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Education is the heart of non-profit organisation SingFest, which aims to provide the highest quality of performances and innovative educational opportunities involving the community of local singers, instrumentalists, audiences and donors

Since 2012, under the guidance of world-class maestros Dr Helmuth Rilling and festival director Patrick Chiu, SingFest launched a series of concerts and choral-related education programmes to wide acclaim for professional musicians, school teachers, university and secondary school students, as well as music enthusiasts

Maestro Helmuth Rilling is a world-renowned acclaimed conductor, pedagogue and Bach scholar. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the prestigious Oregon Bach Festival and the founder of internationally-recognised chorus – the Gächinger Kantorei and Internationale Bachakademi Stuttgart. He received the prestigious Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Herbert von Karajan Music Prize (2011)

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Neo-Bach from Hong Kong

The team of 15 performers from the Hong Kong SingFest Choral Academy comprises 1 conductor, 8 singers and 6 instrumentalists. They will present a rousing concert of Bach’s music in authentic style and new compositions based on his music by Hong Kong composers.

Programme includes
1) J.S. Bach: BWV 225 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (motet);
2) J.S. Bach: BWV 4 Christ lag in Todes Banden (cantata);
3) Ng Cheuk-yin: AIR [based on BWV 1068];
4) Patrick Chiu: B.W.V. (Berlin Wall Vanished) [based on BWV 232];
5) Alfred Wong: Andante for Bach [based on BWV 140 & 208]; and
6) Encore: J.S. Bach: BWV 230 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heide.

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