The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

22 Jul 2012

2 Rock with them

Given the massive success of last year's Michael Jackson tribute, HKAPA's Summer Musical School presents MJ Relived 2. All your favourite Jackson tracks performed by...

10:01PM

Secret review moves arts focus backstage

8 Jun 2012

The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts should focus its resources on two of its six schools, specialising in music and in design, technology and management, according to an unreleased strategic...

5:01PM

Giant steps for talented youngsters

8 Jun 2012

When Kenneth Hui Ka-chun showed up at his first audition for a dance class, he burst into tears.

He was six, and he was the only boy in the group seeking to join a junior ballet...

4:59PM

Rocking out to girl power

18 May 2012

It's easy to sing praises about cosmopolitan cities like Hong Kong, where everyone - both men and women - enjoy a standard of living and freedoms that those in many countries can only dream of.

3:15PM

Classic case of a burgeoning career

10 May 2012

Making it big on the contemporary classical music scene is one of the toughest challenges for any aspiring composer. So Lam Fung (pictured) has plenty to celebrate.

2:35PM

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25 Mar 2012

16 Right in tune

CUHK students and alumni will perform an a cappella concert on campus next month, featuring a wide range of musical styles.

When: April 16, 8pm

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11:13AM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Renaissance for digital technicians

As education institutions increasingly make use of technology enrichment tools for learning, focus also remains on helping students to develop the key competences they require to ensure they grow...

8:59AM

Guided by voices

In Finland, you can walk for kilometres seeing woods and lakes but hardly any people, so 'nature's loneliness, harmony, and quietness are very important to us', says Seppo Murto, music director...

8:25AM

Higher, bigger stage

In a commercially minded city such as Hong Kong, where students often feel parental pressure to conform to certain career choices, the performing arts don't enjoy the highest of profiles.

7:03AM

Play for today

In 2004 Hong Kong playwright Wong Wing-sze wrote a semi-autobiographical drama titled This Happy Valley is Very Happy. Despite its cheerfully silly title, the full-length play is neither: it...

6:42AM

Little chance to bloom

Hong Kong has been cultivating home-grown professional performing arts groups since the 1970s, but the city's orchestras and dance troupes are still far too under-staffed by local talent,...

4:27AM

Watched, listened, yearned

This year saw several international names and acts landing in town: the New York City Ballet and Kevin Spacey - courtesy of the Hong Kong Arts Festival - the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, as...

3:29AM