Given the way medical advancements have significantly prolonged life expectancies around the world, it is hard to imagine that old-age diseases such as cholera are still affecting people in our world today. The 2010s cholera epidemic that hit Haiti has

The extraordinarily rousing power of music is a force that, as any other, can be used for good or evil. Daniel Barenboim’s recent concert in Gaza City has re-affirmed the positive impact that music can have in politics. Barenboim led

If you still have the impression that female composers write necessarily in a tender and soft style, you may want to hold back your stance for a while after listening to Ming-Hsiu’s piece- strands of interlocking rhythmic patterns piling up,

With a unique goal of fostering the earnest exchange of ideas between performers and composers, The Intimacy of Creativity at HKUST stirred an enthusiastic welcome in the local music scene. Bright Sheng, the event’s creator and a Chinese-American composer, seeks

Whilst some culture critics and local artists are labelling Hong Kong as ‘cultural desert’, American composer-in-residence of the HKUST Matthew Tommasini stays optimistic about the potential of local music scene. Having spent his previous years in New York, Matthew is

On some recent recording sessions in the wonderful Snape Maltings I was reintroduced to the music of young American composer Nico Muhly. His music struck me in a way that many contemporary composers don’t. Although his music encapsulates a range

If there were a sonata for Einstein’s theory of relativity, how would it sound like? In The Intimacy of Creativity, you will discover the infinite possibilities. Organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the project is in

The recent tragedy in Japan is certainly affecting people everywhere. In this very difficult moment, the world at large feels sorrow for those who lost their lives and the families who have lost their loved ones in the earthquake. When