HONG Kong will usher in the New Year with a dazzling light art extravaganza. It will feature radiant lights along the entire Victoria Harbour waterfront and the city’s flagship Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. There will also be the New Year countdown lights on the recently opened M+.
Starting on New Year’s Eve, the 65.8-metre-tall LED facade of M+, Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture, will showcase a sweeping, high-contrast visual tale. It is created by talented local digital artists as a homage to the city’s various landmarks, neighbourhoods, and vibrant arts and culture scene.
M+ will be transformed into a countdown clock. It will travel across the rich cityscape of Hong Kong during the final minute of 2021, before eventually splashing the numerals “2022” and New Year’s greetings across its screen as the clock strikes midnight.
Beneath the bright lights of the prominent skyscrapers ringing in the New Year along Victoria Harbour, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will perform energetic, jubilant music for a global audience in an outdoor concert in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
The city’s flagship orchestra won the Gramophone Orchestra of the Year award in 2019.
The Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebrations can be viewed live on HKTB’s YouTube channel.
For more information about the Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebrations, visit https://www.discoverhongkong.com/countdown. – The Vibes, December 30, 2021
