Stepping into its 25th anniversary, Le French May Arts Festival will be celebrating with the public under the theme “Celebrating art and life the French Way”. In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong SAR, Le French May 2017 will invite everyone in Hong Kong and Macau to join the celebration with even more exciting programmes and create a French-style fiesta everywhere.
Le French May has specially selected different genres of shows for this promotion, covering classical music, ballet, jazz and hip-hop. Programmes include the festival’s opening concert - The Birth of the Sun King, a rediscovering of a lost masterpiece written for the King Louis XIV with a crossover with new media; the debut performance of Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Hong Kong; a Paris Ballet Legend performance by three star dancers of Paris National Opera; three French Jazz nights in tribute to legendary jazz voices, as well as a new kind and classy hip-hop by female dancers.