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Great Piano Concertos:

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger Plays Schumann

Music Director/Conductor Yip Wing-sie
Piano Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
 

Programme

Austin Leung

Life Episode II   (world première)
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta in 2019 with sponsorship from CASH Music Fund

Schumann

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54

Mozart

Serenade No 6 in D, K239, “Serenata Notturna”

Brahms

Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op 56a


Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (Piano)

★★★★★ Bachtrack

“Phenomenal!”Le Monde

“Remarkably lyrical performance.”The Guardian

“Blending poetry and virtuosity…”The New York Times 

“One of the extraordinary rising generation who keep threatening to take piano playing onto a new level.”Seen and Heard International

“[His Schumann Piano Concerto was] persuasive and memorable.”The Boston Musical Intelligencer

  • Has performed with such conductors and orchestras as Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Michael Tilson Thomas, Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, etc
  • A regular guest at prestigious festivals such as Verbier, Lucerne, La Roque d’Anthéron and Klavier-Festival Ruhr
  • Winner, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, New York 2006
  • Winner of four prizes at Long-Thibaud Competition, Paris 2004
  • Entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris at age 13 and graduated with 5 “Premier Prix”

 

Austin Leung (Composer)

  • The first Hong Kong composer to win the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2017

 

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Ticketing
Dates & Times:

13 April 2019 (Saturday)
8pm

Venue:

HK City Hall Concert Hall

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Price:

$420, $280, $160


Tickets available at all URBTIX outlets from 16.2.2019
Credit Card Booking:2111 5999
Ticketing Enquiries:3761 6661
URBTIX Internet Ticketing Service:www.URBTIX.hk



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

More ticketing info
Duration: Approximately 2 hours with a 15 min intermission
Language: Nil
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

PRESS KIT

Press Release (ENG)

Press Release (CHI)

Yip Wing-sie (Music Director/Conductor)
© HK Sinfonietta Ltd

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (Piano)
© Carole Bellaiche

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (Piano)
© Carole Bellaiche

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.

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