Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong explained

Type:Youth orchestra
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong
Native Name:香港青少年管弦樂團
Short Name:MYO
Founded:2003
Concert Hall:Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Principal Conductor:Synthia Ko

Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong (MYO/MYOHK, Chinese: 香港青少年管弦樂團) is a youth orchestra founded in Hong Kong in 2003. It has collaborated with different artists including Yang Li, Siqing Lu, Nancy Loo, Colleen Lee, Cho-Liang Lin,[1] Michelle Kim and the famous visual theater group Magic Circle Mime Company from the United States. The orchestra gives performances triannually in various venues including the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsuen Wan Town Hall and the City Hall, Hong Kong.

In addition to producing music performances, MYO has brought concerts to audience, performing with Korean four-fingered pianist Lee Hee-ah,[2] one-arm violinist Adrian Anantawan[3] and limbless life warrior, Nick Vujicic in 2009 and 2013.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LIN CHO-LIANG x MYO. 30 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052609/http://www.myohk.com/past_event_detail.php?menu_id=78&pkey=169&press_year=&press_month=. 4 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Four-Fingered Pianist Lee Hee-Ah x MYO Concert. 19 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052434/http://www.myohk.com/past_event_detail.php?menu_id=78&pkey=156&press_year=&press_month=. 4 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Hymns of Hope. 19 July 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819191553/http://www.myohk.com/past_event_detail.php?menu_id=78&pkey=178&press_year=&press_month=. 19 August 2014.
  4. Web site: Unstoppable Hope . 1 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Gateway member played piano concerto at the "Concert of Hope by Nick Vujicic and Friends" . 30 October 2009.