Once again, HKAF presents groundbreaking works and expands the horizons of Hong Kong artists and audiences with work that is visionary, multi-disciplined and original. Much more than an annual cultural feast for Hong Kong, HKAF is a meeting place for creative minds, a showcase of the best international and local performing arts and a platform for innovative new works.
Powerful MusicOpening the 37th HKAF is the spectacular Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the legendary maestro Bernard Haitink. Northern Sinfonia, led by Music Director Thomas Zehetmair, is considered one of Europe's most exciting chamber orchestras.
Classical and Contemporary
The 37th HKAF presents the best of traditional and contemporary opera. Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death, the Latvian National Opera presents Handel’s operatic masterpiece, Alcina. The company’s production of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk will also thrill opera buffs.
New productions
Murder in San José is a finely written psychological thriller by the award-winning local playwright, Chong Mui-ngam, and directed by Lee Chun-chow. Young playwright Yat Yau teams up with director Victor Pang to produce Black Swan, a modern interpretation of SwanLake.
And many more... More info: http://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/
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