Academy Concerto Competition (Academy Chinese Orchestra)
Date:12 Jun (Fri)
Venue:William Au Concert Hall
Academy Concerto Competition (Academy Symphony Orchestra)
Date:05 Jun (Fri)
Venue:William Au Concert Hall
Academy Cello Festival 2026
18 April Saturday 19:30
Opening Concert - Celestial Harmonies
19 April Sunday 15:00
Junior Music Programme Showcase
20 April Monday 19:30
Friends and Neighbours Concert - Tianjin Juilliard School Cellists
21 April Tuesday 19:30
Alumni Concert
*The Academy free event, e-tickets are released for registration three hours before the start of the performance via the “Academy e-Ticketing System” on a first-come-first-served basis
22 April Wednesday 19:30
Academy Cello Soloists
24 April Friday 19:30
Gala Closing Concert - Symphonic Cellos
Date:18 Apr (Sat) - 24 Apr (Fri)
Venue:William Au Concert Hall
Academy Opera: La Cenerentola
Date:24 Mar (Tue) - 28 Mar (Sat)
Venue:Rita Tong Liu Drama Theatre
Academy Symphony Orchestra Concert
Programme includes Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville, Lalo Symphonie Espagnole (Violin soloist: Athena SHIU Suet-yin), Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Date: 04 Oct (Fri)
Venue: William Au Concert Hall
Piano Masterclass by Bing Bing Li
Franz Schubert Impromptu in E-flat major, D.899 No.2
WU Ziwei (BMus1)
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.28
Nicole YIM Cho-ting (BMus4)
Frédéric Chopin Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Ericsson LIN Jiahong (Junior Student)
Date: 04 Oct (Fri)
Venue: The Society of APA Recital Hall
Academy Oboe Masterclass by Nicholas Daniel
Nicholas dedicates his life to music in many varied ways. He records and broadcasts widely, recently signing an exclusive contract with Chandos Records. He also boasts a huge international following on social media and streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. Highly sought after as a teacher, he has been a professor at the Trossingen Musikhochschule in Germany for more than 20 years.
In recognition of his achievements, he was honoured in 2012 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the prestigious Queen’s Medal for Music, cited for making “an outstanding contribution to the musical life of the nation.” In October 2020, he was awarded an OBE, and in 2022, he received the Cobbett Medal for Chamber Music from the Musicians’ Company.
As the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, he studied at London’s Royal Academy of Music with Janet Craxton and Celia Nicklin, and then privately with clarinettist Anthony Pay and Hans Keller. He quickly established his career with early debuts at the BBC Proms and on disc. He has been a concerto soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, performing a vast range of repertoire and premiering works written for him.
Nicholas Daniel plays Lorée Étoile oboes and Royale English horns from De Gourdon, Paris.
Photo credit: Jean-Baptiste Millot 2021
Date: 02 Oct (Wed)
Venue: The Society of APA Recital Hall
Academy Piano Masterclass by Xu Hong
PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A major, Op.2 No.2
Naomi LEE Ying-yuet (Visiting Student 1)
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No.3 in A minor, Op.28
Nicole YIM Cho-ting (BMus4)
Date: 27 Sep (Fri)
Venue: The Society of APA Recital Hall









