YO-YO Ma, one of the world's leading cellists, returns to Hong Kong for two mixed recitals at the Cultural Centre on November 10 and 11 as part of the Alcatel Alsthom series.
The great ambassador of classical music will include works by Beethoven, Bernstein and Bright Sheng in his repertoire, and will be accompanied by Kathryn Scott on the piano.
This year, Ma has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the L'Orchestre National de Paris, and in Boston, Baltimore and Los Angeles. Following his recording work with Isaac Stern and Jaime Loredo, Ma has this season done a second recording of the Brahms Cello Sonatas with Emanuel Ax and the Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, and Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, due for release before Christmas.
This season he will play in festivals in Tokyo and Amsterdam, and will perform a new diverse series of concerts, including unaccompanied cello pieces, around the world.
IN an effort to team up top musicians, the Urban Council is producing a ''Masters in Harmony'' concert with world famous violinist Isaac Stern performing in duo with celebrated young pianist Yefim Bronfman who won the Avery Fisher Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music in 1991.
On November 7, at the Cultural Centre, the pair will perform Mozart's Sonata No 5 in A, Sonata No 7 in F and Sonata No 12 in E Flat, as well as Franck's Sonata in A.