主持人:Janice Wong
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This week, we look ahead to a series of concerts, where some of Hong Kong’s brightest rising stars share the stage with giants of the industry in the upcoming Hong Kong Generation Next Arts Music Festival. Also on the programme we speak to Hong Kong’s “godfather of jazz” ahead of his performance at the Freespace Jazz Fest later this month…and a homecoming for French electronic music artist Awen, who’s coming back to the place where she launched her music career - for a one-day house music festival.
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Saturday mornings at 9:05...on Radio 3
19/10/2024 - Michelle Kim - Founder of Hong Kong Generation Next Arts Music Festival
The Hong Kong Generation Next Arts Music Festival will return for its 11th edition next month, and the organiser of the event HKGNA , a non-governmental organisation, will bring together big names from various genres for a series of concerts with the aim of inspiring young people. Highlights in this year’s programme, includes the Hong Kong debut of the Tianjin Juilliard Orchestra, as well a performance by Cantopop star Hins Cheung with K-pop singer Sung Si-kyung. The founder of the group Michelle Kim told CultureZine’s Carol Mang more about this year’s event:
19/10/2024 - Ted Lo - Hong Kong's "godfather of jazz"
07/09/2024
Benis Cheng - Co-organiser of The Second Hong Kong International Inclusive Dance Festival
Crystal Wong - Partnership Assistant and Business Development Manager at Hong Kong Tramways
Meggy Cheng - Executive Director of Hong Kong Dance Company
Allan Tsui and Lawrence Lee - Curators of the Technical Art Fair 2024
主持人:Janice Wong
This week, Janice speaks to an ink artist who has just published his first book of Hong Kong drawings. She also speaks to a pen collector who’s adamant about sticking to ink and paper. What’s more, CultureZine’s art expert Ingrid Chen dives into the controversy about the first official portrait of King Charles…Is it good? Is it bad? And...why is it so red?
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Saturday mornings at 9:05... on Radio 3
15/06/2024 - Andreas Von Buddenbrock - Ink artist
As we all know there are lots of different attractions in Hong Kong, from famous landmarks to sky scrapers and hiking trails. Now, Andreas Von Buddenbrock - an ink artist from Sweden who has been sketching his way around Hong Kong over the past few years has decided to put some of his best work in a book titled The Ink Trail Hong Kong. Andreas spoke to Janice Wong. He told her more about his book and his inspiration from Japanese manga:
15/06/2024 - Robert Pepper - Principal of Academy Art London
Remember the first official portrait of King Charles as monarch, raised many people’s eyebrows when it was first unveiled earlier this year? Artist Jonathon Yeo depicted the king against a background of crimson red brush strokes, sparking mixed reactions. And now the portrait which will on display in a central London gallery until the 21st of this month, has been defaced by animal campaigners trying to advance their cause, though they did no permanent damage. So why did the portrait cause such mixed reaction in the first place? CultureZine's art expert Ingrid Chen spoke to artist Robert Pepper, who is also the principal of Art Academy London:
15/06/2024 - Ng Chuen-pei - Pen collector
Fountain pens used to be the dominant writing instrument, until they were pushed to the brink of extinction by the advent of ballpoint pens decades ago. But in recent years, there’s been a bit of a resurgence in the popularity of fountain pens. Janice Wong spoke to Ng Chuen-pei, or CP, who turned his obsession with pens, ink and paper into a business – a pen store in Sham Shui Po: