There's no better time to premiere works in the city than during the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and this year the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra's programme is packed entirely with music that will be...
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He was the first - and only - conductor to train in leading Chinese orchestras under an exclusive programme after the Cultural Revolution. His speciality saw him join Beijing's National Chinese...
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The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra opened its 35th concert season on the propitious theme of water - suggesting "cash" in Cantonese.
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23 Sep 2012
Only recently she was shedding tears on television, but Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was all smiles at her latest public appearance, when she took to the stage in an impromptu...
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The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra has become the first local art group to receive the Ministry of Culture's prestigious Innovation Award, after developing a modern version of the huqin, a stringed...
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Three years after attending a packed performance of Circus Incognitus in Hong Kong, I can still recall the delight on people's faces as they took in Jamie Adkins' one-man show that mixed juggling...
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Butterfly Lovers & Yellow River
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Cultural Centre Concert Hall
June 22
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The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, set to celebrate its 35th anniversary along with Ocean Park, showed an innovative touch by unveiling its programme for the new season at the amusement park...
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The erhu dates back a thousand years and has become one of the most popular Chinese instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese violin or Chinese two-stringed fiddle, it is a very expressive...
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Dream of the Red Chamber
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
City Hall Concert Hall
May 4
A Chinese literary classic inspired two new orchestral works that premiered last...
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If you think words get lost in translation between languages, try translating music between different types of orchestra.
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Sounds from a Musical Shangri-la
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
September 23
Concert Hall, HK Cultural Centre
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