1st Hong Kong Early Music Festival 2019: Workshops (Harpsichord& Recorder)Concerto da Camera

All workshops are open to players of all levels.

A)Harpsichord & Performance Practice Workshop
Dr. Sonia Lee
15th Oct 2019 (Tue)，7:15pm-9pm

Harpsichord: Dr. Sonia Lee
has given performances, lectures, and masterclasses in more than eighteen countries on four continents. Her performances have been praised by critics as "full of elegance and expression" (Cleveland Classical) and
possessing “grace and flair” (Sounding Board, British Harpsichord Society). She is a laureate of the Mae & Irving Jurow Interna- tional Harpsichord Competition and the Montréal Baroque Galaxie-CBC Rising Star Competition. A performer on the piano and various historical keyboards, she has appeared as soloist and collaborative artist at numerous festivals and venues, including the early music festivals of Utrecht, Boston and Costa Rica, Nordic Historical Keyboard Festival, Early Keyboard Music Cycle of Buenos Aires, Milwaukee Museum of the Pianoforte, Handel House Museum of London, and the Schubert Club. Her discography includes premiere recordings of rediscovered music of Bembo, Weigl, Kozeluch, and Berg on Mark Records, Arabesque, and other labels. A sought-after adjudicator, she was a member of the jury of the 2019 Gianni Gambi International Harpsichord Competition, 2018 Calgary Performing Arts Festival (Piano), and the 2015 Aliénor International Harpsichord Composition Competition.
Currently guest editor of the Early Keyboard Journal, Lee is a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (B.A.), McGill University (L. Mus. & M. Mus.), and the University of Illinois (D.M.A.), and holds a certificate in public and nonprofit leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School. Her ma- jor performance teachers included Charlotte Mattax, Hank Knox, Luc Beauséjour, Joyce Lindorff, Allison So, Sr. Lucile Gagné, and Kenneth Gilbert. She is the Immediate Past President and a board member of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America (HKSNA) and has served as a board and advi- sory member for numerous regional and international arts and cultural organizations. Visit www.sonialeemusic.com.




B)Recorder & Performance Practice Workshop
Hyeonho Jeon
17th Oct 2019 (Thurs)，7:15pm-9pm


Mr Hyeoho Jeon is the 3rd prize winner of the prestigious Bruges International Early Music Competition in 2017.
Concerto da Camera 雅樂合奏團s presents the recorder workshop hosts by Mr.Hyeonho Jeon (17th Oct.,Thurs), we will focus the following on areas:
-Recorder playing
- Historically informed performance
What is the difference between historical vs modern performance practise?
Equal vs historical temperament tuning system, what difference does in make ?
Demonstration of several accord (harmonious) effects, how it can be feel in context of the the music.
Participant are most welcome to bring along their own modern or period musical instruments (don’t have to be recorder! Strings and other wind instruments are welcome) to the workshop to play some music together. We prefer using tuning in A=440, but if you want to bring along your A=415 instruments, you are welcome too.


Recorder：Hyeonho Jeon
木笛： 全玹昊
is a graduate of the Berlin University of Arts, Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya, and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. With Ensemble Matís, he won the 2nd prize at the 2013 International Telemann Competition. A recipient of a Fine Arts Scholarship from the Swiss government, in 2017, he completed a Master’s degree specializing in Early Music and Historical Performance Practice with the highest mark. He has recorded two CDs with Ensemble Matís under the label Ars Productions.
In 2018, he won the 3rd prize at the prestigious Bruges International Early Music Competition.