His love of mahjong and the piano has inspired a new piece composed by pianist and academy music graduate Julie Kuok Pun-man, to be performed at two fund-raising concerts this weekend as 50 top local pianists gather to celebrate the academy's 25th anniversary.

Mahjong on Stage! is a piano piece for eight hands dedicated to Kwok, who first tutored Kuok 20 years ago. She will perform the piece with Cheng Wai, Hui Ling and Ma Cong. They will play in front of a video featuring a game of mahjong played by Kuok, Kwok and two other academy alumni, Shum Kin-wai and Cheng Kwok-kuen.

'This is a humorous and descriptive piece of music depicting the playing of mahjong among four people,' Kuok (above with Kwok) says. 'The opening section starts with sounds that imitate the shuffling of tiles, the throwing of the dice and the calls for matching the tiles.

'The middle section has four themes, representing the different sets of winning hands the players are trying to make. One of them declares victory, but it is soon found to be a false alarm.'

The piece also intends to throw light on the softer, more humorous side of Kwok, who, according to Kuok, 'looks very strict' in his classes.

Also performing at the concerts will be Colleen Lee Ka-ling, Eric Fung King-hei, Tao Chang, Rachel Cheung Wai-ching, Chau Lok-ping, Chau Lok-ting and Arsito Sham Ching-tao, who are all winners of international piano competitions.

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