


The Hong Kong Joy of Music Festival
香港美樂聚 2023
9 October 2023

TICKETS will go on sale at all URBTIX outlets, self- service ticketing kiosks, on internet, by mobile app and telephone on 20th September. Numbered tickets for the recitals at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, priced at HKD 100 each. Half- price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients and Hong Kong Piano/ Electone Teachers’ Circle membership card holders. Free seating tickets for the recital at the Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall (High block 8/F) on the 11th of October priced at HKD 50 each, with no discounts available.
Tickets can also be bought from NOW, directly from the Society by sending us an e-mail to: afreris@netvigator.com, or by calling Anabella at the following Mobile/WhatsApp number: (+852) 9027 1429.
Counter booking will commence on the 20th September, 2023 at all URBTIX outlets, self-service ticketing kiosks, on internet, by mobile app and telephone.
Ticketing Enquiries and Customer Service: 3166 1100 (10am - 8pm daily)
Telephone Booking: 3166 1288 (10am - 8pm daily) - Internet Booking: www.urbtix.hk
Mobile App: URBTIX (Android & iPhone/iPad)
Programme Enquiries: (852) 2868 3325

Ticketing
About
The Hong Kong Joy of Music Festival
香港美樂聚 2023

During the week-long Festival we will be presenting several high-profile concerts.
With the 2022 International Piano Competition, we have implemented new technology that will and is evolving to reach new standards, envisioned for 2025. Based on research, mastering various experiments, innovation and state of the art technology we are pushing the boundaries and giving you a new way of listening to classical music.

The central node for the performance will be the City Concert Hall in Hong Kong, between the 9th and 15th of October, 2023. See the whole schedule below.
Participating artists
Schedule
Masterclasses
REGISTERING ATTENDANCE TO THE PIANO/STRINGS/GUITAR MASTER CLASSES
Attendance to all master classes will be open to the public and free of charge, but we require that bookings are made in advance by getting in touch with the office of the Festival, preferably by e-mail at: afreris@netvigator.com or by phone at: 2868 3325 / 9027 1429 and telling us the number of seats requested and providing us with your contact information: name, mobile number and e-mail address.
We will be sending you a confirmation of your booking.
Winners

Jonas Stark
1st Prize

Yuanfan Yang
2nd Prize

Konstantin Khachikyan
3rd Prize
Ticketing Information
TICKETS will go on sale at all URBTIX outlets, self- service ticketing kiosks, on internet, by mobile app and telephone on 20th September. Numbered tickets for the recitals at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, priced at HKD 100 each. Half- price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients and Hong Kong Piano/ Electone Teachers’ Circle membership card holders. Free seating tickets for the recital at the Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall (High block 8/F) on the 11th of October priced at HKD 50 each, with no discounts available.
Tickets can also be bought from NOW, directly from the Society by sending us an e-mail to: afreris@netvigator.com, or by calling Anabella at the following Mobile/WhatsApp number: (+852) 9027 1429.
Counter booking will commence on the 20th September, 2023 at all URBTIX outlets, self-service ticketing kiosks, on internet, by mobile app and telephone.
Ticketing Enquiries and Customer Service: 3166 1100 (10am - 8pm daily)
Telephone Booking: 3166 1288 (10am - 8pm daily) - Internet Booking: www.urbtix.hk
Mobile App: URBTIX (Android & iPhone/iPad)
Programme Enquiries: (852) 2868 3325
Time
Location
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Time & Location
The central node for the performance will be the City Concert Hall in Hong Kong, between the 9th and 15th of October, 2023. See the whole schedule below.
About the event
During the week-long Festival we will be presenting several high-profile concerts.
With the 2022 International Piano Competition, we have implemented new technology that will and is evolving to reach new standards, envisioned for 2025. Based on research, mastering various experiments, innovation and state of the art technology we are pushing the boundaries and giving you a new way of listening to classical music.
REGISTERING ATTENDANCE TO THE PIANO/STRINGS/GUITAR MASTER CLASSES
Attendance to all master classes will be open to the public and free of charge, but we require that bookings are made in advance by getting in touch with the office of the Festival, preferably by e-mail at: afreris@netvigator.com or by phone at: 2868 3325 / 9027 1429 and telling us the number of seats requested and providing us with your contact information: name, mobile number and e-mail address.
We will be sending you a confirmation of your booking.
Learn the instrumental and musical fundamentals for playing Renaissance and Baroque music on a modern six-string guitar, including the particularities of playing originals and transcriptions.
4:40 to 5:30 pm
Lecture / Presentation
3:50 to 4:35 pm
BU, BA Music, Year 1.
Repertoire:
i. La Catedral by Agustín Barrios Mangoré.
Nicole LIU Cheuk Tung
Repertoire:
i. Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Cello concerto, 1st movement.
16:15 to 16:55
Eugene Yuen (cello)
Repertoire:
i. David Popper (1843-1913). Polonaise de Concert, Op.14.
15:30 to 16:10
Ng Yau (cello)
Repertoire:
i. Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897). Viola Sonata No.1, in F minor, Op. 120, 2nd movement.
14:45 to 15:25
Benjamin Diao (viola)
Repertoire:
i. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Violin Concerto.
14:00 to 14:40
Yeung Ngo Shing (violin)
HK City Hall,Concert Hall.
10:00 to 13:00
by Ilya Rashkovskiy
Piano Masterclass
Masterclasses
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall at 19:30h.
1st Prize at Busoni Piano Competition, September 2023.
Arsenii Mun
1st Prize at Busoni Piano Competition 2021.
Jae Hong Park
A double concerto.
Joy of Music Festival
Programme:
i. César Franck (1822 – 1890). Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21.
ii. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943). Piano Sonata No. 1, in D minor, Op. 28.
Programme:
i. Ferruccio Busoni (1866 – 1924). Fantasia nach Johann Sebastian Bach, bv 253.
ii. Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849). Barcarolle, in F sharp major, Op.60 & Three Mazurkas.
iii. Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937). Gaspard de la nuit.
Schedule
Participating Artists
Schedule
Competition performance
Competition performance
Piano masterclass
Semi Finalist #01
LIU Hao
Concert City Hall, Hong Kong at 16:00 - 17:50.
Hadyn Saal, Esterhazy Palace, Austria at 10:00 - 11:50.
By ZOOM between Hong Kong and Austria.
Pascal Roge
High Block Recital Hall, Hong Kong at 18:20 - 19:00.
Mascaron Saal, Esterhazy Palace, Austria at 12:20 - 13:00.
Ya Chu Ho
Edmond Cheng
High Block Recital Hall, Hong Kong at 19:05 - 19:45.
Mascaron Saal, Esterhazy Palace, Austria at 13:05 - 13:45.
Concert City Hall, Hong Kong at 20:00 - 21:50.
Hadyn Saal, Esterhazy Palace, Austria at 14:00 - 15:50.
Semi Finalist #02
ZHOU Noah
F. Liszt - Totentanz, piano solo version.
A. Scriabin - Sonata No. 2, Op. 19.