Programme Danny ELFMAN｜The Nightmare Before Christmas (film screening with live music) “This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Pumpkins scream in the dead of night.” Boys and girls, beware! But wait – isn’t this Christmas? Pumpkin King Jack Skellington is trying to take over our beloved holiday by kidnapping Santa Claus. Who will save Christmas? Come […]

Vasily Petrenko continues with a German programme, featuring English soprano Elizabeth Watts in her Hong Kong debut. Hailed as “one of the most beautiful voices Britain has produced in a generation” (International Record Review), Watts will sing five ravishing lieder by Richard Strauss, including such perennial favourites as Morgen! and Cäcilie. Petrenko concludes with Mahler’s […]

Following an exhilarating HK Phil debut last season, Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko returns to Hong Kong with an all-French programme, including the overture to Berlioz’s opera Benvenuto Cellini and Ravel’s complete music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Also returning is Van Cliburn gold medal laureate Nobuyuki Tsujii, who brings us Ravel’s jazz infused Piano […]

Programme RAVEL｜Piano Concerto A closer look at a symphonic work The new “Swire Music for Everyone” series brings audiences to dive deep into specific orchestral works. These free events offer a glimpse of a world-class orchestra in action. Our presenter’s live commentary provides fun anecdotes and educational insights, helping audiences appreciate and understand how professional […]

Programme BEETHOVEN｜Leonore Overture no. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY｜Capriccio italien DVOŘÁK｜Cello Concerto Celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, this special one-night-only event unites HK Phil Music Director Jaap van Zweden and beloved cellist Yo-Yo Ma for Dvořák’s magnificent Cello Concerto. Beethoven’s heroic Leonore Overture no. 3 opens the concert, and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio italien […]

Programme RIMSKY-KORSAKOV｜Capriccio espagnol SIBELIUS｜Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK｜Symphony no. 9, From the New World Double champion at the 2015 Paganini and 2022 Sibelius competitions, Korean violinist Inmo Yang plays Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, the work that catapulted him to international prominence. Spanish conductor Roberto González-Monjas makes his HK Phil debut conducting Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol and Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony, […]