Programme HANDEL (arr. MOZART)｜Messiah Hallelujah! Imagine all the joy, all the melody and all the majesty of Handel’s Messiah, performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus and four world-class soloists. Now imagine if one of music history’s greatest geniuses gave it a makeover. Mozart loved Messiah and created a German-language version of Handel’s masterpiece. Come […]

Programme They call Vienna the “city of dreams” – a place where melody fills the very air. The HK Phil celebrates the New Year in traditional Viennese style, with waltzes by Strauss, opera from Mozart, and fabulous film scores by Korngold. Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg will grace the stage with her luminous voice, performing opera […]

Programme TAN Dun｜Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Film Screening with Live Music) From swells of grandeur to moments of solitude, the Academy and Grammy Award-winning score by Tan Dun for Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon seamlessly blends Eastern and Western musical elements. Under the big screen at these film-in-concert performances, the HK Phil plays the […]

Programme WAGNER｜Scenes from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung For the first time since performing the complete cycle from 2015–18, the HK Phil returns to Wagner’s Ring with scenes from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen, praised by Das Opernglas as “one of the most inspired conductors who ever undertook the Ring in Bayreuth”, leads the orchestra. […]

Programme RAVEL｜Alborada del gracioso RAVEL｜Rapsodie espagnole FALLA｜La vida breve: Interlude and Dance FALLA｜El amor brujo: Ballet Suite Josep Pons, one of the leading Spanish conductors of his generation and currently Music Director of Gran Teatre del Liceu, takes us on a captivating musical journey featuring highlights from La vida breve and El amor brujo, two […]

Programme MOZART｜The Marriage of Figaro: Overture MOZART｜Concerto for Flute and Harp MOZART｜Symphony no. 41, Jupiter Teresa Cheung makes her HK Phil debut in an enchanting all-Mozart programme commemorating the composer’s birth on 27 January 1756. The concert opens with the witty overture to The Marriage of Figaro, followed by the magical Concerto for Flute and […]

Programme TCHAIKOVSKY｜Piano concerto no. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY｜Piano concerto no. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY｜Symphony no. 5 Following his sensational performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the HK Phil and Maestro Jaap van Zweden in 2022, Niu Niu returns to complete the piano concerto cycle with the relatively less performed Second and Third concerto. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, filled with […]

Programme Raymond YIU｜Violin Concerto (World Premiere) RACHMANINOV｜Symphony no. 2 Following the premiere of Raymond Yiu’s Old Bei with the HK Phil in 2021, Jaap van Zweden conducts another HK Phil commission by the Hong Kong composer - a Violin Concerto that pays homage to the tumultuous life and prolific legacy of the great Chinese violinist, […]

Experience the sheer vocal prowess and charisma of “the world’s greatest tenor” (The Telegraph) in his long-awaited Hong Kong debut! Hailed as one of the world’s most significant and versatile tenors of his generation, the German-Austrian Jonas Kaufmann has graced the stages of all leading opera houses, performing in over 70 operas. This concert showcases […]

Programme MAHLER｜Symphony no. 3 Renowned Maestro Daniele Gatti conducts the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Gustav Mahler’s monumental Third Symphony at the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Embodying Mahler’s vision of the symphony as a work that “embraces everything”, this six-movement masterpiece traverses a vast emotional landscape – from anguish to love, […]

Programme Arvo PÄRT｜Swansong PROKOFIEV｜Violin Concerto no. 2 PROKOFIEV｜Symphony no. 4 Grammy Award-winning conductor Paavo Järvi leads a programme that celebrates simplicity. It begins with Swansong, which was composed by Järvi’s compatriot, the Estonian minimalist composer Arvo Pärt. Bomsori Kim, a multiple prize-winner of prestigious international competitions including ARD, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Wieniawski and Queen Elisabeth, plays […]

Programme Aaron ZIGMAN ｜Émigré (Oratorio, Hong Kong Premiere) Two brothers flee imminent Nazi persecution following Kristallnacht in 1938. They find sanctuary in the distant and unfamiliar city of Shanghai, joining 30,000 other Jewish refugees in rebuilding lives away from their native land. The forbidden love between the younger brother and a Shanghainese girl ends in […]