HKCO

To promote Chinese music to different sectors of the community and to provide long-term financial support for the development of the Orchestra, the Friends of HKCO was set up in 1998 and the HKCO Development Fund was set up in 2002. For the purpose of nurturing young music talents and building a young audience base in Chinese music, the Orchestra g... ives regular performances in schools, and has been offering instrumental classes since 2003. The Hong Kong Children Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Junior Chinese Orchestra were also established in the same year. As part of the educational projects organized in conjunction with television stations, radios and other institutions, the Orchestra produced a CD-Rom entitled The Treasure of Chinese Music: The Huqin. The Orchestra is dedicated to nurturing professionals in Chinese music through the Internship Scheme, which is jointly offered with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, in 2009, the Orchestra established the world's first Chinese orchestral academy - The HKCO Orchestral Academy. The Orchestra continues to conduct research on and develop Chinese traditional and contemporary compositions and to strive to achieve the best acoustic effects through the application of improved instruments by setting up a Folk Music group, Chamber Music group, Instrument R & D group and HKCO Pop. The Orchestra has an extensive discography to date, which includes live recordings of its concerts, studio recordings etc. in CD, VCD and DVD formats. It also launched the world's first ever SACD recording of a live concert by a Chinese orchestra in 2003. The Orchestra performed the soundtrack music for world famous films, Warriors of Heaven and Earth and Kung Fu Hustle. Apart from collating and publishing papers presented at the symposia and conferences, the Orchestra also publishes books on Chinese music. The titles published to date are The Enjoyment of Chinese Orchestral Music and A Handbook to Appreciating Chinese Orchestral Music. In ...Read More