Starry Concert Series
2024 World Youth & Children’s Choir Festival cum
1st Greater Area Choir Festival – Hong Kong
Opening Ceremony & Concert
Artistic Director: Prof. Leon Tong
Performers
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Alan Tam (Singer)
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Cantemus Children’s Choir (Conductor：Dénes Szabó)
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Shenzhen Golden Bell Youth Choir of Shenzhen Middle School (Conductor: LIU Mei)
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Hong Kong Children’s Choir (Conductor: Kathy Fok)
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Poya Songbook Choir (Conductor: YE Mingju)​​​
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Sing Fai Cantonese Opera Promotion Association
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Taizhou Aiyue Children's Choir (Conductor: LIU Yanling)
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Utopia & Reality Chamber Choir（Conductors：Ragnar Rasmussen & Urša Lah）
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Gordon Lee（Harmonica）
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Host: Astrid Chan
15 / 07 / 2024
20:00 — 22:00
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​Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Concert duration: 2 hours with no intermission
Tickets and Concert Details
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Joint Concert by Cantemus Children’s Choir and
Guangzhou Little Petrel Children's Choir
Joint Concert by
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Cantemus Children’s Choir (Dénes Szabó)
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Guangzhou Little Petrel Children's Choir(DIAO Zhijun)
Guest Performance
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Good Hope School Choir (Melody Tang)
16 / 07 / 2024
20:00 — 21:30
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Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Programme includes works in Chinese, Hungarian and other languages
Concert duration: 1 hour 15 mins with no intermission
Joint Concert by Utopia & Reality Chamber Choir
and Poya Songbook Choir
Joint Concert by
Joint Concert by
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Utopia & Reality Chamber Choir
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Poya Songbook Choir
Guest Performance
Conductors
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Urša Lah
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Ragnar Rasmussen
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YE Mingju
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Stephen LIK-HIN LAM
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St. Paul’s College School choir
16 / 07 / 2024
20:00 — 21:30
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The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre)
Programme includes works by James MacMillan, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, LIU Xiaogeng and others.
Concert duration: 1 hour 15 mins with no intermission
Night in the Greater Bay Concert
Performing Choir
Guangzhou Little Petrel Choir (Conductor: DIAO Zhijun)
Poya Songbook Choir (Conductor: YE Mingju)
Canton Children’s Choir (Conductor: Julia Yu)
CCC Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay) Senior Choir (Conductor: So Ming Kong)
Children's Choir of Dongguan Yulan Theatre (Conductor: XU Sa)
Colourful Stones Chorus of Shenzhen Shekou School (Conductor: ZHAO Zhi)
Jiangmen Youth Palace Children's Choir (Conductor: LEI Wenxia)
Macau Pui Ching Middle School Choir (Conductor: IP Kin Chun)
The Mad Singers (Hong Kong, China) (Conductor: Christien Wong)
Zhaoqing Duanzhou Haiyun Children's Choir (Conductor: LEI Wenxia)
17 / 07 / 2024
20:00 — 22:00
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Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Concert duration: 2 hours with no intermission
Joint Concert by Cantemus Children’s Choir
and Utopia & Reality Chamber Choir
Joint Concert by
Joint Concert by
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Cantemus Children’s Choir
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Utopia & Reality Chamber Choir
Guest Performance
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Hong Kong Yuen Long Children’s Choir
Conductor
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Urša Lah
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Ragnar Rasmussen
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Dénes Szabó
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Grace Yim
17 / 07 / 2024
20:00 — 21:30
Tickets are available at Cityline
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Telephone booking hotline: (852) 2111 5333
(Monday to Friday: 10am to 7pm, except public holidays)
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre)
Programme includes works by James MacMillan, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, LIU Xiaogeng and others.
Concert duration: 1 hour 15 mins with no intermission
Finalists’ Night & Closing Ceremony
Chairman of the Jury
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Prof. CHAN Wing-wah (Hong Kong, China)
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Jury Members
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Dr. Brady Allred (USA)
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Dr. Nadezhda Averina (Russia)
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Prof. Martin Berger (Germany / South Africa)
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Prof. Cao Guanyu (China)
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Dr. Lesley Chan (Hong Kong, China)
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Ms. Yunhong Chen (Chinese Taipei)
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Mr. DIAO Zhijun (China)
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Ms. Kathy Fok (Hong Kong, China)
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Dr. Steve Ho (Hong Kong, China)
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Prof. Milan Kolena (Slovakia)
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Prof. Urša Lah (Slovenia)
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Prof. LEUNG Bo-wah (Hong Kong, China)
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Ms. Maria Vanessa Leão (Macao, China)
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Prof. LIU Xiaogeng (China)
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Mr. Kelvin Lo (Hong Kong, China)
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Prof. Luigi Marzola (Italy)
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Mr. Bengt Ollén (Sweden)
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Prof. Ragnar Rasmussen (Norway)
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Prof. REN Baoping (China)
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Mr. Dénes Szabó (Hungary)
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Prof. Leon Tong (Hong Kong, China)
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Ms. Kaie Tanner (Estonia)
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Mr. Xu Xin (China)
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Prof. Nancy Yuen (Hong Kong, China)
Guest Performance
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Utopia & Reality Chamber Choir
Conductors
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Urša Lah
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Ragnar Rasmussen
18 / 07 / 2024
19:30 — 22:00
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​Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Concert duration: 2 hours 30 minutes with no intermission​
Choirs nominated to the Final Round will take turns to perform and compete for the highest awards of the Festival: Choir of the World Award (with a cash prize of HKD 40,000) and Jury's Prize (with a cash prize of HKD 20,000), as well as a number of Special Prizes.