HK Phil x Tai Kwun: Chamber Music Series - Celebrating György Kurtág's Centenary Birthday!

HK PHIL × TAI KWUN: CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

Programme

STOCKHAUSENGesang der Jünglinge version 3

KURTÁGLigatura – Message to Frances-Marie (The Answered Unanswered Question) , for cello, 2 violins and celesta

PERRUCHON Five Danses dogoriennes, for cello and timpani

SCHNITTKE Hymn I, for cello, harp and timpani

James BOZNOS37:1 The Valley of the Bones, op. 31, for soprano, harp, 2 percussionists, 2 violins, cello and synthetic orchestra (World Premiere)

2026 marks the 100^th birthday of the Hungarian composer György Kurtág. Celebrate with us at Tai Kwun in a chamber music concert featuring an all-20th-century programme, yet with a great variety of musical styles ranging from ethereal sonic textures to energetic folk dances. A journey through electronic and acoustic music featuring strings, percussion, and voice, with an original work by our principal timpani, James Boznos. Join us, and venture into these mysterious landscapes painted by the contemporary masters!

Artists

Yuki Ip

Vocal

Bei de Gaulle

Violin

Cheng Li

Violin

Fang Xiaomu

Cello

James Boznos

Percussion

Aziz D. Barnard Luce

Percussion

Woojin Lee

Harp

DISCOUNT SCHEMES

Ticket

$200 (Full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 and above, and people with disabilities and their minders)

HOUSE RULES

No eating or drinking
No photography, recording or filming
Please turn off your mobile phone and other electronic devices
Please keep noise to a minimum during the performance
Please reserve your applause until the end of the entire work
You are recommended to arrive 15 minutes before the event starts: Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break

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