Programme

Co-commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and five other international organisations, leading Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa’s violin concerto Genesis was composed as a gift to celebrated German violinist Veronika Eberle and her newborn son, and explores the beauty and mystery of the origins of life. This magnificent work will be brought to Hong Kong by Eberle herself, who has regularly worked with renowned orchestras around the world such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra. Joining hands with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Christoph Poppen, she will perform Genesis as well as Mozart’s sparkling Violin Concerto No 3, in a programme which also features Mozart’s Symphony No 33 and Schubert’s Symphony No 8, “Unfinished”.

Veronika Eberle (Violin)

“Eberle is very much a painter in sound, with her ability to change the colour palette in a stroke of the bow.” Bachtrack

“She shone with astonishing bravura, highly refined musicality, creative presence and a violin tone of exquisite beauty.”Die Rheinpfalz

“Her tone is warm, invariably lucid and resonant, and she possesses an admirable ability to adapt it to the character and style of the composition.”Süddeutsche Zeitung

“Eberle was a commanding stage presence even in quiet passages—the true test of a star performer.”Los Angeles Times

“No one could argue with the quality of the playing, which was magnificent: delicate and sparkling, almost forensic in its precision.”Seen and Heard International

• Brought to international attention by Sir Simon Rattle’s introduction to Salzburg Festpielhaus at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival in a performance of the Beethoven concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the age of 16
• Regularly appears with conductors & orchestras including Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding, Christian Thielemann, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kent Nagano, Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic & Los Angeles Philharmonic

Christoph Poppen (Music Director/Conductor)

“Christoph Poppen brought out a broad soundscape from the orchestra.” Süddeutsche Zeitung

• Principal Conductor, Cologne Chamber Orchestra
• Principal Guest Conductor, Israel Chamber Orchestra
• Artistic Director, Marvão International Music Festival, Portugal
• Music Director, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie (2007-2011)
• Artistic Director, Munich Chamber Orchestra (1995-2006)

Toshio Hosokawa (Composer)

• Award-winning composer whose works have been commissioned and premiered by the likes of Vienna Philharmonic/Salzburg Festival, Cleveland Orchestra/Lucerne Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Hamburg State Opera, Munich Biennale, La Monnaie Brussels and Aix-en-Provence Festival, etc.

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Featured artists:

Christoph Poppen
(Music Director)

Veronika Eberle
(Violin)

Toshio HOSOKAWA
(Composer)