Photos of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival Kick-off Press Conference
29, October, 2019
The 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival Kick-off Press Conference was held on 29 October, announcing details on 125 performances and over 400 complementary outreach and education activities, featuring close to 1,900 international and local artists.
The press conference was hosted by Victor Cha, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society, Tisa Ho, Executive Director; and Grace Lang, Programme Director. Over 120 guests attended the press conference: journalists, representatives from the arts community, members of supporting and sponsoring organisations, and artists participating in the 48th HKAF.
Mr. Victor Cha, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society, giving a speech at the Kick-off Press Conference of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Ms. Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society, expressing thanks to all the supporters of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Ms. Grace Lang, Programme Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society, introducing the line-up of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Chairman and the Management of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society are pictured here with artists and representatives of Sponsors of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Guests watching the video highlights of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival
Ms. Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (back row, third from the left), Mr So Kwok-wan, Associate Programme Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (back row, fifth from the left) and Ms Winnie Yip, Executive Manager, Charities (Project) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (back row, fourth from the left), pictured with the artists participating in The Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Victor Cha, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society (centre), Kingman Lo, Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society (seventh from the right), Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (seventh from the left), So Kwok-wan, Associate Programme Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (fifth from the right) and Winnie Yip, Executive Manager, Charities (Project) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (sixth from the right), pictured with Composer Daniel Lo, Librettist Wong Yi and Director Olivia Yan of Women Like Us, as well as Script/Music/Actor Kong Chun-kit of Journey to the West Rewind and other artists of the Jockey Club Local Creative Talents Series of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Director and main cast Law Kar-ying (back row, second from the right) of A Thorn Hairpin, Artistic Director Sun Kim-long (back row, second from the left) and young artists of Praying to the Moon (back row, first and third from the left) pictured with Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (back row, first from the right) and Grace Lang, Programme Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (back row, third from the right); the two productions are part of “The Four Southern Opera Classics” presented in the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Hong Kong Arts Festival Executive Director Tisa Ho (first from the right), Marketing Director Katy Cheng (fifth from the right) and Associate Programme Director So Kwok-wan (first from the left) pictured with Director Tony Wong (third from the right) , Playwright Candace Chong (second from the right) and cast Cheung Kam-ching (fourth from the right), Yau Hawk-sau (third from the left), and Lau Chun-him (fourth from the left) of We Are Gay, a new work of the 48th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
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