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Émilie Simon @ Grappa’s Cellar – 8pm, 26 March, 2015

Émilie Simon @ Grappa's Cellar - 26 March, 2015

With her unique mix of electronic, pop, and Bjork-like vocals, Émilie Simon has performed at sold-out shows across the world. Now, following on from her sold out show in Hong Kong in 2010, Emilie Simon is back this March.

Surrounded by music from an early age, Émilie Simon won critical plaudits as early as 2003, when she recorded a debut album largely written, composed and produced by herself. The self-titled record, Émilie Simon, won Album of the Year at Victoires de la Musique, France’s most prestigious music award ceremony.

Born in Montpellier in Southern France, Émilie grew up bathed in the Mediterranean sun and immersed in the sound of clarinets and electronic melodies. Wishing to imbue her second album with a more wintry and polar vibe, she began to record sounds that related to coldness.

Coincidentally, in the midst of her search for sounds for the album, she was contacted by film producer Luc Jacquet to compose the original soundtrack for his Oscar award-winning documentary film La Marche de l’empereur (March of the Penguins), concerning the annual migration of emperor penguins.

In 2009, Émilie started writing songs arranged for accompaniment on piano, rather than a computer. “I even forbade myself to go near a computer for a year and a half,” Emilie said, “I wanted to see what I was capable of without my usual comforts around me.” The result was a collection of sounds reflecting Émilie’s impression of New York City — an urban, black and white musical that became her most recent album, The Big Machine. On this album, Émilie’s experimental inclination involved the clever use of traditional Chinese instruments – together with keyboards – as a vestige of her long stay in the heart of Chinatown.

In 2011, the album Franky Night, (dedicated to her late fiancé) won her many more fans in France as most of the tracks were sung in French, as opposed to English. Her latest album, Mue, hit markets in 2014 and includes tracks like Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Games” cover, and other heartfelt songs featuring both English and French lyrics.

Émilie Simon
When:– 8pm, 26 March, 2015
Where: Grappa’s Cellar
Tickets: $420 (inc one drink) from Ticketflap
More info: www.emiliesimon.com

One Direction “On the Road Again Tour 2015” @ AsiaWorld Expo – 18 March, 2015

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One Direction are Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan. The band came together at the boot camp stage of The X Factor 2010 and made it all the way to the final before finishing 3rd. For the last five years the band the been a marketing dream selling millions of banal bland records across the world and making their management company extremely rich. To call the show a concert when the ‘band’ only lip-syncs along to their studio produced tracks should amount to false advertising.

One Direction On the Road AgainTour 2015
When: 8pm, 18 March, 2015
Where: AsiaWorld Expo
Tickets: $3488, $2288, $1888, $1488, $988
More info: buy the DVD it’s alot cheaper

Jung Yong Hwa Live〈One Fine Day〉@ AsiaWorld Expo – 19 March, 2015

Jung Yong Hwa Live〈One Fine Day〉@ AsiaWorld Expo - 19 March, 2015

CNBlue’s lead singer Jung Yong Hwa embarks on his first solo concert tour to promote his debut solo album One Fine Day released in January 2015.

Yong Hwa composed many of CNBlue’s songs for cnblue, this 10 track solo debut features all new songs and includes collaborations with other Korean and international artists.

Jung Yong Hwa – One Fine Day
When: 8pm, 19 March, 2015
Where: AsiaWorld Expo
Tickets: $1680, $1280, $880, $680, $480 from HK Ticketing

Die Fledermaus (The Bat) @ HKAPA – 24, 26, 28 March

Die Fledermaus (The Bat) @ HKAPA - 24, 26, 28 March

“This is a story about marriage and friendship, love and forgiveness.” – Carolyn Choa, Director of Die Fledermaus (The Bat)

After almost 30 years of performing and writing dance music with enormous success, Johann Strauss II, “the Waltz King”, turned his attention to the theatre. Inspired by Offenbach and encouraged by his first wife, Jetty Treffz, he began to write operettas in 1871. In 1874, he wrote ‒ “in 42 nights” – Die Fledermaus, his third operetta,together with the librettists Karl Haffner and Richard Genée. The piece quickly became a huge success and is now widely regarded as one of the finest of this musical genre.

As with Strauss’ Waltzes and Polkas – what makes the music of Die Fledermaus so intriguing is first and foremost the inexhaustible richness of melody, but also the originality of invention and the sparkling orchestration. This is timeless music, which has its deeper roots in the music of Mozart and Schubert and which is in its naturalness and effortlessness comparable to theirs.

Director/Adaptation: Carolyn Choa
Conductor: Patrick Furrer
Cast: Gabriel von Eisenstein: Jasper Sung Dizhang, Rosalinde: Clara Chang Wing-chun, Adele: Ruan Xinai, Dr Falke: Alexander Chen Chun-yiu, Prince Orlofsky: Bobbie Zhang Qian, Alfred: Jiang Jin

Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
When:
7:30pm, 24 March 2015 (Tuesday)
7:30pm, 26 March2015 (Thursday)
7:30pm, 28 March (Saturday)
Where: Drama Theatre, HKAPA
Tickets: $150, $95
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Polygram Forever Live in Macao @ Venetian – 8pm, 14 March, 2015

A group of renowned singers from the music label PolyGram will take the stage at Cotai Arena for a nostalgic night. The star-studded concert will feature some of PolyGram’s most famous singing sensations including Priscilla Chan Wai-han, Hacken Lee Hak-kan, Vivian Chow Wai-man, Albert Au Shui-keung, Daniel Chan Hiu-tung and Karen Tong Bo-yu. The legends will bring back wonderful memories for their collective legion of fans when they revive some of their greatest hits.

Polygram Forever Live in Macao
When: 8pm, 14 March, 2015
Where: Cotai Arena, Venetian, Macau
Tickets: $1480, $1280, $888, $680, $480, $280 from HKTicketing