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Photobooks, Gordon Cheung@gdm & in the studio: Violinist Chow Yip-wai

22/10/2025

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Executive Producer：Diana Wan

22/10/2025

There are more than a hundred art galleries in Hong Kong, but only a handful specialise in photography. Recently, a new one opened in Wong Chuk Hang, primarily focusing on photobooks by photographers from around the world, particularly from Japan.

Currently showcasing at gdm, or Galerie du Monde, is "New Territories", the debut solo exhibition of Gordon Cheung, Featuring both paintings and sculpture, the exhibition explores such themes as colonial history, identity, territory, and sense of belonging, through references to Cheung’s ancestral lineage as well as Hong Kong’s own past and future.

In June, the Romer String Quartet came to our studio to talk about a concert that focused on Claude Debussy’s only string quartet, composed in 1893. One member, relatively new to the quartet, is violinist Chow Yip-wai. Before joining them, he played with several ensembles in Hong Kong, including the Cong Quartet, Musicus Soloists Hong Kong, and more. As a soloist, Chow is active both in Hong Kong and in the United States. He is also an educator, sharing his love for music with students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the West Virginia State University. This Thursday, he’s giving a recital presented by the New Hong Kong Philharmonia. He’s with us now.

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Ancient Egypt Unveiled@HKPM, Sigg Prize 2025@M+ & in the studio: Guzheng player Grammy Yeung

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Now in its third edition, this year’s Sigg Prize is shortlisting six artists. The prize was set up in 2018 with the aim of recognising and promoting the strength and diversity of Chinese artists on an international platform. New and recent works by the six shortlisted creators are on show at The Studio in M+ until 4th January next year.

Grammy Yeung majored in the guzheng, a Chinese plucked zither in her Masters degree at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She is also a music major graduate from The University of Hong Kong. On 1st December, she will be having her recital as part of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s “Hong Kong Artists” series.
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HKADC project: Ding Lab, Stay Connected@Tai Kwun & in the studio: Vocalist Julie May

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"Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008” is a two-part exhibition at Tai Kwun JC Contemporary, the first part of which is on show until the 4th January. "Stay Connected: Navigating the Cloud” includes more than 50 works by over 35 artists and groups. They explore the relationship between digital technology, the manufacturing supply chain and human activities, and their impacts on social realties and art in China.

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WMA exhibition: Jess Lau, Xu Longsen@Hanart & in the studio: pianist Niu Niu

Due to light pollution and cloudy weather, it isn’t always so easy to see celestial bodies above Hong Kong, but you do have an opportunity to see and reflect on the stars and their symbolism and meaning at “The Orbit of Hope”, an exhibition organised by the non-profit art platform WMA. Four artists are taking part. We talked to one of them, Jess Lau.

The exhibition “Misty Aura” at Hanart TZ Gallery features more than 20 large-scale shanshui or landscape paintings painted over the past 12 years by artist Xu Longsen.

Pianist Niu Niu revisited us in February, just after the Lunar New Year, and spoke to us about his performances of all three of Tchaikovsky’s piano concertos with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, one of which resulted in a live album. He also highlighted his plans for the rest of 2025, which included a debut recital in Singapore in August, and a series of concerts in Japan, beginning this month and continuing into November. Niu Niu also told us that one of his goals for this year, apart from performing, is to write more of his own music. While he was with us, he performed one of his original compositions, a piece from his “Weather Suite” called “Sunny Day”.

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3D ceramics by Silvester Mok, Yukari Nishi@WKM & in the studio: Guitarist Jason Kui

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"In the Meantime” at WKM Gallery is the debut Hong Kong exhibition of Yukari Nishi who describes her process and approach to painting as a form of “collage therapy”.
The paintings, which present her exploration of the surreal as a place of escape and reflection, reflect her reality and anxiety as a mother.

Jason Kui is best known for his electrifying guitar playing. A rock and blues musician and composer, his musical range includes modern metal, hard rock, funk and ballads. In September 2022, Kui came to our studio to give us a preview of his two then upcoming concerts: “Six-String Journey to the West”. Music from that show was released as a live album in May this year, and he’s here to tell us more about that, and give us a sneak peek of a new song, due to be released next month.

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Photobooks, Gordon Cheung@gdm & in the studio: Violinist Chow Yip-wai

There are more than a hundred art galleries in Hong Kong, but only a handful specialise in photography. Recently, a new one opened in Wong Chuk Hang, primarily focusing on photobooks by photographers from around the world, particularly from Japan.

Currently showcasing at gdm, or Galerie du Monde, is "New Territories", the debut solo exhibition of Gordon Cheung, Featuring both paintings and sculpture, the exhibition explores such themes as colonial history, identity, territory, and sense of belonging, through references to Cheung’s ancestral lineage as well as Hong Kong’s own past and future.

In June, the Romer String Quartet came to our studio to talk about a concert that focused on Claude Debussy’s only string quartet, composed in 1893. One member, relatively new to the quartet, is violinist Chow Yip-wai. Before joining them, he played with several ensembles in Hong Kong, including the Cong Quartet, Musicus Soloists Hong Kong, and more. As a soloist, Chow is active both in Hong Kong and in the United States. He is also an educator, sharing his love for music with students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the West Virginia State University. This Thursday, he’s giving a recital presented by the New Hong Kong Philharmonia. He’s with us now.

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Chan On-yee (Ann Petite), Tsherin Sherpa@Rossi Rossi & in the studio: Erhu player Chu Wan-pin

Across China, even in different ethnic groups, the traditional Chinese two-stringed erhu has long been the most popular instrument in the huqin family of instruments.
It's still popular today, even in popular music and on film soundtracks. Local movie fans will probably know some of the music by our guest today: erhu player and film composer Chu Wan-pin.

"Hello Darkness … My Old Friend” is Nepali artist Tsherin Sherpa’s fifth exhibition at the Rossi & Rossi gallery. Sherpa initially studied traditional Tibetan thangka painting with his renowned artist father, Master Urgen Dorje. The exhibition features a series of works, in ink and acrylics, developed from black thangka paintings.

If you’re a local filmgoer, you’re likely to be familiar with music by our guest today: erhu player and film composer Chu Wan-pin. Apart from his performances of traditional music, Chu is known for scores for feature films such as “Wukong”, “Overheard 3”, “Ne Zha 2” and “The Last Dance”, the latter being chosen as Best Original Film Score at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards. He’s with us right now.

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I.F Gallery, which has exhibition spaces in both Singapore and Hong Kong, focuses on introducing modern and contemporary Japanese art to a global audience.
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