Hong Kong Music Office Showcases 1,000 Young Performers in April Concert Series
From Frozen to Borodin: More than 1,000 young musicians from across Hong Kong will perform in a five-concert series this April organised by the Music Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, highlighting the city’s long-running youth ensemble programme.
The concerts will take place at major venues including the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall and Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium, bringing together performers from 17 orchestras and choirs. The series is presented by Music Office (Hong Kong) and sponsored by Parsons Music.
The opening concert on 5 April 2026 at 3pm at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall will feature the Music Office’s String Orchestras in a programme that combines classical repertoire with film music familiar to younger audiences.
“Youth ensemble programmes are one of the most important pipelines for the future of orchestral music in Asia. What Hong Kong’s Music Office demonstrates is how sustained public investment in music education can produce not only skilled performers, but also audiences who grow up understanding orchestral culture.” — Monica Tong, Head of Editorial Direction, Music Press Asia
The programme includes selections from the Disney film Frozen, alongside Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre and John Williams’ The Magic of Harry Potter.
Across the series, ensembles ranging from symphony orchestras and symphonic bands to choirs and Chinese orchestras will perform works spanning Western orchestral traditions and Chinese repertoire. Many of the musicians are students drawn from districts across Kowloon and the New Territories, reflecting the reach of the city’s Music Office training programmes.
The concerts provide a performance platform for young musicians developing within Hong Kong’s public music education system. Since its establishment in 1977, the Music Office has trained thousands of instrumentalists through ensemble programmes that prepare students for advanced study and professional music careers.
Two concerts in the April series are also part of larger cultural initiatives. Concert I is included in the Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2026, while Concert III forms part of the Chinese Culture Promotion Series, highlighting traditional repertoire performed by the Music Office’s Chinese orchestras.
For audiences, the concerts offer a glimpse of Hong Kong’s emerging musical talent performing on some of the city’s most prominent concert stages.
PROGRAM UPDATES
For programme updates, visit the Hong Kong Music Office website.
TICKETING INFO
Tickets are $90, $80 and $60. Available at URBTIX one month before the date of the respective concerts.
Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients.
For ages 6 or above.
