A collaboration between the British Museum and Hong Kong Museum of History, “An Age of Luxury: the Assyrians to Alexander” shed light on an oft-overlooked aspect in history, namely luxury and its interplay with power politics.
High Life had the pleasure of interviewing sake expert Tony Lee, who shared his passion for and insights into Japan’s national drink. In the second part of this sake mini-series, the non-junmai line is highlighted.
The classical orchestra is a living organism, whose development trajectory mirrors the evolutionary history of its native city. High Life had the privilege to interview Jiří Pelka, Principal Viola of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.
Prussia may have ceased to exist by 1947, but its legacy lives on. Its vinous heirloom, Gut Hermannsberg, is a first-class estate in every conceivable way and an urbane ambassador of German Riesling.
Conducted by Artistic Director Professor Franz Farnbergerand fronted by his deputy Stumpner as well as countertenor Alois Mühlbacher, the one and only St. Florian Boys’ Choir delivered a sublime performance at the futuristic Shenzhen Concert Hall.
Celebrating its 35th anniversary in the 2018-19 Concert Season, Macao Orchestra has conjured up a gala programme filled with brio and gusto.
Marc Chagall’s artistic world of innocent sentiments and religious symbolism may at first glance appear Freudian and childlike, but such was his idiosyncratic response to the suffering of mankind during the 20th century.
The description “complexity before intensity and balance before power” is not the prerogative of Grand Cru burgundies. Time to discover the newly minted Grand Cru of the Andes.
Audacious, ingenious, magnanimous and rigorous – welcome to the musical world of maestro Jaap van Zweden, the pre-eminent Dutch master of classical music in the early 21st century.
The centrepiece concert of Le French May 2018 not only opened a window into musical exchanges between France and Italy during the early modern period, but it also shed light on the unique charm of the increasingly rare contralto voice.