Inspired by Beethoven Hong Kong Sinfonietta‧Eroica

Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to be a partner with Hong Kong Sinfonietta in the programme "Inspired by Beethoven, Hong Kong Sinfonietta: Eroica" at the 49th Hong Kong Arts Festival by inviting Christoph Poppen as the Principal Guest Conductor to perform with the Sinfonietta.

49th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Inspired by Beethoven
Hong Kong Sinfonietta‧Eroica
28 March 2021 (Sun) 8pm
HK City Hall Concert Hall
https://hksl.org/concert/hong-kong-sinfonietta%e2%80%a7eroica-2021/
 
Joining hands with French viola superstar Adrien La Marca and Principal Guest Conductor Christoph Poppen – both of whom travelling from Europe despite the quarantine measures – Hong Kong Sinfonietta offers an electrifying addition to the programme of the 2021 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
 
Since being named “New Soloist of the Year” by Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2014, Adrien La Marca has performed at the world’s most prestigious venues such as the Paris Philharmonie, London Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus etc, impressing audiences with his depth of expression, technical mastery and compelling stage presence. In this concert, he will play a viola adaptation of Schumann’s captivating Cello Concerto in A minor.
 
The concert also features Beethoven’s timeless “Eroica” Symphony under the baton of Christoph Poppen, as well as the world première of HKS Artist Associate Charles Kwong’s a fictional overture – an ahistorical reimagination of the orchestral timbre that becomes one with the sonorities of nature.

Principal Guest Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Viola: Adrien La Marca
Composer: Charles Kwong (HKS Artist Associate)
 
Programme
Charles Kwong         a fictional overture (2021 version, world première)
Commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Schumann               Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129 (Adapted for Viola)
Beethoven               Symphony No 3 in E-flat, Op 55, “Eroica”

Christoph Poppen (Principal Guest Conductor)

“Excellent interpretation.”Kölner Stadtanzeiger

“Christoph Poppen brought out a broad soundscape from the orchestra.”Süddeutsche Zeitung

Principal Conductor, Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director, Marvão International Music Festival, Portugal
Artistic Director, Classic Revolution Festival, South Korea
Music Director, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie (2007-2011)
Artistic Director, Munich Chamber Orchestra (1995-2006)