Dear Friend,

From the entire Festival team, a warm welcome to the 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival website!

Do take a moment to browse through these pages. They contain details of the programmes to be presented in 2008. You will find eminent personalities from Hong Kong's own arts community and top talent from around the world. There are fabled names that spell defining moments of a genre, timeless masterpieces and contemporary creations that will become part of our shared heritage. I hope you will be able to join us for many of the fabulous performances in store.

There is a diary feature which I hope you will find helpful in planning your own Festival dates. The categories listed are there as signposts to help you navigate the site. Alternatively, you may wish to select all the piano works, or choose to see five different conductors in action, construct a vocal series; or cross genres to examine the problems of power, the role of the clown, or the relationship between art and life.

Whatever your choices, do mark your diary early. I look forward to seeing you at many Festival performances.

Tisa Ho
Executive Director