Peltokoski, 24, conducts the opening programme of the Phil’s 51st season on September 5 and 6. It features a soloist a year younger than the Finn – Swedish violinist Daniel …
Why is it so important to have a great hall? Because high-profile international soloists and conductors always like to go to an orchestra which has a marriage with a great …
“He is young and my perspective is that here’s somebody who doesn’t carry with him the negative potential baggage that tends to come with a long career in a difficult …
The time has come for Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden to sail away from Hong Kong, his home port of sorts for the past 12 years. He is conducting two …
Now 18 and studying economics and music on a full scholarship at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory, the Hong Kong-born virtuoso has played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, …
This European tour, the longest in the orchestra’s history, was now being billed as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. The Hong Kong Philharmonic performed in Singapore to warm up …
Naturally, rumours have been circulating. So here are the five names we have come across – an all-male cast, sadly – although the orchestra will neither confirm nor deny those …
“When I saw the conductor, I started crying again because I was overwhelmed by emotions. That night I told myself, ‘This is what I want to become.’ So becoming a …