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DJ Kid Koala's Nufonia Must Fall (Canada)Nufonia Must Fall is a live adaptation of DJ Kid Koala’s graphic novel. It is about Robot R on the verge of obsolescence falling in love with a girl and wanting to create a song for her. Will it be a heart-warming sci-fi love story? This multi-disciplinary concert is brought by DJ Kid Koala, accompanied by the Afiara Quartet, performs his original score on piano and turntable. With 40 puppets, 20 miniature sets, and cameras, the production recreates each scene from the book and portrays puppets on stage. Under the direction of production designer KK Barrett, who was the Oscar nominee, the performance is cinematically lit, filmed, and projected on screen. A combination of cinema, theatre and concert, and brand-new experience for audience not to be missed!

Can a robot love? Inspired lovesick-android romance aims to click with family audiences

DJ Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall, a show mixing film, theatre and music focused on an android obsessed with female roboticist, among Cheers! Series of children’s productions

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Gen Z Cantonese opera artists talk about getting into roles, colourful costumes and hours of make-up

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Sadomasochistic Japanese satire inspired by Gulliver’s Travels author

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How family shows can help Hong Kong children in need of digital detox

Circus and theatre show and comedic dance acts from US, UK and Poland to remind city’s dwellers how to laugh, get close to nature and remember true magic of life

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Puz/zle: award-winning dance puts order – and disorder – under microscope

Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s evocative show that examines puzzle of how people fit together and fail to connect, comes to Hong Kong in December

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Why internet helps young classical musicians surpass forerunners’ standards

Music professor Gabriel Kwok hails youngsters’ technique before his ‘GENK and Friends – Perfect Ten’ concert, alongside nine veteran pianists, at Hong Kong Cultural Centre

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China’s revolutionary ‘Paganini of erhu’ Xu Ke reimagines classical music

Xu Ke, Chinese erhu virtuoso who transformed instrument’s repertoire, will perform at Hong Kong’s winter concerts blending international musical styles and techniques

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Chinese erhu virtuoso Xu Ke – dubbed the ‘Paganini of the erhu world’ – who has revolutionised the playing of the Chinese string instrument by adopting techniques used in Western classical music, will perform in Hong Kong with the Tokyo String Quintet on December 14.

Jazz lovers can ‘expect the unexpected’ at Hong Kong’s cross-border ‘seven-hour jamming session’

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Young performers celebrate Cultural Centre’s 30th anniversary and city’s vibrant classical music scene in concert

As eight Hong Kong musicians gear up for ‘Now, 30’ performances, they share memories of the iconic concert venue on Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront

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How Cantonese opera veterans stopped ‘Emperor of Heaven’ from vanishing

Downsizing of opera troupes since 1930s may be one reason the historic production, which features huge cast of 108 performers, has struggled to survive

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Three deities featured among the huge cast of 108 characters in the spectacular Cantonese opera, The Imperial Emperor of Heaven Holding Court – a production once at risk of being lost forever – which will be performed at Hong Kong Cultural Centre on November 8, 9 and 10.

Expect the best of the greats when Sir András Schiff and ‘family’ perform in Hong Kong

Knighted maestro and his chamber orchestra to play Mozart, Beethoven and Bach in Hong Kong

Award-winning pianist and conductor András Schiff is due to perform in Hong Kong in November. Photo: Priska Ketterer

Celebrated choreographer Akram Khan uses last solo to speak out for the voiceless

‘XENOS’ was inspired by stories of colonial soldiers from India and Africa who have been largely written out of history

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Performance work with music by Ryuichi Sakamoto heads to Hong Kong

Innovative puppet show of Coco Chanel’s life and funny yet moving look at behaviour among other works with limited dialogue

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Sir Simon Rattle: Asia offers great potential for growth of classical music

Pianists Colleen Lee and Aristo Sham, from Hong Kong, and American-Polish artist Emanuel Ax will perform concertos by Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Brahms in September

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The London Symphony Orchestra will be performing on three evenings to mark the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s 30th anniversary on September 22, 24 and 25. Photo: Igor Emmerich

Hong Kong play: was Mozart’s sister the real genius in the family?

Author Anne Brontë, composer Fanny Mendelssohn and actor Edwin Thomas Booth were all unsung talents, like Maria Anna Mozart, whose life features in Hong Kong play

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The off-Broadway play, ‘The Other Mozart’ – based on facts, stories and lines taken directly from the Mozart family’s letters – stars award-winning actress and playwright Sylvia Milo as Maria Anna ‘Nannerl’ Mozart.

Chinese Opera Festival can save Cantonese opera’s lesser known art forms from vanishing

Celebrated Cantonese opera artist Yuen Siu-fai says it’s important city’s younger generation learn about older forms of Chinese opera before they disappear

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Spotlight on Peking opera: Chinese Opera Festival celebrates centuries-old ‘national’ art form

Top performers to launch two-month event at city’s Xiqu Centre and dazzle audiences with elaborate movements, extravagant make-up and high-pitched singing

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The Great Tamer to take Hong Kong audiences on mythical journey into heart of darkness

Greek director and choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou draws on Greek classics and his visual arts background to examine life and death and search for the sacred

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Dimitris Papaioannou’s ‘The Great Tamer’. Photo: Julian Mommert

Korean percussionists to ‘light up Hong Kong by beating drums’

Young musicians, seen in promotional video for this year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, are looking forward to making Asian debut outside Korea

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Blood, sweat and tears: behind the scenes of acrobatic extravaganza

Gravity-defying show by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Acrobatic Troupe brings Chinese heroic folklore to life in Hong Kong

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5 steps to ensure you enjoy dancing

Event adviser Andy Wong says all Hongkongers should cast aside their inhibitions at Dance Day in December

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Dance is for everyone, and not something confined to the stage.

Dispelling 5 common misconceptions about Cantonese opera

Art form transcends cultures and generations, and is alive and well in Hong Kong

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Performers of Cantonese opera, which combines singing, music, acrobatics and martial arts, often use hand and body gestures, eye expressions and footwork to reveal information about the plot.

Red Riding Hood-turned-car-racer on family shows’ starting grid

‘Red Racing Hood’, performed by Australia’s Terrapin Puppet Theatre, forms part of city’s four-month-long ‘Cheers!’ Series of children’s entertainments

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Sir Antonio Pappano’s musical journey brings him to Hong Kong

English-Italian will lead Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia – Roma in November concerts with pianists Daniil Trifonov and Seong-Jin Cho

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Jazz greats Ron Carter and Pablo Ziegler set for Hong Kong concerts

One-night-only performances by the Pablo Ziegler Latin Jazz Trio and Ron Carter Trio in October and December form part of city’s ‘Jazz Up’ events

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The renowned Buenos Aires-born pianist Pablo Ziegler – one of the most important figures of the Argentinian New Tango movement – will perform with his Pablo Ziegler Latin Jazz Trio in Hong Kong as part of the ‘Jazz Up’ Series of events on October 16.

Pianist Evgeny Kissin and Hungarian, Italian ensembles to play Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Mozart classics in Hong Kong

Concerts by former child prodigy, Kodaly Quartet and Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in October and November part of city's Encore Series

The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s world-famous orchestra, pictured, focuses solely on the symphonic repertoire. The ensemble is set to perform at the Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre on November 22 and 23. Photo: Musacchio & Ianniello

A matter of life and death: puppet masters to reveal dark side

Circus-set struggle between good and evil and Gothic thriller based on Edgar Allan Poe’s stories feature in city’s ‘From Puppets to Humans’ Series

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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

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