The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) - HKAPA

Conductor | Piano: Lio Kuok-man

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a spectacular symphonic concert, bringing together alumni from around the globe and current members of the Academy Symphony Orchestra. The audience will witness the versatile musician, Lio Kuok-man, seamlessly transitioning between piano and conducting, showcasing his extraordinary artistry.

The concert will open with John Williams' inspiring The Olympic Spirit, followed by Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major, featuring Lio Kuok-man as both soloist and conductor. The grand finale will be Bernstein's vibrant and dynamic Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, bringing the evening to a thrilling close.

Join us for this unforgettable night of music, celebrating four decades of HKAPA's musical excellence and talent!

Renowned Hong Kong playwright and actress Wong Wing Sze is best known for her solo performance My Grandmother’s Funeral. Born into a Taoist family specializing in funeral rites but raised with a Catholic education, she was deeply moved by her grandmother’s elaborate Taoist funeral in 2006. This experience inspired a year of research and a collaboration with esteemed director Lee Chun Chow, resulting in a landmark one-woman show that won her the Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Actress (Comedy/Farce).

Premiering in 2008, My Grandmother’s Funeral blends dark humor with deep emotion. Performed ten times over 17 years to sold-out audiences, it remains a beloved and enduring work in Hong Kong theatre.

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This year, Belilios Winds joins forces with the newly established B-JAZZ All Girls Big Band to bring you a more diverse musical experience! The concert will be divided into two exciting parts:

For the first half, we have Belilios Winds to perform a series of engaging concert band pieces, including the world premiere of a new work composed specifically for Belilios Winds by Lora Chow!

For the second half, B-JAZZ will take you on a journey to explore the charm of jazz, featuring special guest vocalists Louise Kwong and Jo Jo Pang, who will deliver unforgettable performances!

Don’t miss the show and get your tickets now!

As a multi-talented singer, Raymond has an extensive repertoire that spans Chinese and Western classical music, folk music as well as popular songs. At his coming concerts at the Academy for the Performing Arts, he will regale audiences with his trademark lyrical numbers, as well as present some of his new compositions. Raymond is also a staunch supporter of youth development work, and he will donate all proceeds from the concert to the Hong Kong Association of Youth Development. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy good music and contribute to society at the same time!

Hong Kong Grand Opera presents: Die Fledermaus – an operetta by Johann Strauss Jr

Set in a fictitious near-future Hong Kong ruled by mega-conglomerates, corporate lawyer Falke throws a Gatsby-themed bash for the return of the incoming CEO Orlofsky, who brings a rare freedom: to laugh, to play, to unite. Eisenstein, a high-flying executive facing a sentence in the company’s private prison, sees the party as his last shot at flirting and flaunting. His wife Rosalinde, tangled in her own affair, plots to expose him. But as mistaken identities multiply and revenge fades into irrelevance, something unexpected happens – just when everything seems on the brink of chaos: everyone sheds their masks, letting go of their struggles for a fleeting glimpse of joy.

Born out of Vienna’s 1873 stock market crash, Johann Strauss Jr’s Die Fledermaus was a celebration of joy in the face of crisis. Today, as we spin through burnout and late-capitalist absurdity, the operetta asks: what if we didn’t just escape… but truly laughed again? With French maestro Pierre Vallet conducting a production led by young international director Eugene Ma in his local opera debut, Hong Kong Grand Opera invites you to an evening of dramatic elation and melodious bliss!

–– Cast ––
Eisenstein | Chen Yong
Rosalinde | Kenix Tsang (13.6) / Li Yang (14.6)
Adele | Joyce Wong (13.6) / Phoebe Tam (14.6)
Prince Orlofsky | Samantha Chong
Dr Falke | Caleb Woo (13.6) / Jeremy Leung (14.6)
Alfred | Jiyu Cai
Frank | Sammy Chien
Ida | Gloria Chan
Dr Blind | Gabriel Ma (13.6) / Michael Lee (14.6)
Frosch | Jeremy Wong
Hong Kong Grand Opera Chorus
Hong Kong Grand Opera Orchestra

Producer | Dongjian Gong
Stage Director | Eugene Ma
Conductor | Pierre Vallet
Costume Designer | Yoki Lai
Lighting Designer | Leo Siu
Chorus Master | Leon Chu

Sung in German with dialogue in English and Cantonese, Chinese/English surtitles available
Performance runs approximately 2 hours with intermission
For ages 6 and above

《雷雨》主要講述了周家和魯家，兩家人、兩代人的故事。周家的大家長周樸園是一位典型封建資本家，他為家裡的孩子們創造了良好的生活和教育條件，但是與此同時，他既封建又保守。

他的妻子繁漪則是一位追求自由與新思想的女人，她是周樸園的妻子，也是周樸園第一個兒子周萍的繼母。周樸園和繁漪婚後育有一子周衝。故事就是在這樣的一個封建家庭中展開。周萍只比繼母小六七歲，二人在壓抑、苦悶的家庭環境之中開啓了一段瘋狂、自由的禁忌之戀。

但是周萍並不是一個專一的主兒，在與自己家中的女傭魯四鳳來往了幾回之後，他轉身就移情別戀了。而他的弟弟周衝也和他一樣愛上了這個不卑不亢的女子。

繁漪在知道兄弟二人同時愛上魯四鳳之後，她氣急敗壞，一方面她不想和周萍的關係就此破裂，另一方面她也不希望自己的親生兒子周衝和一 個下人在一起。所以她便叫上了魯四鳳的母親魯侍萍把女兒帶走。

可是，她不知道的是，魯侍萍的身份不僅僅是下人的母親這麼簡單。在魯侍萍去到周家的那一天，周樸園也在家，在一番對話“拉扯”中，眾 人知道了魯侍萍原來就是周萍的親生母親。

她在懷孕並生下了周萍之後被周樸園狠心拋棄，後來嫁給了魯貴，並生下了孩子魯大海和魯四鳳。也就是說，周萍和魯四鳳實際上是同母異父的親兄妹。可如今，他們二人卻在不知情的情況下，愛上了對方。

在吹散了前程往事上的灰塵之後，魯侍萍準備將魯四鳳帶走，但是卻意外地得知四鳳竟懷了周萍的孩子，周萍竟也想帶著四風不管不顧地離開。周萍的繼母繁漪這下慌亂了，她也像發了瘋似的將自己和周萍之間的事抖落了出來。就這樣在一場雷雨之夜，老一代的秘密和年輕一代的秘密，被悉數公然於眾。

The Singapore National Youth Orchestra, led by Music Director Joshua Tan, performs with internationally renowned violinist Ning Feng, as well as a cultural exchange performance with the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestra presents a Merlot feast to the audience of Hong Kong.

Performance
Conductor: Joshua Tan
Violin: Ning Feng Singapore National Youth Orchestra

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