Preview Concert & World Premiere Concert

We are excited to announce that tickets for Intimacy of Creativity 2026 are now on sale! Be sure to get yours before they sell out - you won't want to miss this incredible concert.

Preview Concert

Date: June 8, 2026 (Mon)

Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: Shaw Auditorium, HKUST (Direction)

Ticketing: Free admission

Seating: Free seating

Please reserve your ticket(s) here.

World Premiere Concert

Date: June 10, 2026 (Wed)

Time: 7:30 pm

Venue: Theatre, Hong Kong City Hall (Direction)

Ticketing:  Tickets available via Urbtix

Ticket types:

• HK$300 (Standard)

• HK$150 (Full-time Students, Senior Citizens Aged 60 or Above, Children Aged 6-12, People with Disabilities/Wheelchair Users and a Minder, CSSA Recipients)

Seating: Free seating

Program

Harry González | Habrá Futuro? (Will there be a future?)
Yuval Medina | Together Again
Bright Sheng | The Blazing Mirage
Arthur Yuen | Images from my Consciousness
Dmitri Shostakovich | Chamber Symphony for String Orchestra Op. 110a

About Intimacy of Creativity (IC) 

IC Website: https://ic.hkust.edu.hk/

Hailed by the Financial Times as a festival with a "finely hewn sense of craft," Intimacy of Creativity – The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong (IC) returns for another innovative season from June 2 to June 10, 2026. This year, it is presented in partnership with Accademia Stauffer (The Stauffer Academy) from Cremona, Italy, the world's premier center for string instrument making (lutherie) in the 16th to 18th centuries, through families such as the Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari.

The Stauffer Academy was established in 1985 to preserve and promote the Italian school of string instrument making and performance, training talented young musicians from around the world.  

Intimacy of Creativity explores the creative process through public, in-depth Open Discussions on the campus of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which hosts the festival presented by the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Revised compositions by 3 selected Composer Fellows, between ages 20 and 35, are formally presented at a Preview Concert on campus, and at the World Premiere Concert held at the renowned Hong Kong City Hall Theatre.

Bright Sheng (IC Founder and Artistic Director, and HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study Helmut and Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large) and Intimacy of Creativity 2026 are proud to present the Stauffer String Ensemble as IC2026's Ensemble-in-Residence, along with Li La (李拉), a vibrant, internationally celebrated, multi-prize-winning young cellist, as our Guest Artist.

Presented by

HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study

Partnered with

• Stauffer Foundation

• Stauffer Academy

• RTHK Radio 4

• NAXOS

Supported by

Dr. Helmut Sohmen
Patron, The Y K Pao Endowment Fund for Arts and Cultural Studies