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International award-winners Bruce Liu and Wilson Ng join forces with Hong Kong's own world-class Philharmonic, and let their spirits soar - in Chopin's radiant Second Piano Concerto and Elgar's epic First Symphony.

International award-winners Bruce Liu and Wilson Ng join forces with Hong Kong's own world-class Philharmonic, and let their spirits soar - in Chopin's radiant Second Piano Concerto and Elgar's epic First Symphony.

From January to February 2023, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present a line-up of programmes led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden and internationally acclaimed Maestro Vasily Petrenko.

To celebrate the festive season, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will present “China Life (Overseas) Proudly Sponsors: New Year Celebration” on 30 & 31 December 2022 (Fri & Sat).

The saleroom erupted in applause yesterday, Poly Auction Hong Kong X Kids' Gallery “young heARTS” Charity Auction concluded successfully. Regarded as the first ever live auction presented by kid auctioneers in Hong Kong, this charity event fetched a donation total of nearly HKD 190,000 with a 100% sell-through rate.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) and Utopia Cantonese Opera Workshop join forces to present the spectacular inter-disciplinary production: Raining Petals – An Orchestral Re-Imagining.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is thrilled to announce 20 mainstage programmes and a selection of chamber music concerts for the second phase of its 2022/23 Season from January to July 2023.

Poly Auction Hong Kong joins forces with Kids' Gallery, debuting the “young heARTS” programme to unify art, learning, exploration, appreciation, experience, exhibition, auction and charity elements into one through a unique perspective.

Award winning writer/director/producer Tom Cavanaugh's full-length stage play, ADAM & YOSHI will World Premiere with the Wedraman Theatre Company of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Dance Company will present three performances of Experimental Dance Theatre Trivia, Perhaps on 9 and 10 December 2022 at 8/F Platform, Sheung Wan Civic Centre. The cast of nine young dancers will unleash their boundless imagination to bring you a multi-faceted vision of dance.  

To extend the horizon of creativity in arts with innovative technology, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) will launch a series of Arts Tech programmes in its 2022/23 and 2023/24 Seasons. The inaugural programme will be the world premiere of The Metaverse Symphony by Hong Kong composer Elliot Leung, which will be held in May 2023 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.

Opened on Friday 11th November 2022 at the Theatre, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sweet Mandarin tells the tale of 3 generations of Chinese women and their journey from East to West.

From November to December 2022, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HIK Phil) will present a superb line-up of programmes led by HK Phil Music Director Jaap van Zweden. Four virtuoso artists – HK Phil Concertmaster Jing Wang, cellist Jan Vogler, violinist Akiko Suwanai and pianist Niu Niu – will join Jaap at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.

Life and its many facets are encapsulated in the rise and fall of a century-old Peking duck restaurant in The Top Restaurant, the play that launched former HKRep Resident Playwright He Jiping's career. Based on an ownership tussle over the renowned Fujude restaurant, this story is set in post-1911 Beijing. Foods and their many flavours become metaphors for life, enlivening characters and garnering resonance with the audience, engendering a classic that has transcended time.

Still waters run deep. Gabriel Fauré was a quiet man, and there’s no anger or fury in his haunting Requiem — just some of the loveliest choral music ever written. But it can’t conceal a world of heartfelt emotion. It’ll make a perfect contrast to Berlioz’s colourful and vivid Roman Carnival Overture, and Chen Qigang’s modern masterpiece: a profoundly poetic meeting of Eastern and Western musical traditions.

Swire Symphony Under The Stars, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra's (HK Phil) free annual outdoor mega-concert will take place on 12 November 2022 (Sat) at the Central Harbourfront.

The HK Phil and Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman celebrate the 425th anniversary of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the three most popular musical settings of this timeless story! Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare, and the love theme from his Romeo and Juliet symphonic poem has become one of his most memorable melodies.

In the coming October and November, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) performs you a wide range of programmes fusing ballet, photography and choral elements with orchestral music.

In the coming October and November, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) performs you a wide range of programmes fusing ballet, photography and choral elements with orchestral music.

What did our critic think of GIRLS & BOYS at Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre? The play, written by British playwright Dennis Kelly, ran at the Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre from 02 September 2022 until 11 September 2022, with the help of Cantonese translations from WONG Wing Sze and directions from Edward LAM Yik Wah.

Is it duty or love that motivates people to care for their frail, aging parents? As three generations of a family sit together at a rare buffet gathering, the matriarch suddenly makes an announcement that is hard to swallow.

Shan Shui: An Ode to Nature will be staged again from 14 to 16 October 2022 at Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Premiered in 2021 as Hong Kong Dance Company's opening performance for its 40th anniversary dance season, the show has won wide acclaim and was selected as one of ISPA 2022's Pitch New Works projects.

Under the baton of HK Phil Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman, acclaimed soloists, dancers, two choruses and the HK Phil present the world premiere of The Last Song by HKB's Choreographer-in-Residence Ricky Hu Songwei and Artistic Director Septime Webre's powerful dance masterpiece Carmina Burana.

The Council of the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre announced on 22nd August 2022 the appointment of Poon Wai Sum as the company's sixth Artistic Director, upon the retirement of Anthony Chan at the end of March 2023.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) opens its 2022/23 Season with Music Director Jaap van Zweden returning to Hong Kong to conduct two splendid programmes in two consecutive weeks of September – Season Opening:JAAP | Beethoven 9 on 9 & 10 September 2022(Fri & Sat),and National Day Concert: Tan Dun & Bruckner on 16 & 17 September 2022 (Fri & Sat), both in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.