Classical Music Yearbook 2014 opens to concert information submission
I am excited to be part of the team working on the first ever yearbook on classical music, documenting classical music concerts in Hong Kong.
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Free voucher for Wiener Staatsoper live opera streams
Wiener Staatsoper is providing free vouchers to blog readers to view two upcoming operas live online, Jacque Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann and Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.
闊別 35 年 波士頓交響樂團再度訪華
波士頓交響樂團上次到訪中國，已經是 1979 年的事。1979 年，中國與美國建交，波士頓交響樂團在當時中國文化部的邀請下，兩個月內就成行。那時，小澤征爾率團在上海、北京舉行了四場音樂會，其中一場更是與中央樂團一同演出，為建交後首隊訪華的美國樂團巡迴演出作結。
Infinite Clusters: Sascia Pellegrini Solo Percussion Recital
Contemporary musician Sascia Pellegrini is no stranger to crossing frontier: bred in Italy and now based in Hong Kong, his music traverses the borders of media and genre.
叫人聽得瘋狂的長號與大號手
一看林伯格的花裇衫，總是與穿燕尾禮服的指揮形象不合襯。林伯格本身是位傳奇長號手，今次來港他沒得演長號，卻帶來另一件笨重得沒有人會想過拿來獨奏的樂器：大號。
音樂會：「幕前．幕後．莫扎特」
繼年初的《火浴》後，今年我的另一首委約作品，是為美聲曲藝社的「幕前．幕後．莫扎特」寫的一首作品。
Hong Kong Philharmonic 2013–4 season
Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Philharmonic unveils today the new 2013–4 season which marks the orchestra's 40th birthday.
Evelynn Glennie returns with more drummings
Evelynn Glennie is coming to Hong Kong, again with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, in May. This time she is also playing highland bagpipes.
Goodbye Igor: Hong Kong Philharmonic announces new concertmaster
It is rather unanticipated to hear the departure of Igor Yuzefovich, the Russian concertmaster who became Hong Kong Philharmonic in January 2012.
Hong Kong musicians to perform on period instruments
The programme features Hong Kong musicians playing music of Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, Marin Marais, Georg Muffat and Anton Huberty on period instruments.