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Xiaoshuijing Farmers’ Chorus
https://youtu.be/3kvT9-EjRv0 Established in 2002 in the mountains of Southern China, Xiaoshuijing Farmers’ Chorus, led by choirmaster Guangyuan Long, comprises 50 farmers of the Miao ethnic minority. No member has ever received any professional vocal training, instead absorbing the Western Baroque and bel canto singing traditions introduced by Christian missionaries in the 1930s by word of [...]
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THE CHINESE NEW YEAR OF THE DOG WITH THE PHILHARMONIA
A Gala Concert to celebrate THE CHINESE NEW YEAR OF THE DOG WITH THE PHILHARMONIA THURSDAY 1 MARCH 2018 As you know, through my Foundation, I have been working hard over the last ten years to promote the importance of our ties with China. These days it seems more relevant than ever as we move [...]
Read moreChinese New Year Celebration 2018
Thursday 1 Mar 2018, 7.30pmRoyal Festival Hall, London The Philharmonia and conductor Long Yu’s Chinese New Year Celebration concert returns to mark the Year of the Dog. This year we welcome a choir from a small village in China’s Yunnan Province to sing Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and a selection of traditional folk songs. The Xiaoshuijing [...]
Read moreXiaoshuijing Farmer’s Choir at China Exchange
Lady Linda Wong Davies with the acclaimed Xiaoshuijing Farmer’s Choir at China Exchange as part of their first ever international tour. The choir, which is 50 members strong, will perform pieces from Handel’s Messiah and traditional Yunnan folk songs, in an uplifting performance to ring in Chinese New Year. Established in 2002 in the mountains [...]
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Chinese New Year Celebration
As you know, through my Foundation, I have been working hard over the last ten years to promote the importance of our ties with China. These days it seems more relevant than ever as we move into new and interesting times! As a result our Chinese New Year celebration, now in the third year of [...]
Read moreAfrica Modern: Creating the Contemporary Art of a Continent
On September 17th 2017 the KT Wong Foundation launched its publication of Africa Modern: creating the contemporary art of a continent. The brainchild of Thomas Heatherwick, visionary British architect, and Lady Linda Wong Davies, chairwoman of the KT Wong Foundation, the book is a celebration of the creative wave sweeping Africa, with a generation of [...]
Read moreThe Jungle – Inspired by Experiences Working with Refugees
https://youtu.be/9DFXDW9oXd0 Stephen Daldry will direct the production, inspired by the playwrights’ experiences working with refugees, which will show in the theatre’s main house from December 7, to January 6, 2018. The Young Vic and National Theatre co-production of The Jungle is written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, the founders of Good Chance theatre. Murphy [...]
Read moreThe Jungle – A Young Vic and National Theatre co-production
https://youtu.be/gZO7B9U-tgg The Young Vic and National Theatre co-production of The Jungle is written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, the founders of Good Chance theatre. The KT Wong Foundation is the Principal Production Supporter. 10% of tickets for The Jungle will be reserved for refugees to see the play. Stephen Daldry will direct the production, inspired [...]
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First Drafts: Ava Davies, Gweilo
Describe your First Drafts idea in 3 words Intimate, contemplative, live Tell us a bit more about your idea and what led you to make it I was tired of seeing stories, (particularly coming of age narratives) onstage that didn’t reflect my experience of growing up between two oppositional cultures. “Gweilo” is a Cantonese slang [...]
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Nico Muhly’s Marnie
Nico Muhly’s new opera, “Marnie,” opens at English National Opera. Nico is a composer wunderkind. The KT Wong Foundation supported his previous opera Two Boys, a co-production between Metropolitan Opera of New York and English National Opera. Nico has built a reputation and fan base that stretch across traditional genre lines. In college he worked [...]
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The Suppliant Women at the Young Vic
The Suppliant Women at the Young Vic, SE1. A strong cast of young local women underlines the enduring relevance of this play 2,500 years on. Sometimes it feels as if nothing ever changes. “Stop male violence,” implore the women in this stunning ritual drama, a plea for succour, justice and equality. Written by Aeschylus 2,500 [...]
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The Chinese Classical Music Revolution Up Close
Every music conservatory is now marketing in the Far East, peddling its pedigree for dear life. Norman Lebrecht witnesses the Chinese revolution first hand. On a bullet train out of Shanghai, a nuclear family catches my eye. The father, weather-beaten and wearing an ill-fitting suit, is clearly a working man. His wife, younger and city […]
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Shostakovich and Rachmaninov conducted by Long Yu
Long Yu returns to the Philharmonia to conduct an all- Russian programme. Epic, towering, all-encompassing, Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto holds at its heart one of the most achingly beautiful slow movements of all time. Shostakovich’s Fifth is arguably the most dramatic and thrilling of the 20th century. Composed under acute political pressure from Stalin’s regime, the symphony’s [...]
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Farmers Choir and Renowned Violinist Share the Stage for BMF Closing Concert
Farmers choir and renowned violinist share the stage for BMF closing concert. The curtain came down on the Beijing Music Festival on Sunday night at capital's Poly Theatre with a concert staged by the China Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian violinist Maxim Vengerov and a 13-year-old pianist, as well as a group of traditional rural singers from [...]
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Shaping the Future of Classical Music Concert
Conducted by BMF artistic director Yu Long, the Shaping the Future of Classical Music Concert not only featured a commissioned work by composer Chen Qigang, but also included four Yunnan folk songs sung by the Xiaoshuijing Farmers Choir. According to Yu, the inclusion of the Farmers Choir was an attempt to provide a platform for […]
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Zanele Muholi Takes Over New York
Photographer and visual activist Zanele Muholi’s impressive images have taken over Time Square, Broadway & Lafayette (Manhattan) and NYC Subway, to name but a few places in the Big Apple! Her recent show opened at Yancey Richardson New York, and has led to her dominating the City that Never Sleeps with massive billboards and digital […]
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Nevill Holt Opera’s Noye’s Fludde wins Tourism and Hospitality Award
We are thrilled to announce that Nevill Holt Opera's Noye's Fludde WON Best Event in the 'fabulous things to do' category at last nights Leicestershire's Tourism and Hospitality Awards!! The prize was awarded for excellence, accessibility, impact and legacy. Huge congratulations to all involved.
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Promoting Freedom of Expression, Creativity and Dignity for Everyone
Good Chance builds temporary theatres of hope promoting freedom of expression, creativity and dignity for everyone. Founded by two British playwrights, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, Good Chance established its first temporary theatre space, an 11m geodesic dome, in the heart of the refugee and migrant camp in Calais in September 2015. After seven months […]
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Breathless in Beijing: Hong Kong Philharmonic Dazzles With Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s intense, five-hour rendition of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre” (“The Valkyrie”) left classical-music lovers breathless, but yearning for more during the performance at the Beijing Poly Theater. Conductor Jaap Van Zweden’s sense of pacing and drama never falters, with vivid climaxes including the frightening scene depicting the rage of Wotan, the [...]
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Beijing Music Festival: Film Screening of Peter Grimes
The KT Wong Foundation together with The Beijing Music Festival presents the second in the series of Masterclass: In Conversation with Daniel Kramer English National Opera’s Artistic Director to discuss his work and showcase iconic productions of the English National Opera hosted at CHAO Sanlitun on 24th October. (20th October 2017, Beijing). The masterclass will […]
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