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Kevin Kwong

City Hall Concert Hall

Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm

The popular Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) drum series continues tomorrow   with Majestic Drums VI - Dragons in the Sky, featuring percussionists An Zhishun  and Li Biao  and the Shaanxi Percussion Group.

With tomorrow's concert ticket stub you can also catch part of the 3rd Hong Kong Synergy 24 Drum Competition Final Round  on Saturday afternoon for free. The event is also organised by the HKCO.

The highlight of Dragon in the Sky - named after the work An will perform with the Shaanxi Percussion Group especially for this concert - is a piece titled Cang Cai. Originally composed by Tang Jianping    for  a western orchestra, it was well received when Li performed it on tour in Europe in 2003.

An is not only a National Class One Instrumentalist but a composer. He's the recipient of the China National Music Orchestra Society's Life Achievement Award  in Chinese Folk Music (2003) and was  named Outstanding Artist with Exceptional Achievements by the Ministry of Culture of China.  His compositions are known to be rich in diversity and content, as well as original in techniques and style.

He founded the Shaanxi Percussion Group in 1994 and his performances have earned him the nickname of King of Drums.

Li is a Central Conservatory of Music graduate  who studied percussion with  Valetn Sniegerew   at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory and later with Peter Sadlo  at  the Munich Conservatory of Music.  Founder and artistic director of the Beijing Percussion Festival,  Li joined the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music last year as a professor.

Yan Huichang,  a National Class One conductor, will lead the musicians.

5 Edinburgh Place, Central, $100-$200. Inquiries: 3185 1600



Majestic Drums VI - Dragons in the Sky