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Mui Zyu is singer-songwriter Eva Liu’s Cantonese childhood pet name. She is exploring her Cantonese heritage after years of feeling disconnected from her roots. Photo: Tia Liu

How British-born Chinese singer Mui Zyu is taking back her heritage

Performing at Clockenflap 2024, Mui Zyu – real name Eva Liu – is exploring her Hong Kong heritage after years of feeling disconnected.

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How this organiser went from corporate DEI to planning music festivals

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong from November 10 to 16

Hypefest draws crowds and vendors in Hong Kong debut despite typhoon threat

Organisers are expecting 30,000 attendees for the two-day music festival along Central Harbourfront.

The two-day festival on Saturday and Sunday made its Hong Kong debut along Central Harbourfront. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

Review | Herbie Hancock as incredible as ever at Hong Kong jazz festival

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock showed he’s still got it at the Freespace Jazz Fest 2024, with other stand-out acts including Ted Lo and Heidi Li.

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What is HKT x WestK Popfest – and who’s performing?

Over 4 nights, the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong will host over 60 performances by local and international artists at this upcoming music festival.

Jorja Smith, who was awarded Best British Female Artist at the Brit Awards in 2019, will perform at the HKT x WestK Popfest. Photo: courtesy of Popfest

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, October 25-27

Try your hand at cocktail making, immerse yourself in jazz music, learn about endurance running and more this weekend.

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Letters | Coldplay ticket woes suggest Hongkongers don’t matter in event plans

Readers discuss the frustration of missing out on a coming mega event, how the US domestic economic agenda could ease US-China tensions and growing demand for bilingual skills.

Hong Kong Clockenflap festival full line-up includes Central Cee headlining

The full line-up for November 29-December 1 music festival is announced, with ‘Doja’ rapper Central Cee to headline Saturday night.

Central Cee is a 26-year-old rapper born in London to a Guyanese father with Chinese ancestry. Photo: Clockenflap

She swapped law books for a DJ’s decks. Catch Awen at Hong Kong festival

Lucille Kante found her voice and vocation while a lawyer in Hong Kong, since when she’s DJed everywhere including Coachella. Now she’s back.

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DJ Awen is headlining the “For the Love of Hong Kong” electronic music festival at Central’s AIA Vitality Park on October 19, 2024. Photo: Kares Le Roy

Profile | Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung’s rise to God of Songs

Known as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, Jacky Cheung has enjoyed a stellar career as an actor and singer since 1984.

Hong Kong electronic music festival Midori returns in secret location

The three-day Midori festival focuses on underground electronic music and culture while highlighting Hong Kong’s beautiful natural landscape.

Sheng vs didgeridoo? When 2 of the world’s oldest wind instruments went head to head

What happens when you put 2 traditional wind instruments from different corners of the globe next to a Western classical orchestra? Dylan Crismani’s concerto for Sheng and Didgeridoo, Coming Together, attempts to answer that sonic conundrum.

Sheng player Loo Sze-wang, conductor Luke Dollman and didgeridoo player William Barton, at the Australian Residence, Hong Kong, ahead of a performance of Dylan Crismani’s concerto for Sheng and Didgeridoo, Coming Together. Photo: Eugene Chan

Profile | Why Cantopop stars from Faye Wong to Eason Chan love lyricist Albert Leung

Having created lyrics for stars from Anita Mui to Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung, Leung is one of Cantopop’s most loved and prolific writers.

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Albert Leung thanks the crowd for their support during the annual Ultimate Song Chart awards organised by Commercial Radio, in January 1999. Photo: SCMP

Hypefest to debut in Hong Kong in November, with electronic band Justice to headline

Organisers say festival will take place along Central harbourfront from November 9 to 10 and is expected to attract 30,000 guests.

HK Phil’s new season kicks off with 24-year-old Tarmo Peltokoski

Named the orchestra’s music director from 2026-27, the young Finnish conductor begins a new season with a programme of Sibelius and Bruckner

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Crash Adams to play their healing pop at YouTube Music Night in Hong Kong

Pop duo Crash Adams, who found fame on YouTube and TikTok, are returning to Hong Kong to play a selection of their hit songs at the YouTube Music Night at Harbour City on August 25.

Toronto-bred, Los Angeles-based pop duo Crash Adams will have their second-ever performance in Hong Kong in front of the Victoria Harbour skyline on August 25. Photo: Harbour City

Musician Olivier Cong’s latest album, Tropical Church, is an ode to Hong Kong

Oliver Cong went from a brooding songwriter to an acolyte of the late Ryuichi Sakamoto; his new album pays tribute to Hong Kong via experimental sounds

Then & Now | How Hong Kong’s Diamond Records gave birth to Cantopop

Cantopop didn’t begin with Anita Mui or Jacky Cheung, but with the humble studios of post-war Hong Kong

Can this new Hong Kong music venue fill a hole left by Kitec?

The 1,500-person-capacity AXA Dreamland at Go Park Sai Sha in Ma On Shan could soften the blow of the loss of Kitec’s 600-seat Music Zone, where bands including Mirror launched their careers.

Taiwanese singer OSN (in white vest) during a concert at AXA Dreamland at Go Park Sai Sha in Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, on the weekend of July 27, 2024. Photo: Yiu Wing Live

Jazz star Ambrose Akinmusire is finding beauty in troubled times

Following his recent Hong Kong debut, the acclaimed trumpeter talks about influential mentors Wayne Shorter and Roy Hargrove, quitting the world’s biggest jazz label, and his fears for the coming US election

Jazz musician Ambrose Akinmusire, photographed exclusively for Post Magazine before his Hong Kong debut at Xiqu Centre in July 2024. Photo: Eugene Chen

How Frances Yip helped put Cantopop on the map, seen in a new exhibition

Yip is in Hong Kong to give 2 concerts and to attend the exhibition ‘Soundtrack of Our Lives: Joseph Koo x James Wong x the Rise of Cantopop’ held at Tai Kwun, where she was once an auxiliary policewoman

Music festival to photo exhibition, 5 weekend arts events in Hong Kong

View images of Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung among other works at Sam Wong’s photo exhibition, or take your kids to Sho-Chan Playful Studio featuring the Japanese cartoon character.

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‘Cantopop is so unhealthy!’: the story of Hong Kong’s new Freespace Noise Fest

The inaugural Freespace Noise Fest is Hong Kong’s largest experimental music event to date, offering a loud rebuttal to the city’s syruppy pop sounds, says curator Kung Chi-shing

The inaugural Freespace Noise Fest is Hong Kong’s largest experimental music event to date and offers a loud rebuttal to the city’s syruppy pop sounds, says curator Kung Chi-shing, who has programmed more than 30 acts to perform at the West Kowloon Cultural District venue from July 24. Photo: Eugene Chan

Summer 2024 fun in Hong Kong – 6 events from Mamma Mia! to anime convention

Want to turn up the fun in Hong Kong this summer? We have you covered, including a book fair, Doraemon exhibitions, a pop-up water park and the Unheard Sound and Music Festival.

Want to turn up the fun in Hong Kong this summer? We have you covered, including an anime convention and the Abba musical Mamma Mia! Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Ambrose Akinmusire: Hong Kong’s most unmissable jazz gig of the year

From free-jazz freak-outs to working with rappers Kendrick Lamar and Kool A.D., the American trumpeter’s career has been one of 21st century music’s greatest surprises

‘Black people know the feeling’: R&B singer in Hong Kong on being fetishised

Singer Wesley Jamison grew up an introvert but came out of his shell in Hong Kong, tackling a lack of black representation along the way.

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Hong Kong's music scene
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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