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EVENT DESCRIPTION
No Limits 2025 opens with the Hong Kong debut of award-winning young American multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Matthew Whitaker. In two individual performances, he showcases his extraordinary musicianship and musical influences ranging from jazz to gospel, soul, Latin, rhythm and blues, and hiphop.
Playing piano and organ – alongside quintet partners Liany Mateo on bass, Marcos Robinson on guitar, Ivan Llanes on percussion and John Steele on drums – Whitaker presents bold original compositions and rearrangements of familiar jazz classics, demonstrating his outstanding technical and improvisation skills.
Born blind, Whitaker was recognised as a musical prodigy as a young child, and by the age of fifteen had become an internationally renowned jazz pianist and the youngest Yamaha Artist in history. Now in his early twenties, Whitaker is a seasoned and accomplished musician, winning audiences around the world with his powerful, distinctive style and charismatic positivity. A three-time ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award winner, Whitaker has collaborated with industry greats like Jon Batiste, Christian McBride, Regina Carter, Ray Chew and Derrick Hodge.
1 March 2025 (Sat), 7:30pm*
2 March 2025 (Sun), 3pm
Approx. 90 minutes with no interval
*The No Limits Opening Ceremony will take place prior to the performance (Hong Kong Sign Language)
Recommended for ages 6 and above
No Limits is co-presented by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
