The composer in residence at this month’s Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival will see six of his compositions played, and hopes to show audiences how to appreciate new music
There's always a risk when you work a few local gags into a comedy act, but Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow performers reckon they'll be all right.
When Korean-American Sarah Chang takes the stage with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong on April 4, she will be performing a piece she learned as child.
Deep in a dark Melbourne basement, far beneath downtown Federation Square, the video installations of renowned Chinese contemporary artist Yang Fudong play in a loop. It's an exhibition that Yang hopes will help stimulate new opportunities for China's up-and-coming artists to show their works to the world.
Malaysian-born stand-up comedian Ronny Chieng faces a dilemma: does he offer the race-based humour audiences expect from a Chinese comedian, or does he take a more sophisticated approach?
When Jia Zhangke’s latest film, A Touch of Sin, was released, critics were shocked. What happened to the sedate, somewhat meditative pace of his earlier works? And why the extreme violence?