The Works：Raymond Fung’s “Qi Shi” exhibition, Zhu Qizhan@MOA & in the studio: Kevin Cheng & Judy Ho

March is here, and for art lovers in Hong Kong that means Art March, probably the busiest month in the calendar. The outdoor music festival Clockenflap, cancelled for the past four years, partly due to Covid-19, is back at the Central Harbourfront this weekend, and features around 100 live acts. And there are many more mega events to come. We'll be bringing you highlights throughout the month. As usual, Art March coincides with the annual Hong Kong Arts Festival which began two weeks ago. The theme this year is “Coming Back, Moving Forward”. Later in the show, I’ll be talking to sheng player Kevin Cheng and harpist Judy Ho about their upcoming concerts at the festival.
First though, a look at last month's retrospective exhibition of the work of local artist and architect Raymond Fung.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the 130th anniversary of the birth of painter Zhu Qizhan, the museum is showing over 80 of Zhu’s works that are representative of the late 19th century style of Chinese art known as the Shanghai School. Zhu is known for fusing the colour concepts of Western art with the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese paintings, His unique painting style adhered to his three philosophies: independence, strength, and concision.

The sheng, one of the oldest Chinese instruments, is a mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument made up of vertical pipes. Sheng player Kevin Cheng believes the instrument has potential that goes far beyond traditional Chinese music. This Sunday, he's joining forces with a group of musicians from the Western tradition to showcase the sheng in a range of musical genres. He's here with harpist Judy Ho.