主持人:Janice Wong
Join Janice Wong every Saturday morning at 9.05, as she discovers all sorts of fascinating new things about Hong Kong's flourishing arts and culture life. With the help of her team, plenty of expert guests, and the magic of radio, she'll be taking you on an artistic "what's on?" adventure each week.
From exhibitions, to music, to cultural happenings of all kinds, make sure to get your edition of... CultureZine.
Saturday mornings at 9.05... on Radio 3
11/01/2025 - Meggy Cheng - Executive Director of Hong Kong Dance Company
Lets start with the latest production of the Hong Kong Dance Company, and that’s “Storm Clouds: An Epic Martial Arts Dance Drama”, which is based on local comic legend Storm Riders or Fung Wan in Chinese, that resonates deeply with the collective memories of many Hong Kong people. Danny Gittings and Tony Sabine spoke to Meggy Cheng, the executive director of Hong Hong Dance Company. She first explained what the production is about:
11/01/2025 - Johnson and Sylvia Ho - members of the B3 Johnson and Sylvia jazz organ group
11/01/2025 - James Cuddeford - Lead violinist of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
James Cuddeford is the concertmaster, or lead violinist, of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and at the age of 11, he had the chance to play solo to violin master Yehudi Menuhin in Australia, and later became his student. Now to celebrate the legacy of Menuhin , a special concert will take place. James spoke to Ben Che:
11/01/2025
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: