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Cellomania:

Michiaki Ueno Plays Lalo

Conductor Rodolfo Barráez
Cello Michiaki Ueno
 

Programme

Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
Lalo

Cello Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky

Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36

Winner of the prestigious Geneva International Music Competition in 2021, Japanese rising star Michiaki Ueno is one of the most exciting young cellists to watch today, hailed as “a supremely confident, mature artist for whom technical mastery is in the service of musicianship” (Bachtrack). In his Hong Kong début, he will perform Lalo’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto with Hong Kong Sinfonietta, as the orchestra welcomes back Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Barráez, winner of the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition in 2023, for his highly anticipated official début. Currently Assistant Conductor of Los Angeles Philharmonic and Associate Conductor of Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Barráez will also conduct Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Symphony No 4, as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s sparkling Capriccio Espagnol in an evening of fireworks and enchantment.

 

Michiaki Ueno (Cello)

“Ethereal passages and explosive climaxes sounded engaging, flexible, and intense under his bow.”
Tribune de Geneve

“The cello was talking. Eloquently, in his own words.”
Asahi Shimbun 

  • Winner of the Beethoven Ring Award 2024
  • 1st Prize & 3 special prizes, Geneva International Music Competition 2021
  • 1st Prize, International Johannes Brahms Competition 2014
  • 1st Prize & special prizes, Romanian International Music Competition 2010
  • 1st Prize, International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians 2009
  • Artist-in-Residence, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
  • Chamber partners include Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Akiko Suwanai etc

 

Rodolfo Barráez (Conductor)

“Barraez’s attention to detail and energy were clear to hear and see.”
The Straits Times

  • 1st Prize & Orchestra Prize, Hong Kong International Conducting Competition 2023
  • Assistant Conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic
  • Associate Conductor, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
  • Associate Conductor, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
  • Conductor-in-Residence, Opera National de Paris (2023-2024)

 

VIEW HOUSE PROGRAMME

Featured artists:

Rodolfo Barráez
(Conductor)

Michiaki Ueno
(Cello)

Ticketing
Dates & Times:

30 November 2024 (Saturday)
8pm

Venue:

HK City Hall Concert Hall

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Price:

$480, $340, $200


  • Tickets at URBTIX
    Credit Card Booking: 3166 1288
    Ticketing Enquiries: 3166 1100
    URBTIX Internet Ticketing Service: www.URBTIX.hk

 

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Ticketing Information:

20% discount for purchasing standard tickets to this concert and “HKS Recital Series: Michiaki Ueno Cello Recital” (27.11.2024)

Half-price tickets available for full-time students, senior citizens, people with disabilities and the minder & Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients

10% discount for group booking of 4 or more standard tickets

Note: Discounts cannot be used in conjunction of other discounts

More ticketing info
Duration: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission
Age Limit: 6 (Person below this age not admitted)
Programme Enquiries: 2836 3336 / info@hksinfonietta.org
Remarks: Hong Kong Sinfonietta reserves the right to change the programme and artists
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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.