With Guy Braunstein as leader and violin soloist, the Hong Kong Philharmonic strings embark on a journey from Mozart’s youthful brilliance to Pärt’s profound stillness. Webern’s lush early Romanticism and Vasks’s searching, spiritual Viatore lead to a thrilling conclusion in Mahler’s reimagining of Beethoven’s fiery “Serioso” Quartet for string orchestra.

The HK Phil Community Concert 2026: Evening of Quiet Reflection

Hong Kong Cultural Centre

Cherished brass classics meet reinterpretations of Chinese melodies in this concert, bringing together distinct musical voices in a shared space. The evening opens in bold colour, moves through lyrical writing and atmospheric modern textures, and reveals the brass quintet’s expressive world in a cultural dialogue.

HK Phil × WestK Performing Arts:  Echoes on the Horizon

Tea House Theatre

Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana – Love, Honour and Tragedy in Sicily

Mascagni’s verismo masterpiece Cavalleria Rusticana is a one-act opera set in a Sicilian village on Easter morning. Santuzza anxiously searches for her lover Turiddu, believing he has returned to his former fiancée Lola, who married the wine merchant Alfio after Turiddu was called away to war. Desperate to win him back but cast aside and consumed by jealousy, Santuzza reveals the affair to Alfio. Enraged, Alfio challenges Turiddu to a duel. Before facing his fatal destiny, Turiddu bids a final farewell to his mother.

With its soaring Intermezzo and powerful emotional intensity, Cavalleria Rusticana remains one of the most moving works in the Italian operatic repertoire.

Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci – When Theatre Turns Deadly

Based on a real late-19th-century Italian murder case, Pagliacci follows Canio, the head of a travelling acting troupe. His wife Nedda is secretly involved with Silvio, a young man from the village where they are performing. Although Nedda initially attempts to end the affair, Silvio persuades her to flee with him after the show. Tonio, another member of the troupe who also desires Nedda, is rejected and seeks revenge by revealing the affair to Canio. During the performance, Canio breaks character, confronts Nedda and, knife in hand, collapses the boundary between theatre and reality.

The famous aria “Vesti la giubba” is one of the most recognisable tenor arias in opera history. Pagliacci remains one of the defining masterpieces of verismo opera.

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

Hong Kong Cultural Center

As part of Hong Kong’s 2026 opera season, Opera Hong Kong will present two iconic Italian verismo masterpieces, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, in a powerful double-bill production from 8 to 11 October 2026 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre. This iconic verismo pairing brings together two of the most celebrated Italian operas of the late 19th century, exploring themes of love, betrayal, jealousy and revenge through emotionally charged music and dramatic storytelling. It is one of the key productions in Hong Kong’s 2026 opera program.

Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci

Third Prize Winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition Zitong Wang brings Chopin’s Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, a work that pairs poetic lyricism with dazzling virtuosity. The concert opens with Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, a rousing and dramatic work infused with folk-inspired melodies and patriotic spirit. Yao Chen’s Garden: Unearthing the Way Home follows, before Rachmaninov’s First Symphony concludes with sweeping intensity and symphonic grandeur.

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Celebrate National Day with Zitong Wang, Third Prize Winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition, as she takes on Prokofiev’s whimsical yet barnstorming Piano Concerto no. 3. Described by Chopin Courier as “one of the most captivating personalities”, Wang ignites the stage with dazzling virtuosity and electrifying energy under the baton of Yuan Ding, Principal Resident Conductor of China National Opera House. The programme opens with Chinese composer Yao Chen’s Garden: Unearthing the Way Home, a poetic soundscape inspired by the art of garden-making, offering a journey of spiritual renewal. Rachmaninov’s brooding and dramatic First Symphony crowns the evening with sweeping intensity and symphonic grandeur.

National Day Concert: Zitong Wang Plays Prokofiev

What better way to open a new season than with the Pastoral Symphony, a visionary work that opened new possibilities for symphonic music and gave it a vivid narrative voice? Honeck juxtaposes its evocation of Beethoven’s love of nature – where flowing streams and birdsong yield to the exhilaration of a thunderstorm and radiant thanksgiving – with his own Suite from Strauss’s Elektra. Set against the mythic backdrop of Mycenae in the years after the Trojan War, the Suite further distils the seething world of Elektra, Clytemnestra, and Orest through its music of psychological violence, dark obsession, and explosive orchestral brilliance.

Season Opening: Manfred Honeck's Pastoral and Elektra

The Hong Kong Philharmonic, conducted by its Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman, presents a special HKWeek@Chengdu concert, opening with Yao Chen’s newest work, Waltz of the Rolling Giants, commissioned by the HK Phil and inspired by the beloved Sichuan giant pandas, offering a warm musical greeting to the Chengdu audience. 2025 International Chopin Competition Gold Medallist Eric Lu performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 1, and the evening concludes with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, whose rich orchestral colour brings the concert to a brilliant close.

"Hong Kong Week 2026@Chengdu" Lio Kuokman, Eric Lu and HK Phil

Chengdu City Concert Hall

International Chopin Competition Gold Medallist Eric Lu – who won with a masterful performance of Chopin’s Concerto in F minor – now turns to the composer’s Concerto in E minor, illuminating its lyricism and youthful ardour with his poetic voice. HK Phil Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman leads Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, ablaze with orchestral fireworks, and the evening opens with Yao Chen’s newly commissioned Waltz of the Rolling Giants, written especially for the orchestra’s China and international tours in the 2026/27 season.

Chengdu Pre-Tour Concert: Eric Lu Plays Chopin

Planet Earth III brings the wonders of our planet to the stage with breathtaking footage from the acclaimed BBC Studios series, accompanied by the powerful score from Oscar winner Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, and Sara Barone, performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Vanessa Scammell with vocalist Michelle John and presenter George Lacey.

BBC Planet Earth III Live in Concert

Fasten your seatbelts for a high-octane musical journey, from Hans Zimmer’s epic Gladiator score to Wagner’s imposing Die Walküre, via the jazzy swing of Artie Shaw’s Clarinet Concerto with Principal Clarinet Andrew Simon. The HK Phil trombone section – Jarod Vermette, Christian Goldsmith, Kevin Thompson, and Aaron Albert – performs Koetsier’s Concertino for Four Trombones, a playful showcase of brass virtuosity. From circus march to operatic fire, this musical thrill ride soars with energy and lands in unforgettable style.

Swire Denim Series: From Gladiators to Valkyries

Lights, music, MAGIC! Join us on a whimsical musical journey through the ups and downs of a musician’s life, accompanied by enchanting orchestral music. Bring your children to help magician Harry Gor Gor save our weary young maestro from despair and reignite his passion for music!

Swire Family Series: A Magical Musical Meander

A sublime masterpiece that embodies loneliness, secrets and regret, Wong Kar Wai’s poignant love story evokes an intoxicating nostalgia yet a fervour of romantic longing in the perfection of its aching musical soundtrack and ravishing cinematography. A platonic affection is destined to become a fleeting promise of redemption, yet its timeless glamour conjures ethereal aesthetic beauty and stunning emotional realism. Echoing a lost time that speaks to our present, In the Mood for Love will be made all the more fascinating through the live music performance of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of award-winning conductor Joshua Tan.

In the Mood for Love in Concert

Born in Paris and raised in Geneva in a family of opera singers, Benjamin Bernheim approached his craft with remarkable intentionality early in his career. He quickly rose to prominence with his distinctive artistry and charisma, and was recently awarded the Male Singer of the Year award at the prestigious 2025 Opus Klassik Awards.

Benjamin Bernheim in Concert

After capturing world attention as the newest Van Cliburn laureate, pianist Aristo Sham returns home to perform Rachmaninov’s fiery and youthful First Piano Concerto. A familiar face to HK Phil audiences, Sham last appeared with the Orchestra in 2022 in Mendelssohn’s concerto – one of the works he performed on his path to Cliburn victory – and first took the stage with the HK Phil at just 11, performing Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto in 2007. Renowned American conductor David Robertson, acclaimed for bringing clarity to even the most complex scores, leads the evening with two symphonic works from different era, yet connected with the masterly developed motives and textures: Sibelius final symphony and John Adams’s Doctor Atomic Symphony.

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John Adams’s opera Doctor Atomic is about the creation of the first atomic bomb, he then recomposed scenes to compress into a through-worked symphonic whole – transmuting the tense stage action of the original opera to the concert hall. Renowned American conductor David Robertson, acclaimed for bringing clarity to even the most complex scores, will lead the orchestra in presenting this dramatic and tense work.

Swire Music For Everyone Series: John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony

As a spellbinding initiation into the full extent of keyboard instruments’ unique capacity for heart-stirring drama, this programme is hard to beat. This showstopper of a concert features two significant rare works, performed by two firecracker virtuosos of the keys.

Cameron Carpenter, Chiyan Wong and the HK Phil

Join the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s brilliant wind players under conductor Gordon Hunt for an afternoon of elegance, charm, and spirited music-making. The programme opens with Hummel’s Adagio, Theme and Variations, featuring Principal Oboe Michael Wilson in a showcase of lyrical beauty and virtuosity. The ensemble then brings to life Dvořák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, a warm and joyful masterpiece filled with Bohemian folk character. The concert culminates with Richard Strauss’s Sonatina no.2 Fröhliche Werkstatt (Happy Workshop), a witty and exuberant celebration of wind sonorities that delights with its playful energy and craftsmanship.

HK Phil Wind Ensemble Community Concert

Tai Po Civic Centre

Distinguished Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski returns to the HK Phil to perform Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 2, a work that intricately weaves technical brilliance with lyrical depth, showcasing Trpčeski’s exceptional talent. Making his HK Phil debut, acclaimed Swiss conductor and Music Director Designate of the Orchestre National de France Philippe Jordan will direct the orchestra in a performance of three colourful works by Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, second suite of Daphnis et Chloé and La valse.

Philippe Jordan & Simon Trpčeski

2026 marks the 100th birthday of the Hungarian composer György Kurtág. Celebrate with us at Tai Kwun in a chamber music concert featuring an all-20th-century programme, yet with a great variety of musical styles ranging from ethereal sonic textures to energetic folk dances. A journey through electronic and acoustic music featuring strings, percussion, and voice, with an original work by our principal timpani, James Boznos. Join us, and venture into these mysterious landscapes painted by the contemporary masters!

HK Phil x Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series - Celebrating György Kurtág's Centenary Birthday!

Tai Kwun

The HK Phil Fundraising Concert 2026 – Your Stage Awaits is an invaluable opportunity for music lovers of all ages to share the stage and perform alongside one of Asia's foremost orchestras under the leadership of Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman. Since the first fundraising concert in 2009, performers from a wide range of social backgrounds have showcased their incredible talents on stage, while fundraising for HK Phil’s long-term development, including education and community outreach initiatives.

The HK Phil Fundraising Concert 2026 – Your Stage Awaits

Step beyond the screen and into a world of cinematic magic with music by James Horner and John Williams. From enchanted realms to galaxies far away, the HK Phil takes you on an unforgettable journey featuring iconic scores from Star Wars, Aliens, and Braveheart. Led by distinguished Colombian American conductor Lina González-Granados, these concerts warmly welcome families and individuals with special needs to experience magnificent music in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.

Swire Community Concert: Cinematic Adventures: The Magic of Movie Music

A legendary virtuoso meets a cinematic maestro! Anne-Sophie Mutter brings her dazzling artistry to an all-John Williams programme, where classical grandeur intertwines with silver-screen magic. Experience the soaring adventures of Star Wars and the thrilling world of Harry Potter as Williams’s music takes on breathtaking new colours from Mutter’s violin. At the heart of the evening is his Violin Concerto no. 2 – a spellbinding piece commissioned and written specifically for Mutter. Join us for an unforgettable evening where the worlds of classical music and film collide in spectacular fashion!

Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays John Williams

Following his stunning success conducting Mahler’s Third Symphony in March 2025 at the Xinghai Concert Hall, acclaimed Maestro Daniele Gatti returns to lead the HK Phil in Mahler’s majestic Seventh Symphony. Often referred to as Mahler’s "Song of the Night," this symphony weaves an extravagant tapestry of orchestral colour, showcasing unconventional instruments like the tenor horn, mandolin and guitar, along with distinctive writing that gives each section of the orchestra its moment to shine.

Daniele Gatti Conducts Mahler 7  Guangzhou Concert

Xinghai Concert Hall

Maestro Kahchun Wong, winner of the Fifth Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, returns to lead the HK Phil in Mahler’s majestic Seventh Symphony. Often referred to as Mahler’s "Song of the Night", this symphony weaves an extravagant tapestry of orchestral colour, showcasing unconventional instruments like the tenor horn, mandolin and guitar, along with distinctive writing that gives each section of the orchestra its moment to shine.

Kahchun Wong Conducts Mahler 7

The conductor of the performances of "Swire Maestro Series: Gatti Conducts Mendelssohn and Beethoven" has been replaced by Kahchun Wong.

Swire Maestro Series: Kahchun Wong Conducts Mendelssohn and Beethoven

Hong Kong MusicalCon proudly unveils its grand debut: Opening Concert: The Magic of Musicals, a breathtaking celebration of musical theatre that bridges East and West in a dazzling showcase of artistry and passion.

The Magic of Musicals: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra x Lea Salonga

Travel with us back to Vienna, Europe's centre of music, art and culture during the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg dynasty. Debuting at the Bay Opera of Shenzhen, the HK Phil performs waltzes, marches and polkas by the King of Waltz, Johann Strauss and family, alongside the ever-popular Hungarian Dances of Brahms and the brilliant Hungarian Rhapsodies by Liszt. Conductor Gergely Madaras, a native Hungarian who studied composition in Budapest and conducting in Vienna, will lead this jubilant musical journey between the two great capitals. With his unique connection to both traditions, he is the perfect guide for an evening of elegance, joy, and charm.

New Year Celebration | Vienna of the Habsburg Dynasty

Bay Opera of Shenzhen

One of the most charismatic stars in opera today, Juan Diego Flórez has captivated audiences at The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, and beyond. Renowned for his breathtaking bel canto artistry, the Peruvian tenor is also the founder of Sinfonía por el Perú, a transformative initiative bringing music to underprivileged youth. Flórez’s highly anticipated Hong Kong debut offers a rare opportunity to experience this world-class vocal powerhouse in arias by Rossini, Donizetti, Massenet, Verdi, among others. A truly unmissable event for all music lovers.

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Tarmo Peltokoski launches his first season as Music Director of the HK Phil with Mahler’s colossal Symphony no. 8 – a score he believes “should be saved for the most special, rare occasions.” This landmark programme also marks the HK Phil premiere of Mahler’s Eighth, completing the orchestra’s long‑awaited journey through all of Mahler’s symphonies. Few works rival the scale and ambition of this masterpiece, which Peltokoski describes as “cosmic, universal, heavenly, uniting,” and filled with “some of the deepest, most primitive aspects of our existence.” A stellar lineup of international and HK artists powers this vibrant inauguration of the “Finnish conducting miracle” – a triumphant new chapter for the HK Phil under its new Music Director.

Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Mahler 8

The HK Phil’s iconic free annual outdoor music extravaganza returns to the harbourfront! For the first time, HK Phil’s new Music Director, Tarmo Peltokoski, takes the helm of Swire Symphony Under The Stars, sharing an evening of music with the Hong Kong community. Peltokoski and Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner Aristo Sham join forces on two pianos for Saint-Saëns’s playful Carnival of the Animals, while HK Phil Principal Clarinet Andrew Simon and vocalist Talie Monin perform some Gershwin favourites. Following John Williams’s Star Wars Suite, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture arrives with fireworks in the much-anticipated finale to this beloved event.

Swire Symphony Under The Stars

Central Harbourfront

Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony unfolds as a vivid tapestry of medieval imagery. Known for his intelligence, confidence and uncompromising respect for the score, Peltokoski brings a fresh yet deeply grounded approach to Bruckner’s expansive vision, allowing the music’s long-breathed architecture to speak with natural authority. With the HK Phil, the newly appointed Music Director balances power and clarity, from the dawn’s “reveille” and the funeral march of “unrequited love” to the great hunt, culminating in a radiant, festive finale. The programme opens with Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, performed by Martin Helmchen, a pianist praised by BBC Music Magazine for his “wonderfully limpid piano tone”, bringing elegance and depth to one of Mozart’s most searching concertos.

Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Bruckner 4

Making his first European tour as the new Music Director of the HK Phil, Tarmo Peltokoski leads the orchestra to eight cities across four countries, marking its debut in some of Europe’s most illustrious concert halls.

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Hong Kong Philharmonic European Tour

Musiikkitalo

Palau de la Música Catalana

Berliner Philharmonie

Konzerthaus Dortmund

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Hanover Congress Centre

Munich Residence

Wiener Konzerthaus

“Born to conduct” (BBC Music Magazine), Russian conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra were hailed as “five-star” by The Guardian for an “unforgettable, supercharged Mozart” performance in their Proms debut. A gifted Mozartian and an accomplished keyboard soloist, Emelyanychev makes his HK Phil debut with Mozart’s glorious concerto, framing it with music from his native Russia. Rachmaninov’s early work, The Rock, encapsulates a poignant connection with the young composer’s mentor, Tchaikovsky. With his buoyant, dance-like physicality on the stage, Emelyanychev conjures up shimmering magic in Tchaikovsky’s delightful Nutcracker selections, perfectly ushering in a sparkling festive season.

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Celebrate the magic of the season with acclaimed award-winning pianist, composer, and arranger Joyce Cheung, together with the HK Phil, conducted by Lio Kuokman, and featuring the Hong Kong Children’s Choir. This festive concert blends brilliant orchestral colours with Cheung’s signature artistry in a joyful programme of holiday classics and sparkling new arrangements. From Cheung’s original works to timeless Christmas melodies, it’s the perfect way to share music, warmth, and cheer with family and friends. And who knows – there may even be a surprise waiting to be discovered!

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This year’s New Year concert opens with Wein, Weib und Gesang by J Strauss II, a light-hearted waltz which embodies the effervescent spirit of a festive celebration. The energy grows higher with the vibrant rhythms and passionate melodies of Falla’s Siete cancionespopulares españolas and Bizet’s Carmen. Haydn’s Farewell Symphony offers a poignant nod to the departing year with its surprising and witty finale. Ravel’s Boléro begins with a simple theme, masterfully layering orchestral textures into a hypnotic, magnificent crescendo, in anticipation of an exciting new year.

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This year’s New Year concert opens with Wein, Weib und Gesang by J Strauss II, a light-hearted waltz which embodies the effervescent spirit of a festive celebration. The energy grows higher with the vibrant rhythms and passionate melodies of Falla’s Siete canciones populares españolas and Bizet’s Carmen. Haydn’s Farewell Symphony offers a poignant nod to the departing year with its surprising and witty finale. Ravel’s Boléro begins with a simple theme, masterfully layering orchestral textures into a hypnotic, magnificent crescendo, in anticipation of an exciting new year.

Dongguan Concert — New Year Celebration: Amour & Adieu

Songshan Lake Exhibition and Performance Centre

Shenzhen Concert – New Year Celebration: Amour & Adieu

Immerse yourself in the majestic, versatile and otherworldly soundscapes of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s magnificent Rieger organ, brought vividly to life by one of the four titular organists of Notre-Dame de Paris, Vincent Dubois. Joined by award-winning conductor Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Dubois makes a welcome return to the HK Phil with two masterworks for his instrument: Richard Strauss’s Festliches Präludium and Saint-Saëns’s beloved, melody-rich Third Symphony, placing the 8,000-pipe organ in dazzling, commanding focus. Vienna-based Tjeknavorian prepares his special arrangement of Khachaturian’s Gayane in showcasing the high-octane Armenian pulses.

Swire Denim Series: Vincent Dubois and the Magic of the Rieger Organ

Penned in the same year that the composer’s Fourth Symphony first found success, Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony rises with the quiet grandeur of a vast cathedral, its spiritual strength shaped through patience, peace and poise. With the HK Phil, its newly appointed Music Director draws out the symphony’s arching first theme – a gift of nature or, as Bruckner himself believed, from God – before the work completes its circle in a finale of glowing affirmation. The programme opens with Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, sung by soprano Asmik Grigorian. The New York Times writes that her singing reveals “a gleaming timbre, dark but not weighty, (that) expresses psychic depletion with graceful clarity,” bringing quiet serenity to Strauss’s farewell to life.

Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Bruckner 7

Penned in the same year that the composer’s Fourth Symphony first found success, Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony rises with the quiet grandeur of a vast cathedral, its spiritual strength shaped through patience, peace and poise. With the HK Phil, its newly appointed Music Director draws out the symphony’s arching first theme – a gift of nature or, as Bruckner himself believed, from God – before the work completes its circle in a finale of glowing affirmation. The programme opens with Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, sung by soprano Asmik Grigorian. The New York Times writes that her singing reveals “a gleaming timbre, dark but not weighty, (that) expresses psychic depletion with graceful clarity,” bringing quiet serenity to Strauss’s farewell.

Guangzhou Concert – Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Bruckner 7

Cello master Yo-Yo Ma returns to the HK Phil’s stage to perform Elgar’s deeply moving Cello Concerto. The programme also includes Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 – whose melody is used in Land of Hope and Glory, the must-sing song in the BBC Proms – and Vaughan Williams’s English Folk Song Suite. Chen Qigang studied under Olivier Messiaen in his youth, his work Instants d'un Opéra de Pékin draws on traditional Peking Opera elements and integrates orchestral techniques, creating a deeply textured soundscape woven with the colours of Peking Opera music. 

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A visceral feast for the senses, this programme pushes the boundaries of musical imagination through the mastery of two important American composers. Jing Wang, Concertmaster of the HK Phil, takes centre stage for Glass’s The American Four Seasons, an evocative work that invites listeners to interpret the seasons through their own imagination. HK Phil’s Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman leads in Adams’s high-octane Short Ride in a Fast Machine and the monumental Harmonielehre, a powerful, immersive journey through intricately woven layers of concentrated orchestral texture.

Happy Birthday Philip Glass & John Adams

Ring in the Chinese New Year with a festive celebration, including the World Premiere of Leon Ko’s Playing With Air, commissioned by the HK Phil and written for World Harmonica Festival champion Gordon Lee. Conductor Qian Junping leads the orchestra through a jubilant journey of Chinese classics and iconic Hong Kong film music alongside orchestral showpieces by Otto Nicolai, Tan Dun and George Enescu.

Rejoicing in the Chinese New Year

The Jockey Club TUTTI Programme is the HK Phil’s flagship education and outreach initiative, dedicated to nurturing local musical talent through collaborations with both international and local artists. Championing inclusivity, creativity, and artistic excellence, TUTTI connects students and communities with inspiring musical experiences that extend beyond the concert hall. In the 2026/27 season, the Jockey Club Masters Series features one of the most influential conductors of our time - Gustavo Dudamel, who will lead three spectacular concerts for audiences in Hong Kong.

Jockey Club TUTTI Programme:  Jockey Club Masters Series:  Gustavo Dudamel:  Beethoven Fidelio with Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

Jockey Club TUTTI Programme:  Jockey Club Masters Series:  Gustavo Dudamel:  Romeo & Juliet

Join the HK Phil and conductor Nathanaël Iselin for a vibrant concert of energy and transformation, framed by John Adams’s exhilarating Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Hindemith’s brilliant Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. Thai pianist Poom Prommachart shines in Carl Vine’s Piano Concerto no. 2, whose finale ""Cloudless Blue” is inspired by the radiance of the Australian summer sky. The programme also features O Frabjous Day by Finnish composer Ilari Kaila, Composer‑in‑Residence at HKUST.

Colour and Wit

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Experience a striking spectrum of contemporary music where rhythm, electricity, and memory collide. The programme journeys through the propulsive minimalism of Glass, the playful elegance of Adams, and the sultry, jazz-infused “almost” tango of Thomas Oboe Lee. Darkness and electricity then take over, as the electric guitar drives the brooding, reflective depths of Bryars and the soaring intensity of Riley. Reich’s Different Trains injects a sudden, urgent sense of memory in action, before the evening yields to the breathless simplicity and clarity of Pärt.

HK Phil × Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series:  Celebrating Philip Glass & John Adams

This programme commemorates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death (March 1827). It recreates the historic concert heard in Vienna on 7 May 1824, when Beethoven unveiled his Ninth Symphony to the world at the Theater am Kärntnertor. Join us for a journey back to the evening that reshaped the future of Western music: the concert opens with the majestic Consecration of the House Overture, continues with three movements from the Missa solemnis, and concludes with the beloved “Ode to Joy” Finale from the Ninth Symphony, presented as they were on that historic night.

HK Phil x HKU MUSE: The Night of the Ninth

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

“I don’t know if I like it, but it’s what I meant,” Vaughan Williams said at a rehearsal of his Fourth Symphony, a work that confronts the listener with fierce, dissonant music, hard-edged and refusing pastoral comfort. Tarmo Peltokoski, the HK Phil’s newly appointed Music Director, shapes the symphony’s relentless drive from its explosive opening to a finale of stark, defiant force. Esa-Pekka Salonen likewise embraces creative risk in his Cello Concerto, exploring new kinds of texture. In the spotlight is Finnish cellist Senja Rummukainen, who received a huge ovation for the work at the Salzburg Easter Festival, under Salonen’s own baton. The programme opens with Wagner’s Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I – subdued and sacred in its shimmering strings – a threshold moment that looks beyond German Romantic opera and completes the programme’s arc of artistic metamorphosis.

Swire Maestro Series:  Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Vaughan Williams 4

Swire Community Concert: The Hero’s Saga

“The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from some other world… one is battered to the ground and then raised on angel’s wings to the highest heights.” So Mahler described his Second Symphony. Seeking to embrace the whole of human existence – life and death, doubt and faith, punishment and reward – the Resurrection Symphony begins at the graveside of a “well-loved man”, as innocence and irony give way to the cry of faith in Primeval Light. The symphony’s apocalyptic final movement stands among the greatest visions of redemption and renewal in all music. Inspired by (Fri)edrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s Die Auferstehung, which Mahler heard at Hans von Bülow’s funeral, it affirms a world beyond judgment, illuminated by love. Join Music Director Tarmo Peltokoski, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus, and a distinguished cast of soloists for a truly transcendental experience.

Tarmo Peltokoski Conducts Mahler 2

“The whole thing sounds as though it came to us from some other world… one is battered to the ground and then raised on angel’s wings to the highest heights.” So Mahler described his Second Symphony. Seeking to embrace the whole of human existence – life and death, doubt and faith, punishment and reward – the Resurrection Symphony begins at the graveside of a “well-loved man”, as innocence and irony give way to the cry of faith in Primeval Light. The symphony’s apocalyptic final movement stands among the greatest visions of redemption and renewal in all music. Inspired by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s Die Auferstehung, which Mahler heard at Hans von Bülow’s funeral, it affirms a world beyond judgment, illuminated by love. Join Music Director Tarmo Peltokoski, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China NCPA Orchestra and Chorus, and a distinguished cast of soloists for a truly transcendental experience.

Beijing Concert – Mahler’s Second and Vaughan Williams’s Fourth

National Centre for the Performing Arts

“Who is more important – the pianist or the orchestra?” This was the provocative question once posed by Leonard Bernstein to his audience, just before inviting the young Glenn Gould to join him on stage for an historic performance. It was a thrilling showdown between two intellectual giants: the grandeur of the orchestra versus the versatile power of the piano - a battle of equals in the world of classical music.

Swire Family Series: Piano vs Orchestra with Hyung-ki Joo

Tuen Mun Town Hall

Praised as “A violinist in a class of his own” (The Times), James Ehnes won a Grammy Award for his recording of Barber’s concerto alongside works by Walton and Korngold. He will showcase his signature elegance and superb interpretations of Barber’s lyrical and technically demanding concerto. Grammy Award-winning Italian conductor Fabio Luisi conducts the HK Phil in Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony, guiding the audience from profound darkness to radiant light via the heart-melting Adagietto, unfolding an emotional odyssey of unique breadth and intensity in the symphonic canon.

Swire Maestro Series: Fabio Luisi & James Ehnes

After performing Rachmaninov’s complete piano concertos with the HK Phil in Shenzhen in 2025, Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner and Avery Fisher Prize recipient Zhang Haochen returns to perform Brahms’s two piano concertos for Hong Kong audiences and kick off the Salute to Brahms series. Hailed by New York Arts as a “musician of extraordinary technical mastery and perception”, Zhang shares his profound affinity for Brahms through poetic pianism and commanding virtuosity, culminating in the monumental Second Piano Concerto, a masterpiece of singular structure, expansive emotional range and sweeping lyricism. The two splendid concerts open with two of Brahms’s early orchestral serenades, under rising star conductor Christoph Altstaedt.

Salute To Brahms – Piano Concertos

HK Phil × HKU MUSE: Salute to Brahms – Passion and Tenderness

From Brahms’s melancholic late works to Bowen’s shifting palette of moods, this programme offers a deep dive into late-Romantic colour across two ensembles. It first traces the lyrical world of Brahms through string quartet arrangements. The bass clarinet then joins for Bowen’s quintet, revealing the instrument’s expressive range through flowing melodic lines, before the concert finally comes to rest in Brahms’s autumnal Clarinet Quintet.

HK Phil × Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series: Salute to Brahms – Nostalgia and Poise

Discover how friendship and artistic exchanges inspired Brahms’s music-making. Written for his great friend – violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim – Brahms’s magnificent concerto is among the greatest and most challenging works in the repertoire. Kevin Zhu, first prize winner of the Paganini International Violin Competition, showcases youthful brilliance with “absolute virtuosity” (L’ape musicale) in his HK Phil debut. Sharing the stage is the HK Phil Chorus, expertly directed by Christoph Altstaedt, in two choral pieces: Nänie, written in memory of a painter friend, and Schicksalslied, inspired by a poem encountered during a visit to a friend. A one-night-only heavenly programme to close the series perfectly.

Salute to Brahms – Violin Concerto

After performing Rachmaninov’s complete piano concertos with the HK Phil in Shenzhen in 2025, Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner and Avery Fisher Prize recipient Zhang Haochen returns to perform Brahms’s two piano concertos. Hailed by New York Arts as a “musician of extraordinary technical mastery and perception”, Zhang shares his profound affinity for Brahms through poetic pianism and commanding virtuosity, culminating in the monumental Second Piano Concerto, a masterpiece of singular structure, expansive emotional range and sweeping lyricism. The two splendid concerts open with two of Brahms’s early orchestral serenades, under rising star conductor Christoph Altstaedt.

Shenzhen Concert – Salute to Brahms

Shenzhen Concert Hall

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii rose to international prominence after winning the gold medal at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where Van Cliburn himself described Tsujii’s playing as “Absolutely miraculous. His performance had the power of a healing service…truly divine.” Following his performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto with the HK Phil in 2023, he is performing an equally cheerful Second Concerto of Shostakovich. Renowned Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, whose recording of Rautavaara has received a Grammy nomination, leads Rautavaara’s Angel of Light of transcendental beauty and Scriabin’s luxuriously orchestrated Poem of Ecstasy.

Nobuyuki Tsujii Plays Shostakovich

Grammy Award-winning violinist and Opus Klassik “Instrumentalist of the Year” Augustin Hadelich returns to Hong Kong by popular demand, offering a rare opportunity to hear Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 4 on the live stage. Widely admired for his technical command and expansive repertoire - including Paganini’s 24 Caprices - Hadelich’s Paganini promises to be a breathtaking showcase of virtuosity and musical insights. González-Monjas brings Rachmaninov’s beloved Third Symphony, known and loved for its architectural imagination and colouristic brilliance.

Augustin Hadelich Plays Paganini

The HK Phil presents an all-Beethoven programme of beloved classics. International Tchaikovsky Competition Silver Medallist George Li joins leader Glenn Christensen and the orchestra in the spirited Piano Concerto no. 1. Enjoy music-making shaped by close collaboration and musical rapport as the concert begins with the dramatic Creatures of Prometheus Overture and concludes with the youthful First Symphony, celebrating Beethoven’s early masterpieces with charm, clarity and chamber-music like connection.

Swire Denim Series:  George Li Plays Beethoven

A beautifully designed programme celebrating the brilliance of 18th century classical music and the artistry of HK Phil Principals. Benjamin Moermond shines in Vivaldi’s Bassoon Concerto in A minor, in partnership with conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi – a “Vivaldian of the highest order” (Le (Mon)de). The programme begins with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 2, which spotlights trumpeter Nitiphum Bamrungbanthum with colleagues Jing Wang, Megan Sterling and Michael Wilson. After Handel’s splendid Water Music, the concert culminates in Mozart’s exemplary Final Symphony – the pinnacle of the Classical symphonic tradition, whose finale dazzles as a contrapuntal tour de force inspired by Bach and Handel.

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A sparkling ray of sunshine lights up the HK Phil’s season finale, opening with Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen’s Midnight (Sun) Variations, inspired by the Arctic summer night and the birth of her first child. Igor Levit, hailed by The New Yorker as “a pianist like no other”, brings fearless intensity and intellectual clarity to Prokofiev’s progressive Second Piano Concerto – a work that once bewildered audiences, yet was recognised as a work of genius for its originality, written in memory of a friend of the composer at the St Petersburg Conservatory who died by suicide. Following his acclaimed HK Phil debut in 2024, Jukka-Pekka Saraste returns to close the season with Tchaikovsky’s fate-driven Fourth Symphony, a gripping journey from inner conflict to hard-won affirmation.

Season Finale: Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Igor Levit

Described by Classic FM as “a stirring piece of contemporary history”, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 7 was written during the Nazi siege of Leningrad in World War II. (Mon)umental in scale and epic in impact, its four movements chart an emotional journey that reflects both devastation and resilience, capturing the endurance of the human spirit. At the helm of the upcoming concert is Maestro Long Yu, Principal Guest Conductor of the HK Phil, hailed by The New York Times as “the most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene”.

Shanghai Pre-Tour Concert: Long Yu Conducts Shostakovich 7

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland, this concert features a selection of Chinese and international works that pay tribute to their home countries, highlighting Hong Kong’s unique status of East-meets-West cultures. Aristo Sham, winner of the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and praised for his “dapper, aristocratic” stage presence, performs the virtuosic Yellow River Piano Concerto, bringing his distinctive voice to this iconic work. Zhao Jiping, internationally known for film scores such as Red Sorghum, blends Western concerto form with Chinese melodic idioms in his First Violin Concerto, performed by HK Phil Concertmaster Jing Wang. Principal Guest Conductor Long Yu also leads Sibelius’s Finlandia and Smetana’s The Moldau, evoking Finnish and Czech national identities.

Swire Proudly Sponsors: An Ode to Home and Motherland

Described by Classic FM as “a stirring piece of contemporary history”, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 7 was written during the Nazi siege of Leningrad in World War II. Monumental in scale and epic in impact, its four movements chart an emotional journey that reflects both devastation and resilience, capturing the endurance of the human spirit. Principal Guest Conductor Long Yu will lead the HK Phil and musicians from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra to perform this masterpiece.

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