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Such a program’s very existence in Hong Kong challenges the conventional view of the former British colony as… more suited to Hermès… than Handel.

The Wall Street Journal

[The Intimacy of Creativity] could one day evolve into an East Asian version of the Gaudeamus Festival.

NewMusicBox.org

… the city’s most innovative musical experience…

Financial Times

作為前英國殖民地的香港，這樣的節目會向這一傳統觀點挑戰：赫爾墨斯比韓爾德更適合。

華爾街日報

終有一天「創意間的親暱」能發展成東亞地區的高地亞慕斯音樂節。

NewMusicBox.org

… 全城最具創意性的音樂體驗 …

金融時報

Announcement

[Updated as of 15 December 2022)

The deadline for IC2023 Call-for-Scores online submission has been extended to 29 December 2022 (Thu).

Introduction to IC2023

Hailed by the Financial Times as a festival with a "finely hewn sense of craft," Intimacy of Creativity – The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong (IC) returns for another innovative season from June 24 to July 2, 2023, presented in partnership with the renowned Curtis Institute of Music!

Intimacy of Creativity explores the creative process through public, in-depth Open Discussions on the campus of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which presents the festival. Revised compositions by selected Composer Fellows, between ages 20 and 35, are formally presented at Preview Concerts on campus, and World Premiere Concerts held in renowned venues in downtown Hong Kong.

The 2023 season launches the second partnership between HKUST and the Curtis Institute of Music. IC Founder and Artistic Director Bright Sheng (HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study Helmut and Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large) is joined by:

Distinguished Guest Artist Roberto Díaz (President and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music and Grammy-winning violist);
Guest Artists, including faculties of the Curtis Institute and the Viano String Quartet;
and other Guest Artists from Hong Kong and around the world.

Up to three Composer Fellows will be selected to participate. All submissions will be reviewed by a First-Round Selection Panel, consisting of renowned artists around the world. Final selections will be made by Artistic Director Bright Sheng.

IC2023 is co-presented by the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study and the Curtis Institute of Music. The season is presented with support from Helmut and Anna Pao Sohmen, and in collaboration with media partners, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), and Naxos Music Group.

Presented by

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study