Presented by City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC), the ‘City Contemporary Dance Festival’ (‘CCDF 2023’), will present a series of captivating dance performances and cultural exchange activities in November, treating local and overseas audiences and artistic peers to an unparalleled sensory feast, while exploring the new frontiers of contemporary dance. Initiated in 2017 by CCDC, the […]
Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) proudly presents a brand new project, Arts in the City, from November 2023 to April 2024. With the first two art walks debut in Tai Hang and Yuen Long respectively, Arts in the City will bring the general public and visitors of Hong Kong to explore the nooks and crannies, […]
Hong Kong Culture Festival will stage its sought after Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) events in Central’s historic sites from 4 and 5 November, 2023, presenting “Intangible Cultural Heritage Mart 2023” at Tai Kwun and "Intangible Cultural Heritage Night Market 2023" at Central Market. Organised by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Earthpulse Society Limited since 2015, Hong […]
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society will celebrate the innovative works of two contrasting mavericks, Jerzy Skolimowski from Poland and Alejandro Jodorowsky from Chile, in the upcoming November/December edition of the repertory Cine Fan programme. As a leading representative of the Polish School, Skolimowski revolutionised cinema with his groundbreaking aesthetics, meticulous mise-en-scene, and instinctive […]
Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021–22. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays […]
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 […]
One of opera’s most beloved works receives its first new Met staging in 19 years—a daring vision by renowned English director Simon McBurney that The Wall Street Journal declared “the best production I’ve ever witnessed of Mozart’s opera.” Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Met Orchestra, with the pit raised to make the musicians visible to the […]
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 […]
A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. […]
How can you enhance creativity at home? What strategies are there? Take the first step in building your children’s creativity. Join AFTEC’s parent and interactive family workshops to experience and gain an understanding about creative learning. Learn about what tools you can use with your children to develop their creative thinking in your everyday life. […]
The annual mega event "Japan Autumn Festival in Hong Kong – Rediscovering Nippon" has come to the 8th edition this year. To celebrate the occasion, a poster design competition is held for the first time with the theme "Japan Autumn Festival in Hong Kong – What I like about Japan". An independent adjudication panel has […]
After three long years of pandemic disruptions, physical events and public activities have gradually returned to normal in the local cultural and arts scene. Satellite Exhibitions, presented by the Hong Kong International Photo Festival, is returning with its first edition of international exchange programme by spotlighting 6 overseas and 7 local image makers throughout the […]