{"id":5487,"date":"2016-04-13T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T10:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:55:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T03:55:21","slug":"1368-provost-office-20160426164001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/1368-provost-office-20160426164001\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime Concert: Chinese Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-article\">\n<p><strong>13 April 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Arts at HSMC<\/i> brought a special lunch time concert of Chinese music on campus on 13 April 2016. The concert presented the \u201cplucked-strings\u201d section of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) with a mix of classical and contemporary Chinese masterpieces. This programme was supported by the Sin Wai Kin Chinese Culture Promotion Scheme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">HKCO\u2019s commitment to music excellence and the promotion of Chinese music were seen in the meticulous arrangement of the programme and the tacit understanding among the performers. The audience was introduced to Chinese music with the chance to watch the 11 performers play yangqin (<span lang=\"ZH-CN\">\u63da\u7434<\/span>),pipa (<span lang=\"ZH-CN\">\u7435\u7436<\/span>), zheng (<span lang=\"ZH-CN\">\u7b8f<\/span>), zhongruan (<span lang=\"ZH-TW\">\u4e2d\u962e<\/span>) and xiaoruan (<span lang=\"ZH-TW\">\u5c0f<\/span><span lang=\"ZH-CN\">\u962e<\/span>), etc, from a close distance.\u00a0Ended with a big round of applause, the concert sowed the interest in Chinese music among members of the HSMC community.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-left: 38px;\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px; text-align: center; margin: 10px; margin-top: 0px; float: left;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/old\/images\/upload\/Provost Office\/763d5723fff7314bb708757ab22cc2f5.jpg\" alt=\"HKPO musicians playing classical and contemporary Chinese masterpieces at HSMC\" width=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 110%; min-height: 40px;\">HKPO musicians playing classical and contemporary Chinese masterpieces at HSMC<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 640px; text-align: center; margin: 10px; margin-top: 0px; float: left;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/old\/images\/upload\/Provost Office\/f7325c4ab4a8953d9daa5e3d799bc19a.jpg\" alt=\"Yangqin in solo: \u201cDragon boat\u201d\" width=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 110%; min-height: 40px;\">Yangqin in solo: \u201cDragon boat\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 640px; text-align: center; margin: 10px; margin-top: 0px; float: left;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/old\/images\/upload\/Provost Office\/4a4dadc7bccccc40064df15cbdddd335.jpg\" alt=\"The versatile flair of the performance attracting a large crowd\" width=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 5px; line-height: 110%; min-height: 40px;\">The versatile flair of the performance attracting a large crowd<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 1px; clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13 April 2016 Arts at HSMC brought a special lunch time concert of Chinese music on campus on 13 April 2016. 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