“Cosmos Archaeology: Exploring the Universe Through Art & Science”, as a pre-Chinese New Year special exhibition, co-presented by EPFL Pavilions and Guangdong Science Center (GDSC), was officially opened in the GDSC on January 10, 2025.
Friday, 16.09.2016
– Saturday, 08.10.2016,
Pro Helvetia
Concert
Closet Disco Queen comprises Jonathan Nido and Luc Hess, both of whom have a long touring history with different bands of great fame. The duo delivers powerful, dynamic psychedelic-kraut rock with a strong accent of the 1970s and progressive rock.They released their first album in June, 2015 before embarking on their debut European tour and performing at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. After releasing their new EP, the band is now ready for an all-encompassing China tour in 18 cities.
Supported by the Mercator Foundation Switzerland, Connecting Spaces Hong Kong – Zurich is proud to welcome the return of Transcultural Collaboration, a transcultural and cross-disciplinary graduate semester programme that considers the fundamental need to discuss and understand “globalization” and the questions and issues surrounding a chosen topic regarding. This year, the programme settled on the theme, Beyond Purity, and will take place between 12 September and 3 December 2016 at Connecting Space Hong Kong.
Location: Connecting Space Hong Kong, G/F, Wah Kin Mansion, 18-20 Fort Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Together with Consulate General of Switzerland in Shanghai and the Swiss Club of Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association,swissnex China invites alumni from Swiss universities and business schools to this annual gathering. Alumni are welcome to celebrate excellence in Swiss higher education and create new connections. The 2016 reunion marks the fifth anniversary of the All Swiss Alumni Gathering.This event will coincide with the opening of the Swiss Club of Chinese Returnees from Swiss Universities and Schools, an organization founded to help Chinese alumni of Swiss universities deepen their networks.
Thursday, 08.09.2016
– Monday, 30.01.2017,
Pro Helvetia
Exhibition
Installation artists Matthias Liechti from Switzerland and Liao Fei from China collaborate on topics interwoven with fundamental questions exploring truth and conventions in society. By questioning these topics, the artists invite visitors to develop a better understanding of their worlds. Liechti, who lives and works in Bern and Basel, is no stranger to China. Following his residency at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai in 2015, he has grown to be very fond of the city.
Location: V-Space, West Bund Art District, Shanghai
Featuring keynote speakers from both industry and research community, this will be a forward-looking sharing session which identifies new challenges and trends of sensors.
Location: Charles K. Kao Auditorium, Hong Kong Science Park
Winner of the ARD and Prague Spring International Music Competitions, virtuosic German bassoonist Matthias Rácz is currently Principal Bassoon of Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and Lucerne Festival Orchestra. He has performed with many renowned orchestras including Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Berliner Symphoniker, and has appeared as guest soloist at prestigious festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals.
Location: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, 5 Edinburg Place, Central
Come and take a seat on stage! Acclaimed bassoon player Matthias Rácz will be performing with Hong Kong Sinfonietta musicians, guest pianist Anna Bertogna and oboist Yiu Song-lam right in front of you. He will also share with you his own musical encounters.
Location: HK City Hall Concert Hall, 5 Edinburg Place, Central
Matthias Rácz (Bassoon), Principal Bassoon, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich and Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Winner, ARD International Music Competition 2002 and Winner, Prague Spring International Music Competition 2002 will be conducting a Master Class at HKAPA.
Location: Recital Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Upon the invitation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss Military Small Band, consisting of 14 finest young military musicians, will be touring Seoul, Beijing, Manila and Singapore from July to August. Besides performing at the Swiss Embassy for the National Day Celebration on August 1, the ensemble will also have a public performance at the Swiss Taste restaurant on the evening of July 30, and share the stage with the military band of China’s People’s Liberation Army during their stopover in Beijing.The repertoire of the band includes not only traditional songs like “L'Inverno e passato” (“The Winter is over”) and various Swiss marches, but also all the national anthems of the host countries and favorites such as River Dance by Bill Whelan or classical pieces such as the “Toccata in d minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Four talented Swiss pianists on four grand pianos will play, arrange and improvise some of legendary US composer George Gershwin’s most popular songs and orchestral works, such as “Rhapsody in Blue,” “An American in Paris,” and “I Got Rhythm.” In its new program, the quartet – Mischa Cheung, André Desponds, Benjamin Engeli, and Stefan Wirth – also expand to Gershwin’s contemporaries, including Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Maurice Ravel’s La Valse. Don’t miss this lively concert poised to entertain every concertgoer!
