Bratislava Music Agency
Záhumenská 3/A
841 06 Bratislava 4
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International Youth Music Festival II. 2025
21 - 24 июля, 2025, July 20 - 23, 2026, Bratislava
21 - 24 июля, 2025, July 20 - 23, 2026, Bratislava
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St Stephen's College Orchestra
Hong Kong, China
Founded in 1976, the St Stephen's College Orchestra originally started as a chamber ensemble. After decades of development, it has now grown into a full symphony orchestra with 80 members. As a core group of the school's music education, the college orchestra is one of the important representative teams of St Stephen's College, earning widespread acclaim both within and outside the school for its outstanding musical achievements. This year, the orchestra excelled at the 77th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, winning the champion in the Intermediate Orchestra category with Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. The string orchestra also claimed victory in the Intermediate String Orchestra category. The orchestra is not only well-regarded locally but has also received numerous international accolades, including winning first place in the chamber music category at the Summa Cum Laude International Music Festival in Vienna in 2014, and earning a silver medal at the Australian International Music Festival held in Sydney in 2024. Furthermore, the orchestra actively participates in local performances and has been invited to several government events, including the Hong Kong Government House Open Day and the Hong Kong Flower Show.
Ma Man-ki
Дирижер
A recipient of the Ohel Leah Synagogue Charity Postgraduate Scholarship, Ma Man-ki graduated with distinction from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts(HKAPA) in 2022 as the Academy’s first master student majoring in Conducting for Western Orchestras. He studied conducting under the guidance and tutelage of Professor Sharon Andrea Choa. He also took Chinese orchestral conducting classes with Mr. Ho Man Chuen during his study at the HKAPA. Man-ki conducted in the masterclasses by Jaap van Zweden, Kuokman Lio, Jerry Junkin and etc. He competed in the Warsaw Wind Ensemble Conducting Competition 2021 and 2023, and finished both competition as semi-finalist. In 2022, he performed with Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic and North Czech Philharmonic Teplice. Man-ki serves as the Music Director(Orchestral) in his alma mater St. Stephen’s College. He is a part-time faculty in HKAPA teaching conducting class as well as a conductor of The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also the Music Director of Men of Winds and Wind Director of Music Children Foundation, an organization inspired by El Sistema, providing music education to children from underprivileged families for free.
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