揮、音樂總監。鋼琴：黃蔚然黃蔚然的鋼琴演出備受《留聲機》雜誌讚賞，她「與生俱來的音樂感和技術控制令人讚嘆」。她自小就在多個國際獎項脫穎而出，包括澳洲新南威爾斯國際鋼琴比賽歷屆最年輕的冠軍、美國第十七屆希爾頓國際鋼琴比賽亞軍、第七屆霍洛維茲國際鋼琴大賽最年輕的冠軍得主，並同時勇奪五項特別獎。黃蔚然生於香港，先後畢業於美國耶魯大學音樂學院、約翰•霍普金斯大學皮博迪音樂學院及香港演藝學院，師承郭嘉特、Boris Slutsky 及 Boris Berman。她在促進國際藝術文化活動方面取得傑出成就，獲香港政府頒發嘉許狀。音樂會場刊