UPDATE: Feb 2, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your support, I have reached my goal to raise $140,000 with your support and an additional donation of HK$60,000 by an HKIS UP parent in my name to HK Phil directly.  WE are so grateful for your support. I will try my best and enjoy the performance this Sunday Feb 4. Please let me know if you want tickets.

Original Message:

I am thrilled to have the chance to perform Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Mov't III with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra as Soloist on February 4, 2024 (Sun) 3pm in their Fundraising Concert. It is going to be a dream come true for me and I would be very encouraged if I can raise funds for HK Phil's program in 2024 and beyond. We want to invite you to donate to this great cause and attend the concert as well. Please let us know how many tickets you would like to have, and we will try to arrange them for you.  Please email me at [email protected] for tickets.  

https://www.hkphil.org/fundraising-event/hk-phil-fundraising-concert-2024

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is recognised as Asia’s foremost classical orchestra. Presenting more than 150 concerts over a 44-week season, the HK Phil attracts more than 200,000 music lovers annually. In 2019, the HK Phil received the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award – the first orchestra in Asia to receive this distinction.

Jaap van Zweden, one of today’s most sought-after conductors, has been the orchestra’s Music Director since the 2012/13 Season, a position he will continue to hold through to the end of the 2023/24 Season. Following his tenure as Music Director, he will hold the title of Conductor Laureate. Maestro van Zwedenhas also been Music Director of the New York Philharmonic since the 2018/19 Season.

Yu Long has been Principal Guest Conductor since the 2015/16 season. Lio Kuokman has been appointed as Resident Conductor, effective 1 December 2020.

Under the dynamic leadership of Jaap van Zweden, the HK Phil has attained new heights of artistic excellence, garnering international critical acclaim. The orchestra successfully completed a four-year journey through Wagner’s Ring Cycle, performing and recording one opera from the cycle each year from 2015 to 2018. The concert performances and live Naxos recordings were enthusiastically received by audiences, praised by critics at home and abroad and garnered Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award 2019.

香港管弦樂團（港樂）獲喻為亞洲最前列的古典管弦樂團之一。在為期 44 週的樂季中，樂團共演出超過 150 場音樂會，把音樂帶給超過 20 萬名觀眾。2019 年港樂榮獲英國《留聲機》年度樂團大獎，成為亞洲第一個贏得此項殊榮的樂團。

梵志登是現今國際古典樂壇最炙手可熱的指揮之一，他自2012/13樂季起正式擔任港樂音樂總監一職，直到2023/24樂季。於其音樂總監任期完成後，梵志登大師將以桂冠指揮身份繼續與樂團合作。此外，由2018/19樂季開始，梵志登大師正式成為紐約愛樂的音樂總監。

余隆由 2015/16 樂季開始擔任為首席客席指揮。廖國敏於 2020 年 12 月 1 日開始擔任駐團指揮。

在梵志登幹勁十足的領導下，樂團在藝術水平上屢創新高，在國際樂壇上綻放異彩。港樂由 2015 至 2018 年間連續四年逐一呈獻《指環》四部曲歌劇音樂會。這四年的浩瀚旅程由拿索斯現場錄音，非凡的演出贏得了本地和海外觀眾、樂評的讚譽。樂團更因此而勇奪《留聲機》2019 年年度樂團大獎。