The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has invited American a cappella group Naturally 7 to perform in the Great Music 2023 in late September. The group will present their new songs created for this Hong Kong tour using their "vocal play" technique, which will surprise music lovers in the city with their wonderful and […]
Presented by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Asia+ Festival will be held in October and November, with a focus on Asia and to celebrate the cultural diversity of the continent and Belt and Road regions. Deeply rooted in Chinese culture and geographically situated at […]
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present "The Contemporary Classics" concert in early October, featuring veteran musicians Andrew Ling (violin) and Richard Bamping (cello) together with young musicians Dora Tsang (piano) and Wun Wai-ki (clarinet). The quartet will perform four classical music pieces written from 1930 or later. In this concert, the quartet will […]
For this year’s New Vision Arts Festival line-up, COVID may have provided us with blessings in disguise. Take for example the opening programme Double Murder by Hofesh Shechter. Consisting of two halves of contrasting styles, the choreographer aims to convey a message through this double-bill: only hope can counter loneliness and rupture. As simple as […]
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department's "City Hall Virtuosi" Series will present a guzheng recital in October, featuring renowned guzheng virtuosi Xu Lingzi and Ng Hiu-hung. The duo will captivate the audience with renditions of classic masterpieces and their own original compositions to present the charisma of guzheng music with their superb skills. In the […]
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has invited the internationally acclaimed Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos to visit Hong Kong in October. Together with his longtime collaborator, the Italian pianist Enrico Pace, Kavakos will present an unparalleled recital in which music fans will be able to experience the virtuosity of the maestro. The recital programme […]
After an 18-year hiatus, the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra (CBCO), a national-level orchestra renowned both at home and abroad, will return to Hong Kong in October and perform two concerts in the Great Music 2023 presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). The concerts will be held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre […]
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his longtime collaborator pianist Kathryn Stott will stage a recital in November as part of the Great Music 2023 of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD). The duo promises an evening filled with musical intimacy and exhilarating expressions for the audience. The programme of the recital encompasses Shostakovich's "Sonata […]
As 2023 marks the 220th anniversary of the birth of world-renowned French composer Hector Berlioz, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will launch "The Music of Hector Berlioz" lecture series from December to January next year. Hosted by local music critic Ernest Wan, the lecture series will introduce Berlioz's works in different genres, including symphonies, […]
Being praised as one of the most distinctive pianists of his generation, Seong-Jin Cho will visit Hong Kong in November to stage a piano recital, offering rich and diverse music pieces to music fans. The recital is one of the highlights of this year's Asia+ Festival. It is also the grand finale of the Leisure […]
The "Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting" was produced by the Palace Museum, China Oriental Performing Arts Group and People's Daily Online, with Zhou Liya and Han Zhen as chief directors. It was inspired by "A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains", a classic painting housed at the Palace Museum, which was created […]
The Courage It Takes To Truly Live The Life of Avant-garde Artist Derek Jarman Derek Jarman: film-maker, painter, gardener at Prospect Cottage, gay rights campaigner, writer... his influence remains as strong as it was on the day AIDS killed him in 1994. English actor Mark Farrelly presents his vibrant portrait of this avant-garde artist, whose […]