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Margaret Leng Tan plays a melodica during a recent performance of “Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep” in Hong Kong. The production, which combines spoken word, projected images and toy piano music, is an autobiographical portrait of a musician living with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Photo: Visual Voices, courtesy of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Singaporean musician living with OCD uses toy pianos to tell her story

Margaret Leng Tan talks about weird instruments and ‘the magic of timing’, following her Hong Kong performance of ‘Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep’.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong composer’s unusual journey from finance to writing Cantonese musicals

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Nancy Sit went from child star to Hong Kong’s most beloved TV matriarch

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Not lost in translation – how ‘local’ singers are finding global fame

From Bad Bunny singing only in Spanish to Skai Isyourgod rapping in Chinese dialects, language is no longer a barrier to global fandom.

Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who performs only in Spanish, was Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 2025. Photo: AFP
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who performs only in Spanish, was Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 2025. Photo: AFP
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Bad Bunny, Perfume Genius album covers among nods for 2026 Grammy Awards

Wet Leg, Djo and Tyler, the Creator’s latest albums also nominated for best album cover, to be awarded for the first time in over 50 years.

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Why Bad Bunny’s Grammy nominations mark a symbolic moment for Latinos

Bad Bunny’s nods for the 2026 Grammy Awards serve as a ‘very welcome recognition of Latin music that is growing’ on the global stage.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Jordan Chan went from Hong Kong bad boy to patriotic family man in China

Jordan Chan came from poverty in Guangdong, moved to Hong Kong as a child and worked odd jobs before joining TVB as a dance apprentice.

Hong Kong actor and singer Jordan Chan Siu-chun at an interview with the Post in 1997. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong actor and singer Jordan Chan Siu-chun at an interview with the Post in 1997. Photo: SCMP
Chinese culture

7 successful people born in the Year of the Horse, from Ang Lee to Lu Han

Horses are considered to be energetic, capable and driven to succeed. Here are 7 famous, successful Horses who epitomise those characteristics.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | The bold reinvention of 1990s Hong Kong sex symbol Veronica Yip

Veronica Yip posed topless for a Hong Kong magazine and acted in erotic films before becoming a pop singer, TV fixture and a tycoon’s wife.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Lucrezia Drei dazzles in Musica Viva’s Lucia di Lammermoor in Hong Kong

Despite amazing vocals, the opera by Gaetano Donizetti needs more space than offered by Hong Kong City Hall’s Concert Hall to truly shine.

Lucrezia Drei (left) and Alexey Bogdanchikov in Musica Viva’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor at Hong Kong City Hall. Photo: Titan Lam/Musica Viva
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Hong Kong classical concert to pay tribute to fallen Tai Po firefighter

Proceeds from the December 22 show, featuring some of Hong Kong’s biggest classical musicians, will go to the family of Ho Wai-ho.

The Cong Quartet are one of the big names who will perform at “Salute to the Brave, Soothing the Soul”, a charity concert co-organised by HK Phil’s first associate concertmaster Leung Kin-fung to pay tribute to Ho Wai-ho, the firefighter who lost his life in the Tai Po fire.
The Cong Quartet are one of the big names who will perform at “Salute to the Brave, Soothing the Soul”, a charity concert co-organised by HK Phil’s first associate concertmaster Leung Kin-fung to pay tribute to Ho Wai-ho, the firefighter who lost his life in the Tai Po fire.
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Lang Lang and Tarmo Peltokoski pack a punch alongside HK Phil

HK Phil’s music director designate expertly controlled an embellished orchestra as the Chinese piano star enchanted in a night of huge sound.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Why it’s mission complete for Hong Kong chamber music festival founder

Premiere Performances boss Andrea Fessler opens up ahead of the 18th and final Beare’s Premiere Music Festival.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Cantopop icon Alan Tam: from Leslie Cheung’s rival to fans smashing albums

‘Principal Tam’ ruled Cantopop in the late 1970s and ’80s but later vexed fans with his offstage actions. Still, he’s going strong today.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Violinist Midori works magic in Hong Kong concert double bill

Midori dazzled alongside pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute on November 27, two nights before sharing the stage with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

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Japanese-American violinist Midori and Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute perform at the Hong Kong City Hall for the “HKS Recital Series: Midori Violin Recital”, on November 27, 2025. Photo: HK Sinfonietta
Japanese-American violinist Midori and Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute perform at the Hong Kong City Hall for the “HKS Recital Series: Midori Violin Recital”, on November 27, 2025. Photo: HK Sinfonietta
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Pianist Mao Fujita delivers a technical masterclass alongside HK Phil

Fujita balanced grandiosity and introspection in an authoritative, emotionally aware performance in the wake of the Tai Po fire.

TV shows and streaming video

One-take wonder: the making of One Shot with Ed Sheeran in New York City

In the show, helmed by Adolescence director Philip Barantini, Ed Sheeran is filmed roaming New York City in the afternoon before his gig.

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Why Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos loves playing in Hong Kong

Franz Ferdinand are appearing at Hong Kong’s Clockenflap festival in December and vocalist Alex Kapranos is glad to be coming back.

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Franz Ferdinand’s lead vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Kapranos will return to Hong Kong in December with the band to perform at Clockenflap 2025. Photo: Clockenflap
Franz Ferdinand’s lead vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Kapranos will return to Hong Kong in December with the band to perform at Clockenflap 2025. Photo: Clockenflap
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Champion Hong Kong pianist joins Rome-based orchestra in powerful concert

The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma, assisted by Aristo Sham, put on a strong opening night in Hong Kong.

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Video | European EDM festival Tomorrowland makes China debut in Shanghai

Thousands of ravers dance to the beat of EDM festival at Shanghai’s Hero Dome.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Jazz great Dianne Reeves brings the house down at Hong Kong return show

With her commanding stage presence, huge vocal range and some top-notch backing, Dianne Reeves delivered a soulful, polished performance.

Five-time Grammy Award-winning jazz legend Dianne Reeves during her solo concert at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on November 10, 2025. Photo: WestK
Music

The Hong Kong Cantopop drummer helping revive the genre with his DJ sets

Stephane Wong drummed for Cantopop stars Eason Chan and Joey Yung in the 2000s. Now, his DJ discos are helping Hongkongers reminisce.

Stephane Wong in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The drummer-DJ fuses 1980s hits with electronic music at his Cantopop disco parties. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Stephane Wong in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The drummer-DJ fuses 1980s hits with electronic music at his Cantopop disco parties. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Soprano Renee Fleming on the voice of nature, how music promotes wellness

The soprano talks about how she champions sustainability through music and her work to highlight the health benefits of music and the arts.

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Why K-pop boy band Newbeat released an all-English language album

The seven-member K-pop boy band Newbeat talk about their preparations for their debut mini-album Louder Than Ever.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Bruce Lee’s life and philosophy celebrated in cross-genre dance drama

‘Kung Fu Artistry – Bruce Lee’s No Way as Way’ by the Hong Kong Dance Company is a high-energy mix of martial arts, dance and jazz.

“Kung Fu Artistry – Bruce Lee’s No Way as Way” by the Hong Kong Dance Company reframes the star’s legacy as a vibrant, ongoing artistic conversation. Photo: HKDance
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