In this scorching summer the Hong Kong Sinfonietta hopes to cool audiences down with music at it’s first HKS Cool Summer Festival. The four concert festival runs from 20 July to 18 August 2018 and features Leon Ko, conductor Jason Lai, rock band Chochukmo and Austrian jazz star Georg Breinschmid.
The Amazing Filmphony
(20-22 July, HK City Hall Concert Hall)
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Music Director Yip Wing-sie and composer Leon Koto start the HKS Cool Summer Festival create a theatrical symphony of music from films such as Perhaps Love, The Warlords, The Great Magician and Monster Hunt.
Sounds Great! Classical Music in Movies
(3-5 August, HK City Hall Concert Hall)
Hong Kong Sinfonietta collaborates with conductor Jason Lai to present excerpts of classical masterpieces in films, including Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra, Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture and John Williams’ Star Wars.
Chochukmo: Reflection
(10-12 August, HK Cultural Centre Studio Theatre)
Local 5-piece indie rock band Chochukmo will join forces with the strings and brass of the orchestra to create an eccentric musical experience of tranquility and turbulence, stillness and motion.
Symphonic Jazz with Georg Breinschmid & Friends
(18 August, HK City Hall Concert Hall)
Georg Breinschmid was a double bass player in the Vienna Philharmonic before he started exploring jazz. His humorous style has made him popular with audiences and critics. He will be collaborating with Hong Kong Sinfonietta to present some of his own compositions and improvisations.
HKS Cool Summer Festival
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Date: 20 July – 18 August, 2018
Venue: HK City Hall, Concert Hall; HK Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre
Tickets: from Urbtix
