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November 28, 2023 • 12:14 pm Comments Off on Musicus Fest 2023 in Hong Kong

Musicus Fest 2023 in Hong Kong

Louis Lortie and Musicus Soloists Hong Kong

For the opening concert of the 11th edition of Musicus Society Hong Kong’s Musicus Fest, the talented young musicians of the Musicus Soloists Hong Kong joined with pianist Louis Lortie to perform a thoughtfully curated program of Nordic composers. My review:

With the inauguration of Musicus Fest in 2013, Hong Kong’s Musicus Society began translating its ideals of cross-cultural and intergenerational collaboration into the reality of performance in a festival atmosphere….

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Filed under: education, festivals, Musicus Society, pianists, Strings

November 25, 2023 • 3:53 pm Comments Off on Musicus Fest 2023: Festival Finale

Musicus Fest 2023: Festival Finale

The Festival Finale to this year’s edition of Musicus Fest brings together musicians from Hong Kong and Austria as the Camerata Salzburg is joined by the emerging star violinists Fan Hiu-sing and Jeremy Hao as duo soloists in Mozart’s Concertone in C major, K. 190. Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony is also on the program, which begins with Joachim Raff’s Sinfonietta in F major. To close the program and festival, students from Musicus Society’s Ensemble Training take the spotlight to play Leó Weiner’s Divertimento No. 1 in D major.

The performance takes place at 3pm on Sunday, 26 November, at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall.

Filed under: festivals, music news, Musicus Society

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