Director’s Leadership Series presented by HKAPA: A Dialogue with Tan Dun – Visual Music & Empty Notes
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) is honoured to have invited Mr. Tan Dun, a world-renowned conductor-composer, to visit the Academy next Thursday for a dialogue and sharing session on arts and leadership with Academy Director Professor Gillian Choa.
Mr. Tan Dun, UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador and Hong Kong’s Ambassador for Cultural Promotion, is currently the Dean of Bard College Conservatory of Music. He has made remarkable achievements on the world's music scene, receiving prestigious honours including the Grammy Awards, the Academy Awards and the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale.
The event will be open to the public, and you are welcome to register online for free tickets which will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
Director’s Leadership Series: A Dialogue with Tan Dun – Visual Music & Empty Notes
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024
Time: 3 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre, HKAPA
Details and reservation: https://bitly.ws/3goMQ
The talk will be conducted in English.
About The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (www.hkapa.edu)
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), established by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance in 1984, is a leading tertiary institution in the performing arts in Asia. It provides professional undergraduate education and practice-based postgraduate studies. The study encompasses Chinese Opera, Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Its educational philosophy reflects the cultural diversity of Hong Kong with emphasis on Chinese and Western traditions, and interdisciplinary learning.
Since 2008, the Academy has attained the Programme Area Accreditation (PAA) status awarded by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) to self-monitor and accredit its own undergraduate and post-secondary programmes in the five programme areas of Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Since 2016, the PAA status has been extended to cover Master’s Degree programmes and below; and since 2023, the programmes operated by the School of Chinese Opera accredited by HKCAAVQ has also received PAA status for its post-secondary and undergraduate programmes.
Besides the main campus in Wanchai, Béthanie, the site of the Academy’s Landmark Heritage Campus in Pokfulam, has housed training facilities for the School of Film and Television since 2006.
In the QS University Rankings announced in 2023, the Academy ranks 1st in Asia and 13th in the world in the Performing Arts category.