Hong Kong Pure Strings will present a night of classical music.

    Possessing a passion for string music, violinist Leung Kin-fung founded Hong Kong Pure Strings (HKPS) in 2004. The band members are Joe Lee (harp), Walter Chan (second violin), Meidad Yehudayan (viola), Artem Konstantinov (cello) and Eddie Zong (double bass).

    Leung was the first Hong Kong musician to win the first prize at the 1992 Young Artist Competition in New York. Since 1989, Leung has held many important posts, including membership of the violin faculty at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in New York from 1989-92, where he served in 1990 as its director of chamber music. He has also served on the faculty of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

    Harpist Lee was the first Asian musician to be awarded the prestigious prize in Lyon & Healy International Jazz and Pop Harp Competition (1999). Besides playing the harp, Lee is also a prolific composer. His compositions and arrangements feature orchestral works, chamber music, and pieces for solo instruments.

    Violinist Chan has performed as a freelance musician for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfornietta. He has participated in a number of opera and ballet projects. He was invited to play for the musical “The Phantom of the Opera” during its world tour in Hong Kong in 2006.

    Viola player Yehudayan is from Israel. He was a member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong String Quartet between 1995-2001. He acquired his master of music degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

    Cellist Konstantinov is from Russia and was the principal cellist in the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, guest professor at Shenzhen Arts School and honorary professor of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music.

    Double bassist Zong is a former principal bass of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also acting principal bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans from 1992-94, principal bass with the Israel Sinfonietta in 1989-91, and principal bass of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra in 1987-89.

    Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 17

    Tickets: 100-480 yuan

    Venue: Shenzhen Grand Theater, 5018 Shennan Road East, Luohu District (罗湖区深南东路5018号深圳大剧院)

    Metro: Line 1 or 2, Grand Theater Station (大剧院站), Exit B

    (SD News)