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Great Clarinet Concertos:

Raphaël Sévère Plays Copland

Music Director Emeritus/Conductor Yip Wing-sie
Clarinet Raphaël Sévère
 

Programme

Stravinsky

Concerto in D for String Orchestra

Copland

Concerto for Clarinet

Mozart

Symphony No 41 in C, K551, “Jupiter”


Since becoming the youngest artist ever nominated for the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Classique “Révélation Soliste Instrumental” award at the age of 15, and winning the First Prize at the 2013 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère has established himself as one of the youngest yet most celebrated representatives of the French clarinet school. This April, he returns to Hong Kong and joins hands once again with Hong Kong Sinfonietta to present three beautiful programmes, one of them being this concert where he will perform Copland’s wonderfully colourful and one-of-a-kind Clarinet Concerto under the baton of Music Director Emeritus Yip Wing-sie.

 

Raphaël Sévère (Clarinet)

★★★★★”
With technical ease and rare musical discernment.” Diapason

“The French virtuoso of the twenty-first century.” Le Monde

“Astounding technical mastery, stunning musicality and captivating sensitivity.” ResMusica

“Sévère’s is a silky clarinet tone, fully even across the range, with a satisfying flare (without blare) in the instrument’s trumpet-like upper reaches.”Gramophone

  • Recipient of Diapason d’Or Award 2015
  • First Prize and eight special prizes, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, New York 2013
  • Youngest artist ever nominated in Victoires de la Musique Classique “Révélation Soliste Instrumental” of Year 2010
  • Has performed with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, etc
  • His chamber partners include quartets Modigliani, Ebène, Prazák, Van Kuijk, Martha Argerich, Boris Berezovsky, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Gidon Kremer, etc

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Ticketing
Dates & Times:

15 April 2023 (Saturday)
8pm

Venue:

HK City Hall Concert Hall

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Price:

$480, $340, $200


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

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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

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.