Newsletter No. 393

6 No. 393, 4.3.2012 校 園 消 息 CAMPUS NEWS 周大福慈善基金鼎力支持I ‧ CARE博群計劃 • Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation Supports I • CARE Programme 林品晶博士闡述音樂全球化 • Towards a Global Music 中 大去年9月推出I ‧ CARE博群 計劃，鼓勵學生參與本港、內 地及世界各地的社會及公民服務。這 個促進學生全人發展的計劃廣獲各 界熱烈迴響，周大福慈善基金便於 2月14日宣布，捐出一千萬港元，等額 配對校友對該計劃的捐款。 早於1月20日，中大博文講座教授 丘成桐教授（ 右 ）已向全球中大校 友呼籲，希望校友善用特區政府的 「$6 ,0 0 0計劃」所帶來的額外財 富，貢獻母校，惠澤學弟妹，支持 I ‧ CARE博群計劃。其後，沈祖堯 校長（ 左 ）與各副校長及學院院長於1月30日舉行的傳媒 新春茶敘中，各人即場捐出一千元大利是支持計劃，並呼 籲「中大人．愛中大．萬眾一千」，希望校友能響應，集腋成 裘，為I ‧ CARE博群計劃籌募一千萬元。 周大福慈善基金理事長鄭家成先生（ 中 ）表示：「周大福慈 善基金十分認同I ‧ CARE博群計劃的理念，更深受中大校 友的積極回應所感動，故允諾捐出港幣一千萬元，以一對 一配對校友支持該計劃的捐款。」 沈校長衷心感謝周大福慈善基金的支持，他表示：「今年 度財政預算案中，政府宣布了第六輪配對補助金預計將 於今年7月推出，若校友捐款給中大，並把支票於6月底前 寄回大學，校方將把所有支票，聯同周大福慈善基金的支 票，在計劃開始首日向政府申請配對補助金。因此，今次 校友的每一元捐款，可為母校籌得三元（周大福慈善基金 配對一元、政府配對一元），意義重大。」 國 際知名作曲家林品晶博士出任崇基學院2011至 12年度黃林秀蓮訪問學人，1月30日至2月10日來 訪，出席多項活動，與師生分享創作經驗與人生經歷。 2月4日，她擔任在利黃瑤璧樓利希慎音樂廳舉行的學院周 年教育研討會主講嘉賓，就「異曲同工：全球／在地的文化 藝術創作」之題，探討當代藝術家在多元社會的定位。 林博士發言之前，特邀香港創樂團演奏《近江八景》。這 是林博士2000年的作品，「八景」在日本京都附近的琵 琶湖，據說是參照洞庭湖的瀟湘八景選定的美景，日本 浮世繪師歌川廣重（1797 – 1858）以木刻版畫紀錄下來。 林氏1998年於日本游習，探索在日本可依稀辨其身影的 中國文化，其間有機會親賞此八景。其後創作此曲時，即 透過結合中西樂器（二胡、古箏、笛子、洞簫、中提琴、豎 琴、長笛），以及東方美學及西方作曲技巧的運用，達到 跨文化的效果，又在其中兩個樂章引用了法國作曲家德布 西（1862 – 1938）及二十世紀日本作曲家武滿徹（1930 – 1996）的樂句。 林博士以這首樂曲作為研討會的序幕，自有精妙巧思。德 布西作品的東方味道向為人所稱道，他的交響詩《海》明 顯受到北齋（1760 – 1849）浮世繪《神奈川沖浪裏》賦予靈 感，而武滿徹則成功地將西方現代音樂的技法與日本傳統 音樂的獨特風格結合。換句話說，由一位生於澳門、於香 港受大學教育、留學美國、現居法美的當代作曲家寫成的 《近江八景》，其跨文化底蘊的錯綜複雜、千絲萬縷，正是 音樂全球化的具體寫照。 當日還有香港教育學院文化與創意藝術學系曾葉發教授講 論科技如何改造音樂的本質、澳門演藝學院院長梁曉鳴博 T he Chinese University has launched the I • CARE Programme to promote students’ holistic development through social and civic engagements in Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas. The programme has been well received by the community since its launch in September 2011. On 14 February, the Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation made a generous pledge of HK$10 million to inspire CUHK alumni to support this meaningful cause. Under this ‘Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation Alumni Challenge’, every dollar an alumnus gives will be matched dollar for dollar up to a sum of HK$10 million. On 20 January, Prof. Yau Shing-tung ( right ), Distinguished Professor-at-Large of CUHK, appealed to all alumni to donate the extra money they receive from the HKSAR Government’s ‘Scheme $6,000’ to their alma mater in support of the I • CARE Programme. In response to Professor Yau’s appeal, Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung ( left ), CUHK Vice-Chancellor, together with all Pro-Vice-Chancellors and Faculty deans joined hands to each donate a ‘red packet’ of $1,000 to the programme at the Spring Media Reception on 30 January. They expressed their hopes that 10,000 alumni will follow suit to donate HK$1,000 each, which will inject another $10 million into the I • CARE Programme. Mr. Cheng Kar-shing Peter ( centre ), chairman of Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation, said, ‘The foundation identifies with the vision of the I • CARE Programme and is impressed by the alumni’s fundraising initiatives. We are pleased to make a pledge of HK$10 million to match the alumni’s donation on a dollar-to-dollar basis, with the hope that more CUHK alumni can support this meaningful cause.’ Professor Sung is grateful for the recognition and support from the Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation. ‘The donation is particularly significant with the recent proposal of the Financial Secretary of the HKSAR Government that the sixth round of the Matching Grant Scheme will take place in July this year. The University will apply for the matching fund, with donation cheques received by the end of June and the donation from the Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation, on the commencement day of the Matching Grant Scheme. Therefore, this campaign is particularly meaningful as every dollar donated by our alumni will actually be worth $3 ($1 from Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation and $1 from HKSAR Government matching fund).’ 士暢談委約創作與引導觀眾品味，媒體及文化評論人梁文 道先生論文化的空間尺度。 D r. Lam Bun-ching, internationally renowned composer, has been invited to serve as Chung Chi College Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow 2011–12. During her visit from 30 January to 10 February 2012, she shared her experiences in life and composition with College staff and students in a series of activities. Dr. Lam was the keynote speaker of the College’s Annual Education Conference ‘Identity and Difference: the Contemporary Artist in Global and Local Culture’, held on 4 February in Lee Hysan Concert Hall. She used her instrumental piece Omi Hakkei , performed by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, as a point of departure to show how we no longer are restricted by national boundaries in our creative work as we are well informed in what goes on in the rest of the world. ‘Omi Hakkei’ refers to the eight scenic views of Omi by Lake Biwa, near Kyoto, Japan, allegedly selected to echo the eight scenes of Lake Dongting in China. These views have been immortalized by the woodblock prints of Hiroshige (1797–1858), whose work was very much influenced by Chinese landscape paintings. Dr. Lam visited these scenes in 1998, and was intrigued by the cross-cultural references of the same subject matter. She then sought similar cross-cultural approach in her music by combining Chinese and Western instruments ( erhu , zheng , dizi , vertical bamboo flute, viola, harp and flute); eastern aesthetics with western compositional techniques. She also quoted from Debussy (1862–1938) and Takemitsu (1930–1996) in two of the movements. The choice of Omi Hakkei as a prelude to the conference was nothing accidental. It is interesting to note that while Debussy is well-known for the oriental touch in his music ( La Mer evidently owes inspiration to Wave by Japanese painter Hokusai (1760–1849)), Takemitsu is applauded for his successful integration of western modern music and traditional Japanese music. In such a context, we may be able to trace the interwoven cross-cultural and cross- media influence behind the rich timbre of Omi Hakkei , a work by a contemporary composer who was born in Macau, educated in Hong Kong and the US, and now lives in Paris and New York. Other invited panelists included Prof. Tsang Yip-fat Richard, professor of the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, the Hong Kong Institute of Education; Dr. Leung Hio-ming, director of Macao Conservatory and Mr. Leung Man-tao, a media and cultural critic.