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The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

was founded in 1999. The chief conductor is Jean Thorel, who has held the post since 2008.

Background

The CCOHK was founded in 1999 by oboist Leanne Nicholls, who is also the artistic director. It is known for having a very large repertoire spanning many different styles. Jean Thorel, the chief conductor, was appointed in 2008. Previous guest conductors include German Guiterrez, Carlos Checa, Andrew Sewell, Anthony Inglis

Anthony Inglis

Anthony Inglis is a British conductor.-Early years:Grammy nominated Anthony Inglis, the artist who has featured more times at London’s Royal Albert Hall than anyone else in the building’s history, was born Anthony Inglis Howard-Williams and had to change his name when he and a slightly older...

, Andrew Massey, Philip Walsh, Nicholas Routley, Peter Leech, Bill Conner, Richard Honner, Richard Harvey

Richard Harvey

Richard Harvey is a BAFTA Award–winning British musician and composer. He is best known for his film and television soundtracks...

, Lorenzo Colitto (guest concertmaster), Francis Kan, Veiga Jardim, and David Gwilt.

Musicians

Instrument	List of Musicians
Violin Violin The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... s	Ho Hong-ying, Leo Phillips, Hyang Yoo, Mary Golden, Trinh Quang Thanh, Monica Nguyen, Gilbert Sak, Corinna Lapena Llorin, Elodie Grellety-Bosviel, Stephanie Bina, Kurt Chan, Hui Chi-loi
Viola Viola The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average... s	Mike Chau, Damara Lomdaridze, Chris Cheung, Boris Denisov
Cello Cello The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is... s	Artem Konstantinov, Shelagh Heath, Tong Wai-ho
Basses Double bass The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...	Simon Hui, Elena Abrosimova
Flute Flute The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... s	Matthew Wu Wing-yin, Emily Lin
Oboe Oboe The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca... s	Leanne Nicholls, Kwan Sheung-fung
Clarinet Clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed... s	Anthony Wong, Leanne Manning
Bassoon Bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature... s	Nigel Sandall, Angel Cheung On-ki
French Horns	Joe Kirtley, Jon Chromik
Timpani Timpani Timpani, or kettledrums, are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a timpani stick or timpani mallet... /Percussion	Rebecca Ng, Choi Suk-fan
Harp Harp The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...	Michelle Abbott
Harpsichord Harpsichord A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...	David Chung
Piano Piano The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...	Ariele Zanini

Background

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