Inside Tarmo Peltokoski’s First Season Leading HK Phil
As Tarmo Peltokoski takes over as music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, what does the Gen Z Finnish wunderkind have in store for the 2026/27 season?...
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How Martin Taylor Met Hong Kong Jazz Great Eugene Pao
He’s played with Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Pass and former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman — but Martin Taylor still has time for Hong Kong’s very own jazz guitar great ...
Undercurrents: A New Artistic Residency Takes Root in Hong Kong
Eleven different artists, including five Czech artists taking part in WestK’s first residency, converge on Ma Wan for a special show...
What’s Behind Wayne McGregor’s ‘On the Other Earth’?
We met the renowned choreographer to find out more about his new digital dance experiment and its intimate Hong Kong screenings...
The Genius of Hong Kong Jazz Pianist Daniel Chu
How a new association with Hong Kong Sinfonietta is setting the piano prodigy free to pursue his inner muse...
How Justin Siu Made a Jazz Musical About Haruki Murakami
A brush with mortality inspired Hong Kong musician Justin Siu to pen The Jazz Winds of Haruki Murakami series...
Deerhoof’s Hong Kong Love Affair
The end of the world may be around the corner, but Deerhoof are here to offer relief — and they’re looking to reconnect with one of their favourite cities ...
“Hong Kong We Need You”: An Arts Venue’s Urgent Plea
The Aftermath has offered a home to musicians, comedians, poets, artists and creatives for years. Now the Central venue is sounding an alarm to ensure its existence...
Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival Returns to M+
Noise-punks David Boring, experimental filmmakers Roger Garcia and Takashi Ito, plus visual artists Xu Bing and Rirkrit Tiravanija all feature at M+ museum’s 2026 Asian Avant-Garde Film Festival...
Hugh Cornwell in Hong Kong: No More Groupies, Only the Love of Music
The famous English rocker, known for his work with The Stranglers, plays Hong Kong for the very first time...
How to Make the Most of WestK Cabaret Festival
Look beyond the big names at West K Cabaret Festival to discover intimate backstage shows, parties and nightly happy-hour pop-up performances...
Spotlight at Tai Kwun: The Power of Place
Tai Kwun’s performing arts festival returns for its sixth edition with a site-specific roster of works...
What Has Chiyan Wong Done With Old Hong Kong Fishing Songs?
A fêted classical pianist is debuting his first self-composed music at Hong Kong Arts Festival – a programme of jazz and bossa nova tunes inspired by the sea...
Don’t Miss These Asian Talents at the 2026 Hong Kong Arts Festival
This year’s festival puts the spotlight on some amazing performances from around Asia...
Why is Paul MacLean Turning Down the Volume at The Wanch?
The Sunset Studio boss and NYPD drummer is rebooting the legendary Wan Chai live music venue with original programming and better acoustics...
The Reinvention of David Boring: Hong Kong’s Indie Darlings Are Back
New album, new sound, same energy — after a long hiatus and a nine-year wait between albums, David Boring have reinvented themselves...
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble is Making Weird New Music… For You
After nearly 20 years, Hong Kong’s first contemporary ensemble is still breaking ground...
Don’t Miss These Four Exciting Jazz Concerts
What to expect from the four upcoming shows at The Blue Study Live at the JCCAC in Kowloon...
Meet Cehryl, Hong Kong’s Low-Key Pop Gem
From Hong Kong to Los Angeles and back again, Cehryl has turned a global indie pop sound into something rooted in her hometown...
CT Music Fest Goes Legit With a Grassroots Hong Kong Happening
Joe Lung has been staging secret concerts at his Chez Trente speakeasy. Now he’s scaling up with a camping music festival on Cheung Chau...
Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest: Gareth Brown’s Dance with Hong Kong
Gareth Brown evokes the city’s relentless transformation in an arresting photo series capturing poetry in motion...
Wuxia: The Symphonic Suite Inspired by Louis Cha’s Books
Louis Cha — also known by his pen name Jin Yong — is an unusually unifying force across the Chinese-speaking world. His intricately intertwined martial arts stories form a fantastical cultural touchstone shared throughout the worldwide diaspora. In the late 1980s, Cha’s 15 novels were the first to be fully published and read in mainland China, Hong […]...
Hong Kong and Jazz: An Improvised History
Jazz stalwart Clarence Chang surveys the city’s sudden embrace of improvised music...
What Happened When a Hong Kong Drumming Legend Met a Canadian YouTuber?
A chance encounter between JayLeonardJ and Cantopop drumming legend Jun Kung has produced one of 2025’s strongest regional rock records...
Olivier Cong’s Tropical Depression
How a singer-songwriter redefined himself as a cross-disciplinary creative force ...
Inside Coda, Hong Kong’s First Jazz Kissa Vinyl Listening Café
In the first new series focusing on Hong Kong’s nascent jazz scene, we meet the founders of a new Japanese kissa-inspired listening space...
The Many Unlived Lives of Tibetan Choreographer Sang Jijia
The celebrated Tibetan choreographer’s journey has taken him from rural China to studying to under William Forsythe in Germany to now leading Hong Kong modern dance company CCDC...
Hereafter: Hong Kong Composer Charles Kwong’s First Concerto
After an unfortunate 2023 cancellation, Charles Kwong’s concerto Hereafters is finally being performed...
How Lucid Express Became an Hong Kong Hit Overseas
Four years after their debut album, Hong Kong’s reluctant shoegaze ambassadors are embarking on a breakneck US tour...
Un.Tomorrow: Hong Kong’s Newest Indie Record Label
Musicians from David Boring, Wellsaid and An Id Signal have banded together to capture Hong Kong’s new musical ambitions...
The Many Masks of Indie Musician Jonathan Yang
A Hong Kong musician known for his work with indie band David Boring is now trying to find himself in London...
Virgin Vacation’s Improvisational Impulses
Hong Kong rock group Virgin Vacation takes their experiments to the stage – including an upcoming collaboration with comic artist Jay Wong...
A Trans-Pacific Collaboration Between JayLeonardJ and Jun Kung
Veteran Hong Kong musician Jun Kung joins forces with Canadian guitarist and influencer JayLeonardJ for a new album...
