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This is the 66th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. Few narratives in Hong Kong entertainment are as compelling as that of former erotic film icon Veronica Yip Yuk-hing. Her arc – from beauty pageant contestant to soft-core sensation, mainstream pop singer, respected actress and finally the wife of a tycoon – is more ...

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Lucia di Lammermoor is one of the masterpieces of bel canto opera and the title role, with its challenging combination of exquisite, stylised singing and intense, realistic drama, is among the most prized in the repertoire. In Musica Viva’s new production, Lucrezia Drei’s gorgeous voice, flawless bel canto technique and vivid stage presence showed that this young Italian soprano...

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Some of Hong Kong’s biggest names in classical music are coming together to raise funds for the family of the firefighter who lost his life in the Tai Po fire. The concert, titled “Salute to the Brave, Soothing the Soul”, has been co-organised by the violinist and conductor Leung Kin-fung, and will be held on December 22 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Firefig...

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As far as concert openers go, some say the bigger the better. The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra took that to heart on December 11 by starting their Nordic-inspired programme with a downright noisy and massively orchestrated work by Finnish composer-in-residence Esa-Pekka Salonen, which was conducted by his mentee and fellow countryman Tarmo Peltokoski, also the orchestra’s mu...

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Despite having “culture junkies” for parents, Andrea Fessler could never have foreseen becoming a champion of chamber music in Hong Kong or running a festival for small ensembles that would become an important fixture in the city’s classical music calendar. The Vancouver-raised Harvard Law School graduate and former corporate lawyer is the founder of performing arts group Premie...

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