2016 澳門藝術節的閉幕演出，帶來南非第三世界失序藝團 (Third World Bunfight)，以意大利歌劇泰斗威爾第 (Giuseppe Verdi) 首部莎士比亞為題的《馬克白》。這套《馬克白》將原來經典改頭換面，改述中非大國剛果共和國在二十世紀的戰爭。萌生此製作概念的導演貝利 (Bre…
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樂天音樂廳（롯데콘서트홀）是剛在 8 月 19 日才開幕的新音樂廳。它的底下樓層，其實全都是大商場，品牌或許和其他商場相近。只不過，這個商場的特點，除了在八樓有個龐大的音樂廳以外，最能分辨的，是商場四周賣的，都是音樂會廣告。 商場的 bill board。 音樂廳上星期開幕，找來了首爾愛樂。8 月 …
閱讀全文這次來首爾，主要任務，其實不是音樂，而是出席一個由韓國基金會主辦的「韓中展望未來交流項目」的計劃。可是，無巧不成話，這個星期，竟有兩晚相當有趣的音樂會。所以，我就在夜晚溜出去。 今晚，首爾愛樂樂團 (Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra) 在韓國藝術中心（他們稱為藝術殿堂，예술의…
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文：胡銘堯 [caption id="attachment_4177" align="aligncenter" width="533"] 「感受音樂ӎ…
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每年三月，香港的音樂老師和學生都會忙作一團。全香港最大規模、歷史最悠久的香港學校音樂節，牽動著全港學校的時間表，音樂老師、樂器導師和同學們的作息，甚至是家長們的日程。音樂節由香港學校音樂及朗誦協會主辦，2014 年，參賽人次達到 137,232 人，在 320 個組別中競逐。合唱團浩浩蕩蕩去比賽，樂…
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2014 年 5 月，《金融時報》刊登了一篇關於英國舉行的格林德波恩歌劇節 (Glyndebourne Festival Opera) 的評論。文章作者給予開節戲碼，理察．史特勞斯 (Richard Strauss) 的歌劇《玫瑰騎士》(Der Rosenkavalier) 四星好評，但是該篇評論卻…
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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. There is…
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文章刊於 2014 年 4 月號第 334 期《Hifi 音響》 王羽佳的訪問，由知道她一直發燒的消息開始。她在英國來港時已經一直在病，只是因為顧及演出而沒有服藥，來到香港，唱片公司的經理人急急帶她去看醫生。但是，當我們在馬可孛羅咖啡廳坐下傾談時，她卻絲毫沒有一點病的跡象。「我的人生是一直在發燒吧，…
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Freddy Kempf has a heavy programme on hand. He solidly performs them all, but in surprisingly different approaches. Things get nasty at the end. Beeth…
閱讀全文Vladimir Ashkenazy may be the second most well-known turtleneck after the late Steve Jobs. After being one of the most visible musicians in the world …
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The Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus rejoices in celebrating its resurrection rightly in Easter with a massive Messiah. [caption id="attachment_2191" ali…
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This review is published on the March issue of Art Plus. Classical music lovers, myself included, often complain of a general lack of imagination…
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The lively, octogenarian Lorin Maazel continues to command the mighty Chicago Symphony Orchestra, making some surprisingly different result to the mus…
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When Lorin Maazel is driving carefully the mighty Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a very slow Mozart Jupiter Symphony, my mind drifts off to recall…
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Who says classical music recording industry is dying? Being an active listener and reviewer, 2012 was a busy year as usual for me. My time was only en…
閱讀全文The beginning of a year is a good time to summarise the one that passed. It certainly does, just as my beloved colleagues at Radio 4 are working that …
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If I am to poll a concert which stunned me the most in recent years, the inauguration concert of Jaap van Zweden as music director of Hong Kong Philha…
閱讀全文Seldom you see his face on record covers, and on the stage you do not see his baton swings like a magic wand. But Antoni Wit's firm grip of the perfor…
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Yesterday I revived a talk with a friend, a music writer by trade, about my view on Hong Kong music scene. Contrary to the common lament on too few li…
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After 64 years, the annual Hong Kong Schools Music Festival has its grand finale last month again in an evening that crowned the best choirs in the te…
閱讀全文The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra revisits Hong Kong after 19 years with a programme of German symphonic works. Myung-Whun Chung, the conductor tourin…
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With a humble appearance, the calmness of Kun Woo Paik stands great contrast with his splendid virtuosity. He performs all solo piano works of Maurice…
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Having been a classical music CD buyer for 20 years, I frequently run into hesitation when confronted with a new "complete edition" boxset. Among thos…
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Before forgetting everything about the concert let me write a short note on the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HKPO) opening concert of Das Lied vo…
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Before going into the concert hall, I tweeted, "How many times have I listened to the Asian Youth Orchestra performance? Many. I heard them when I was…
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I seldom write about the concert I attended when I am not a lay audience. But for the recent concert of Mass in B minor, there are two reasons that I …
閱讀全文Antoni Wit has recorded a legendary amount of audio disc on Naxos, but seldom is he seen on video on international release, not least Youtube. Here it…
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Members of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra continue their journey to Hong Kong to the Hong Kong Arts Festival on March 19 just one week after the terribl…
閱讀全文If Tristan und Isolde is seen as a spiritual journey of gradual separation from the real world and the lovers' increasing isolation in their own and e…
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The unconventional repertoire offered by Franco-German Nicolas Altstaedt draws unusual cheers from a delighted crowd after an exotic and electrifying …
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Cameron Carpenter steals the listeners' breath by his octopus hands traversing layers of keyboards and his feet dazzlingly dancing, literally, on a th…
閱讀全文In the 3-hour long St. Matthew Passion, the Bach Collegium Japan shares how much they love Bach's music. Masaaki Suzuki is a dedicated conductor with …
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Cecilia Bartoli sings to a mesmerised audience with her voice full of power and agility. She opens the recital with Romantic Italian songs by Rossini …
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Edo de Waart's masterful grip of the orchestra and the music rightfully fits the Time-inspired promotional image (see the right). The Hong Kong Philha…
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