Sea Shanty, Szymanowski & Scotland (CANCELLED)

In response to the annoucement by the Government regarding the extension of the closure of performance venues until 3 February 2022, the concert "Sea Shanty, Szymanowski & Scotland" with Christoph Poppen and Zhu Dan on 22 January 2022 is now cancelled. For enquiries on ticket refund, please contact the Hong Kong Sinfonietta office at 2836 3336 (Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm) or by email to ticketing@hksinfonietta.org.


Presented by Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the concert "Sea Shanty, Szymanowski & Scotland" will take place on 22.1.2022 (Sat) at 8:00pm in the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall. Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to support Principal Guest Conductor Christoph Poppen's performance in the concert.

Tickets are now available at all URBTIX outlets and popticket.hk.

Widely recognised as one of the leading musicians of his generation and “an artist of affecting humility and beautiful tone production” (The Strad), violinist Dan Zhu has collaborated with renowned orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra, and with legendary artists such as Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta and Krzysztof Penderecki. In his début with Hong Kong Sinfonietta under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor Christoph Poppen, he will play Polish composer Szymanowski’s captivating and charismatic Violin Concerto No 2, written for the monumental Polish violinist Paweł Kochański.

The programme will also feature the Asian première of celebrated British composer Thomas Adès’ Shanty – Over the Sea, co-commissioned by Hong Kong Sinfonietta and ten other overseas orchestras and festivals, as well as Mendelssohn’s beautifully picturesque “Scottish” Symphony.