The Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024 organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present two pop music concerts, "ART!ON POP", in July. Curated by renowned local music producer Carl Wong, the concerts will gather four new-generation singers and a number of top-notch Hong Kong music makers to reinterpret masterpieces by acclaimed composer Joseph Koo and lyricist James Wong that are related to works of literary giant Jin Yong, passing down a legacy of timeless melodies. Tickets will be on sale from June 12 (Wednesday).
      
     Jin Yong's literary works have spread far and have been long remembered. The songs composed for his works by Joseph Koo and James Wong still linger. As the music director of this pop concert, Carl Wong will collaborate with various talented local music makers including Jun Kung (drums); Jason Kui and SONi Cheng (guitar); Abby Wong and Daniel Chu (keyboards); Herman Wong@The Hertz, Tse Chin-lui and Tse Chin-tung (vocals); and others, to inject new vitality into Hong Kong pop-culture classics associated with these three legendary figures from the 1970s to the 1990s. Singers Jeremy Lee, Wilson Ng, Yoyo Sham, and Tang Siu-hau have been invited to reinterpret the related theme songs and soundtracks, enabling the brilliance of a golden era to resonate with a new generation.
      
     Carl Wong has served as the producer/music director of albums and concerts for various local singers like Juno Mak, Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse, Wilson Ng and Jer Lau. He has also received numerous awards, including the Best Arranger and the Ultimate Album at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards, the Best Album Producer at the 30th Golden Melody Awards and Best Music Arrangement at the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards.
      
     The Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024: "ART!ON POP" concerts will be held at 8pm on July 21 and 22 (Sunday and Monday) at the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Tickets priced at $680, $880 and $1,080 will be available for sale from June 12 (Wednesday) from URBTIX. On the first date of sales, tickets are available only on the URBTIX website (www.urbtix.hk), its mobile ticketing app URBTIX (Android, HarmonyOS and iPhone/iPad versions) and telephone bookings (3166 1288), with a maximum of four tickets that can be purchased in each transaction. URBTIX outlets and self-service ticketing kiosk bookings will also be available from the second day of sales (i.e. June 13) onwards. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1659.html.
      
     The LCSD presented the first Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival last year to great acclaim. This year, the second edition features "Arts & Action" as its theme, taking audiences on a journey through time to explore the charm of Hong Kong's pop culture. It encompasses both "Arts" (creative works) and "Action" (martial arts), in an attempt to show the dynamic inheritance, diffusion, integration and breakthroughs within Hong Kong's pop culture. Among them, other programmes themed under Jin Yong, Joseph Koo and James Wong includes "A Path to Glory - Jin Yong's Centennial Memorial • The World of Wuxia", "A Path to Glory - Jin Yong’' Centennial Memorial, Sculpted by Ren Zhe", "Jin Yong's World of Martial Arts Reading Corner", "Book Display: Taste of Jin Yong's Novels", "Exhibition on Dr. Louis CHA Collection", "Arts or Action, Why Not Both? Classic Martial Arts Drama Costumes and Props Exhibition", the Multi-dimensional Reading of Jin Yong's Martial Arts Novels" Subject Talk, "The Hong Kong Musicians Series: Music Document Highlights of Joseph KOO and James WONG" and "A Laugh at the World: James Wong". For more information, please visit www.pcf.gov.hk/en.

Ends/Thursday, June 6, 2024
Issued at HKT 12:10

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