| Music Director/Conductor | Yip Wing-sie |
| Cello | Sebastian Klinger |
| Composer | Charles Kwong (HKS Artist Associate) |
Programme
| Charles Kwong | Pastoral – after we perish (world première) |
| Schumann | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129 |
| Stravinsky | Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks” |
| Prokofiev | Classical Symphony, Op 25 |
Sebastian Klinger (Cello)
“Intensely expressive… sensual and immaculate.”Journal Frankfurt
“Near-heavenly beauty.” Süddeutsche Zeitung
“Sebastian Klinger made his cello sing.”Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung
“Remarkable, refined, with a natural feeling for the composer’s lyricism.” Gramophone
- 1st Solo Cellist, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (2004 – 2015)
- Has given recitals at prestigious festivals including the Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern festivals, as well as venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and Concertgebouw
- Has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Hamburg Symphony
- Chamber music partners include Lang Lang, Lisa Batiashvili, Yo-Yo Ma, Jörg Widmann, François Leleux, Gidon Kremer and Yuri Bashmet, among others
- His recording of Bach’s Cello Suites won a Diapason d’Or
- Professor of Violoncello, Musikhochschule Hamburg
Charles Kwong (Composer) (HKS Artist Associate)
- Artist-in-Residence, Zürich University of the Arts
- His works have been performed by Ensemble intercontemporain, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and featured at Takefu International Music Festival and Festival International de Piano La Roque d’Anthéron
Featured artists:
Yip Wing-sie
(Music Director Emeritus)
Sebastian Klinger
(Cello)
Charles Kwong
(Composer / HKS Artist Associate 2020-2022)