Performance & Event

Artistically directed by Tang Shu-wing, conducted by French guest conductor and music director Béatrice Thiret, and re-edited by filmmaker Jérôme Diamant‑Berger. Built around Henri Diamant‑Berger’s 1921 French silent film The Three Musketeers, the work reimagines the classic through a contemporary dialogue with the Chinese literary masterpiece Water Margin. The visual language of French silent film will be combined with original music composed by students from the Composition and Electronic Music Department and a newly written Cantonese script, performed by students from the School of Music and the School of Drama, and multimedia content created by students from the School of Film and Television.

We welcome you to the Academy Cello Festival 2026 at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts between April 18-24, 2026. We eagerly await your presence at our concerts and we thank you for the continuing support in advance for joining us in the William Au Concert Hall.
 
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