On August 31st, 2025, the Hong Kong International Young Musicians Competition Foundation will host the 5th Hong Kong International Young Musicians Competition Musician Series: Ririko Takagi Violin Recital. Emerging Japanese violinist Ririko Takagi will make her debut at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall. She will perform classic pieces such as Kreisler’s Minuet Style, […]
Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky will make his Hong Kong recital debut on September 14. This concert is part of the programmes of the Asia+ Festival 2025 and Great Music 2025 series. PROGRAMME Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest” Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 Wagner (trans. Brassin–Lugansky): […]
Two Irish music gems come together in this grand concert to kick start CCOHK’s 2025-2026 season. Barry Douglas, the internationally acclaimed Irish pianist and gold medallist of the 1986 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, performs the emperor of Beethoven’s piano concertos under the baton of Vahan Mardirossian. CCOHK completes the evening with a symphony of boundless […]
With an international career on the classical music stage, Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski has collaborated with leading orchestras such as the London Symphony, New York Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw. His recordings have been named Gramophone’s “Editor’s Choice” and have earned accolades, including a Diapason d’Or. A familiar name to Hong Kong audiences, Trpčeski returns this […]
Denis Kozhukhin has gained significant recognition through his powerful performances, establishing himself as one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation. Since winning the Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2010, Denis has performed with the London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Staatskapelle Berlin. A sought-after recitalist and chamber musician, Kozhukhin regularly appears at […]
Since winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2010, Russian pianist Denis Kozhukhin has impressed audiences around the world with his supreme command of the instrument and the tremendous emotional power in his playing. He will join hands with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Christoph Poppen to perform Rachmaninov’s monumental Third Concerto, one of the […]
One of the most exciting talents to watch in today’s international piano scene, Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev won the Second Prize at the International Chopin Competition and First Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2021. Programme Schubert, Impromptus, D935: Nos 1-3 Chopin, Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52 Tchaikovsky, Dumka in C minor, Op […]
One of the most exciting talents to watch in today’s international piano scene, Italian-Slovenian pianist Alexander Gadjiev won the Second Prize at the International Chopin Competition and First Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2021. Together with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Christoph Poppen, Gadjiev will showcase his enthralling mastery in an […]
Vietnamese pianist Dang Thai Son made history in 1980 as the first Asian winner of the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition. His music journey is an extraordinary one, from practising in bomb shelters to performing on some of the world’s most renowned stages including the Lincoln Center in New York, the Barbican Centre in London, […]
Celebrated cellist Mischa Maisky will be joined by pianist daughter Lily Maisky for a concert on November 22. This is one of the programmes of the Asia+ Festival 2025 and Great Music 2025 series. PROGRAMME Beethoven Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46 Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and […]
A dream trio of classical music legends comes together! Trevor Pinnock, harpsichordist and a pioneering force in the early music revival, joins Emmanuel Pahud, Principal Flute player of the Berlin Philharmonic, and cellist Jonathan Manson, a long-standing professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Experience a variety of sonatas, fugues and suites from […]
Honoured as Male Singer of the Year at the prestigious 2025 Opus Klassik Awards, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim has earned acclaim for his authentic and deeply expressive singing style. A frequent leading man in French and Italian operas, Bernheim has, in the early years of his career, already graced the stages of the world’s most […]