Past Programmes - 1993-1997
1993
MUSIC
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Soloists: Reiko Watanabe (violin), Marianne Hirsti (soprano)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Atherton
Soloists: James Galway (flute), Beaux Arts Trio (piano trio)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Conductor: Peng Xiu-wen
Soloists: Wong On-yuen (erhu), Yuen Shi-chun (liuqin)
Festival Opera Production
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Producer: Stephen Lawless
Conductor: Roderick Brydon
Camerata Academica Salzburg
New York's Ensemble for Early Music
Borodin String Quartet
Beaux Arts Trio
Tibetan Song and Dance Troupe
The Group of Experimental Cantonese Opera Hong Kong
EXXON DIVERTIMENTI
Canzone Trio, Andrew Simon/Shirley, Yim Hok-man, Endeavour
RECITAL
Flute: James Galway (Jose Feghali, piano)
Tenor: Jose Carreras (Lorenzo Bavaj, piano)
Double Bass: Gary Karr (Harmon Lewis, piano)
Piano: Margaret Leng Tan
JAZZ
Cleo Laine and the John Dankworth Group
Wayne Horvitz - New York New Jazz
Bill Allred's Goodtime Jazz Band
DANCE
Paris Opera Ballet
Adventures in Motion Pictures
Kazuo Ohno
Hong Kong Ballet
City Contemporary Dance Company
THEATRE
Royal Shakespeare Company
Chijinkai Theatre Company
Bolek Polivka Company
The Obraztsov Puppet Theatre
Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe of Hanoi
Jeff McBride
Velo Theatre
Chung Ying Theatre Company
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
FILM
Napoleon
ENTERTAINMENT
Stomp
EXHIBITION
Treasures of Asian Art
Cecco Bonanotte: Sculpture
New Art in China Post '89
1994
MUSIC
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov
Soloists: Alexander Slobodyanik (piano), Suzy Whang (violin)
Suk Chamber Orchestra
Festival Opera Production
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Producer: Emilio Sagi
Conductor: David Parry
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Henry Shek
Soloists: Min Huifen (erhu), Cheng Chai-man (wind instruments)
Hong Kong Musical--The Kids, The Wind & The City
Director: Fredric Mao
Philip Glass & The Philip Glass Ensemble
The Tallis Scholars
The Dubliners
Suk-Hala-Wang Trio
EXXON DIVERTIMENTI
John Chen & friends, Eugene Pao/Kenny Bee/Prudence Lau, Victoria String Quartet, Hong Kong Music Lovers'
Chinese Orchestra, Bonnie Choi
RECITAL
Mezzo-soprano: Teresa Berganza (Juan Parejo, piano)
Piano: Stanislav Bunin
Cello: Jian Wang (Gabriel Kwok, piano)
Violin: Josef Suk
Guitar: Sharon Isbin
JAZZ
Wynton Marsalis Septet
Al Di Meola World Sinfonia
DANCE
Rosas
Ballet du Rhin
Compania Blanca del Rey
Sankai Juku
Mallika Sarabhai
Mui Cheuk-yin
THEATRE
Moscow Art Theatre
Mansaku Company
The Gate Theatre
Insomniac Productions
Chamber Made Opera
The Wooster Group
Archaos
Compagnie Philippe Genty
Les Deux Mondes
Shanghai People's Art Theatre
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
Chung Ying Theatre Company
Story-telling, Xiansheng, Longzhou, Muyu & Lingji Tunes
House of Cantonese Opera
ENTERTAINMENT
Shanghai Puppet Theatre
Brian Rix and Elpset Gray
FILM
Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi LIVE!
EXHIBITION
Contemporary Photography from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Spanish Art and the 3rd Dimension
1995
MUSIC
Staatskapelle Dresden
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Soloists: Inga Nielsen (soprano), Peter Bruns (cello)
Festival Opera Production
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Producer: Stephen Lawless
Conductor: Hilary Griffiths
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: David Atherton
Soloists: Horacio Gutierrez
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Conductor: Henry Shek
Soloists: Yang Jing (pipa), Shen Cheng (jinghu, banhu), Tong Kin-woon (nanyin)
Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists
Bartok Quartet
The King's Consort
Michael Nyman Band
Victor Monge "Serranito" and Group
Jiangzhou Drum Troupe of Shanxi
EXXON DIVERTIMENTI
Joyce Lindorff, Wong Hae, Comyn Mo, Ted Lo, Joe Chan & Tats Lau
RECITAL
Violin: Kyoko Takezawa (Akira Eguchi, piano)
JAZZ
Betty Carter and her Trio
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
DANCE
Hungarian National Ballet
Tango Para Dos
Philippe Decoufle/Compagnie DCA
Compagnie Maguy Marin
Edward Lam's D.T.
Hong Kong Ballet
THEATRE
Robert Wilson/Hebbel Theater
Tadashi Suzuki/Suzuki Company of Toga
Robert Lepage/Le Theatre Repere
Bob Kingdom
Yoshi Oida
Theatre Resolu in Association with Fredric Mao
Beijing Opera School Juvenille Beijing Opera Troupe
Chung Ying Theatre Company
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
Farewell My Concubine
FILM
Nosferatu and Faust
ENTERTAINMENT
Paul Morocco with Antonio Forcione and Alessandro Russo
Licedei - 4
The Black Light Theatre of Prague
The Anonymous Theatre Company
EXHIBITION
Arts and Electronics
Retrospective Exhibition of Works by Antonio Mak Hin-yeung
The Society of Landscape Painters
1996
MUSIC
NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg
Conductor: Gunter Herbig
Soloists: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Hong-mei Xiao (viola), Igor Ardasev (piano)
Canadian Opera Company
Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Director: Robert Lepage
Conductor: Richard Buckley
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Christian Badea
Soloists: Gillian Weir (organ)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Conductors: Henry Shek, Tan Dun
Soloists: Wong On-yuen (zhonghu), Tan Longjian (sanxian)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Ton Koopman
The Shanghai Quartet
The Kroumata Ensemble & Keiko Abe
Piano Circus
Kronos Quartet
Guqin Recital
Himekami
Paco de Lucia and Sextet
Song of the Yellow Earth
EXXON DIVERTIMENTI
Kung Chi Shing Destiny Travels Limited
Setting the Pace
Nancy Loo & Friends
Hong Kong Chinese Music Troupe
RECITAL
Soprano: Galina Gorcahkova (Accompanied by Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra/Anissimov)
Baritone: Olaf Bar (David Harper, piano)
Piano: Gerhard Oppitz
Huqin: Xu Ke (Kyoko Koyama, piano)
JAZZ
John McLaughlin and the Free Spirits
Tito Puente Latin Jazz Ensemble
Arturo Sandoval's Latin Train
Dino Saluzzi Group
DANCE
Lyon Opera Ballet
Three Colours
Sardono Dance Theatre
Julio Bocca & Ballet Argentino
Compania Alvaro Restrepo
Dumb Type
THEATRE
Grupo de Teatro Macunaima
Check by Jowl
Handspring Puppet Company
Young Vic
Sand & Bricks
House of Cantonese Opera
Chung Ying Theatre Company
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
Workshop: Augusto Boal
ENTERTAINMENT
Leningrad Cowboys
Reduced Shakespeare Company
Compagnie Jerome Thomas
EXHIBITION
Luis Chan
Outside the White Cube
The Scottish Renaissance
1997
MUSIC
Opera Marco Polo
Music/Conductor: Tan Dun
Director: Martha Clarke
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Soloists: Fei-Ping Hsu(piano), Sarah Chang (violin)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gunther Herbig
Soloists: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)
The 20th Century Ensemble, Vienna
Conductors: Peter Burwik
Soloists: Rusandra Donasa (mezzo-soprano), Christian Altenburger (violin), Harald Ossberger (piano)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Conductor: Henry Shek, Chen Tscheng-hsiung
Soloists: Chung Yiu-kwong (percussion), Dai Ya (paidi), Nancy Loo (piano), Wong Ching (pipa), Hou Shih-chieh (zhonghu)
Camerata Academica Salzburg
Hesperion XX and La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Philharmonica Quartet Berling
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares
Dayan Naxi Ancient Music Association
Pansori - Lim Jin-taek
Tengeer
The Gypsy Road
China Kunju Art Troup
House of Cantonese Opera
Anthony Wong Sings People Mountain People Sea
EXXON DIVERTIMENTI
The Bauhinia Piano Trio
True Blues
Wong On-yuen & Dominic Chow
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RECITAL
Baritone: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Mikhail Arkadiev, piano)
Piano: Vardan Mamikonian
JAZZ
The Guitar Trio - Paco de Lucia, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin
Joe Henderson's Double Rainbow Quartet
DANCE
Mark Morris Dance Group
Koffi Koko
DANCE THEATRE
Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal
Compagnie Mossoux Bonte
MUSIC THEATRE
Meredith Monk
THEATRE
The Royal Shakespeare Company
Central Experimental Theatre
A Fredric Mao Project
Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
Ralf Ralf
Les deux mondes
ENTERTAINMENT
Tap Dogs
Slava Polunin
EXHIBITION
Being Minorities - Contemporary Asian Art
The Passage of Hong Kong Modern Art