Coming Together – Sheng & Didgeridoo!

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Conductor: Luke Dollman
Sheng: Loo Sze-wang (HKS Artist Associate 2012-2013)
Didgeridoo: William Barton

In this groundbreaking cultural exchange celebrating both Australian and Chinese musical heritage, Hong Kong Sinfonietta brings together two world-leading virtuosos of two distinctive, fascinating and surprisingly versatile traditional instruments. Representing home soil is local Sheng master Loo Sze-wang, while Didgeridoo superstar William Barton will hail from Australia and bring into spotlight the incredible thousand-year-old instrument which has become a shining beacon of Australian Aboriginal culture. The pair will present the world première of Dylan Crismani’s concerto for Sheng and Didgeridoo, Coming Together, under the baton of conductor Luke Dollman, in a programme which also features well-loved works by Beethoven as well as the Hong Kong première of Peter Sculthorpe’s atmospheric Earth Cry.

Programme

Beethoven
Egmont Overture, Op 84

Peter Sculthorpe
Earth Cry (abridged version, 1999) (Hong Kong première)

Dylan Crismani
Coming Together for Sheng & Didgeridoo  (world première)

Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92

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ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has brought music closer to the community, and achieved significant local and international recognition for its passionate performances and innovative programming. The orchestra has collaborated with an illustrious array of international musicians and groups, including in recent years Ilya Gringolts, Martin Helmchen, Sergei Nakariakov, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Krzysztof Penderecki, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta is a regular guest at international arts festivals and has toured 46 cities around the world. As an avid believer of keeping music alive and contemporary, the orchestra commissions and performs new works every year and ventures into new initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its Back On Stage concert film series and becoming the first local orchestra to appear in cinemas. Following the success of the first edition in 2018, the orchestra organised the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition in 2023, attracting applications from 45 countries/regions around the world and providing an invaluable platform for young conductors to establish their careers.