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Energetic ensemble follows Paris debut with Asian premiere of new work

MSHK – Cello and Ondes Martenot

Musicus Fest 2024

23 November 2024 | Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall 

Rameau: Concert en sextuor No. 5 

Seung-Won Oh: Umbra, Double Concerto for Cello, Ondes Martenot and String Orchestra (Asian premiere)* 

Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor, RV 580, Op. 3 No. 10 

Mihaud: String Octet (String Quartets No.14 and 15), Op. 291 

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances (arranged for string orchestra) 

With Trey Lee (artistic director and cello solo), Nadia Ratsimandresy (Ondes Martenot solo) and Aurélie Entringer (guest principal viola) 

*Umbra is commissioned by Musicus Society and funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation 

Musicus Society is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

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World premiere of a new double concerto specially commissioned for MSHK, cello and Ondes Martenot

Umbra – World Premiere

16 November 2024 | Salle Gaveau, Paris

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concert en sextuor No. 5, RCT 11   

Seung-Won Oh: Umbra, Double Concerto for Cello, Ondes Martenot and String Orchestra* (World Premiere)  

Antonin Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins in B minor, RV 580, Op. 3 No. 10  

Willis Wong: Sampling Tea (French Premiere) 

Darius Milhaud: Octuor (Quatuors à cordes Nos. 14 & 15), Op. 291  

Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances for String Orchestra, Sz. 56 

With Trey Lee (artistic director and cello) and Nadia Ratsimandresy (Ondes Martenot), Petteri Iivonen (guest concertmaster) and Aurélie Entringer (guest principal viola)

*Umbra is commissioned by Musicus Society and funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

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MSHK embarks on a musical dialogue with the Hungarian folk tradition on its second overseas tour

Budapest – Hong Kong Express

1 June 2024 | House of Music Hungary

P. A. Locatelli: Concerto a quattro in D, Op. 7 No. 1 

Léo Weiner: Divertimento No. 1 in D, Op 20 

Béla Bartok: Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 86 

Béla Bartok: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113 

With Trey Lee (artistic director and cello), Barnabás Kelemen (co-leader and guest concertmaster) and Katalin Kokas (guest violist)

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Hong Kong talents present Nordic ensemble works with and directed by star pianist.

MSHK with Louis Lortie

Musicus Fest 2023

21 November 2023 | Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, Op. 1

Pärt: Fratres for Violin, Strings and Percussion

Sibelius: Romance in C for String Orchestra, Op. 42

Sibelius: Impromptu for String Orchestra, Op. 5

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

With Louis Lortie (guest artistic director and piano solo), Elissa Lee (guest concertmaster), Sang-Jin Kim (guest principal viola) and Martin Smith (guest principal cello) 

Musicus Society is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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MSHK performed with the London Chamber Orchestra in a unique program blending excellent music and Chinese painting.

Planting Music

A Jockey Club Musicus Heritage Stories Concert

13 May 2023 | JC Cube, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong

Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 136, Salzburg Symphony No.1

Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in C minor, RV 401

Biber: Battalia à 10 in D, C61

Suk: Serenade in E-flat for Strings, Op. 6

With the London Chamber Orchestra, their conductor Christopher Warren-Green and concertmaster Bradley Creswick

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