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Hong Kong Arts Festival has been held annually since 1973. The 2020 edition is due to feature more than 120 performances by nearly 1,800 local and international artists. Read interviews and profiles of some of the leading performers, event previews and reviews.
Deepa Johnny (left) as Carmen and Kevin Amiel as Don José in the Hong Kong Art Festival’s presentation of Bizet’s Carmen at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in March 2025. Photo: Marion Herno
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Review | Visually stunning Bizet’s Carmen in Hong Kong recreates original staging

The Hong Kong Arts Festival’s presentation of the famous opera gives a fascinating sense of what audiences experienced 150 years ago.

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Review | Rudolf Nureyev gala tribute in Hong Kong full of high points

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Beethoven meets space battles in ‘first manga opera’, coming to Hong Kong

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Review | Refined Mozart, inspired Bach from Andras Schiff and his ensemble

Schiff and the Cappella Andrea Barca’s playing of Mozart exuded grace and refinement, and they were on point in Bach’s keyboard concertos.

Pianist Andras Schiff and the Cappella Andrea Barca on stage at Hong Kong Cultural Centre on March 18, 2025, where they played an all-Mozart concert as part of the 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: HKAF
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Review | Czech National Ballet’s La Sylphide marked by fast, crisp footwork

Hong Kong Arts Festival programme was performed beautifully by the Czech National Ballet. It’s just a pity there was no live music.

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Review | Buoyant Beethoven from Kolesnikov and Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Soloist finds musical insights in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 4, while orchestra shows its growth in Schumann’s ‘Rhenish’ Symphony.

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Exclusive | Russian art and Bolshoi in Hong Kong? Envoy says top museums ‘ready to share’

Envoy Anatoly Kargapolov says Moscow hopes to strengthen collaboration with Hong Kong in the arts, tourism and education.

An envoy says Russian museums are considering sharing works with top Hong Kong institutions such as M+. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Review | Japanese drummer steals the show in concert with Hong Kong Sinfonietta

Senri Kawaguchi’s inspired drumming brings alive Hong Kong composer Ng Cheuk-yin’s Fly LIVE! and new work An Array of Stars in a fusion concert with Hong Kong orchestra.

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Review | Shanghai Ballet’s A Sigh of Love looked great but never came to life

A Sigh of Love, performed by Shanghai Ballet at Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024, had impressive sets, costumes and dancing, but the story was too thin and the score incoherent.

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Review | Robert Lepage uses puppets to tell story of teenage trauma in 1970s Quebec

Courville, Canadian Robert Lepage’s play centred on an LGBTQ teenager in 1970s Quebec, and performed as part of the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival, featured dazzling Japanese bunraku puppetry.

Olivier Normand, the only actor in Robert Lepage’s Courville, with the puppet of protagonist Simon’s alcoholic uncle. The play made deft use ofJapanese-style bunraku puppetry to tell an intense story of teenage trauma in 1970s Quebec. Photo: courtesy of Hong Kong Arts Festival
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Review | Feast of string playing from Concerto Italiano, Festival Strings Lucerne

Period instrument ensemble Concerto Italiano showed their mastery of baroque in a set of Vivaldi concertos; the Lucerne Festival Strings, performing with solo violinist Akiko Suwanai, were good in parts.

The early music ensemble Concerto Italiano and founder-conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini receive the applause of the audience at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall during their performance of music by Vivaldi for the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. The Lucerne Festival Strings also performed there. Photo: HKAF
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Review | Heavy metal meets orchestral sound in Bright & Black, with mixed results

Hong Kong Arts Festival show with a rock concert vibe features pieces orchestral in scope composed by Nordic metalheads and performed by multinational Baltic Sea Philharmonic.

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Review | Le Corsaire by La Scala ballet: well danced in places, but uneven

La Scala Theatre Ballet’s Hong Kong Arts Festival performance of Le Corsaire had its moments, not least a star turn by Nicoletta Manni as Medora, but was marred by odd story choices and some untidy dancing.

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Review | Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe’s Peony Pavilion not ‘complete’ as advertised

The Chinese opera highlight of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Peony Pavilion (Complete Version), by Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, was well done, but lacked the depth the title promised.

A scene from part two of Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe’s The Peony Pavilion (Complete Version) at the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: Annie Chow Ka-yee
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Review | Multimedia choral concert rips musical works from their church settings

Garden of Repose at the West Kowloon Cultural District, a multimedia choral concert produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival, includes works by Brahms, Arvo Pärt, Poulenc and Antonia Lotti.

Singers perform in Garden of Repose, a multimedia choral concert produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival at the West Kowloon Cultural District, which includes music by Brahms, Arvo Pärt, Poulenc and Antonia Lotti. Photo: Luster Angle Limited
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Review | Van Gogh and Klimt artworks get torn apart to music in vibrant choral show

Performed at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Van Gogh in Me is a multimedia display of music and visual art by the Netherlands Chamber Choir using works by Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Saint-Saëns and more.

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‘Completely honest, with no fear’: pianist Minsoo Sohn’s approach to music

Pianist Minsoo Sohn, teacher of South Korean prodigy Yunchan Lim, is appearing in the 2024 Hong Kong Arts Festival. He talks to the Post about South Korea’s music scene and how he sees performing.

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Why this young Hong Kong-born conductor chose to build his career in Seoul

Wilson Ng, former associate conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic, will bring his current orchestra, the Hankyung Arte Philharmonic, from South Korea to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.

Young Hong Kong-born conductor Wilson Ng moved to South Korea in 2019. He was appointed the first principal guest conductor of the Hankyung Arte Philharmonic in November 2023. Photo: Jiseok Jo
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Audiovisual Van Gogh, Angelique Kidjo: Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024 line-up

Highlights of the 2024 festival have been revealed, including ballet from Teatro alla Scala, a full-length The Peony Pavilion, Peter Brook’s last theatre production and Bavarian State Opera doing Richard Strauss.

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Review | Superstar Russian ballerina dazzles in Hong Kong Arts Festival performances

Natalia Osipova’s dazzling dancing and demonstrations of astounding flexibility lit up her Hong Kong Arts Festival performances, while the fearless male guest dancers also impressed.

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Review | Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra’s proud celebration of Cantonese music

Forget the futuristic title “The Stage Door on Mars” given this production – it was very much a tribute to the present-day vibrancy of Cantonese opera and music.

The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra performing “The Stage Door on Mars” at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall as part of the 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival, with Man Wah and Leung Fei-tung (on elevated stage) singing arias from famous Cantonese operas. Photo: HKCO
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Review | Vixen, opera without orchestra, chorus or stage, engages and frustrates

Silent Opera strips operas to their bare bones. In the case of Vixen, this brings narrative clarity to Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. But the singers still need to deliver some theatre.

Soprano Vivian Yau as Vixen in Silent Opera’s immersive adaptation of Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen”, part of the 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Photo: Darwin Ng
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How to build an art collection in Hong Kong – according to the experts

Noted collector Henry Tang, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority chairman, and 3812 Gallery co-founder Calvin Hui point the way for potential patrons

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Review | Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov recital – soprano dazzles in Russian songs

Soprano shows the exceptionally rich tone of her voice but also delicacy and astounding control, in a programme of Russian and other songs, ably accompanied by her husband and pianist Rachel Cheung.

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Review | Pavel Kolesnikov and Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s resounding ‘Rach 3’

Russian pianist’s distinctive interpretation and devotion to blending the solo part’s lines with the playing of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta marked their performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3.

Pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta perform Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall on March 9, 2023. Photo: HK Sinfonietta
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How is artsy members club Soho House Hong Kong nurturing the city’s creatives?

For one thing, the exclusive hang-out is going street, partnering once more with the HKwalls to bring a splash of colour – and world class artists – to Central and Sheung Wan

Artsy indulgence for those in the know: inspiring artworks line the walls of the Club Space at Soho House Hong Kong. Photos: Handout
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Beyond Art Basel: 11 best cultural events in Hong Kong this month

From a Coco Chanel-inspired ballet to HKIFF’s Godard retrospective and a Leslie Cheung tribute at the brand new HKT x WestK Popfest music festival

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Review | New musical about modern China’s ‘founding father’ Sun Yat-sen is flawed

Yat-sen, a musical about modern China’s ‘founding father’ Sun Yat-sen, is an impressive showcase of Hong Kong talent, but is tainted by its chauvinistic interpretation of history.

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