https://www.scmp.com/rss/515174/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Although NFTs and the metaverse are no longer dominating the headlines after the cryptocurrency market collapse in 2022, interest in “arts tech” remains strong. Keen to shed its image as a stalwart of traditional culture, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra recently performed a series of concerts called “Metaverse Symphony” that featured two new works by Elliot Leung Ho-yat: Through the Fog, Into the Darkness and Symphony No. 1, The Metaverse, the latter of which “celebrates and captures the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3220015/painfully-unimpressive-hong-kong-philharmonics-metaverse-symphony-digital-visuals-get-slammed-music?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3220015/painfully-unimpressive-hong-kong-philharmonics-metaverse-symphony-digital-visuals-get-slammed-music?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 May 2023 08:15:15 +0000 Just how interchangeable are the skills of a viola player and a violinist? In a concert with the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong violist Andrew Ling Hin-yau showed he is adept at both by performing as soloist in two works for violin. Like most viola players, Ling started out on the more popular violin as a child. He received violin coaching from the late Lin Yaoji, former music professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and one of China’s greatest violin teachers, at the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3213631/violist-turns-violin-soloist-four-seasons-vivaldi-and-piazzollas-four-seasons-buenos-aires-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3213631/violist-turns-violin-soloist-four-seasons-vivaldi-and-piazzollas-four-seasons-buenos-aires-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:05:11 +0000