China Life (Overseas) and HKCEA Proudly Sponsors: New Year Celebration

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Programme
Festive orchestral favourites, including Revueltas’ Sensemayá, Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, excerpts from Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, J. Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus Overture, and Ravel’s La valse

Join us at our signature New Year Concerts as we bid farewell to 2023 in grand style and usher in 2024 with great fanfare! Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli offers a festive Latin American programme with a Viennese twist, including Revueltas’ spine-tingling Sensemayá and Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, along with some Johann Strauss favourites. HK Phil Concertmaster Jing Wang is the soloist in “Spring” and “Winter” from Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

The concert runs approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes with an intermission.

Artists
Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor
Jing Wang, violin

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is one of the leading orchestras in Asia. The annual schedule focuses on symphonic repertoire, with conductors and soloists from all over the world. The HK Phil runs an extensive education programme, commissions new works, and nurtures local talent. The most recent recording project is Wagner’s Ring Cycle following the first-ever performances in Hong Kong of these four operas. In 2019, the HK Phil received the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award – the first orchestra in Asia to receive this distinction. With Music Director Jaap van Zweden since 2012, the HK Phil has toured to Europe, Asia, Australia, and on numerous occasions to Mainland China. Yu Long is the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, while Lio Kuokman is the Resident Conductor of the HK Phil.