Vienna Philharmonic to perform in Hong Kong, the first major international orchestra to play in the city in over 2 years because of Covid-19
- Widely viewed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic will give two concerts in the city at the start of a tour of Asia
- The concerts, added to its tour at the last minute thanks to Hong Kong Jockey Club, will be the first in city in by a major international orchestra since 2020
After over two years of Covid-19 restrictions, Hong Kong is finally back on the international music map.
The Vienna Philharmonic has agreed to give two concerts in the city on October 24-25, becoming the first major international orchestra to visit the city since 2020.
The Post understands that the 180-year-old orchestra, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest, and best known for its New Year’s Day concerts of music by the Strauss family, added the city to its Asia tour at the last minute after the Hong Kong Jockey Club offered to sponsor them.
The Vienna Philharmonic’s Asia tour, organised by Wu Promotion, a Beijing-based cultural production company, will now begin in Hong Kong, where the orchestra will perform music by Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvořák and Richard Wagner under the baton of Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst.
