About the event
Daniel Harding launches the HK Phil’s new season with a captivating programme featuring pianist Paul Lewis in a majestic concerto by Mozart, alongside Haydn’s intense La passione symphony and Richard Strauss’s epic tone poem Don Quixote. HK Phil Principals Richard Bamping and Andrew Ling step into the spotlight as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, guiding us on a whimsical and poignant journey between dream and reality.
Concert Details
Season Opening: Daniel Harding & Paul Lewis
Date & Time:
18 SEP 2025 (Thu) 7:30pm
19 SEP 2025 (Fri) 7:30pm
Venue: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Programme
HAYDN | Symphony no. 49 in F minor, Hob I:49, La passione
MOZART | Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major, K.503
STRAUSS | Don Quixote, op. 35
Artists
Daniel Harding | Conductor
Paul Lewis | Piano
Andrew Ling | Viola
Richard Bamping | Cello
Ticketing
Price: HKD$880 $700 $520 $380
2025/26 Season Subscription: 22 MAY - 11 JUL 2025 (BOOK NOW)
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Discount
For standard tickets, Club Bravo members are entitled up to an exclusive 15% off for ticket purchases. Please refer to individual concert page for other discount schemes and list of seats with restricted sightlines.
*These discount are not available during subscription period
About the organizer
To inspire through the finest music-making
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is one of the leading orchestras in Asia. The annual schedule focuses on symphonic repertoire, with conductors and soloists from all over the world. The HK Phil runs an extensive education programme, commissions new works, and nurtures local talent. The HK Phil has flourished in the last two decades under Jaap van Zweden (Music Director, 2012–2024) and Edo de Waart (Artistic Director and Chief Conductor, 2004–2012). The orchestra successfully completed a four-year journey through Wagner’s Ring Cycle, performing and recording one opera from the cycle annually from 2015 to 2018. The concert performances were well received, and the live Naxos recordings were praised by critics, and garnered the Gramophone Orchestra of the Year Award 2019–the first orchestra in Asia to receive this distinction. Tarmo Peltokoski will become the HK Phil’s Music Director beginning in the 2026/27 season, after serving as Music Director Designate in 2025/26. Currently, Long Yu serves as Principal Guest Conductor, Lio Kuokman is Resident Conductor, and Daniele Gatti is Artistic Partner.
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and is a Venue Partner of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Swire is the Principal Patron of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra