Experience an unforgettable evening with the HK Phil, conducted by rising star Ruth Reinhardt, who opens the concert with Esa-Pekka Salonen’s vibrant Gambit. Renowned pianist Emanuel Ax makes his long-awaited return to perform Beethoven’s powerful Third Piano Concerto, a masterpiece of emotional depth. The HK Phil Chorus then joins for Brahms’ poignant Nänie, a heartfelt […]

Tarmo Peltokoski, Music Director Designate of the HK Phil, leads a captivating Nordic-inspired programme that showcases Finland in both its traditional and cosmopolitan forms. The evening opens with Castor, a dazzling orchestral work by Esa-Pekka Salonen, HK Phil’s Composer-in-Residence for the 2025/26 season and a compatriot and mentor of Peltokoski. The piece is inspired by […]

For this year’s New Year’s Gala, travel with us back to Vienna, Europe's centre of music, art and culture during the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg dynasty. The HK Phil performs waltzes, marches and polkas by the King of Waltz, Johann Strauss and family, alongside the ever-popular Hungarian Dances of Brahms and the brilliant Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt. […]

Unfinished yet justly celebrated, Schubert’s B minor symphony stands as a complete symphonic masterpiece in its own right. Rachmaninov’s devilishly challenging Rhapsody, paying homage to Paganini, has also become a beloved staple of the piano-orchestral repertoire. Korean pianist Hai-Kyung Suh, laureate of the prestigious Busoni International Competition, is highly acclaimed for her Rachmaninov recordings. Described […]

Following his stunning success conducting Mahler’s Third Symphony in March 2025, acclaimed Maestro Daniele Gatti returns to lead the HK Phil in Mahler’s majestic Seventh Symphony. Often referred to as Mahler’s Song of the Night, this symphony weaves an extravagant tapestry of orchestral colour, showcasing unconventional instruments like the tenor horn, mandolin and guitar, along […]

A legendary virtuoso meets a cinematic maestro! Anne-Sophie Mutter brings her dazzling artistry to an all-John Williams programme, where classical grandeur intertwines with silver-screen magic. Experience the soaring adventures of Star Wars and the thrilling world of Harry Potter as Williams’ music takes on breathtaking new colours from Mutter’s violin. At the heart of the […]

Distinguished Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski returns to the HK Phil to perform Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 2, a work that intricately weaves technical brilliance with lyrical depth, showcasing Trpčeski’s exceptional talent. Making his HK Phil debut, acclaimed Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan – Music Director of the Wiener Staatsoper and Music Director Designate of the Orchestre […]

Esa-Pekka Salonen describes his Violin Concerto, premiered in 2009, as “a kind of summary of my experiences as a musician and a human being at the watershed age of 50.” Specially written for Leila Josefowicz, the work is brought to life by the original soloist herself – whom Salonen praised as someone who “knows no […]

Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a program that places the horn in the spotlight – from the heroism of Don Juan to his own Horn Concerto, and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5, whose final movement features the iconic horn theme inspired by sixteen swans in flight. Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, […]

Kahchun Wong, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of The Hallé and Chief Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, wowed 75,000 audience members at Klassik Open Air in Nuremberg with the world premiere of his orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Now, he brings this spectacular version to Hong Kong, blending the Western symphonic tradition […]