DOUBLE ACTs – Jehye Lee & James Cuddeford Play Schnittke

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Violin/Director: Jehye Lee, James Cuddeford

Returning to Hong Kong after her triumphant début with Hong Kong Sinfonietta last year, Principal Second Violin of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Jehye Lee will be putting her extraordinarily compelling and versatile musicianship on full show in this concert, as she joins hands with Concertmaster James Cuddeford to present a programme of well-loved string music by Mendelssohn, Sibelius and Grieg, as well as Schnittke’s fascinating Baroque-inspired, polystylstic Concerto Grosso No 1.

Programme

Mendelssohn
String Symphony No 10 in B minor

Schnittke
Concerto Grosso No 1 (1977)

Sibelius
Andante Festivo

Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op 40

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 47 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.