Yo-Yo Ma and HK Phil sublime in Dvorak’s cello…
Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 is an expression of nobility, tragedy, and ultimately freedom. The composer had…
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‘I eat a lot of rice’: meet the Filipino-Finnish…
Tarmo Peltokoski, 23, talks about the opera that inspired him to be a conductor, his mentor, and why Sibelius’…
Classical pianist Chiyan Wong on his jazz-tinged…
When the Covid-19 pandemic shredded his concert schedule, Hong Kong-born Chiyan Wong signed up for jazz piano…
Highs and lows in Eschenbach’s Bruckner 4 with…
Conductor’s reading of Bruckner’s Symphony No 4 focused on the summits at the expense of the valleys, his pacing…
Vasily Petrenko, Boris Giltburg and the Hong…
Vasily Petrenko, rumoured to be taking over from HK Phil’s music director Jaap van Zweden, conducted with calm and…
Hong Kong Ballet and Philharmonic double bill…
Ricky Hu’s hauntingly beautiful dance piece ‘The Last Song’ was in sharp contrast to ballet director Septime…
A world-class La Traviata from Opera Hong Kong
Venera Gimadieva as Violetta is mesmerising in Opera Hong Kong’s new production of Verdi’s La Traviata that is…
Jaap van Zweden’s Asian encore in Seoul shows…
The Dutch music director of the New York Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic is to take on the same role with…
Who would programme an arts festival in a…
The first uh-oh moment of the 2020 Hong Kong Arts Festival, recalls Grace Lang Cheung-wai, the festival’s programme…
Orchestra, Canto-pop stars, boy band Mirror at…
Hong Kong’s New Year’s Eve countdown concert will feature the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra performing with…