Porta Chiusa

Friday, 24.11.2017 – Friday, 24.11.2017
Concert

PORTA CHIUSA is a clarinet trio, including Hans Koch clarinet, Michael Thieke clarinet and Paed Conca clarinet, composition. The Trio has been performing micro tonal contemporary music.

Location: SAAL, 3D, King Wan Industrial Building, 54 Hung To Road, , Kwun Tong

Future of Money

Monday, 20.11.2017 – Monday, 20.11.2017
Conference; Lecture

Presented by swissnex China, the “Future of Money” Fintech series, aims to bring together top experts from Switzerland and China and offer an intellectual exchange platform between the participants for an intellectual exchange between the participants.

Location: Naked Hub, 7/F, Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Cie zeitSprung: Dance Performance

Saturday, 11.11.2017 – Sunday, 12.11.2017
Theater

Cie zeitSprung was founded in 2013 by Meret Schlegel and Kilian Haselbeck after the success of "Orthopädie and To Be." Schlegel, who has enjoyed a Long, distinguished career in dance, and Haselbeck, who started as a hip-hop dancer before Training in ballet and conemporary dance will perform their new work "Komplizen."

Location: Hong Kong Arts Centre

Fantastic SWISSend

Friday, 10.11.2017 – Saturday, 11.11.2017
Theater

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, The Hong Kong Arts Centre is excited to present a double billed weekend performance in Dance and Theatre – Fantastic SWISSend which will take place on 10 and 11 November 2017, Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Location: Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre

A Celestial Journey from Berlin: Emmanuel Pahud & Marie-Pierre Langlamet in Recital

Thursday, 09.11.2017 – Thursday, 09.11.2017
Concert

One of the world’s most sought-after flutists from Germany, Emmanuel Pahud will join hands with harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet, fellow musician at the Berlin Philharmonic, to present a beloved programme dedicated to showcase the beauty of flute and harp in a celestial musical journey. Local renowned flutist Matthew Wu will also appear as a guest performer. The net proceeds from this charity recital will benefit Music Children Foundation, a charitable organisation in Hong Kong striving to provide free training on musical instruments to impoverished children aged below 12.

Location: Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre, HKAPA

Neopost Foofwa: Solo Dance Performance

Thursday, 02.11.2017 – Friday, 03.11.2017
Theater; Lecture

Foofwa Imobilité will illuminate China with his famous piece "Histoires Condansées", which charts the history of dance through a one-man lecture-performance. Starting with a glimpse of pre-20th century dance, he then outlines the important aspects that shaped the artform over time.

Location: Venue to be announced, Hong Kong

First German Language Olympics for Students

Wednesday, 01.11.2017 – Sunday, 10.12.2017
Literature

Undergraduate students studying German at colleges, universities and higher education institutions in Hong Kong and Macau now have the opportunity for the first time to demonstrate their language proficiency at the level A1 to B1 in a German Language Olympics for the academic year 2017/2018.

Days of a Swiss Pioneer in China

Sunday, 29.10.2017 – Wednesday, 29.11.2017
Exhibition

Otto Meister, a Swiss engineer and pioneer who worked at the Yunnan section of the Yunnan Vietnam Railway from 1903 to 1909, one of the most spectacular railway projects of the past century. He later transferred to Shanghai where he inaugurated the new representative of the Sulzer company.

Location: 93 Tuodong Road, Kunming Museum

Zurich meets Hong Kong

Sunday, 22.10.2017 – Sunday, 29.10.2017
Public event

Zürich meets Hong Kong: A Festival of Two Cities will take place in Hong Kong from Sunday, the 22.10. to Sunday, the 29.10.2017.

Location: Various Locations around Hong Kong

Birdly at Zurich meets Hong Kong Festival

Saturday, 21.10.2017 – Sunday, 29.10.2017
Exhibition

Researchers from Disney Research Zurich, the ETH Zurich Game Technology Center and Hong Kong Baptist University will showcase the latest developments of virtual and augmented reality and make drawings come to life at the public lecture "Augmented Reality, Creativity and the Arts". The Zurich University of the Arts and the start-up Somniacs will present the VR flying experience "Birdly" at a lecture and live demo "A Virtual and Augmented Experience from Zurich" at the Hong Kong Science Museum, where guests can have their dream of flying come true. Birdly creates a vivid full-body experience that makes people instantly forget the mechanics and computer codes behind this spectacular apparatus. The immersive and interactive nature of "Birdly" serves one goal: to enjoy the ultimate freedom of a bird and intuitively explore the skies.

Location: Main Lobby, Hong Kong Science Museum

Art Next Expo 2017

Friday, 06.10.2017 – Monday, 09.10.2017
Exhibition

A group of around 80 young talents representing the next generation of artists will gather at Art Next Expo in Hong Kong, the international art hub and a gateway to China. This year, a Swiss artist NGUYEN Sève Favre has been chosen to exhibit her work among the other artists.

Location: PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong

Swiss Asccesory and Watch design by HEAD-Geneva

Saturday, 09.09.2017 – Sunday, 07.01.2018
Exhibition

Over 100 pieces of jewellery and watch design work by students of HEAD – Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD – Genève) will be on showcase to demonstrate the latest innovations in jewellery, watch and accessory design from Switzerland.

Location: HKDI Gallery, Hong Kong Design Institute, 3 King Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong