Return of the acclaimed British pianist – Peter Donohoe

After a successful collaboration with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in Rachmaninov Rendezvous performing all four of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos in 2008, acclaimed British pianist Peter Donohoe returns this April to open the orchestra’s new season. Widely acknowledged as one the greatest living British pianists, Peter Donohoe performs regularly with many of the world’s finest orchestras, such as the Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle and Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He was an annual performer at the BBC Proms for 17 years, and has appeared in many festivals such as the Edinburgh Festival and other festivals in France and Germany. He will join Music Director/ Conductor Yip Wing-sie to perform two great piano concertos by Tchaikovsky and Brahms two nights in a row.

Schumann is the Romantic composer for many; his music is often a dramatic mix of intense passion, fantasy, tenderness, and dark and tormented psyche. The orchestra will bring you two of his most impassioned symphonies in these two concerts, to celebrate to the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Sheng performer Loo Sze-wang will join the orchestra in the world première of Chan Hing-yan’s new commissioned work – Hark the Phoenix Soaring High.
 

2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Schumann’s birth. The orchestra is playing all four of his symphonies this season and begins with No 2 and No 4 in these two concerts.