Makayla Ng, Hong Kong fashion designer and founder of plus-size label Fashion Corner Plus, reveals how Korean-Australian musician DPR Ian’s EP Moodswings in This Order helped her accept who she was.
Scottish punk rockers Skids are playing their first Hong Kong gig on April 30. Frontman Richard Jobson, who can’t wait to perform in his favourite city, talks about starting out in music aged 16 in 1977.
His playing by turns spectacular in execution and spellbinding in its tenderness, Bulgarian-Chinese cellist Zlatomir Fung and pianist Cheung, never second fiddle to him, deliver a recital to remember.
Named orchestra of the year in 2019, HK Phil planned a tour to capitalise on the accolade, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed it. Five years later it finally set off. Post Magazine went along for the ride.
K-pop appears to be a new core element for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – 2024 saw groups Le Sserafim and Ateez take to the stage, much like Blackpink did in 2023.
China’s largest piano maker Pearl River is trying to make headway globally and rival the likes of Yamaha and Steinway with its Kayserburg, ‘an ultimate piano’ for the international market.
Leo1Bee, the artist behind conceptual record Wilderness, talks about his influences, love of R&B and why his latest album is his critique of society that has been a long time in the making.
US cellist Zlatomir Fung, who has Bulgarian and Chinese ancestry and studied at New York’s Juilliard, make his Hong Kong debut, his grandfather’s birthplace, playing with local pianist Rachel Cheung.
Sometimes called an ‘idol of classical music’, South Korean violinist Danny Koo wants to make his style and genre of music more accessible to the public – and so far, he is succeeding.
Finding Her Beat is a documentary feature film about a historic women’s taiko drumming performance in the US, with many involved in the project from the Asian-American and LGBTQ communities.
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain became a 90s style icon with outfits from oversized cardigans to bug-eye shades, and his grunge fashion influence lives on 30 years after his death as much as his music.
Roxanne Seeman has written for Barbra Streisand, The Jacksons and Phil Collins among others. Now she is penning Cantopop and Mandopop songs. The New Yorker reveals what shaped her Chinese sensibilities.
Orchestra under Estonian maestro give a chilling account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No 5, after some riotous Rimsky-Korsakov and a commanding Stravinsky Violin Concerto with soloist Alena Baeva.
Geeling Ching had a brief fling with David Bowie after shooting his ‘China Girl’ music video, but her advice for visitors to New Zealand is to take their time and adjust to its laid-back vibe.
Ahead of their recent Hong Kong show, British shoegaze band Slowdive sat down with the Post to talk about how getting older has changed them, their musical tastes and creative process.
Taking a cue from K-pop’s success, Japan’s music industry, which once looked only to domestic audiences, is seeking fans abroad – and groups like XG and duos like Yoasobi are starting to make waves.
Senri Kawaguchi’s inspired drumming brings alive Hong Kong composer Ng Cheuk-yin’s Fly LIVE! and new work An Array of Stars in a fusion concert with Hong Kong orchestra.
Members of Day6, a K-pop rock band who will be in Hong Kong for this month’s KCON, talk about their new album and seeing their old songs chart while the band was on hiatus for their military service.
Tabla founder and creative director Tania Mohan talks about her love of Genesis’ album Invisible Touch and going to Australia to present Phil Collins with an award on behalf of the Hong Kong people.
The Wailers will perform in Hong Kong in April hot on the heels of Bob Marley: One Love opening in the city, while a new tribute single to the reggae legend will have its Hong Kong launch this month.
Period instrument ensemble Concerto Italiano showed their mastery of baroque in a set of Vivaldi concertos; the Lucerne Festival Strings, performing with solo violinist Akiko Suwanai, were good in parts.