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 …
At the very least, the late start helped compensate for the imbalance in the programme, the first part of which consisted solely of a 30-minute piano concerto; an hour-long symphony …
Duffus left the orchestra in 1986 to become one of Hong Kong’s most successful impresarios, in which role he brought an impressive, “who’s who” line-up of performers from both classical …
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, …
Emerging from a six-year hiatus, Cantopop diva Sandy Lam Yick-lin thrilled the audience over three nights at the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s half-century anniversary shows celebrating the city’s prolific musical history. …
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 …