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Music Encounter
: Exhibition of Ng Tai-kong's Works
 Decendants
of Mr Ng Tai-kong, the founder of Hong
Kong Chinese Orchestra have recently heeded
the call from the HKPL's Hong Kong Music
Collection Campaign to donate a number
of Mr Ng's original music scores, manuscripts,
photos and performance leaflets to public
libraries.
Mr Ng is a well-respected local music
master who devoted most of his life to
fostering the development of contemporary
Chinese music and nurturing young musicians
in Hong Kong. He has written about a hundred
theme songs for Hong Kong and Taiwan films
including the popular A Touch of Zen,
Raining in the Mountain, The Story of
Dr SUN Yat-sen and the award-winning Ti-ying
and Legend of the Mountains. Blending
Chinese music with western orchestration,
Mr Ng has also composed and re-arranged
some well-known Chinese music such as
Dance among the Coconut Groves, Chance
Encounter, The Eighteen Variations on
a Hu Pipe Melody, dance dramas Romance
of the Eastern Sea and Gaohu concerto
The Butterfly Lovers. Many of these still
inspire music lovers today.
In honour of his generous donation, the
HKPL, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council,
Composers and Authors Society of Hong
Kong Ltd and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
are jointly organizing an exhibition of
his works at the Arts Resource Centre
of the HKCL from now until 31 October.
Exhibition Date¡G18/9 ¡V 31/10
Venue : Arts Resource Centre, 10/F, Hong
Kong Central Library
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