Date: 21 June 2024
Venue: Fringe Dairy, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong
Time: 6:30pm
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Date: 22 June 2024
Venue: The Wanch, 90 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai
Time: 7:45pm
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Make Music, Hong Kong! music festival was created in 2018 by Alliance Française de Hong Kong and the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau. It is co-funded by the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macau, with the participation of European countries’ consulates or institutions. It is a special event within French May Arts Festival.
“Make Music, Hong Kong!” is preceded by Music Day, which Alliance Française de Hong Kong has organised since 1985. Make Music, Hong Kong music festival is inspired by the Fête de la Musique (World Music Day) which originated from France. The national music festival in France is widely celebrated on 21st June around the world, the day of the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere. Make Music, Hong Kong! ’ showcases a mix of amateur and professional artists of local or foreign origins. Every year, local bands and half a dozen European bands are presented to the Hong Kong public in remarkable cultural venues. Previous festival locations include Tai Kwun, Fringe Club and West Kowloon Cultural District, all of which are historical and cultural landmarks of the city. This year, 5 European bands and 16 local bands will present 26 concerts throughout the two-day music festival.
At this 7th edition of Make Music Hong Kong! the Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong will present Marta Del Grandi:
Italian-born Marta Del Grandi is an eclectic singer and song-writer from Milan, she gathers influences from near and far, with her experience in different places and cultures, to create a unique genre-splicing style. With a jazz background, now travelling on her own unique and unchartered path. Her new album “Selva”, her most intricate and shimmering effort yet, a refined devotional suite of astute pop that flows effortlessly, uniting emotional complexity, divine organic arrangements with a sci-fi finish.
Marta Del Grandi delivers an album that makes you close your eyes, hold your breath, and open your heart. She welcomes us with open arms into the most diverse territories to lead us to our preferred destination.
