大館操場音樂節 Prison Yard Festival 2024 | 5-12 December 2024

第三屆大館操場音樂節已於2024年12月舉行，由一眾香港及海外藝術家呈獻多場精心策劃的音樂會，在大館獨特的古蹟建築群中創造獨一無二的聆聽體驗。我們很榮幸邀得世界知名的澳洲室樂團作為駐節樂團，由藝術總監托尼提（Richard Tognetti）帶領，演出三套風格各異的節目，包括與埃及裔澳洲烏德琴（Oud）演奏家杜華德（Joseph Tawadros）聯手重新演繹韋華第的《四季》、哈斯及柴可夫斯基的弦樂精品，以及與香港的Cong四重奏合作的藝術家發展計劃。

音樂節每年都邀請藝術家重新演繹相同概念，延續音樂節的部份傳統。今年會與小提琴家王亮（香港管弦樂團第二副首席）再度合作，邀請七位香港的頂尖樂手演奏羅馬尼亞作曲家安納斯古令人振奮的弦樂八重奏。土生土長的鋼琴家沈靖韜自小深受香港樂迷喜愛，近年在國際舞台上非常活躍，是次在冬至前夕的月圓之夜，帶來觀眾引頸以盼的獨奏會。

每場音樂會前的一小時，洗衣場石階會上演別開生面的「Fusion」演出。由香港創樂團及在港致力推動印度表演藝術的PUMHKA合作，炮製融匯印度、中國及西方古典音樂傳統的創新節目。

The 3rd edition of the Prison Yard Festival was held in December 2024, with a stellar line-up of local and international musicians, bringing exquisite concert experience at Tai Kwun’s atmospheric Prison Yard and Laundry Steps. We are thrilled to present the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) as the ensemble-in-residence. Led by its Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, the ACO will present three distinctive programmes including a re-imagined Vivaldi’s Four Seasons featuring Egyptian-Australian Oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros; an evening of beloved string works by Pavel Haas and Tchaikovsky; and an artist development programme featuring Hong Kong’s outstanding Cong Quartet.

The Festival strives to build up a tradition by engaging musicians to re-interpret a continuous concept every year. It welcomes the return of the chamber ensemble led by Hong Kong Philharmonic’s Second Associate Concertmaster Wang Liang. Together with seven other leading musicians, they will perform Romanian composer George Enescu’s thrilling Octet. Pianist Aristo Sham, a homegrown virtuoso who enjoys an established international career, presents a long-awaited recital under the last full moon before the Winter Solstice.

Each concert was accompanied by an electrifying fusion performance jointly presented by Hong Kong New Music Ensemble and Padmabhushan Ustad Mushtaq Husain Khan Association, juxtaposing the Indian, Chinese and Western Classical musical traditions.