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01.08.2008 - Hong Kong

Sennheiser goes Beyond remembering Hong Kong´s Wong Ka Kui

Hong Kong, July 2008 — Popular music figures including members of former rock band Beyond paid tribute to the late Wong Ka Kui, performing to a sell-out concert of around 7,000 fans in June. The concert, organized by Wong’s brother and Beyond band-mate Ka Keung, was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on what would have been his 46th birthday. Tickets were sold out on the day of release.      

The tribute concert for Wong Ka Kui welcomed many popular bands and artistes. (Photo credit: Ching)                             Don Lo was the monitor engineer for the sell-out concert. (Photo credit: Ching)

Widely regarded by the Hong Kong music industry as a talented and inspirational figure in rock music, Wong founded Beyond in 1983 and helmed the band as its lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. He composed most of the band’s songs, and also penned award-winning lyrics such as that for The Glorious Days.    In 1993, while filming for a Japanese television game show, Wong fell off the stage, hit his head and passed away about a week later at the age of 31.          For the tribute concert, Sennheiser supplied e 900 series instrument microphones, wireless monitoring systems, SKM 935 wireless transmitters and twin receivers. In particular, the e 901, e 904 and e 905 were used on drums, e 914 on the ride cymbals and the Neumann KM 184 on hihat and overheads.          For monitor engineer Don Lo, catering to the preferences of the various artistes and bands proved to be a delicate task, even for a veteran of 18 years. “The bands on stage were really loud, and they repeatedly requested for the volume on their monitor speakers to be turned up,” said Lo. “The feedback rejection of the SKM 935 G2 truly made my job easier.” He added: “Some of the bands were using IEM systems for the first time, and gave generous compliments on the audio quality.”

Naoki Tashiro, front-of-house engineer for the tribute, was all smiles when the concert drew to aclose. “I had set very high personal expectations for this event, and the reliability of the Sennheiser RF systems has enabled me to accomplish what I had set out to achieve.”

The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, which was established in 1945, recorded sales of over €395 million in 2007, 83% of which were generated abroad. Sennheiser employs almost 2,000 people worldwide, around 55% of whom are in Germany. Sennheiser has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries. Also part of the Sennheiser Group are Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones), K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound) and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres).

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