Songs for the soul
Popular Hong Kong diva Frances Yip returns to Thailand next month for a show “Frances Yip Live in Bangkok 2017, at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani on June 25.
With a talent and personality as cosmopolitan as her birthplace, Yip truly justifies the description of “international star”. She has performed in more than 30 countries on five continents, and travels more than 90,000 kilometres each year. In an active recording career, she has released more than 80 albums, mainly of songs in English, Cantonese or Mandarin, and she has also had hits in Thai, Japanese and Polynesian.
Yip has also appeared on television in a dozen different countries, including a Chinese New Year’s Eve spectacular broadcast live from Beijing, to an audience estimated at more than 400 million. She achieved worldwide recognition when she was selected by the Hong Kong Government to be a co-presenter at the British Farewell Ceremony to mark the transfer of sovereignty in Hong Kong.
Another milestone in Yip’s career came in Hong Kong in November 1998 when she performed at two sell-out concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum, backed by the 92-piece Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. She also became the first Hong Kong artiste to perform with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at a fundraising concert held at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, Canada in October 2004 for the Success Foundation, a Chinese charitable organisation that offers multi-level care to the needy.
In 2006, she teamed up with Elisa Chan, Maria Cordero and Anita Sarawak from Malaysia and launched the first “4 Asian Divas” concert at the Arena of Stars in Genting Highlands Resort, Malaysia to great response. They held a total of nine sell-out concerts in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong, creating a new musical phenomenon in the region.
On her return to Hong Kong, she teamed up once again with Chan and Cordero for two concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. The theme of the concert was “3 women in love” and featured many popular songs.. The three ladies took the concert on the road to North America and appeared at casinos at Lake Tahoe, San Diego and Niagara Falls, Canada in 2011.
In 2012, Frances released two CD’s of varying styles and content. “Grace and Glory Psalm 84” is a collection of Christian songs, while “The Music and the Voice” is a collaboration with leading Hong Kong composer, arranger and producer Chris Babida.
Tickets are from Bt900 to Bt6,500 at Thai Ticket Major. Call (02) 262 3456 or visit www.ThaiTicketMajor.com.
