HK Phil Fundraising Concert 2025
“Play with the Phil!” Receives Unprecedented Love and Support

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[20 January 2025, Hong Kong] The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) hosted two unprecedentedly successful fundraising concerts at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall on 11 & 12 January 2025 (Saturday & Sunday). Over 25 participating groups, totalling 175 talented musicians, shared the stage with the orchestra under the baton of the HK Phil’s Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman.

The two concerts were a remarkable success and attracting a record-breaking number of performers and audience members and raising over HK$3.2 million to support the orchestra’s long-term development, including music education and outreach endeavours, making the orchestral experience accessible to communities from all walks of life.

This year’s diverse and talent cast of participants include (in alphabetical order): Beilosi Music Studio & Vincy Chan; Joseph Yourong Cai; Canadian International School of Hong Kong; Charis Chan; Kornkanya Charoensiddhi; Harper Cheung; Chinese International School; Lora Chow, Eddie Tam, Alis Yingshi Lin & Henry Ngan; Bora Ding; Benedikt Fohr; Isabelle Fuan; Grazioso Music Academy; Hong Kong Harp Chamber Music; Hong Kong International School Onsom Orchestra; Seven Xiya Jing; Sophie Xia Ku; Dan Lee; Karlie Leung; Malvern College Hong Kong; China Pascual; Tan Ethan Chung Hei & Ding Yijie; Wong Cheuk Yin Brian; Yang Enhua; Yu Soohyun; and Stacey Dongbo Zhang.

Some of the concerts’ highlights were:

• An unprecedentedly wide range of soloists on various instruments such as piano, violin, viola, harp, timpani, harmonica, erhu etc. and singing, featuring performances from young musicians from institutions such as Bellosi Music Studio, Grazioso Music Academy and Hong Kong Harp Chamber Music.
• School orchestral groups playing alongside the HK Phil, made possible through rigorous guidance from HK Phil principals and conductor Lio Kuokman.
• A breath-taking erhu performance by Yang Enhua from the Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong (ADAHK), generously supported by the Swire Group Charitable Trust.
• A creative medley of Chinese opera and Western opera classics arranged by Lora Chow; an orchestral variation of a memoir dedicated to her late father by Dan Lee, and a violin concertino composed by Ethan Tan featuring soloist Ding Yijie who was last year’s fundraising concert participant from ADAHK.
• a viola performance by Chief Executive of the HK Phil Benedikt Fohr, a bold move that brought his passion for music to the stage and reinforced his dedication to the mission and long-term development of the HK Phil.

Conductor Lio Kuokman said “I am proud of the diverse array of instruments and styles represented in this year’s fundraising concerts. It speaks to the richness of our community and the importance of nurturing the next generation of artists."

The HK Phil would like to express its gratitude to the Fundraising Concert 2025 Organising Committee:

Co-Chairs

Mr Edmond Cheuk

Ms Elizabeth Lo

Honorary Advisor

Ms Angela Yau

Members

Ms Lora Chow

Mrs Jacqueline Pun Leung

Artist

Lio Kuokman, JP conductor [full biography]

Currently Resident Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil), Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Macao Orchestra, Programme Director of the Macao International Music Festival, Chief Conductor of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Partner of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Lio is praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a startling conducting talent”. He was the second prize winner of the third Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Paris with Audience Prize and Orchestra Prize, and he has served as the first Chinese Assistant Conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Programme (in performance order)