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Live Animation Stories :

The New Nutcracker & The Pastorale

Conductor Vivian Ip
Animator/Illustrator/Writer Grégoire Pont
Adaptation Michael Lam
Live Storytelling Yuri Ng (HKS Artist Associate 2011-2013)
 

Programme

Beethoven

Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68, “Pastorale”
Tchaikovsky

Music from The Nutcracker, Op 71

Following his hugely successful Hong Kong début last year, renowned French illustrator and animator Grégoire Pont returns to bring to you another magical experience in the concert hall with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and conductor Vivian Ip. Under Grégoire’s brilliant “Cinesthetics” concept combining live-drawings, animation and classical music, the timeless story of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker will be retold with local artist Yuri Ng joining as narrator, and the enchanting countryside idyll in Beethoven’s “Pastorale” Symphony will be brought to life in front of your eyes – an unforgettable evening of next-level storytelling and multisensory enjoyment awaits.

 

Vivian Ip (Conductor)

  • Hong Kong Sinfonietta Associate Conductor, 2023-2026
  • 3rd Prize, 2025 International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition

Featured artists:

Vivian Ip
(Conductor)

Grégoire Pont
(Animator & Illustrator)

Yuri Ng
(HKS Artist Associate 2011-2013)

Dates & Tickets
Dates & Times:

21 August 2026 (Friday)
7:30pm

22 August 2026 (Saturday)
7:30pm

Venue:

HK City Hall Concert Hall

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Price:

$480, $340, $200 *


* Some seats may have restricted view

Tickets available at URBTIX and POPTICKET.hk from 20.6.2026
Credit Card Booking: 3166 1288
Ticketing Enquiries: 3166 1100
URBTIX Internet Ticketing Service: www.URBTIX.hk
POPTICKET Online Booking : www.popticket.hk
(No service charge, the best available seat will be assigned by the organiser)



Ticketing Information:

– Half-price tickets available for full-time students, senior citizens, people with disabilities and their minder, and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients
– 10% discount for group bookings of 4 or more standard tickets

Note: Discounts cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts

More ticketing info
Duration: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission
Language: In Cantonese
Age Limit: For ages 4+
Programme Enquiries: 2836 3336 / info@hksinfonietta.org
Remarks: Hong Kong Sinfonietta reserves the right to change the programme and artists

About Our Series

The APPRECIATE concerts are, mainly, classical concerts featuring guest artists and conductors of world renown.  Apart from performing orchestral masterpieces, Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly commissions new works and introduces to audiences works that are rarely heard in Hong Kong.

Music is good for everyone! The LEARN series takes audiences aged 0 to 88 into the world of classical music through specially designed concert series including Good Music for Babies, Good Music for Kids, Short-cut to Classical Music, Know Your Classical Music and HKS McDull Music Project.

In the light-hearted RELAX concerts, Hong Kong Sinfonietta shares with audiences great music ranging from orchestral favourites to music from movies and musicals.

The ENCOUNTER series offers unique opportunities for audiences to get close to the music and the performers through chamber music concerts, talks, often at unconventional venues or time. These include Good Music This Lunch, Good Music @ The Fringe, Beyond Good Music @ The Fringe, HKS ArtisTree Residency and UpClose Encounters.

Often referred to as “one of the world’s great small orchestras”, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has been invited to go on many TOURS in Europe, Asia, South and North Americas, sharing good music with audiences in over 30 cities.  In 2017/2018, the orchestra will make its début in Germany and perform at festivals in France, Portugal, as well as the Beethoven Easter Festival in Poland.

WHAT ELSE?  Apart from classical concerts, Hong Kong Sinfonietta regularly appears in staged productions by Hong Kong Ballet, Opera Hong Kong and visiting arts groups such as The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. This season, Hong Kong Sinfonietta will also host the 1st International Conducting Competition.