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Wednesday 17 September 2003, at 8.00 pm  City Hall Concert Hall

The Lady Kadoorie Master Teachers Series

 

 

Eduardo Fernandez

Eduardo Fernandez was born in Uruguay. From the early age of seven he begun his studies of guitar and later on he was taught by important guitarists and teachers such as Abel Carlevaro, Guido Santorsola and Hector Tosar. He participated and won prizes in numerous international competitions including in 1972 the Porto Alegre Competition in Brazil, in 1975 the Radio France Competition in Paris and in 1975 the Andres Segovia Competition in Mallorza, Spain, where he won the first prize.

He has performed widely in the USA, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, S.Korea, Hong Kong, the PRC as well as in Latin America. He is also very active in teaching and in giving masterclasses and has taught for several years at the University Conservatory in Montevideo, where he is now a research fellow. He has authored a book on guitar technique and is preparing a book on the lute music of Bach. In addition to his playing and teaching, Eduardo Fernandez also composes and is the artistic director of the biannual International Guitar Festival held in Montevideo.

His dscography is extensive and has made him a household name to all guitar-lovers across the world. Following his London debut in 1983, he signed an exclusive contract with Decca and made 18 recordings, which included solo albums as well as concerts with the English Chamber Orchestra and the London Philharmonic with a repertoire which covered Bach to contemporary composers. It is indicative of his popularity and importance that in Decca's collection "masters of Guitar" CD issued in 2002, in a selection of 27 pieces played by artists such as Segovia, Williams, Bream, the Romeros and others, 10 of these pieces were played by Fernandez. Other recordings include most of Paganini's works for guitar and violin with the Russian violinist A. Markow (Erato). Fernandez is currently an exclusive recording artist with the Arte Nova label and has issued the complete lute works of Bach and a recording of 19th century guitar pieces on a period instrument.

 Programme  

Frank Martin            4 pi�ces br�ves

                                (Prelude-Air-Plainte-Gigue)

 

J.S.Bach                   Suite III for lute, BWV 995

                                (Praeludium-Allemande-Courante-Sarabande-Gavottes I et II -Gigue)                  

 

            Intermission

Franz Schubert transcribed by J.K.Mertz

                                6 Lieder (lob der Thr�nen - Liebesbotschaft - Aufenthalt

                                St�ndchen - Die Post - Dax Fischerm�dchen) 

 

Gentil Montana        Colombian suite N?4

                                (Pasillo - Canci�n - Bambuco - Porro)

Professor Fernandez will hold masterclasses on the 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23th of September. Attendance to these masterclasses will be free of charge but enrollment is necessary. For information and enrollment please send your particulars and inquiries to The Chopin Society of Hong Kong:

By E-mail:

By fax: : 2810 0465

 

Tickets are available from Urbtix Outlets at HK$150 and HK$100

Concessionary tickets at 50% discount are available to students, senior citizens and the disabled. A 50% group discount is available when buying four or more tickets.

Persons holding tickets for the postponed recital of 10 April 2003, can use these tickets with the same seat numbers for this recital or can obtain a refund by sending their tickets to The Chopin Society of HK during the period up until the 10th of September 2003.

 

  

GUITAR MASTERCLASSES

 

 Prof. Eduardo Fernandez will be conducting a Series of Masterclasses  as follows:

 

Thursday 18th of September- City Hall Recital Hall (8th Floor)

 

10:00 ?10:40    Mr. CHU, Chi-Lam

10:40 ?11:20    Ms. Kimmy KWONG

11:20 ?12:00    Ms. Sonia LAW

12:00 ?12:40    Mr. Stephen LI

 

LUNCH BREAK

 

14:15 ?14:55    Mr. TANG, Sai Lun

14:55 ?15:35    Ms. LEE, Wai Ching

15:35 ?16:15    DUET: KWONG, Ka Mei - LAW, Mo Yan

16:30:  END OF BOOKING TIME

 

 Saturday 20th of September ?City Hall Recital Hall (8th Floor)

 

10:00 ?10:30    Mr. YAN, Miu Fung 

10:30 ?11:00    Mr. LAU, Allan

11:00 ?11:30    Mr. Angus WONG

11:30 ?12:00    Ms. Fanny WONG

12:00 ?12:30    Mr. YU ,Wing-Kwan

12:30 ?13:00    Mr. Joseph H.T. LAU

LUNCH BREAK

 

14:00 ?14:30    Mr. LAI, Ka Leung

14:30 ?15:00    Mr. WAN, Yai Long

15:00 ?15:30    Mr. CHAN, Hung Fai

15:30 ?16:00    Mr. Jacky LAU

16:00 ?16:30    Samuel MOK

16:30 END OF BOOKING TIME

 

  

Sunday 21st September ?Academy for Performing Arts (APA)

H14:30 ?h17:30

Eduardo Fernandez will be conducting a series of Masterclasses at the Academy for Performing Arts and invitations have very kindly been made  available by APA for all those willing to attend these Masterclasses. Attendence will be free of charge, but, please, RSVP to Anabella, to the address below, since we need to make a list of attendees to these masterclasses.

 

 Monday, 22nd of September, City Hall Recital Hall (8th Floor)

 

h10:00 ?h10:30   Ms. Julia TSE

H10:30 ?11:00    Mr. Bernat GONZALEZ LINARES

H11:00 ?h11:30  Mr. CHAN Man

H11:30 ?h12:00  Mr. James LAU

H12:00 ?h12:30  Mr. SO, Long Ming

H12:30 ?h13:00  Ms. TSE, Lai Sze

 

 H19:30 to h21:30 LECTURE by PROF. EDUARDO FERNANDEZ

Venue: City Hall Recital Hall ?(8th Floor)

 

Prof. Eduardo Fernandez will be giving a lecture on:

Semantics and Rhetoric of the Music of J.S. BACH for LUTE.

This lecture is going to have simultaneous translation into Cantonese by Kenneth Kwan and Prof. Fernandez is going to be playing some passages himself to illustrate his talk. Admission will be free of charge, but you need to send your request to Anabella at the address below.

 

 For correspondence, details, registration, or any other matter related to any of the above. Please, send your messages to:

 

Anabella Levin-Freris,

Tel: (852) 2868 0837

Fax: (852) 2810 0465

Mobile: (852) 9027 1429

E-mail: afreris@netvigator.com

 

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