{"id":189,"date":"2025-08-30T18:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conflux.qodeinteractive.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2025-09-29T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T20:11:18","slug":"hong-kong-sinfonietta-2025-2026-season-living-music-music-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christoph-poppen.com\/de\/hong-kong-sinfonietta-2025-2026-season-living-music-music-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Sinfonietta 2025\/2026 season \u201cLiving Music, Music Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Press release by hksl.org<\/h5>

2025\/2026 season (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026), united under the theme\u00a0\u201cLiving Music, Music Living\u201d<\/strong>. In the words of\u00a0Music Director Christoph Poppen<\/strong>, \u201cOur life is limited, but the symphonies which we perform have survived hundreds of years without losing any of their beauty and energy. It is an enormous gift to be inspired, touched, and energised by the power of music.\u201d This season, we invite you to breathe and share the wonders of music through the enriching and inspiring concerts we have on offer \u2013 to live in music, and to let music live in you.<\/p>

Multi-talented composer Anna Lo appointed HKS Artist Associate (2025-2026)<\/strong>
Music, with its unparalleled versatility and emotional power, has always been a catalyst for magic when it meets other art forms. Since 2006, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has been running the \u201cHKS Artist Associate\u201d scheme, inviting outstanding local artists from a wide range of disciplines to collaborate with the orchestra and explore fresh ways of portraying classical music to the community.<\/p>

This 2025\/2026 season, the multi-talented composer\u00a0Anna Lo<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed HKS Artist Associate. In the past decade, the orchestra has already enjoyed numerous successful collaborations with Anna, including\u00a0The Passage Beyond<\/em>\u00a0in Concert (2014 & 2016),\u00a0Movies, Musicals & More!<\/em>\u00a0(2019) etc, where Anna has shone in her roles as composer, arranger and singer. This season, Anna will arrange Rachmaninov\u2019s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for saxophone quartet and orchestra (12 Jul), as well as design and present a special programme reimagining the boundaries of classical music, as part of the WestK FunFest in March 2026.<\/p>

Anna says: \u201cTo have consistently worked with [Hong Kong Sinfonietta] over the past 10 years really speaks volumes about what I appreciate most about this team: that they are more than willing to defy expectations, and that they are, always, ready to PLAY \u2014 such as playing with hybrid artists like myself. I am honoured and more than excited to dip my toes back into my classical music roots with the Sinfonietta, while bringing along my pop and theatre sensibilities for a playful and multifaceted year of collaborations.\u201d<\/p>

Exceptional artists lead the way for an unforgettable season<\/strong>
With over 40 programmes on offer this new season, Hong Kong Sinfonietta will be joined by leading soloists and conductors celebrated worldwide for their phenomenal artistry. Heralded by pre-eminent German-French cellist\u00a0Nicolas Altstaedt<\/strong>\u2019s season-opening performance of Walton\u2019s Cello Concerto with Music Director Christoph Poppen (12 Apr) and solo recital (9 Apr), the season welcomes legendary violinist\u00a0Midori<\/strong>\u2019s long-awaited return to Hong Kong, playing Mendelssohn\u2019s luminous Violin Concerto under the baton of\u00a0Daniel Raiskin<\/strong>\u00a0(29 Nov) as well as a recital of timeless classics by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann etc (27 Nov). Three-time winner of Best Instrumental Ensemble of the Year at the prestigious French Victoire de la Musique Classique, the renowned piano trio\u00a0Trio Wanderer<\/strong>\u00a0will make their Hong Kong d\u00e9but in the French May Arts Festival, collaborating with Music Director Designate of Prague Symphony Orchestra\u00a0Tom\u00e1\u0161 Netopil<\/strong>\u00a0to perform Beethoven\u2019s Triple Concerto (17 May), on top of a recital of exquisite trios by Debussy, Ravel and Mendelssohn (14 May). Acclaimed French conductor\u00a0Pascal Roph\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0will bring Ravel\u2019s quintessentially French masterpiece\u00a0Ma M\u00e8re l\u2019Oye<\/em>\u00a0(Mother Goose<\/em>) to the same festival, joined by French rising star violinist\u00a0Alexandra Soumm<\/strong>\u00a0who will play Bruch\u2019s iconic Violin Concerto in G minor (31 May).<\/p>

Under the baton of Music Director Christoph Poppen, some of the best-loved piano concertos will highlight this season: distinguished German pianist\u00a0Martin Helmchen<\/strong>\u00a0will perform Schumann\u2019s fantastic Piano Concerto (21 Jun), while Rachmaninov\u2019s unparalleled favourites \u2013 his Piano Concerto No 2 and No 3 \u2013 will be showcased by 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Prize winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition\u00a0Alexander Gadjiev<\/strong>\u00a0(8 Nov) and 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Prize winner of the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition\u00a0Denis Kozhukhin<\/strong>\u00a0(25 Oct) respectively.<\/p>

Other much-anticipated d\u00e9buts of phenomenal new stars in today\u2019s classical music scene include German cellist\u00a0Raphaela Gromes<\/strong>\u00a0who will play Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Cello Concerto (27 Sep); flautist and 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Prize winner of the 2023 Geneva International Music Competition\u00a0Elizaveta Ivanova<\/strong>\u00a0who will present Reinecke\u2019s Flute Concerto (7 Feb 2026); as well as must-see percussion supernova\u00a0Marianna Bednarska<\/strong>\u00a0who will share her enthralling rendition of Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s\u2019\u00a0Speaking Drums<\/em>\u00a0(24 Jan 2026).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Classical concerts at its most dynamic and charming<\/strong>
Two of the most exciting, upbeat and refreshing concerts this season, both helmed by\u00a0Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie<\/strong>, will display classical music in its most energetic and alluring light. The charismatic Polish saxophone quartet\u00a0The WHOOP Group<\/strong>\u00a0will land in Hong Kong for the first time to perform HKS Artist Associate Anna Lo\u2019s virtuosic arrangement of Rachmaninov\u2019s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (12 Jul), before going all out in a recital showcasing their rule-breaking musical imagination and mastery (13 Jul).<\/p>

Expecting sold-out concerts every time, Taiwanese violin sensation\u00a0Richard Lin<\/strong>\u00a0will return to the spotlight for an eclectic programme featuring some of the most well-loved works written for the violin (15 Nov), promising heartwarming melodies and astonishing pyrotechnics alike.<\/p>

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Keeping music living through new commissions<\/strong>
Having commissioned over 90 new works from local and overseas composers in the past, Hong Kong Sinfonietta continues its mission to keep music living and thriving this season. Having recently been commissioned by the 2025 Lucerne Festival, leading Hong Kong composer\u00a0Charles Kwong<\/strong>\u2018s Piano Concerto \u201cHereafters\u201d, commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and written for star pianist\u00a0Colleen Lee<\/strong>, will see its world premi\u00e8re under the baton of German conductor and Music Director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Qu\u00e9bec\u00a0Clemens Schuldt<\/strong>\u00a0(26 Apr). Esteemed violinist\u00a0Ilya Gringolts<\/strong>\u00a0will perform the Asian premi\u00e8re of\u00a0Chaya Czernowin<\/strong>\u2019s fascinating\u00a0Moths of Hunger and Awe<\/em>, co-commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Musikkollegium Winterthur, under the baton of\u00a0Bas Wiegers<\/strong>\u00a0(13 Sep). Two other commissioned works by up-and-coming talents\u00a0So Ho-chi<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jing Wang<\/strong>\u00a0will see their world premi\u00e8res this season (8 Nov & 25 Oct respectively); award-winning Japanese composer\u00a0Dai Fujikura<\/strong>\u2019s captivating work for orchestra and electronics,\u00a0Ritual<\/em>, will make its Hong Kong premi\u00e8re under the baton of Taiwanese conductor\u00a0Chien Wen-pin<\/strong>\u00a0(7 Feb 2026).<\/p>

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Always within reach, always for all<\/strong>
Hong Kong Sinfonietta has ceaselessly strived to bring classical music closer to audiences of all ages, all tastes and from all walks of life. As part of the International Arts Carnival 2025, the orchestra has invited revered French illustrator and animator\u00a0Gr\u00e9goire Pont<\/strong>\u00a0to bring his signature Cinesthetics performance concept to Hong Kong, where he will combine his charming live-drawings and animation with live orchestral performances of Prokofiev\u2019s\u00a0Peter and the Wolf<\/em>\u00a0and Ravel\u2019s\u00a0Mother Goose<\/em>\u00a0for a spectacular audiovisual feast, under the baton of\u00a0Jason Lai\u00a0<\/strong>(2 & 3 Aug). Lai will also conduct the educational programme \u201cThe Other Side of Schumann\u201d which delves into the life and works of the German Romantic great, featuring pianist Colleen Lee (8 & 9 Aug).<\/p>

In the summer, the orchestra\u2019s long-term friend and local cartoon icon\u00a0McDull<\/strong>\u00a0is revisiting the orchestra for \u201cMcDull\uff0ePictures at a Concert\u201d conducted by Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie (22-24 Aug), a fantastical exploration of the beauty in common between extraordinary works of music and visual art, where you will learn to \u201csee\u201d the music and \u201chear\u201d the paintings. McDull will also go on tour with the orchestra for the first time to the Shenzhen Concert Hall (6 Sep), bringing to mainland Chinese audiences a fun-filled programme titled \u201cMcDull\uff0eThe Pig is Coming!\u201d.<\/p>

In response to overwhelming acclaim and demand, Hong Kong Sinfonietta\u2019s \u201cShort-cut to Classical Music<\/em>: The Instruments of an Orchestra\u201d concert is returning for two shows at Yuen Long Theatre Auditorium (7 & 8 Mar 2026). The ever-popular\u00a0Good Music for Kids<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Good Music for Babies<\/em>\u00a0concert series will see new iterations presented by\u00a0Associate Conductor Vivian Ip<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie<\/strong>\u00a0(6-8 Jun & 13-15 Feb 2026 respectively). The start of 2026 is also poised to see the return of the most outrageously fun and best-selling family concert of the year devised by the amazing British concert presenter\u00a0Alasdair Malloy<\/strong>, who will lead you on a hair-raising adventure through a spooktacular imaginary haunted house this year (9-11 Jan 2026)!<\/p>

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Integrating good music into the hustle and bustle of everyday living<\/strong>
Hong Kong Sinfonietta\u2019s crowd-favourite\u00a0Panasonic Proudly Sponsors<\/em>: Good Music This Lunch<\/strong>\u00a0free lunchtime chamber concert series continues this season with 10 performances to provide some mid-day musical invigoration for all members of the public. As the Artists-in-residence of the Chinese University of Hong Kong\u2019s Music Department for the second year running, Hong Kong Sinfonietta will again present the\u00a0Chamber Gems<\/strong>\u00a0concert series at the university\u2019s Lee Hysan Concert Hall.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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