Cosmopolis Festival 2022

Presented at the newly-opened Shaw Auditorium by the Division of Humanities and Social Science at HKUST, the Cosmopolis Festival highlights Hong Kong as a major cultural hub, regularly visited by the most renowned performers from all over the world, with an equally broad range of local cultures and talent. Cosmopolis aims to introduce audiences to music from a cross section of cultural, linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, representing traditions such as Indian classical music, Indonesian gamelan, Filipino jazz, Chinese orchestral repertoire, chamber music, opera, as well as avant-garde, experimental, and multimedia works. The festival is curated to include works by local composers, performances by prominent local musicians, alongside distinguished international guests, with concerts paired with talks, workshops, masterclasses, and arts exhibitions.

Sep 25 - The Hong Kong Philharmonic: A Chamber Orchestra Concert

Sep 27 - The Modern Harpsichord: Talk by Mahan Esfahani

Sep 28 - The Art of the Harpsichord: Mahan Esfahani in Concert

Oct 5 - JUNK!VR: Virtual Reality Music Performance Workshop

Oct 6 - Synesthesia: An Electroacoustic Music and Multimedia Concert

Oct 10 - Balinese Gamelan Workshop with I Wayan Sudirana (Online Event)

Oct 12 - Music of Bali: Gamelan Yuganada (Online Event)

Oct 18 - 絃歌不絕—粵粹縱橫 Everlasting Cantonese Music: Treasure from A Century Ago

Nov 9 - Italian and French Masterpieces for Violin and Piano—With Gian Paolo Peloso and Rachel Cheung

Nov 10 - Meet the Artist: String Instrument Workshop with Gian Paolo Peloso