Peltokoski, 24, conducts the opening programme of the Phil’s 51st season on September 5 and 6. It features a soloist a year younger than the Finn – Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich, who has released four albums with Deutsche Grammophon since signing with the record label at the age of 15. The programme comprises the Violin … Read more
Now 18 and studying economics and music on a full scholarship at Harvard University and the New England Conservatory, the Hong Kong-born virtuoso has played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and recently toured mainland China with the HK Phil. So in Hong Kong, in May … Read more
This European tour, the longest in the orchestra’s history, was now being billed as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. The Hong Kong Philharmonic performed in Singapore to warm up for the European tour. Photo: Aloysius Lim The plan was to begin with a warm-up performance in Singapore, from where the orchestra would fly to … Read more
