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Monday, January 18, 2016
When East meets South
Dear friends and music lovers,
You are cordially invited to another two piano recital and the very first performance in 2016 by Les piainistes. We will bring you fabulous piano music from the Eastern Europe and South America. Hope to see all of you and your friends in the recital hall !
We will features two piano works by Rachmaninoff, Glinka (arr. Gryaznov), Babajanian, Guastavino, Piazzolla, and more. We'll update the program shortly.
Details are as followed,
23 Jan 2016 7:30pm
Parsons Music Recital Hall
Parsons Music, 14/F
Tower 1, Times Square
Causeway Bay
Admission: $100
RSVP necessary to lespianisteshk@gmail.com
Participating Pianists: Ada Wong, Edmund Chum, Eugene Tse, Frederic Koon, Lawrenza Lau, Phoenic Poon, Sandy Ho
Thursday, July 17, 2014
August two pianos concert - Two 4 Fun!
Dear friends and music lovers,
Bored of just another piano recital? Bored of listening to another traditional repertoire? We, Les Pianistes, are very happy to announce our upcoming concert in the summer – Two 4 Fun! As always, we are going to present rare but thrillingly exciting repertoires by composers of all around the world, this time, with two pianos four hands, even six hands, and eight hands!
We are exceptionally honored to have pianist Ivan Yanakov from London to perform with us this time! And we will also have local pianist Edmund Cham and Samuel Lung to play with us as guest performers as well! You will certainly be stunned by their technical brilliance and musicality, and be amazed by the colorful, joyful and fun world of music being brought to you!
Here are the details of our concert –
Date: 2 Aug 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Parsons Music Recital Hall, Times Square 14/F
Ticket: $100
Should you have any enquiries, please contact us at lespianistes@gmail.com. Please also visit our facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/
Les Pianistes
Monday, June 17, 2013
Summer Fantasia
Dear all,
I cordially invite you to attend my student's piano recital on July. Here is the details:
Date: July 14th, 2013 (Sunday)
Time: 2:00pm- 3:30pm
Venue: Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, Central
Ticket: $50 (Free seating)
Guests: Curtis Chan (Cello), Eugene Tse (Piano)
Performers: Ben Ng, Edwin Ko, Hilary Yeung, Kristie Wong, Oscar Tam, Samantha Yu, Samantha Cheng, Shirley Yuen, Sing, Victor Yick, Wesley Yip, Winnie Mak
* Please send me an email to reserve your seat!! Thanks.
Website: http://
Email: szeman430@gmail.com
Regards,
Sandy, Szeman
Friday, June 07, 2013
Philomusica Duo and friends present 10 + 10 rare works for two pianos
Dear friends and music lovers,
You are cordially invited to our upcoming concert for two pianos. Again, we will present music you have probably never heard before in concert hall, including arrangement of orchestral work, paraphrase of an operatta and several more fantastic pieces.
Here are the details of our concert:
Date & Time: 22 June 2013 19:30
Venue: Parsons Music Recital Hall, 14/F, Times Square Tower 1, Causeway Bay
Admission fee: $ 100
RSVP on Facebook or at shaentei@hotmail.com
Programme:
Claude Debussy
En blanc et noir
Abram Chasins
Fledermaus
Sergei Prokofiev/Rikuya Terashima
Classical Symphony
Gershwin/Alexander Tsfasman
Fantasy
Alexsander Rosenblatt
Alice in wonderland
Performed by
Philomusica Duo: Edmund Cham, Frederic Koon
Guest pianists: Eugene Tse, Sandy Ho
Do spread the news of our concert and we wish to see you and your friends in the recital hall !
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Songs of Spring Concert

Date: 2013/01/13 (Sunday)
Venue: Shouson Theatre, Arts Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Presenter: MUSIC-GO-ROUND
Ticket Price: $120
.. (Half-priced Tickets Available for Seniors / Students)
MONTSALVATGE: Duet
Sandy Ho, Lawrenza Lau (Piano)
BACH: Violin Partita in D minor: excerpts
William Wong (Violin)
DEBUSSY: Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Kevin Ng (Clarinet) + Lawrenza Lau (Piano)
MOMPOU: Cancion and Danza 13
Laurenza Lau (Piano)
RUTTER: Suite Antique
Joe Li (Flute), Edmund Cham (Piano)
Intermission
PIAZZOLA: Oblivion
Ivan Wong (French Horn) + Edmund Cham (Piano)
GLAZOUNOV: Saxophone Concerto
Connie Leung (Saxophone), Lawrenza Lau (Piano)
CHAMINADE: Concertino
Elaine Chung (Flute), Lawrenza Lau (Piano)
BRAHMS: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Kevin Ng (Clarinet), Seanon Wong (Cello), Lawrenza Lau (Piano)
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

It would be my honor to play George Gershwin "Rhapsody in Blue" with children orchestra together. :) Please come and support us.
Monday, November 19, 2012
A Night with Chamber Music
MOZART:
Clarinet Concerto, K.622: Second
movement (Adagio) (arrangement for
clarinet and piano)
HOWARD:
Fly Me to the Moon (arrangement for flute
and piano)
Traditional:
Amazing
Grace (arrangement for Wagner tuba and piano)
DEBUSSY:
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (arrangement for piano duet)
GUREWICH:
Concerto for Alto Saxophone in E
minor, Op.102: First movement (Maestoso)
(arrangement for saxophone for piano)
SCHUMANN:
Fantasiestücke, Op.73: No.1 “Zart und mit Ausdruck”
Fantasiestücke, Op.73: No.1 “Zart und mit Ausdruck”
FAURÉ:
Sicilienne, Op.78 (arrangement for cello and piano)
Sicilienne, Op.78 (arrangement for cello and piano)
PIAZZOLLA:
Oblivion (arrangement for horn and piano)
Oblivion (arrangement for horn and piano)
NOBLOT:
Melody
Melody
BRUCH:
From 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op.83
From 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op.83
Piano Music for twenty Fingers
Dear friends and music lovers,
Thirsty for some good music? Here we come! You are cordially invited to our coming concert 'Piano Music for Twenty Fingers'. There will be piano music written for 4 hands and 2 pianos. Again, we are presenting some rarities from the 'non-mainstream' repertoire, from Latin America, Russia, Spain...etc. Please invite your friends and join us on this delightful evening!
Piano Music for Twenty Fingers
26 May 2012
8:00pm
Parsons Music Recital Hall, Tower 1, 14/F, Times Square, Causeway Bay
Admission:
$ 100 with RSVP to phikfy@gmail.com/ shaentei@
Admission also available at the door
Limited & Free Seating
For Enquiries: phikfy@gmail.com
Performers:
Grace Cheng
Sandy Ho
Frederic Koon
Lawrenza Lau
Phoenix Poon
Eugene Tse
See you in the recital hall!
Sunday, November 18, 2012
French X German
8 Decemeber 2012
8:00 PM
Recital Hall, High Block
8/F, City Hall
Central
Programme:
Francis Poulenc (1899-1973)
15 Improvisations No. 3, 7 & 15
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, 1st movement
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
La création du monde, Op. 81a
Julius Röntgen (1855-1932)
Introduction, Scherzo, Intermezzo and Finale Op. 16
Guest performers:
Lawrenza Lau
Sandy Ho
Sean Yin
Tickets NOT available in URBTIX
RSVP necessary to shaentei@hotmail.com
Free Seating
Limited Seats
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Swinging on the Keyboard - a wonderful music journey to South America
Dear friends and music lovers,
You are cordially invited to our upcoming concert 'Swinging on the Keyboard' featuring piano music from South American. Again, we will present works by rarely known composers from different countries including Argentina, Cuba and Colombia, some of them are very active in the world of classical music and we are fortunate to have personal contact with them. It is our pleasure to introduce piano works by a beautiful female pianist-composer from Buenos Aires, Marcela Fiorillo, and another Venezuelan composer, Federico Ruiz, and you will enjoy our Hong Kong permiere of their music.
You are cordially invited to our upcoming concert 'Swinging on the Keyboard' featuring piano music from South American. Again, we will present works by rarely known composers from different countries including Argentina, Cuba and Colombia, some of them are very active in the world of classical music and we are fortunate to have personal contact with them. It is our pleasure to introduce piano works by a beautiful female pianist-composer from Buenos Aires, Marcela Fiorillo, and another Venezuelan composer, Federico Ruiz, and you will enjoy our Hong Kong permiere of their music.
Details are as follows,
Date & Time: 27/28th October 2012 (we have two nights in a row) 19:30
Venue: Parsons Music Recital Hall
14/F, Tower 1, Times Square
Causeway Bay
Admissions: $120
Limited Seat
RSVP necessary at phikfy@gmail.com
If you do RSVP, please also indicate if whether you are coming on the 27th or the 28th October, or even both nights :P. Tickets are now available. You can either reserve by email and pick up at the reception, or we can send to you upon request. Thank you very much!
Participating pianists:
Ada Wong
Eugene Tse
Frederic Koon
Judy Lam
Kobe Ip
Lawrenza Lau
Phoenix Poon
Sandy Ho
Ernest So
Do invite your friends to come join us! I'm sure it would an unforgettable experience!
See you in the recital hall
Date & Time: 27/28th October 2012 (we have two nights in a row) 19:30
Venue: Parsons Music Recital Hall
14/F, Tower 1, Times Square
Causeway Bay
Admissions: $120
Limited Seat
RSVP necessary at phikfy@gmail.com
If you do RSVP, please also indicate if whether you are coming on the 27th or the 28th October, or even both nights :P. Tickets are now available. You can either reserve by email and pick up at the reception, or we can send to you upon request. Thank you very much!
Participating pianists:
Ada Wong
Eugene Tse
Frederic Koon
Judy Lam
Kobe Ip
Lawrenza Lau
Phoenix Poon
Sandy Ho
Ernest So
Do invite your friends to come join us! I'm sure it would an unforgettable experience!
See you in the recital hall
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Student concert 2012 :Music in Spring

Dear all,
You are cordially invited to my student concert which will take place on 24th March, 2012. I will also be playing music with my current piano teacher Frederic Koon, and three of my best friends, including pianist Eugene Tse, Renjo Wong and also cellist Casey.
Details are as follows,
Date: 24/03/2012 (Sat)
Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: Recital Hall, 8/F, Hong Kong City Hall, Central
Tickets: HK $50
* Please send me an email to reserve your seat before March 17th. You can pay the ticket fees to me directly. Please be reminded that the tickets are NOT available at URBTIX this time.
See you all in the concert.
Website: http://sandy430.blogspot. com/
Email: szeman430@gmail.com
Phone no: 9217 4302
Regards,
Sandy Ho
Sandy Ho
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A Night of Russian Music
Dear Friends,
You are cordially invited to a re-union of the former PerformNow artists in the concert A Night of Russian Music which will take place in 25th Feb, 2012. As a continuation of the PerformNow spirit, we have selected a program of a vast range of rarely heard works by Russian maestros as illuminating as Balakirev and Medtner and living legends such as Kapustin and Rosenblatt. Details are as follows:
Date: 25/2/2012
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Venue: Recital Hall, 8/F, Hong Kong City Hall, Central
Tickets: HK$100 (available on Urbtix from 25/1/2012)
Our performers are all PerformNow veterans, whom you will definitely find dear if you are also a usual attendants of our past concerts:
Edmund Cham
Eugene Tse
FY Koon
Grace Cheng
Joyce Wu
Lawrenza Lau
Phoenix Poon
Sandy Ho
We are also honored to have Ernest So to perform a substantial section as the finale of our concert. Those who used to seek for surprise from Ernest's stunning virtuosity and overwhelming repertoire will certainly not be let down.
Please mark your calendar and we will be excited to see you in the concert.
Once again, I wish you all the best in this new year of 2012.
Best Wishes,
FY Koon
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Piano Recital by Frederic Koon and Lawrenza Lau
You are cordially invited to Piano Recital by Frederic Koon & Lawrenza Lau on 3rd July, 2011 (Sunday). The details of the concert are as follows:
Date: 3 July, 2011
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Recital Hall, 8/F High Block, Hong Kong City Hall, Central
Ticket: $80/$40 (Students and Senior Citizens), available in all URBIX outlets
Both of us, Frederic and Lawrenza are from time to time featured in concerts organized by PerformNow in the past 6 years. As some of you might have already known, PerformNow will be having a long vocation from July this year, and this recital that we are hosting on our own will launch a new journey of us as an individual pianist. We proudly believe that all musicians growing up with PerformNow, including us, will continue the PerformNow spirit in sharing the music that we love to all of you.
We are going to present some beautiful works by Lamote de Grignon, Medtner and Zamacois, all of them rarely heard even in recordings, not to mention in live concerts.
We look forward to seeing you in the concert.
Best wishes,
Frederic / Lawrenza
Love,
Sandy
Date: 3 July, 2011
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Recital Hall, 8/F High Block, Hong Kong City Hall, Central
Ticket: $80/$40 (Students and Senior Citizens), available in all URBIX outlets
Both of us, Frederic and Lawrenza are from time to time featured in concerts organized by PerformNow in the past 6 years. As some of you might have already known, PerformNow will be having a long vocation from July this year, and this recital that we are hosting on our own will launch a new journey of us as an individual pianist. We proudly believe that all musicians growing up with PerformNow, including us, will continue the PerformNow spirit in sharing the music that we love to all of you.
We are going to present some beautiful works by Lamote de Grignon, Medtner and Zamacois, all of them rarely heard even in recordings, not to mention in live concerts.
We look forward to seeing you in the concert.
Best wishes,
Frederic / Lawrenza
Love,
Sandy
Monday, February 14, 2011
Blossoming Notes
Blossoming Notes
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E major, BWV 1035
Erik Satie: Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire
Josef Suk: Love Song Op.7, no.1
Ivor Gurney: Desire in Spring
Giacomo Puccini: O mio babbino caro
Giacomo Puccini : Quando men vo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alleluia
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone
March 20, 2011 (Sun) 4:00PM
Hong Kong Space Museum, Lecture Hall
Tickets available at all URBTIX outlets from 20 February 2011
Ticket: $60 (Free seating)
Credit Card Booking: 2111 5999
Ticketing Enquiries: 2734 9009
Internet Booking: www.urbtix.hk
Event Enquiry: 9217 4302.
Love,
Sandy, szeman
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Hommage à Chopin
Celebrating the bicentenary of Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Chopin's music has become a great influence and inspiration for generations of composers. This concert will feature works written by composers who wrote in memory of the great Polish master. From Theodore Leschetizky (Chopin's junior by just 20 years) to Clément Doucet (jazz pianist of the 1920s), Chopin's music can be traced through every musician's life.
Theodore Leschetizky (1830 - 1915)
Hommage à Chopin
Franz Bendel (1833 - 1874)
Hommage à Chopin
Nocturne à la Chopin
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Un poco di Chopin
Aleksander Michalowski (1851 - 1938)
Paraphrase sur la valse de Chopin
Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)
Transcriptions of various Chopin Études
Déodat de Séverac (1872 - 1921)
Fontaine de Chopin
Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Souvenir de Chopin
Clément Doucet (1895 - 1950)
Chopinata
Title: Hommage à Chopin
Date and time: June 11, 2010, 8pm
Venue: Agnès b. CINEMA at Hong Kong Arts Centre, Wanchai
Tickets: $120/$60 (for students). PerformNow is a non-profit organization. All ticket receipts go to the performing artists.
Tickets will be on sale on May 30 from all URBTIX outlets and Tom Lee music shops.
Concert and programme details: http://PerformNow.hk.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
CONCERT:MUSIC DIASPORA
CONCERT:MUSIC DIASPORA
'A musical exposition across time and culture
A dialogue on the meaning of music'
Music Diaspora
- a musical exploration
presented by: Morton Wan & HKU Music Society
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010, 7:30pm
Theatre (Room303), Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre
The University of Hong Kong Main Campus
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Price: HK$50
(Tickets will be available at HKU Department of Music from May 3rd onwards, or at the door on May 23rd unless the concert is sold out. Free seating, first-come, first-served.)
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We are all wanderers in the world of music looking for its meaning. We ask the questions of ‘where’ and ‘how’, answered only by the ghostly breath of Mephistopheles, ‘there where you are not, there is it’.
In this art music gala, we will contemplate a unique and daring program including underperformed repertoires and new works, which will be an eye-opener to music lovers of all genres.
Beyond the notes, an exhibition of drawings, multimedia works, and creative writings will be presented throughout the concert, prompting a dialogue on the meaning of music.
Featured artists:
Lilian Au, piano; Li-Meng De Bakker, musical illustrator; Sharon Chan, writer; Sandy Ho, piano; Fei Hung, piano; Kiki Leung, violoncello; Michelle Rocha, writer; Tse Tai Shun, piano; Morton Wan, piano; Morton Wan, piano; Austin Yip, violin.
-Program-
*Prologue*
Zbigniew Preisner: A Good Morning Melody
Fei Hung, piano
*concerning color*
Claude Debussy: Prelude - Voiles
Tan Dun: Eight Memories In Watercolor (No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8)
Morton Wan, piano
*concerning incantation*
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 - iii. Andante
Robert Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80-iii. In mässiger Bewegnung
Austin Yip,violin
Ki Ki Leung, cello
Morton Wan, piano
*concerning mischief*
George Antheil: Valentine Waltzes One & Two
Sandy Ho, piano
George Antheil: Toccata No. 2
Morton Wan, piano
interval
*prelude*
Zbigniew Preisner: About Passing
Fei Hung, piano
*concerning idée fixe*
Fryderyk Chopin: Wiosna (for piano solo)
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2: iii. Marche funèbre: Lento
Lilian Au , piano
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 – ii. Adagio
Austin Yip,violin
Morton Wan, piano
*concerning invention*
Jean Cras: Paysage Maritime
Austin Yip: The World of a Distorted Mirror Suite
Morton Wan, piano
*concerning psyche*
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis One & Two
Tai Shun Tse, piano
Philip Glass: Wichita Sutra Vortex
Sandy Ho, piano
*epilogue*
Zbigniew Preisner: A Good Night Melody
Lilian Au, piano
(All program details and artists are subject to change due to unforseen circumstances without notice.)
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Extra:
We will also hole two more concerts performing a similar program on the following Monday and Tuesday (May 24th and 25th) at Skylark Lounge in Central. If you prefer a cozy and casual salon evening, you will surely be interested in meeting us there!
Food and drinks will be served. One drink will be included in the ticket price. Ticket information will available soon.
May 24th, 25th, 2010, 8pm
Skylark Lounge
1/F Parekh House, 63 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Music of the Americas

This time we have prepared an interesting programme of piano music – romantic works by American and South American composers. Though I said “romantic”, the music of these composers encompasses wide and varied emotions, from exotic dances to enchanting melodies. Main highlights include works of Hector Villa-Lobos and George Antheil (aka Bad Boy of Music), among others.
Date: December 12
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Recital Hall at Hong Kong City Hall
Tickets: $120/$60
PerformNow will be sponsoring three pianists: Lawrenza Lau (who had previous performed in Music of Spain), Sandy Ho and Morton Wan. Led by our two pianist-founders, this promises to be one of the most interesting programmes we have put together!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Romantic Russians - Piano Music of Bortkiewicz and Catoire
Concert Recommendation
Sergei Bortkiewicz and Georgy Catoire were two towering figures in Rachmaninoff's circle who have left us some extraordinarily beautiful works. Their music is now largely forgotten due to their timidity and failure to promote themselves at that time. Few recordings exist, and their scores are hardly published nowadays.
Bortkiewicz's piano writing reflects strongly the Chopin-Liszt tradition, while Catoire wrote with an heavy French accent. These precious works are, for the first time, brought to audiences in Hong Kong.
Date: October 11, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Recital Hall,
8/f at
City Hall High Block,
Central
Admissions: $120/$60
Tickets on sale at all URBTIX outlets from September 18
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