The Goddess remastered to be shown in Paris on 24th June 2014
The classic and newly remastered film, The Goddess, will be screened in Paris at La Cinémathèque Française on 24th June 2014, accompanied by a live orchestra playing a newly commissioned score by Chinese film composer Zou Ye. This exclusive screening of the 1934 silent film masterpiece marks the beginning of an exciting season of classic […]
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Foundation brings NT Live’s Coriolanus to Shanghai International Film Festival 2014
The KT Wong Foundation, in partnership with the Shanghai Grand Theatre, is bringing NT Live’s Coriolanus to the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15th 2014. The event is a screening of the Donmar Warehouse’s acclaimed production of Coriolanus, captured in London by National Theatre Live. Tom Hiddleston takes the title role in Shakespeare’s searing […]
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NT Frankenstein Live – Beijing 2014
Following enormously popular sell-out screenings in Beijing in 2013 and 2013, the National Theatre Live production of Frankenstein returned to Beijing on 9th March, presented by the KT Wong Foundation. The critically-acclaimed production, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, enjoyed yet another sell-out showing and outstanding reception from Beijing cinemagoers. Directed by Danny Boyle [...]
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‘Frankenstein’ returns for another sell-out Beijing screening
Following enormously popular sell-out screenings in Beijing in 2013 and 2013, the National Theatre Live production of Frankenstein returned to Beijing on 9th March, presented by the KT Wong Foundation. The critically-acclaimed production, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, enjoyed yet another sell-out showing and outstanding reception from Beijing cinema goers. Directed by Danny […]
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The Goddess – 1934 to 2014
The restoration of this iconic Chinese black and white, silent film undertaken by China Film Archive and British Film Institute, is the fruit of Sino-British collaborations through art and culture, and marks the first collaborative partnership between the KT Wong Foundation, the British Film Institute and the China Film Archive. Lady Davies, founder of the [...]
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Chinese Cinema Season 2014
The KT Wong Foundation will launch an exciting season of classic Chinese cinema with an exclusive screening of 1934 silent film masterpiece, The Goddess on June 24th 2014. The newly remastered film will be screened in Paris at La Cinémathèque Française, accompanied by a live orchestra playing a newly commissioned score by Chinese film composer [...]
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First UN Youth Orchestra
The KT Wong Foundation is the proud founder of the First UN Youth Orchestra, which marks its debut at the reopening of the UN General Assembly Hall on October 24, 2014. The event is part of the United Nations Day celebrations and the second annual Lang Lang & Friends Annual Gala by the Lang Lang [...]
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The KT Wong Foundation are proud to present Ole Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema
On the 27th August 2012 the KT Wong Foundation presented Ole Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema – a floating auditorium that formed part of the official selection of collateral projects in the 13th International Architecture Exhibition. An evocative outdoor theatre located within the old harbour basin Darsena Grande of the Arsenale, Venice’s historic shipyard, Scheeren’s Archipelago Cinema was opened […]
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In Conversation
The KT Wong Foundation is proud to announce In Conversation, a new and dynamic platform initiating critical, cross-cultural dialogue with leading figures from the international arts and cultural industries. The Foundation will host In Conversation exclusively here at ktwong.org; keep checking back for updates! Coming soon at www.ktwong.org: Martin Roth, Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, In Conversation with Philip Dodd […]
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National Ballet of China
The KT Wong Foundation was delighted to welcome the National Ballet of China’s performances of Red Detachment of Women at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, from the 1st to the 3rd of October 2013. The National Ballet of China gave this work its world premiere on September 26th 1964 and, after more than half a century [...]
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Coriolanus
On August 20th and 21st at Edinburgh International Festival Shakespeare’s Coriolanus played to critical acclaim. Directed by Lin Zhaohua and starring Pu Cunxin, the production was supported by both KT Wong Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of China. The Tragedy of Coriolanus fused traditional with modern in using heavy metal music to depict the [...]
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Noye’s Fludde in Shanghai
Noys's Fludde by Benjamin Britten comes to Shanghai during the Music In The Summer Festival 2013.
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Noye’s Fludde
Acclaimed co-production of Benjamin Britten's much loved children's opera with a unique Chinese twist!
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NT Live: Frankenstein
In partnership with London’s National Theatre, the KT Wong Foundation presented Danny Boyle’s critically acclaimed Frankenstein, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, to new audiences in Beijing. The first event of its kind in Beijing and a unique opportunity for the National Theatre, Frankenstein immediately sold out and became the most talked about event on social media [...]
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BBC Imagine: Lang Lang
The KT Wong Foundation and the BBC are currently filming a documentary with world-famous pianist Lang Lang, which will appear as part of Alan Yentob’s ‘Imagine’ series in late 2012. A loyal friend of Lady Linda Wong Davies and the KT Wong Foundation, Lang Lang is regarded as the most internationally recognisable classical music icon [...]
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Daniel Barenboim Documentary
In 2011 the KT Wong Foundation was honoured to be the sole foundation partner supporting renowned conductor Sir Daniel Barenboim and his West Eastern Divan Orchestra’s first tour of China. Universally acknowledged as one of the greatest pianists and conductors of our time, Barenboim, along with the late literary scholar Edward Said, created this orchestra of young [...]
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West Eastern Divan Orchestra
In 2011 the KT Wong Foundation was the sole foundation partner supporting renowned conductor Sir Daniel Barenboim and his West Eastern Divan Orchestra’s first tour of China. Barenboim and the late Edward Said created this trailblazing orchestra of young musicians from widely divergent beliefs with the express goal to bridge cultures and promote dialogue between [...]
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Semele
‘Semele’ embodies the ethos of the KT Wong Foundation, fusing Chinese and Western cultures to create an innovative work of art that is accessible to and relevant for a global audience. It set a new standard in the fusion of contemporary art and classical music while representing a unique cross-fertilisation between Chinese and European cultures. [...]
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