The Hong Kong Young Talent Cantonese Opera Troupe aims to provide systematic training and performance opportunities for local young talents to improve their artistic skills, to nurture them becoming the inheritors who help preserve and rejuvenate this traditional art form.

The newly adapted version of excerpt The Monkey King Thrice Beats the Bony Ghost presents the thrilling story of the Monk Tripitaka and his three disciples in Journey to the West encountering the fearful Bony Ghost. Students will have the opportunity to go on stage and interact with the characters to keep the story moving. Troupe members will also share the knowledge about Cantonese opera, including operatic song singing styles, body movements, gesturing, roles, costumes and masks, etc.. Students will be learning the basics while enjoying the performance.

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In this music journey, the Orchestra will introduce all four western musical periods in chronological order.

Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, along with the Hong Kong local conductor Jeff Leung, will present the concert, “The Four Musical Periods”.

The Four Musical Periods

1 Period
Jeff will firstly bring us back to the 17th & the early 18th century, which known as the Baroque Period, to visit Bach, the father of classical music. Air On G String is perhaps one of the most well known music composed by Bach, which is originally the 2nd movement of his Orchestral Suite No. 3. With his Violin Concerto in A Minor (1st Movement) played by the six-year old violinist Evangeline Wong, the youngest member of the Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra during their 2017 concert tour, we can experience the delicate and elegance of Baroque music.

2 Period
The next stop is the Classical Period in the 18th century. We will spend time with the music genius, Mozart. The young local violinist John Lui will perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major (1st Movement) as soloist. Through the simple but beautiful melodies, and the perfectly symmetrical structure, we could understand more about the music in Classical Period.

3 Period
The music in Romantic Period focuses more on expression and emotion. For the music in the 19th century, the orchestra will tell you a mysterious story about a German king of marksmen deals with the devil to offer his soul through Weber’s overture to Der Freischütz.

4 Period
Arriving the 20th century, composer Debussy will introduce the aesthetic of the musical “color”, or in musical terms “timbre”, of impressionism music through the 1st Movement En bateau of his Petite Suite. The Orchestra will also perform one of the most famous 20th century music, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice composed by Dukas, to conclude the music journey, which travels through 300 years that you cannot miss!

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Can you image in such a small size, harmonica can produce mind-blowing tunes like Pirates of the Caribbean movie theme in Latin jazz, Summer Time in soul, Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 in jazz, and Uptown Funk with a rock twist?

Young harmonica world champion CY Leo will join hands with jazz arrangers Joyce Cheung and Ricky Wong to deliver smashingly pleasurable listening experience by infusing the boundaries of signature pops in different eras, from classics to the modern pop. After concert, Leo will host a sharing session to introduce harmonica and the stylistic elements of different music genres in the concert. Leo and his team will also share the multimedia configuration to augment the content of their music.

The PerPoc Puppet Company from Spain joins City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) in presenting Shakespeare’s classic story Romeo and Juliet through beautiful and compelling orchestral music, gorgeous puppets and thrilling choreography.

Developed by puppeteers Anna Fernández and Santi Arnal, The PerPoc Puppet Company is Europe’s leading life-size puppetry company who produces visually stimulating shows that delight both children and adults. They custom make their own puppets for each production by using mixed mediums of fabric, wood, paper, metal, and hundreds of colours and texture. The puppets fight hard, dance gracefully and give life to the emotional essence of the story.

CCOHK is one of Hong Kong’s most dynamic cultural entities, known especially for creating exciting new programmes aimed at engaging and educating young audiences in classical music. These include Magnificent Mozart, The Star Bach, Vivaldi Unmasked and the annual The Snowman & The Bear shows with animated film at Christmas. In 2017 CCOHK’s orchestra-theatre spectacular Bug Symphony won the Public Choice Award at the YAMawards in Portugal.

Mulan is a legendary figure, who was originally described in a classic Chinese poem known as The Ballad of Mulan. She was a peasant girl who disguised as a man to join the army in place of her aged father. Over time, the story of Mulan rose in popularity as a folktale and widely taught in schools. Hong Kong Dance Company adapted this well-known folktale into dance. Providing student with new learning experience towards Chinese literature and virtue through Chinese dance, our professional dancers are ready to lead all of you to the world of Mulan!