Tiny Galaxy Concerts @ Wontonmeen Episode 9 (Featuring Christoph Poppen)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Our Principal Guest Conductor Christoph Poppen gives an incredibly rare and authoritative performance on the violin, joined by Concertmaster James Cuddeford. Apart from being a conductor, Maestro Poppen is also a hugely influential violinist, a co-founder of the Cherubini Quartett and the current Chair Professor of Violin at the prestigious Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, so this is not a performance to miss!

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Programme

Hindemith
Sonata for Violin Solo, Op 31 No 2
Violin: Christoph Poppen

Bartók
Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins: Nos 37, 28, 27, 33, 44
Violin: Christoph Poppen, James Cuddeford

Bach
Partita No 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV1004: Sarabande
Violin: Christoph Poppen

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has brought music closer to the community, and achieved significant local and international recognition for its passionate performances and innovative programming. Since 1999, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has collaborated with an illustrious array of international musicians and groups, including in recent years Ilya Gringolts, Martin Helmchen, Sergei Nakariakov, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mariinsky Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

The orchestra is a regular guest at international arts festivals and has toured 41 cities around the world. As an avid believer of keeping music alive and contemporary, Hong Kong Sinfonietta commissions and performs new works every year and ventures into new initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its Back On Stage concert film series, as well as the Tiny Galaxy Concerts online series featuring performances recorded at a fascinating hostel in Hong Kong. In 2021, the orchestra co-curated the “Life is Art” film festival with MOViE MOViE, while continuing to break down barriers between music and audience with free chamber concerts held regularly at Hong Kong City Hall.