Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra
On Thursday, Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra from Hong Kong will stage “The Carnival of the Animals” concert under the baton of Fan Tao, a renowned conductor who graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The concert will feature a crossover of motion graphic effects and classical music. Young musicians including violinist Wong Pui-ying and pianists Zhen Xiyuan and Lau Shing-ho will perform.
Wong Pui-ying
The program will include Glinka’s “Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila,” Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto in D Major” and Saint-Saens’ “The Carnival of the Animals.” Led by its music director Yip Wai-hong, the orchestra has performed frequently in Hong Kong City Hall and regional town halls and centers over the past 34 years. A number of famous conductors and soloists have been invited to perform with it. Yip has served in Hong Kong Baptist University as the head of Music and Fine Arts Department for almost 30 years. He founded the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, as well as three children’s musical ensembles, with the aim to nourish young talents in Hong Kong.
Time: 8 p.m., April 4
Tickets: 80-280 yuan
R&T
A show by Hong Kong tap dance company R&T (Rhythm & Tempo) on Sunday will incorporate song and dance performance into a love story set in the 1950s and 1960s in Hong Kong. With numbers sung in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, the energetic song and dance medley typical and unique of Hong Kong will evoke nostalgia among Cantonese speakers. The stage set featuring old-time theaters, factories and herbal tea stalls captures the pulse of the chaotic city. As a professional and active Hong Kong tap dance company founded in 2008, R&T aims to promote and popularize the tap dance in Hong Kong, increase the audience’s exposure and appreciation towards tap dance and develop tap dance as one of the local mainstream dance forms.
Time: 8 p.m., April 7
Tickets: 80-280 yuan
Venue: Shenzhen Poly Theater, intersection of Wenxin Road 5 and Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District (南山区后海滨路与文心五路交界处深圳保利剧院)
Metro: Line 2 or 11 to Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E