“It was as fascinating to see the orchestra as it was to hear it.” The New York Times

The new Music About China programme will bring together influential composers from both home and abroad, including Enjott Schneider (Germany), Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg), Anthony Paul De Ritis (US) and two Hong Kong composers: Golden Horse Award-winner Leon Ko and Chan Ming-chi, whose Jing·Qi·Shen was recommended by the International Rostrum of Composers organised by UNESCO. Chan’s latest work, It’s the East Wind Again, uses Cantonese gongs, drums and—what else?—mahjong, to vividly depict the life of mahjong players.

Chan Ming-chi
It’s the East Wind Again from Tale of the Mahjong Heroes　

Enjott Schneider
Double Concerto for Yangqin, Kanun and Chinese Orchestra Dao of Water
Kanun: Hakan Güngör
Yangqin: Lee Meng-hsueh

Plus new works by Leon Ko, Anthony Paul De Ritis and Marcel Wengler
All programmes are commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere