LIO KUOKMAN × JOHNNY YIM WITH STARS ACADEMY (CANCELLED)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Concert Cancellation: “LIO KUOKMAN × JOHNNY YIM WITH STARS ACADEMY” on 5 & 6 Feb 2022

In view of the latest situation of COVID-19, further measures have to be adopted to maintain social distancing. All performance venues under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, including the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, will remain closed until 3 Feb 2022.

The advertised performances of “Lio Kuokman × Johnny Yim with Stars Academy” (5 & 6 Feb 2022) held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall have been cancelled. Refund arrangements will be announced on our website in due course. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (14 Jan 2022)

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Programme

Celebrate Chinese New Year with the HK Phil and Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman, together with renowned composer, arranger and producer Johnny Yim. Welcome the Year of the Tiger with nostalgia-evoking Cantopop of the 1980s & 90s and more recent crowd-pleasers among J-pop, K-pop & Mandarin pop classics arranged for symphony orchestra. Johnny Yim will also perform as piano soloist, and Stars Academy singers Gigi Yim Ming-hay, Windy Zhan Tian-wen and Archie Sin Ching-fung will make special guest appearances at this lively, upbeat Chinese New Year concert that is sure to get audiences of all ages grooving!

Tickets for this concert are not entitled for any discounts.

Artists
Lio Kuokman, conductor
Johnny Yim, arranger/piano

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is one of the leading orchestras in Asia. The annual schedule focuses on symphonic repertoire, with conductors and soloists from all over the world. The HK Phil runs an extensive education programme, commissions new works, and nurtures local talent. The most recent recording project is Wagner’s Ring Cycle following the first-ever performances in Hong Kong of these four operas. In 2019, the HK Phil received the prestigious Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award – the first orchestra in Asia to receive this distinction. With Music Director Jaap van Zweden since 2012, the HK Phil has toured to Europe, Asia, Australia, and on numerous occasions to Mainland China. Yu Long is the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor, while Lio Kuokman is the Resident Conductor of the HK Phil.