Concert in Celebration of the 27th Anniversary of Macao’s Return to the Motherland:
Music X Sports

Date: 19/12/2026 Saturday 20:00

Venue: Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium

Conductor／Lio Kuokman
Table Tennis Players / Zhang Yining, Zhu Yuling
Violin / Angela Sin Ying Chan
Percussion / Dave Burns (Principal Timpani)

Programme
Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Andy Akiho: Ricochet: Triple Concerto for Ping Pong, Percussion, Violin & Orchestra
Chen Qigang: Five Elements
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a（a new compilation by Lio Kuokman）

Sports and music share the DNA of pageantry, consummate skills and steadfast determination. Music Director and Principal Conductor Lio Kuokman launches the programme with John Williams’s Fanfare and Theme, written for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The “concerto” slot is none other than Andy Akiho’s Ricochet, featuring real-life ping pong champions, a violinist and a percussionist. This contemporary work now arrives in Macao after having already travelled the world. Rounding out the programme is 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Music Director Chen Qigang’s Wu Xing—in praise of the Chinese Five Elements—and Maestro Lio’s newly arranged Nutcracker Suite. In fact, what is ballet? A highly synchronised artform mixing music with the physicality of sports!

Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, including one interval