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Barry Chung
Barry writes and compiles the exhibitions, performing arts, around town and film listings for the SCMP.
Barry writes and compiles the exhibitions, performing arts, around town and film listings for the SCMP.
Jean-Guihen Queyras to give a recital featuring Bach suites and three contemporary works, and join Hong Kong Sinfonietta in a Haydn concerto and the Asian premiere of a recent work by Thomas Larcher
Performances from the Peking Opera Theatre and the Berlin Philharmonic with Lang Lang, and even a Yao Ming charity basketball match are among the handover anniversary events worth checking out
We want to make kids excited about going to music concerts, and explain Chinese festivals in a fun way, says promoter of Sunday’s event featuring new chamber music work, narrated by actor and singer Gregory Rivers
You won’t want to miss out on these gigs, glugs and glam rock
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The annual music festival has moved to the Central Harbourfront, and tickets are also on sale for the veteran soft rockers and a new take on the Wizard of Oz
Twenty-five years after their first gig in New York, Blue Man Group have embarked on a first world tour; Don’t Let Daddy Know brings Ibiza roadshow to Macau this summer
Dance veteran joined by fellow Cubans for his farewell tour; count on Lamb to shine a humorous light on some local issues, and catch A-Mei in Macau as she sings hits from her 20-year career
Broadway hit musical based around loveable animated character from TV and cinema hits Macau in July, preceded by A-Trak, while Metheny plays for two nights in June. Tickets available now
Festival of Chinese opera features several works devoted to the Monkey King; Shaolin Fez are crowdfunding a charity album in aid of children in Syria; the Fiddlesticks will take kids on a musical journey
Tso puts his undefeated super flyweight record on the line when he tackles veteran Korean in May, while Hong Kong Philharmonic pay tribute to comic genius, and French songbird heads our way
You couldn’t find three more different musical acts, but they’re all headed our way in the next six weeks. Book early to avoid disappointment
Don’t miss out on the five-time Grammy-winning singer, and make a date for a superstar of the decks at new Macau club Pacha
Tickets have gone on sale for pop diva Lam’s return to the Hong Kong Coliseum, for I,Carmen, and for Tallis Vocalis’ performance under the baton of Cambridge University’s music director
Spectacular magic show, frozen ballet and Beast, BtoB and 4Minute among this weeks picks
Electronic dance music superstars Dmitri Vegas and Like Mike in town for one night only and Yanbian Song and Dance Troupe restage Arirang of Mount Paektu
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Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili makes her Hong Kong debut in March in a concert of mostly Russian music
![--ONLINE-- This handout image shows Branford Marsalis. The three-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist joins the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong this spring for his solo concert debut in the city. Photo / HANDOUT [04FEBRUARY2016 FEATURES BOOK NOW ONLINE]](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/images/methode/2016/02/03/3bb1047c-ca36-11e5-9c95-074a8ff7bdd1_image_hires.jpg)
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist goes classical, world’s favourite talking pig and friends go on a sea-borne treasure hunt, and Hong Kong singers remember Shakespeare the poet
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![Yellow Face Poking fun at tense and racially charged situations is what Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang is good at doing. In Yellow Face, which debuted in Los Angeles in 2007 and brought to the stage in Hong Kong by Pants Theatre Production, HwangÕs semi-autobiographical lead and playwright unknowingly casts a white actor to play an Asian, and spends the rest of the story trying to cover up and later atone for his errors. [07JANUARY2016 BOOK NOW]](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/images/methode/2016/01/06/75955cca-b469-11e5-8295-b78d94b9df5f_image_hires.jpg)
Four-piece Sydney pop punk band who rose to fame touring with One Direction play their first solo gig in Hong Kong in March; dancer Chen Kai rolls through life’s highs and lows next month.
Irish flute legend is back in the city playing with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, HKRep is bringing the 1894 plague outbreak to the stage, and Eton scholars play for Syria
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Evergreen Welsh crooner has a date with Hong Kong in the spring, and so too do cross-dressing singer/wrestler Ladybeard and Italy’s Teatro Regio Torino opera house and orchestra
![Bianco UK contemporary circus company NoFit State Circus promises to bring an entirely new experience to the average circus goers. Created by artistic director Firenza Guidi, the show blends the light, airy feel of a promenade-style production with the mesmerizing aerial acrobatic stunts from traditional circuses, all backed by a music from a live band. February 17-21, 8pm; February 20, 2.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai, HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 [2015 BOOK NOW]](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/images/methode/2015/12/09/bc384242-9e47-11e5-b919-9dd19e242533_image_hires.jpg)
The former king of K-pop’s latest show scores highly for originality
Canto-pop duo celebrate 15 years of bubblegum pop, Lang Lang plays the Coliseum and Canadian circus troupe offer up new twist on an old genre.
Krall returns to Hong Kong to sing songs from Wallflower, her album of covers of popular songs from the 1960s onwards
