The Hong Kong International Flute Festival Gala Concert – REDEFINING FLUTE is a flute recital with different genres of flute music, from classic to contemporary. The public often perceives the flute as an elegant instrument and as “the bird” in the instrumental family. However, the flute has more to offer than just being a “bird”!
In this concert the artists will guide you through all the known and unknown perspectives of the flute and will redefine its elegance!
FEDERICA LOTTI
Federica Lotti is the professor of flute at the Music Conservatory “Benedetto Marcello” of Venice. Lotti has played in a number of important Festivals and concert halls such as Biennale in Venice, Biennale in Zagreb, Autunno Musicale di Como, Festival dell’Accademia Barocca di Roma, Festival Pontino, at Piccolo Regio in Turin, Sale Apollinee Teatro “La Fenice” in Venice, Strasbourg Conservatory, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Big Concert Hall in “F. Chopin” Music Academy in Warsaw, Wiener Salle of Mozarteum in Salzburg, Recital Hall of the College of Music at the North Texas University, Linhart Hall in Ljubljana.
MEGAN STERLING
Principal Flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic since 2002, Megan Sterling has enjoyed working with some of the world’s top conductors and soloists. She has appeared several times as a soloist with the orchestra, as well as in recitals, radio broadcasts, Canto-pop recordings and chamber music in Hong Kong and the region. She has appeared live on Australian national television and radio, Hungarian National Radio, RTHK, and in recital on WGBH, Boston, and she has also performed at Parliament House for the Australian Prime Minister. In addition to her full-time role with the HK Phil, she teaches at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the HK Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
CATERINA STOCCHI
Caterina Stocchi is an Italian flutist and educator from Arezzo, Tuscany. She received her master degree in flute performance and music education in instrumental training from the Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory of Venice where she studied with Federica Lotti. In 2016, she successfully completed the Cycle de spécialization in Strasbourg Conservatory of Music in France with Mario Caroli. Her collaboration appearances include major theaters throughout Italy, concert halls, orchestras and organizations in Europe and Asia.
ALECX CHUNG
Flutist Alecx Cheuk-Fai Chung graduated with the highest honours with the master degree in Flute Performance at the Venice Conservatory of Music in Italy where he studied with Professor Federica Lotti. He is a cum laude graduate in Flute Performance from the University of North Texas in the United States, studied with Dr. Mary Karen Clardy. Born in Hong Kong, Alecx is an active soloist and performer, where he performed with noted flutists and musicians home and abroad. He founded the Hong Kong International Flute Association (HKIFA) in 2017. The association has already held a number of concerts, masterclasses and events in Hong Kong.
PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Giulio Briccialdi (1818-1881) – Variations on the Carnival of Venice, Op.78
Claudio Ambrosini (1948-) – Classifying the Thousand Shortest Sounds in the World (2012) for flute solo written for Federica Lotti
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – 12 Variations on “Ah vous dirais-je, Maman”, K.265 (1781-82) arr. for flute quartet and piano
Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003) – Dialogo Angelico for two flutes (1948)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) – Concerto for two flutes and orchestra arr. for flute orchestra, G.1077 (1793)
Tickets available at URBTIX: www.urbtix.hk
Ticket Price: 240 HKD / 180 HKD / 120 HKD
30% Off for audience aged 60 or above, with disabilities, full time students and comprehensive social security assistance recipients.
Children under 3 years old will not be admitted.
Tickets Enquiry: (+852) 3761 6661 | Programme Enquiry: (+852) 8206 2833 – www.hkflute.org