'Sound River' of 4th GBA Cultural & Arts Festival to held at Hong Kong Coliseum

The opening ceremony and program "Sound River" of the 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival will be held at the Hong Kong Coliseum this Saturday (October 19). The Leisure and Cultural Services Department has arranged a live broadcast of the program at 8 p.m. that night.

The music piece "Sound River" is a new work by contemporary renowned Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun. It will be performed by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Orchestra, newly formed by members of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and the Macao Orchestra, under the baton of Tan as the world premiere. Sixteen meticulously crafted videos capturing precious footage during Tan's journey from Europe, through the Arab world to Central Asia, then to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area over the past 12 years, will be screened during the performance.

Through an audio-visual process, audience members can explore the past and future of the "Silk Road of sound". The program will also feature a performance by distinguished Mainland singer Zhou Shen as a special guest.

Members of the public can enjoy the live radio, television and online broadcast of the program at 8 p.m. on RTHK Radio 4 (FM97.6-98.9), RTHK TV32, Phoenix Hong Kong Channel (Channel 85), Festival's website, RTHK website, Ifeng and Feng Show APP.

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