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Hong Kong Arts Festival

Opinion | Hong Kong Arts Development Awards too provincial and inward-looking

An excellent ceremony aside, the HKADA don’t do enough to promote winners outside Hong Kong or help them network, John Batten says.

24 Jun 2025 - 4:15PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Visually stunning Bizet’s Carmen in Hong Kong recreates original staging

31 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Rudolf Nureyev gala tribute in Hong Kong full of high points

24 Mar 2025 - 4:45PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Beethoven meets space battles in ‘first manga opera’, coming to Hong Kong

Conductor Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra will perform Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.

24 Mar 2025 - 12:44PM

A scene from Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace. Described as the first “manga opera”, it will be performed by the Insula Orchestra and Accentus chamber choir from March 26-28, 2025 as part of the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: HKAF

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Refined Mozart, inspired Bach from Andras Schiff and his ensemble

Schiff and the Cappella Andrea Barca’s playing of Mozart exuded grace and refinement, and they were on point in Bach’s keyboard concertos.

21 Mar 2025 - 4:45PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Czech National Ballet’s La Sylphide marked by fast, crisp footwork

Hong Kong Arts Festival programme was performed beautifully by the Czech National Ballet. It’s just a pity there was no live music.

10 Mar 2025 - 3:36PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Buoyant Beethoven from Kolesnikov and Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Soloist finds musical insights in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 4, while orchestra shows its growth in Schumann’s ‘Rhenish’ Symphony.

24 Feb 2025 - 5:45PM

Pavel Kolesnikov performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 4 with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta at Hong Kong City Hall on February 22, 2025. The concert was part of the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: HK Sinfonietta

Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Russian art and Bolshoi in Hong Kong? Envoy says top museums ‘ready to share’

Envoy Anatoly Kargapolov says Moscow hopes to strengthen collaboration with Hong Kong in the arts, tourism and education.

28 Oct 2024 - 10:00AM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Japanese drummer steals the show in concert with Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Senri Kawaguchi’s inspired drumming brings alive Hong Kong composer Ng Cheuk-yin’s Fly LIVE! and new work An Array of Stars in a fusion concert with Hong Kong orchestra.

27 Mar 2024 - 5:45PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Shanghai Ballet’s A Sigh of Love looked great but never came to life

A Sigh of Love, performed by Shanghai Ballet at Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024, had impressive sets, costumes and dancing, but the story was too thin and the score incoherent.

25 Mar 2024 - 5:21PM

A scene from Shanghai Ballet’s A Sigh of Love. The story of extramarital love in 1930s Shanghai proved too thin to support a full length ballet, even if the the production was visually striking. Photo: courtesy of HKAF

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Robert Lepage uses puppets to tell story of teenage trauma in 1970s Quebec

Courville, Canadian Robert Lepage’s play centred on an LGBTQ teenager in 1970s Quebec, and performed as part of the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival, featured dazzling Japanese bunraku puppetry.

22 Mar 2024 - 5:15PM

Olivier Normand, the only actor in Robert Lepage’s Courville, with the puppet of protagonist Simon’s alcoholic uncle. The play made deft use ofJapanese-style bunraku puppetry to tell an intense story of teenage trauma in 1970s Quebec. Photo: courtesy of Hong Kong Arts Festival

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Feast of string playing from Concerto Italiano, Festival Strings Lucerne

Period instrument ensemble Concerto Italiano showed their mastery of baroque in a set of Vivaldi concertos; the Lucerne Festival Strings, performing with solo violinist Akiko Suwanai, were good in parts.

20 Mar 2024 - 4:22PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Heavy metal meets orchestral sound in Bright & Black, with mixed results

Hong Kong Arts Festival show with a rock concert vibe features pieces orchestral in scope composed by Nordic metalheads and performed by multinational Baltic Sea Philharmonic.

19 Mar 2024 - 5:15PMvideocam

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Le Corsaire by La Scala ballet: well danced in places, but uneven

La Scala Theatre Ballet’s Hong Kong Arts Festival performance of Le Corsaire had its moments, not least a star turn by Nicoletta Manni as Medora, but was marred by odd story choices and some untidy dancing.

18 Mar 2024 - 4:15PM

Nicoletta Manni as Medora in La Scala Theatre Ballet’s performance of Le Corsaire as part of the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: Tony Luk

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe’s Peony Pavilion not ‘complete’ as advertised

The Chinese opera highlight of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Peony Pavilion (Complete Version), by Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, was well done, but lacked the depth the title promised.

11 Mar 2024 - 4:15PM

A scene from part two of Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe’s The Peony Pavilion (Complete Version) at the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: Annie Chow Ka-yee

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Multimedia choral concert rips musical works from their church settings

Garden of Repose at the West Kowloon Cultural District, a multimedia choral concert produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival, includes works by Brahms, Arvo Pärt, Poulenc and Antonia Lotti.

12 Mar 2024 - 11:52AM

Art

Review | Van Gogh and Klimt artworks get torn apart to music in vibrant choral show

Performed at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Van Gogh in Me is a multimedia display of music and visual art by the Netherlands Chamber Choir using works by Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Saint-Saëns and more.

5 Mar 2024 - 6:15PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

‘Completely honest, with no fear’: pianist Minsoo Sohn’s approach to music

Pianist Minsoo Sohn, teacher of South Korean prodigy Yunchan Lim, is appearing in the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. He talks to the Post about South Korea’s music scene and how he sees performing.

13 Mar 2024 - 11:27AMvideocam

Sohn comes from a musical family and started playing piano when he was three. Photo: Shin-joong Kim

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Why this young Hong Kong-born conductor chose to build his career in Seoul

Wilson Ng, former associate conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic, will bring his current orchestra, the Hankyung Arte Philharmonic, from South Korea to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.

9 Jan 2024 - 1:15PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Audiovisual Van Gogh, Angelique Kidjo: Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024 line-up

Highlights of the 2024 festival have been revealed, including ballet from Teatro alla Scala, a full-length The Peony Pavilion, Peter Brook’s last theatre production and Bavarian State Opera doing Richard Strauss.

8 Aug 2023 - 5:15PM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Superstar Russian ballerina dazzles in Hong Kong Arts Festival performances

Natalia Osipova’s dazzling dancing and demonstrations of astounding flexibility lit up her Hong Kong Arts Festival performances, while the fearless male guest dancers also impressed.

21 Mar 2023 - 1:45PM

Russian superstar ballerina Natalia Osipova performs “Two Feet” as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: Hong Kong Arts Festival

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra’s proud celebration of Cantonese music

Forget the futuristic title “The Stage Door on Mars” given this production – it was very much a tribute to the present-day vibrancy of Cantonese opera and music.

20 Mar 2023 - 5:45PM

The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra performing “The Stage Door on Mars” at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall as part of the 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival, with Man Wah and Leung Fei-tung (on elevated stage) singing arias from famous Cantonese operas. Photo: HKCO

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Vixen, opera without orchestra, chorus or stage, engages and frustrates

Silent Opera strips operas to their bare bones. In the case of Vixen, this brings narrative clarity to Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. But the singers still need to deliver some theatre.

17 Mar 2023 - 4:15PM

Art

How to build an art collection in Hong Kong – according to the experts

Noted collector Henry Tang, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority chairman, and 3812 Gallery co-founder Calvin Hui point the way for potential patrons

21 Mar 2023 - 11:46AM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov recital – soprano dazzles in Russian songs

Soprano shows the exceptionally rich tone of her voice but also delicacy and astounding control, in a programme of Russian and other songs, ably accompanied by her husband and pianist Rachel Cheung.

13 Mar 2023 - 6:45PM

Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, her husband, Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov and accompanist Rachel Cheung from Hong Kong receive the audience’s applause during their recital at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall on March 9. Photo: Hong Kong Arts Festival

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Pavel Kolesnikov and Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s resounding ‘Rach 3’

Russian pianist’s distinctive interpretation and devotion to blending the solo part’s lines with the playing of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta marked their performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3.

13 Mar 2023 - 4:45PM

Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta perform Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall on March 9, 2023. Photo: HK Sinfonietta

Art

How is artsy members club Soho House Hong Kong nurturing the city’s creatives?

For one thing, the exclusive hang-out is going street, partnering once more with the HKwalls to bring a splash of colour – and world class artists – to Central and Sheung Wan

20 Mar 2023 - 11:33AM

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Beyond Art Basel: 11 best cultural events in Hong Kong this month

From a Coco Chanel-inspired ballet to HKIFF’s Godard retrospective and a Leslie Cheung tribute at the brand new HKT x WestK Popfest music festival

21 Mar 2023 - 12:22PM

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