Light and Shadow on Strings by
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (Chamber Ensemble)
and Yang Enhua (Solo and Ensemble)
In-venue Programme
Date
Venue
Limited Time Offer
2 December 2025, 10am – 23 December 2025, 11:59pm
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Approx. 80 minutes with one interval
Subtitles in Chinese and English, house programme in audio format and extra wheelchair seat available; guide dogs welcome
A performance of traditional and contemporary Chinese music showcasing the richness of strings
Light and Shadow on Strings is the first collaboration between No Limits and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. It is a joint performance showcasing the rich range of Chinese music performed by the talents of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) and erhu prodigy Yang Enhua.
To open the event, Yang presents three solo pieces. These are followed by “Nanyin” from Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage, Sun Wenming’s playful piece “Farewell” and “Reflection of the Moon on the Water”, a wistful erhu solo written by Hua Yanjun (Ah Bing).
For the middle section of the performance, Yang and the chamber ensemble present a series of richly layered traditional quartet and quintet pieces, including “Autumn Moon on a Placid Lake”, “Three Variations on Yangguan” and “A Joyful Evening”.
Associate Conductor and Resident Conductor of the Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra, Rupert Woo, leads the ensemble in closing the performance with captivating orchestral works. This includes Tam Yat-sing's “Eternal Night” – named Audience’s Favourite at the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra’s 2023 Music from the Heart concert – and a newly commissioned work “Luminous Sound Journey” by cross-disciplinary composer Luk Wai-chun inspired by the experiences of visually impaired individuals.
Programme is subject to change due to programme or artistic choices
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Founded in 1977, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is often invited to perform at famous venues and festivals all over the world, having covered Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and the Arctic Circle to date. It is therefore acclaimed as a leader among full-sized Chinese music ensembles in the international arena today. The Orchestra is set up in four sections: bowed-strings, plucked-strings, wind and percussion. The instruments include both the traditional and the improved, new versions: the bowed-string section has been using the Eco-Huqin series developed by the Orchestra since 2009. The HKCO performs both traditional Chinese music and contemporary, full-length works in a variety of musical formats and contents. It also explores new frontiers in music through commissioning over 2,400 new works of various types and styles, whether as original compositions or arrangements.
Rupert Woo Pak-tuen
Rupert Woo currently serves as the Associate Conductor and Resident Conductor of The Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra (HKCO). He graduated in 2012 as the first Master in Conducting at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). In the Second International Conducting Competition for Chinese Music, Rupert won Second Prize, the Outstanding Young Conductor in Hong Kong Award, and the Audience Award for Most Popular Conductor. He has previously been a guest Instructor in Conducting at Tianjin Conservatory of Music’s Department of Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments, Resident Conductor of its Chinese orchestra, and instructor for its postgraduate programme. Woo has guest-conducted numerous orchestras, including the HKCO, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Macao Chinese Orchestra, Henan National Music Orchestra, HKAPA’s Chinese and Symphony Orchestras, Tianjin Conservatory’s Fanyin Chamber Orchestra, and Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble.
In 2018, Rupert joined the HKCO as Assistant Conductor (Education and Outreach), overseeing the Hong Kong Young Chinese Orchestra. He has planned and conducted various concerts, such as ‘Preservation and Perpetuation of the Classics,’ the Australia tour, ‘School Culture Day,’ ‘Our Cantopop,’ and the ‘Trail of the Blue Dragon’ Community Concert in 2022.
Yang Enhua
Yang Enhua began learning erhu at the age of 12, and has over fifteen years' experience studying under Zhao Yijun, Gan Bolin, Li Aping, Peng Cheng, and Mao Qinghua of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. In 2022, Yang won the VSA International Young Soloists Competition and performed at the Kennedy Center, USA. In 2024, he performed in Seoul and ranked fourth in Korea's first International Visually Impaired Solo Competition. In 2025, he won the Silver Award at the Singapore International Solo and Chamber Music Competition (Chinese Music category), and received a top ten award at the Danny Awards and the Special Grand Prize at the World Chinese Music Competition. Yang is committed to promoting musical inclusion, supporting employment for people with disabilities, and connecting communities through music. He is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, supported by the Lee Hysan Scholarship.
Luk Wai-chun
Luk Wai-chun earned his Doctor of Music degree (D. Mus.) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He loves exploring different kinds of musical style. He went to the University of South Florida (USF) as a visiting scholar to study jazz music and conduct research on Latin American Music. Later, he traveled to Cuba, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil for conducting music fieldwork on Latin American music. During his doctoral study, Luk received various scholarships, including the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Scholarship, and the Music Scholarship (Local Studies) from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund.
His Chinese instrumental work Tan-Tiao Rock won the Gold Prize in Combination of Musical Instruments of the Same Category at the 2021 ‘Dunhuang Award’ for Chinese Chamber Music; another pipa solo work Jazz Pipa earned the Silver Award in the Dunhuang Award for New Works for Pipa Solo in 2017. Other compositions of Wai-Chun were featured at the 67th International Rostrum of Composers (Serbia), Sao Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival (Brazil), Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival 2019, ISCM World New Music Days 2017 (Canada), and Intercultural Music Conference & Concert (USA).
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2 December 2025, 10am – 23 December 2025, 11:59pm
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From 2 December 2025, 10am
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Co-produced by No Limits and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
