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Distance and Intimacy: Jacqueline Zünd’s Documentary Film Retrospective

Thursday, 06.02.2020 – Sunday, 09.02.2020
Movie

Swiss documentarian Jacqueline Zünd frequents the distant but intimate lives of people from around the world – the insomniacs, the aged and the children – embracing their delights and disappointments, regrets and hopes, and other contrasting sensations. As these people wander along their paths of ritual, befittingly or misfittingly, they understand life anew with wisdom, dignity and vitality.

Location: Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Kammerorchester Basel and Christian Gerhaher – 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival

Saturday, 29.02.2020 – Saturday, 29.02.2020
Concert

Maestro Heinz Holliger, the legendary world-class oboist, is also a conductor and composer who devotes himself to preserving classical repertoire while exploring new performance techniques. These are values also held by the Kammerorchester Basel (Basel Chamber Orchestra), which has been searching for new ways of musical interpretation with both historical and modern instruments.

Location: Concert Hall, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Plaza, Central, Hong Kong

Béjart Ballet Lausanne Dixit – 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival

Friday, 06.03.2020 – Saturday, 07.03.2020, 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Theater

Dixit was created for the stage by director Marc Hollogne to mark both the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne by its choreographer Maurice Béjart, and the 10th anniversary of his death.

Location: Grand Theatre, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, TST, Hong Kong

Midori with the Festival Strings Lucerne – 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival

Thursday, 12.03.2020 – Thursday, 12.03.2020, 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Concert

Having debuted at age 11 as a prodigy under Zubin Mehta with the New York Philharmonic, violinist Midori has since made an impressive career of over 30 years collaborating with world-class conductors and musicians. Not only has she established and sustained her position as one of the world’s greatest musicians, but she has also gained tremendous respect for her efforts in community engagement, nurturing new talents and promoting classical music to the underprivileged.

Location: Concert Hall, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, TST, Hong Kong

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Park Stickney & Friends – Jazz Harp Concert

Sunday, 10.11.2019 – Sunday, 10.11.2019
Concert

A cross-cutltural event you cannot miss. Park Stickney and GuoGan first performed together at the 2017 World Harp Congress in Hong Kong, and immediately found that the harp and erhu worked really well together, combining the singing tones of the erhu with the harp’s chromatic and rhythmic possibilities.

Location: 5/F, Sheung Wan Civic Center, 345 Queen’s Road, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, Hong Kong

Venture Leaders Fintech 2019

Sunday, 03.11.2019 – Saturday, 09.11.2019
Conference

Venture Leaders Fintech 2019, co-organized by Venturelab and swissnex China, will take place from November 3rd to 9th, where the 10 leading Swiss Fintech startups will participate in the Hong Kong Fintech Week, the world’s first cross-border fintech conference, as well as mentoring workshops, investors meetings, pitching events and visits in Hong Kong and Shenzhen ecosystems.

Location: AsiaWorld-Expo, Airport Expo Blvd, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

Race for Water Odyssey

Wednesday, 23.10.2019 – Wednesday, 06.11.2019
Exhibition

In 2010, the Swiss entrepreneur Marco Simeoni created the Race for Water Foundation to fight against plastic pollution in the oceans. Committed to a five year Odyssey (2017-2021), the ambassador vessel of the Foundation is going around the world to raise awareness about the impact of plastic waste on the marine environment and propose local solutions to this global problem, thanks to a machine which transforms plastic waste into electric energy: the BIOGREEN. A unique ambassador for energy transition, the Race for Water vessel is propelled solely by renewable energies thanks to its solar panels, its traction kite and its chain of hydrogen production and storage.

Location: Central Pier No. 9, Hong Kong

Swiss Inspiration: Design Thinking to Design Doing in the Digital Age

Monday, 14.10.2019 – Friday, 18.10.2019
Conference; Lecture

Hong Kong Design Institute and Zurich University of the Arts are collaborating again offering a five-day in-depth training in 2019. Swiss Inspiration: From Design Thinking to Design Doing in the Digital Age.

Location: Hong Kong Design Institute, 3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong

Chris the Swiss - Kino 2019 German Film Festival

Friday, 11.10.2019 – Sunday, 20.10.2019
Movie

Anja Kofmel already admired her cousin Chris as a little girl. His mysterious death in the midst of the wars in Yugoslavia in 1992 still keeps her occupied. Especially as the young Swiss journalist wore the uniform of an international mercenary group at the time of his death. What happened?

Location: Hong Kong

Movie Screening “SUSI”

Sunday, 15.09.2019 – Sunday, 15.09.2019
Movie

The movie tells the story of a young woman from Indonesia, who leaves her country to support her family and her younger sister’s education by working as a domestic worker in Hong Kong. She will face hardship and form unlikely friendships along the way. The film projection will be followed by a panel discussion to give to the people an opportunity to talk about those issues and to give a voice to the migrants especially since the mid-Autumn Festival highlights their position of ‘outsiders’.

Location: The University of Hong Kong, CPD-3.04, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus

Please, Continue (Hamlet) by Yan Duyvendak × Roger Bernat (Switzerland)

Friday, 26.07.2019 – Saturday, 03.08.2019
Theater

Recent history and Elizabethan drama overlap in a unique fusion of theatre and legal trial. Real-life barristers, a judge, other legal professionals and a “jury” formed by the audience will take part in a “trial” of Hamlet for the murder of Polonius. The unscripted and interactive play by Roger Bernat and Yan Duyvendak awakens the audience’s sense of ethics, drawing them to realise how difficult it is to judge someone and giving them insight into how justice is administered.

Location: JC Cube, Tai Kwun Theatre, Central, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Book Fair 2019

Wednesday, 17.07.2019 – Tuesday, 23.07.2019
Exhibition

It has been our third year participating in the Hong Kong Book Fair. This year, we will be having a Swiss-Taiwanese author coming especially for this event. Stay tuned with us to learn more of the events we are organizing! Looking forward to meeting you there.

Location: 1A-A23, Hall One, Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Center, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Community Party - RISE - WHub x SOSV

Monday, 08.07.2019 – Monday, 08.07.2019
Conference

Summer is near that means... RISE is just around the corner! On July 8, WHub is organising the RISE's satellite Community Party together with China Accelerator. RISE is the perfect opportunity to meet old and make new friendships with key players in the startup ecosystem. This is an opportunity not to be missed, so join us for on July 8! Come and find out more about the GBA tech startup scene on July 8th May where you will meet startups, investors, partners, and way more...

Location: Spaces, 181 Des Voeux Rd, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Take off your paaaants!

Friday, 05.07.2019 – Saturday, 06.07.2019
Concert

Two electronic wizards Claudia Cerri and Nikola H. Mounoud known as NuR and • • • (from Geneva and Montreux) will be performing in Macau and Hong Kong in July during their two-month Asian tours.

Location: Macau, Hong Kong

The 4th HK International Choreography Festival

Thursday, 27.06.2019 – Saturday, 29.06.2019
Theater

Well-acclaimed Swiss dance artist and choreographer Fabrice Mazliah, will present his new solo production, “Made in China" performed by Tilman O’Donnell at the Hong Kong International Choreography Festival.

Location: Sheung Wan Civic Center Theatre, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong

Swiss Innovation Night 2019 - The Venture Leaders in Hong Kong

Tuesday, 25.06.2019 – Tuesday, 25.06.2019
Conference; Lecture

The "Swiss National Startup Team 2019" comprises of startups from the fields of medtech, drones, business and consumer software, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, IoT and nanotechnology. The team kicks off its 10-days China bootcamp for business and investor meetings in Hong Kong. At the "Swiss Innovation Night" you will listen to the company pitches, get acquainted with the Venture Leaders program and get the opportunity to network while enjoying some Swiss delights. We are inviting investors, potential business development and joint-venture partners as well as members of the business community in general.

Location: SME Centre, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Ground Level, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island

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