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 […]

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, from earthly passion to […]

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, […]

Updates of Programme & Concert Duration With discussion with the conductor and soloist, the advertised programme of “Jaap & Niu Niu” at Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall on 7 & 8 FEB 2025 has been adjusted and listed as above. The concert will now open with Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 3. Other repertories remain […]

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 Harp featuring HK Phil Principal Flute Megan Sterling and Tjasha Gafner, first prize harp winner […]

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 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 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 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 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 Fazıl SAY｜Grand Bazaar SAINT-SAËNS｜Piano Concerto no. 5,Egyptian BERLIOZ｜Symphonie fantastique “Whatever Stephen Hough plays, he either distils its essence or finds something strikingly new to say about it” (The Independent). Don’t miss the chance to hear the esteemed British pianist perform Saint-Saëns’ virtuosic Egyptian Concerto. HK Phil Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman brings his unique touch […]

Programme MENDELSSOHN｜Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage MOZART｜Piano Concerto no. 23 BEETHOVEN｜Symphony no. 6, Pastoral Internationally acclaimed conductor Daniele Gatti makes his HK Phil debut with a programme intertwining the beauty of nature with the genius of Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Joining him is the exceptional pianist Mao Fujita, silver medalist at the 2019 Tchaikovsky International Music […]