Hong Kong City Hall Venue Partnership Scheme: Live Animation Stories: "The New Nutcracker & The Pastorale"

Conductor Vivian Ip Animator/Illustrator/Writer Grégoire Pont Live Storytelling^ Yuri Ng (HKS Artist Associate 2011-2013) Adaptation Michael Lam Programme Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68, “Pastorale” Tchaikovsky Music from The Nutcracker, Op 71 ^ Following his hugely successful Hong Kong début last year, renowned French illustrator and animator Grégoire Pont returns to bring to you another magical experience in the concert hall with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and conductor Vivian Ip. Under Grégoire’s brilliant “Cinesthetics” concept combining live-drawings, animation and classical music, the timeless story of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker will be retold with local artist Yuri Ng joining as narrator, and the enchanting countryside idyll in Beethoven’s “Pastorale” Symphony will be brought to life in front of your eyes – an unforgettable evening of next-level storytelling and multisensory enjoyment awaits.