Sandro Botticelli’s Venus – An Italian High Renaissance Masterpiece
The Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau, the Italian Cultural Institute and the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of the University of Hong Kong are honoured to present to the public one of Italy’s “national treasures” – Venus (ca. 1482) by Florentine Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510). Sandro Botticelli, patronized by […]
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The Joy of Music Festival 2013
THE JOY OF MUSIC FESTIVALThe Chopin Society of Hong Kong Ltd organizes every three years the Hong Kong International Piano Competition.Three Competitions have been held so far, in 2005, 2008 and 2011 and the fourth one will be held in October 2014. The Competition has established itself as a major event in Hong Kong’s musical […]
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Fabio Montomoli – Guitar Recital
Fabio Montomoli is recognized by critics as one of the best interpreters of the international scene remarking his beautiful sound, power, penetration and wide variety of timbres. He graduates with top marks at “S.Cecilia” Academy of Music in Rome with the Music Master Carlo Carfagna. He attends the regular course “Mozarteum” in Salzburg studying Klassische […]
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500 Years of Italians in Hong Kong & Macau
Italians were actively involved in the European presence on the China coast in the earliest days of the sixteenth century, almost five hundred years ago. Throughout the intervening five centuries, Italians have made, and continue to make, major contributions to the development of Hong Kong and Macau. Important figures such as Alessandro Valignano, Matteo Ricci […]
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Ennio Marchetto – The Living Paper Cartoon – SPECIAL OFFER
Award-winning Italian comedian Ennio Marchetto, acclaimed as a ‘living cartoon’ and a global phenomenon, presents a hilarious repertoire of celebrities in this one-man show.Making use of ingenious paper costumes, wigs and props, Ennio parodies our favourite superstars, magically morphing himself from Lady Gaga to The Queen of England, from the Pope to Dolly Parton, all […]
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“PSYKEDELIC CIRCUS” – an exhibition by Silvia Viganò
Silvia Vigano’ was born near Milan in 1978. She studied art during high school,than she graduated at “Marangoni Istitute” in fashion design. Silvia began to work like fashion designer during some stages but she didn ‘ t feel free and she decided to make an own fashion line composed exclusively by unique items , because […]
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Mario Panciroli – Piano Recital – FREE EVENT
Programme: Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Debussy It was a meeting with Aldo Ciccolini to determine a deep turning point in the training of Mario Panciroli. He began his studies at the “Conservatorio G. Verdi” in Milan (M. Gloria Ferrari piano, Luciano Chailly composition); at the age of sixteen he met the famous Italian-french Maestro (Ciccolini) who […]
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In Memory of Fellini (1920 – 1993)
8½ Director: Federico Fellini Country: Italy/France Year: 1963 Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée Duration: 138mins Regarded as Fellini’s finest and most personal work, and the best film ever made about an artist’s creative crisis, the hallucinatory and imaginative 8½ is one of cinema’s most recognizable touchstones, having inspired R.E.M’s Everybody Hurts video and […]
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DJ Beppe Loda – CD Compilation Launch Party
Beppe Loda started DJ-ing in 1973 and is known amongst music enthusiasts as one of the original founders of the so called ‘Afro-Funky’ and ‘Cosmic Disco’ sounds/scene that became popular in northern Italy during the early to mid 80s at the now legendary Typhoon (Brescia) and Cosmic (Garda lake) clubs.Within these revered clubs a cross-genre […]
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“Legendary Nature” by Annalù and Jessica Fong
Red Elation Gallery is delighted to present the project “Legendary Nature” that combines sculpture by the well- known Italian artist Annalù and the famous jewelry designer Jessica Fong. The exhibition, which will open on Saturday, September 28 at 5pm, consists of an unique path which shows the latest creations of both artists and where the […]
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