HK Phil: New Year’s Concert with a Viennese Twist
Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
Why We Recommend it
Ring in the new year with the HK Phil in a dazzling Vienna-themed celebration of Strauss waltzes, Brahms dances, Liszt rhapsodies and Lehár’s enchanting melodies.
Description
Travel back to Vienna’s golden age as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra performs masterpieces by Johann Strauss and family, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and Franz Lehár. From waltzes to Hungarian dances and rhapsodies, the New Year’s concert captures the heart of Europe’s musical capital at its most festive.
On the podium is Gergely Madaras, Hungary’s acclaimed conductor named 2025 Conductor of the Year at the Bartok Radio Awards. He served as music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège from 2019 to 2025, a tenure marked by an honorary citizenship from the city. Having studied composition at the Liszt Academy and conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Madaras has led productions at prestigious opera houses such as Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and La Monnaie and Hungarian State Opera.
Both concerts on 29 and 30 December will start at 19:30, and will run approximately 1 hour 30 minutes with an intermission.
Details
When: 29 Dec 2025 - 30 Dec 2025 Where: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre – 10 Salisbury Road – Tsim Sha Tsui
