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MAESTRO CHRISTOPHER WARREN GREEN,
THE LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND THE HONG KONG SINFONIETTA The
Chopin Society of Hong Kong is delighted to welcome to Hong Kong maestro
Christopher Warren-Green and the London Chamber Orchestra
( LCO) who will accompany the contestants in the final Round IV of the
competitions in their performances of piano concertos. Members of the LCO will
also accompany the contestants in Round III, which
involves chamber group performances. The
Chopin Society is also most thankful for the collaboration of the Hong Kong
Sinfonietta, members of which will augment and play with the LCO during these
performances Maestro Christopher Warren Green
His conducting
experience is wide and includes posts with the Joenkoeping Sinfonietta, the
Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra and the Athens Camerata. He has also conducted
several other orchestras, including the St.Louis, Minnesota, Indianapolis,
Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, as well
as the Seattle Symphony with which he has established a special link. Other appearances
have included return visits to the Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia and the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Christopher��s
long standing relationship with the London Chamber Orchestra started in 1988,
when he became its Music Director. With Virgin Classics he has recorded with the
LCO a series of acclaimed CDs including Vivaldi��s Four Seasons, a selection of
concert and orchestral pieces by Mozart and ��Minimalist��, a selection of
compositions of this particular genre He also has
recorded widely for BMG, EMI, Philips, and Chandos labels.. The London Chamber Orchestra
The LCO, in its
eighty-four years of existence, premiered in the UK major works by leading
composers including Malcolm Arnold, Manuel de Falla, Gabriel Faure, Leos Janacek,
Maurice Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Igor Stravinsky. In addition the LCO
champions and performs in premieres the work of contemporary composers such as
Graham Fitkin and James Francis Brown. Accolades of their
playing are ample, but it is indicative what Sir Michael Tippett though of them: ��The LCO play
with a mixture of creative daring and technical brilliance that I find
inspiring, other composers too, must regard them as the ensemble of their
dreams�� The LCO, under its
Musical Director Christopher Warren Green divides its time between UK and
international touring, as well as in educational and outreach work .Recent
appearances included visits to the US, performances in La Scala , Milan as well
in Vienna and tours of Japan. The
LCO also holds annual London season concerts in St Jonn��s Smith Square which
attract major world soloists. The LCO��s
recording activities and discography are extensive, including the mentioned
series of CDs for the Virgin label, which has won high accolades. The Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Over the years, in
addition to very busy performing schedules in Hong Kong and touring overseas,
the Sinfonietta collaborated with a
large number of acclaimed musicians including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yuri Bashmet,
Gary Graffman, Christopher Hogwoog, and Shlomo Mintz, to mention but a few. Christos Bokoros
His paintings, of
startling but deeply intellectual realism ,draw mainly from Greek traditions and
themes, some religious and some secular, but always confront the viewer with a
challenging approach to ways of seeing and understanding the visual world. Christos designed
the main ��piano�� logo of the competition and the flame theme, which
dominates in all the publicity material of the competition and which appears in
the winners�� medals, is drawn from his work. |
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