Events
French Music Project at CUHK
8 May 2026
8pm
Lee Hysan Concert Hall, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Performers: Poon Kiu Tung, Patrick Yim, and students from CUHK Music Department
Kiu Tung Poon
Young Steinway Artist, Kiu Tung Poon, has appeared as a recitalist and collaborative pianist on concert stages worldwide, and at venues and festivals including Tanglewood and Aspen in US, Wiener Konzerthaus in Austria, St Martin-in-the-Fields in London and the Great Wall in Beijing. Her solo playing was described as ‘lyrical and emotionally nuanced… displayed lyricism and virtuosity’ by the Woodstock Times. Her world première of Mark Morris/Samuel Barber’s Excursions with the Mark Morris Dance Group at the Tanglewood Music Festival received enthusiastic review in The New York Times and Boston Phoenix. Her Naxos release on violin and piano works by contemporary American composers was noted as being ‘lively and authoritative’ (American Record Guide), having an ‘effective presence’ (The Strad), and ‘fresh, adventurous, and beguiling’ and ‘beautifully crafted and extremely sensitive’ (Fanfare). Her album on living Chinese composers’ early piano works is recently released by Naxos on their specialised piano label Grand Piano. Another Naxos album on Chen Yi’s works for violin and piano will be released in 2026. Graduated from the Indiana University Bloomington and the University of Texas at Austin with a DMA in piano performance, she currently teaches at her alma mater The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a senior lecturer in performance, and serves as the performance stream coordinator in the Department of Music. www.kiutung.com
Patrick Yim
Praised for his “deeply expressive, finely nuanced playing” (The Strad Magazine), “dazzling technique and passionate interpretations” (The Whole Note), and “vivid imagination” (Fanfare), Honolulu-born violinist Patrick Yim made his solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony, and has performed chamber music with Juilliard, Emerson, St. Lawrence, Pacifica, and Ying Quartet members, and musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Cleveland Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic. He performed with the Cleveland Orchestra on tour in the USA and Europe, and with the Emerson Quartet violinists at Carnegie Hall. His recordings, including numerous world premieres, have been published by Albany, Naxos, Navona, New Focus, Ravello, and Acis. A strong advocate of contemporary compositions, Yim has commissioned over 50 works, including a substantial body of work for violin with non-Western instruments. In 2024, Yim performed the world premiere of Bamboo Grove, a new unaccompanied violin work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long commissioned for him by the University of Notre Dame, at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. In 2026, he will give the premiere of Zhou Long’s first violin concerto. He earned his Bachelor of Music with Academic Honors and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University.
Yim is Assistant Professor of Violin in the Department of Music, Faculty Fellow at the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, and Faculty Fellow at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame. www.patrickyimviolin.com
Free admission with registration
https://www.cuhkfrenchmusic.com/
Program
Vincent d’Indy
Sarabande and Minuet (1918) for Wind Quintet and Piano, Op. 72
I. Sarabande
II. Minuet
Si Nok In Ashley, flute
Kat Wai Tung Cheryl, oboe
Ho Wai Ching Isaac, clarinet
Tam Hiu Kam Theo, horn
Ng Hou Yin Matthew, bassoon
Samuel Cheng, piano
Gabriel Fauré
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 (1923)
II. Andantino
Lo Chung Hei Rex, clarinet
Moses Lam, cello
Yanny Hung, piano
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite (1886-89) for Two Flutes and Piano
III. Menuet: Moderato
IV. Ballet: Allegro giusto
Lee Ka Yuet Samantha, flute
Wong Ka Wing Gabriella, flute
Chan Man Yin Bradley, piano
Ernest Chausson
Piano Quartet, Op, 30 (1897)
I. Animé
Tsang Lok Hei Cyrus, violin
Adelie Kwan, viola
Daniel Lam, cello
Caleb Wong, piano
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Wendy Wan-Ki Lee
New work (2026) for Violin and Piano
Cérsar Franck
Sonata (1886) for Violin and Piano
I. Allegretto ben moderato
II. Allegro
III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato — Molto lento
IV. Allegretto poco mosso
Patrick Yim, violin
Poon Kiu Tung, piano
The concert will last for approximately 2 hours including an intermission of 15 minutes.
