Expect the unexpected as classical music innovators cast off shackles
Queenz of Piano who play lying down, The Leonis Quartet’s comedy and mime, The Real Group’s a cappella fun and erhu-harmonica duet set for Hong Kong
Classical music concerts do not have to be staid. They do not have to involve a group of musicians taking their place on stage, playing their set, and walking off again, to polite applause.
In some classical music performances, musicians lie on piano stools, with their legs in the air, and play the keys upside down.
Or musicians waltz up and down the stage on wheeled chairs, ride an imaginary merry-go-round, or take a drive in an invisible car.
On other stages, musicians are the instruments themselves – using their voices to imitate the sound of drums or a guitar – or they combine instruments and musical styles in new and unexpected ways.
Queenz of Piano
The German pianists Jennifer Rüth and Ming, known as the Queenz of Piano, will perform a musical extravaganza in Hong Kong on November 17 at Tsuen Wan Town Hall during which audiences can expect them to provide plenty of lively onstage antics, including playing their grand pianos from above, while sitting on them, and from below.
A classical concert is not boring at all and can be lots of fun – even for younger people and those less in touch with classical music
