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Yan Huichang

Yan Huichang
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Weng Zhenfa
Wu Wei

Wu Wei
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Zhong Zhiyue
Chen Yi-Wei

Chen Yi-wei
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Yang Zhengping
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Sun Nantachai
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Remi Miura
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Olena UUTAi
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Wei Shen-fu
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Chan Chi Yuk
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Wong Ching-yin
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Geng Sen
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Liu Chang

The 50th Orchestral Season Opening Concert
Thousand Reeds, One Universe

International Sheng and Reeds Festival 2026

One of the Programmes of Chinese Culture Festival 2026 and Asia+ Festival 2026

China Taiping Insurance (HK) Company Limited Proudly Supports

Date and Time
19 Sep 2026 (Sat) 8pm
20 Sep 2026 (Sun) 3pm (Each concert features a different programme.)

Venue
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Ticket Fee
$450, $350, $300, $250
(Half-price ticket discount for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and minders, Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Recipients and full-time students. Patrons can only enjoy one of the discount schemes for purchasing tickets.)
Conductor
Yan Huichang
Performed by
Sheng: Weng Zhenfa, Wu Wei, Zhong Zhiyue, Chen Yi-wei
Sheng: Geng Sen, Liu Chang (Competition winners)
Lusheng: Yang Zhengping
Khaen: Sun Nantachai
Shō: Reimi Miura
Jaw Harp: Olena UUTAi
Hulusheng: Wei Shen-fu
Hulusi: Chan Chi Yuk
Organ: Wong Ching-yin (for 9.20 performance)

  


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“Thousand Reeds, One Universe” marks the grand opening of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary season and serves as the centrepiece of the 2026 International Sheng and Reeds Festival. This concert takes the ancient and vibrant sounds of reeds as threads weaving a symphonic map transcending geographical boundaries and civilisations.


The vibration of the reed is one of the oldest and most universal expressions of breath in the course of music history. From the robust tune-types of Northern Shanxi to the elegant tones of the Tang-dynasty sheng preserved in Japan’s Shō Repository, from the graceful melodies of the bamboo lusheng in the mountains of Guizhou and Guangxi to the southern charm of the Thai khaen, and even the fantastical improvisations of the Russian Jaw Harp, this concert presents a panorama of reed instruments across myriad cultures. Through the shared physical principle of vibration through air, different civilisations have developed their own artistic languages rooted in their native soil but resonating with others.


In the finale One Breath. One World, the conductor invites the audience to join in and hum together, the resultant tranquility infiltrating the orchestral texture. No longer an instrument to be played, the sheng becomes an active medium connecting all who inhale and exhale.


One reed, one world. A thousand shengs, one harmonious universe.

Programmes

19 September

Equilibrium and Legacy Chew Hee Chiat   (Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)

Sheng Lead: Zhong Zhiyue


Sheng and Orchestra  Jin Melody Yan Haideng      Orch. by Chen Dawei

Sheng: Weng Zhenfa


Lusheng and Orchestra  Love Song from the Countryside Yang Zhengping   Arr. by Ngai Kwun-wa  (Arrangement Commissioned by HKCO / Premiere)

Lusheng: Yang Zhengping


Sheng and Orchestra  Yi Jing  (Excerpts) Enjott Schneider

Sheng: Wu Wei


Performed by competition winner of “Contenders For The Reeds, New Movement In Sheng”
Concerto for High Soprano Sheng No. I  Voyage of the Crystal Sea   Ao Xiang

Sheng: Geng Sen


One Breath. One World  for Jaw Harp, Sho, Khaen and Chinese Orchestra (2026)  Chan Ming-chi 
(Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)

Jaw Harp: Olena UUTAi   Shō: Reimi Miura   Khaen: Sun Nantachai


Thousand Reeds in Harmony Ng Cheuk-yin  (Arrangement Commissioned by HKCO / Premiere)

Sheng: Weng Zhenfa, Wu Wei, Zhong Zhiyue, Chen Yi-wei   Hulusheng: Wei Shen-fu   Hulusi: Chan Chi Yuk   Lusheng: Yang Zhengping and HKCO Sheng ensemble


20 September

Equilibrium and Legacy Chew Hee Chiat  (Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)

Sheng Lead: Zhong Zhiyue


Lusheng and Orchestra  Love Song from the Countryside Yang Zhengping  Arr. by Ngai Kwun-wa  (Arrangement Commissioned by HKCO / Premiere)

Lusheng: Yang Zhengping


Sheng and Orchestra  Yi Jing  (Excerpts)  Enjott Schneider

Sheng: Wu Wei


Performed by competition winner of “Contenders For The Reeds, New Movement In Sheng”
Sheng Concerto  Silken Fragments of Plum Blossom  Liu Ruixin

Sheng: Liu Chang


One Breath. One World  for Jaw Harp, Sho, Khaen and Chinese Orchestra (2026)   Chan Ming-chi  (Commissioned by the HKCO / World Premiere)

Jaw Harp: Olena UUTAi   Shō: Reimi Miura   Khaen: Sun Nantachai


Reeds Wang I-Yu

Sheng: Chen Yi-wei   Organ: Wong Ching-yin


Thousand Reeds in Harmony Ng Cheuk-yin (Arrangement Commissioned by HKCO / Premiere)

Sheng: Weng Zhenfa, Wu Wei, Zhong Zhiyue, Chen Yi-wei   Hulusheng: Wei Shen-fu   Hulusi: Chan Chi Yuk   Lusheng: Yang Zhengping and HKCO Sheng ensemble


The concert runs approximately 105 minutes with intermission.

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