Campus Digest

HKBU Symphony Orchestra performs gala concert featuring renowned violinist Simone Lamsma

24 Feb 2014

The HKBU Symphony Orchestra held its annual Gala Concert last night (23 February 2014) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre with world-renowned violinist Miss Simone Lamsma as guest performer.

Conducted by Professor Johnny Poon, Head of the Department of Music and Music Director of the Concert, the Orchestra performed Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 with Miss Lamsma, and also performed Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, Candide Overture and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

Miss Simone Lamsma is one of classical music’s most thrilling rising stars. She was awarded the national Dutch VSCD Classical Music Prize in the category “New Generation Musicians” in 2010, and was invited to perform during the Queen’s Day Concert in the presence of HRH Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands in 2011. Miss Lamsma began studying the violin at the age of five. She graduated at the Royal Academy of Music in London with first class honours and several prestigious awards. In 2011, she was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour given to those students who have made significant and distinguished contributions to their field.

The HKBU Symphony Orchestra Gala Concert 2014 is sponsored by Y. Cee Chemicals Limited and Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Da-peng.

Please click here to view the photo album of the Gala Concert.