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HKAF & Cristiana Morganti, CHANG@The Stallery & in the studio: Pianist Maksim
04/06/2025
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Executive Producer：Diana Wan
04/06/2025
Pina Bausch’s dance theatre group, Tanztheater Wuppertal has appeared in Hong Kong many times, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, to perform such iconic works such as “The Window Washer”, “Café Müller”, “The Rite of Spring”, “Carnations”, and “Vollmond”. One of the dancers frequently seen in Bausch’s works is Christiana Morganti who presented her solo dance performance, “Jessica and Me” at this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival. We spoke to her while she was here.
The Stallery gallery in Wan Chai is currently celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its opening, and is doing so by presenting a solo exhibition of works by its founder, Ernest Chang, now creating under the artistic alias of CHANG. The works in the exhibition, “Artifice”, explore duality and contradiction in life, centring on the fascination of many traditional Chinese literati with unique rocks and their shapes.
The Croatian pianist, Maksim Mrvica is one of the world’s best-known classical crossover musicians. Classically trained, he started playing the piano when he was nine. His rock star image, performance style and repertoire soon made him an international success. To date, his albums have sold over four million copies in 57 countries. He last visited The Works studio in 2011, and last week he joined us again the morning after his performances last month at the Hong Kong City Hall.
Contact: wanyt@rthk.hk
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Sarah Lancman & Joyce Cheung, Lullabies@EKCC & in the studio: Kendy Suen & Yusuke Hatano
Hong Kong pianists are increasingly making waves in the international music scene. Last week, Aristo Sham, Gold Medallist in the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, was with us to talk about his experience of that competition. This week we’re featuring Joyce Cheung, who’s been on the show a number of times, and who recently won a top prize in Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards. She recently played in a concert with French singer Sarah Lancman. We spoke to them both.
Can you remember the last time you had a deep, restful sleep? In a city of incessant activity, what does it mean to truly take a break? At the East Kowloon Cultural Centre (EKCC), Kingsley Ng and a team that includes technical, light, and creative interaction designers and a sound engineer have turned a performance venue into a sanctuary of calmness.
The work of singer-songwriter and visual artist Kendy Suen ranges from Cantopop and music for theatre to calligraphy and multi-disciplinary pieces.
Recently, she’s been working with Chaklam Ng on a device that translates ink-brush strokes into music. She also writes and sings in different languages. She’s here now with pianist and film composer, Yusuke Hatano to tell us about their collaboration.16/07/2025Watch -
Interview with and performance by pianist Aristo Sham, 2025 Cliburn Gold Medalist
We have a very special guest with us today, pianist Aristo Sham. Last month, Sham was chosen as the winner in the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in which 340 pianists from 45 countries and regions had entered. Sham was among 28 pianists invited to compete in Fort Worth, Texas in the United States. During the final round, Sham played Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. He’s now back in Hong Kong after winning the gold medal and he’s with us right now.
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Trevor Yeung at M+, Li Hei Di@Pace & in the studio: Nina Wong & pianist Shelley Ng
In April, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council announced that after more than ten years, M+ will no longer be overseeing Hong Kong’s entry to the Venice Biennale. The Hong Kong Museum of Art will take over for the 2026 biennale and will be presenting the work of several artists selected from a 200-strong list. Trevor Yeung was Hong Kong’s entry in the 60th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 2024. His entry is now being presented at M+ in a reconfigured form.
Originally from Shenyang in China, Li Hei Di is now based in London. “Tongues of Flare” is Li’s first solo exhibition with the Pace Gallery. The exhibition features 11 new paintings and a wooden sculpture, exploring Li’s ruminations on sexuality, monstrosity and transfiguration.
The “Hong Kong Artists” series organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is a group of concerts that highlight local music talents. This year, the series includes six programmes that feature local musicians. Among them is violinist Nina Wong, who’ll be performing with pianist Shelley Ng. They’re with us right now.02/07/2025Watch -
le French May theatre programme, On Kawara@Tai Kwun & in the studio: Ney Rosauro
Many of the Francophiles among you have probably attended several of the events presented as part of this year’s Le French May Arts Festival. If you’ve missed out, here’s a bit of a chance to catch up. We’re bringing you highlights of two very different forms of theatre performance: Corps extremes & Souvenirs.
During the 29,771 days of his life, the conceptual artist On Kawara developed a unique form of artistic expression. His aim was to document human existence, time, and place in an organised, chronological and meditative manner. On show at Tai Kwun Contemporary, “Rules of Freedom, Freedom of Rules” highlights several iconic series he created over five decades. Some of the works are on loan from private collectors and museums.
Ney Rosauro is one of the 20th century’s most important composers for percussion. His Marimba Concert No. 1 is the most popular marimba concerto of all time.
A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he began learning his first musical instrument, the guitar, when he was around twelve years old. He studied composition and conducting at the Universidade de Brasilia. Just a year before his graduation, he had his first close contact with percussion instruments. It inspired him so much that he’s concentrated on percussion ever since. He’s in town this week for a concert with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong that’s focusing on Brazilian folklore, music and fantasy. And he’s with us right now.25/06/2025Watch -
Aiko Kan's "Hong Kong Public Housing", Robert Ryman@David Zwirner & in the studio: mue
The aesthetics and design of Hong Kong’s public housing estates have inspired many creative minds and influencers. Photographs, illustrations, and oral history projects have documented the rainbow-coloured facades of Choi Hung Estate, the bicylindrical block design of Lai Tak Tsuen or the more common I or H-shaped blocks in other estates. One of the people contributing to recording these public housing estates is Aiko Kan.
The David Zwirner gallery is currently featuring a selection of Robert Ryman's works created from the early 1960s through the 2000s. The exhibition includes several drawings and key examples of Ryman’s paintings, among them the “Crazy” series, works that relate to the surface upon which they are hung, or that accentuate specific lighting conditions and other factors that may affect the viewer’s experience and interpretation.
Mue is a Korean singer-songwriter who grew up in Hong Kong. He studied music at Berklee College of Music and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His produces lo-fi bedroom music, mainly using a guitar and a launchpad. He’s with us now to introduce his latest single: “Twenty-nine”.18/06/2025Watch -
Sound artist Chaklam Ng, Dreamchasers@HKMOA & in the studio: Romer String Quartet
The title of this year’s Design Trust Futures Festival is “The Art of Transformation”. The three-month programme at Murray House features works by more than 60 designers, artists, architects, and focuses on sustainability, culture, and heritage in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Among those participating artists is sound artist Chaklam Ng.
On show at The Attic of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, “Dreamchasers: Stories of Hong Kong Art” presents works by four Hong Kong artists who embody both local tradition and innovation, and whose art is now an integral part of the museum’s collection. The four artists include Tong King-sum), Ha Bik-chuen, Rosanna Li and Gaylord Chan.
The French composer, Claude Debussy is known for his orchestral colouring, innovative harmonies, unusual tonal structures and expressive melodies. This Thursday at “Quarryside”, a harbourfront community space in Quarry Bay run by St. James’ Settlement, the Romer String Quartet is performing a concert that includes Debussy’s only string quartet, as well as new interpretations of one of his most loved works: “Clair de Lune”.11/06/2025Watch -
HKAF & Cristiana Morganti, CHANG@The Stallery & in the studio: Pianist Maksim
Pina Bausch’s dance theatre group, Tanztheater Wuppertal has appeared in Hong Kong many times, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, to perform such iconic works such as “The Window Washer”, “Café Müller”, “The Rite of Spring”, “Carnations”, and “Vollmond”. One of the dancers frequently seen in Bausch’s works is Christiana Morganti who presented her solo dance performance, “Jessica and Me” at this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival. We spoke to her while she was here.
The Stallery gallery in Wan Chai is currently celebrating the 10th Anniversary of its opening, and is doing so by presenting a solo exhibition of works by its founder, Ernest Chang, now creating under the artistic alias of CHANG. The works in the exhibition, “Artifice”, explore duality and contradiction in life, centring on the fascination of many traditional Chinese literati with unique rocks and their shapes.
The Croatian pianist, Maksim Mrvica is one of the world’s best-known classical crossover musicians. Classically trained, he started playing the piano when he was nine. His rock star image, performance style and repertoire soon made him an international success. To date, his albums have sold over four million copies in 57 countries. He last visited The Works studio in 2011, and last week he joined us again the morning after his performances last month at the Hong Kong City Hall.04/06/2025Watch -
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza, Yoon Hyup@Tang Contemporary & in the studio: vocalist Tijn Trommelen
Cirque du Soleil’s theatrical, character and story-driven approach, involving no animals and relying solely on the skills of human performers, makes the Canadian company’s circus shows unique. In 2005, The Works went to in Cyberport to film, under the big top, “Quidam”, a story about a bored girl named Zoe. In 2012, characters from “Saltimbanco”, a show in celebration of life, came to our studio. This month, the troupe is returning to Hong Kong after seven years, with “Kooza”. We were at the final full rehearsal before the opening.
On show at Tang Contemporary Art, “Montage” is an exhibition of 15 of Yoon Hyup's recent works. Yoon adopts a pointillist technique: simple lines and dots suggest lives and scenes in bustling cities and in modern society. Yoon’s highly coloured points and lines are fluid, abstract and move in all directions to evoke the order and chaos of the cities and the movements of the people who live in them.
Tijn Trommelen is a jazz singer and guitarist from the Netherlands. He says music runs in his family and that he knew early on that music was to be part of his life journey.
Now in his twenties, Trommelen performs regularly in Europe and has also played in the United States and South Africa. He and his band recently completed a tour of Asia. At the end of April, while they were touring, Trommelen and pianist Robert Koemans made a quick stop in our studio.28/05/2025Watch -
HKAF “La Sylphide”, "8 times 8 stories"@UMAG & in the studio: French Music Project at CUHK
Last week, we introduced a concert by the jazz string Korvi Quartet, presented as part of Le French May, that featured music inspired by cocktail pairings. Today we’re featuring French music, specifically French chamber music by 19th to 21st century composers. First though we turn to dance, with music by another French composer, Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer. “La Sylphide”, one of the world’s oldest surviving romantic ballets, was initially choreographed by Italian Filippo Taglioni to showcase his own daughter Marie. That choreography is long since lost, but another version of the dance was performed in Hong Kong in early March as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The number eight takes centre stage at this exhibition at The University of Hong Kong’s University Museum and Art Gallery. To illustrate the ubiquity of eight, several objects, each consisting of eight sections, have been selected from the museum and art gallery’s collection. Titled, “8 times 8 stories. series. systems in mythology & art”, the exhibits show how eight interrelated elements are often brought together in the form of serial narratives, supplemented by motifs of pairs, figures or scenes from stories, landscapes, plants.
The “French Music Project”, a programme initiated by the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Department of Music, brings faculty performance members and students together to explore French music. Project members are giving an upcoming concert as part of Le French May Arts Festival. A few of them are with us now to tell us more.21/05/2025Watch -
Artist Sin Wai Kin, Ha Bik-chuen@Para Site & in the studio: Korvi Quartet
If it’s May, as any Francophile will know, it must be time for the annual Le French May Arts Festival. We’ll be bringing you highlights of the festival in coming weeks but today we’re starting with something that many consider a quintessential part of any French meal: wine and spirits. Later, violinist Kenneth Li will be with us to tell us about an upcoming concert taking place at a distillery in Quarry Bay. In April, The Works featured the Picasso exhibition at M+ which is curated as a conversation between works by Picasso and the museum’s collection of works by Asian artists. One of the artists whose works are shown alongside those of the Spanish master is Sin Wai Kin.
To mark the 100th anniversary of artist Ha Bik-chuen’s birth, Parasite is currently presenting an exhibition focused on his printmaking practice. Ha used to describe his collagraph plates, plates to which materials had been glued or sealed to make prints, “motherboards”. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ha created over 100 of these “motherboards” and produced over 3,000 collagraphs.14/05/2025Watch
