KANTOROW — HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA — VAN ZWEDEN
This special concert combines western and eastern musical perspectives. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra – one of Asia’s best orchestras – is led by its chief conductor Jaap van Zweden in a new composition by Daniel Lo Ting-cheung, delving into the resounding worlds of its homeland before performing one of the most dazzling European classics of the early 19th century, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 – which many consider his most beautiful. The soloist is the young Frenchman Alexandre Kantorow, one of the absolute shooting stars of the piano scene. The evening concludes with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9, first performed in 1945, one of this most popular works and also something of a musical exhortation for peace.
ALEXANDRE KANTOROW PIANO
HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTOR
Daniel Lo Ting-cheung »Asterismal Dance« (European Premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major Op. 58
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E flat major Op. 70
PRE-CONCERT TALK
6.30 pm (KULTURPALAST, EVENT SPACE OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, 1ST FLOOR)
