At the tender age of 18, Zhang Aozhe, the 2025 winner of the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition’s top prize, has just made his Hong Kong debut. This should have been a major attraction, but from my observation, the seats at the City Hall Concert Hall were about half empty.
Was the low attendance due to the summer holidays, or was it a case of insufficient publicity? It was difficult to tell, but the truth is that many people, including frequent concertgoers, missed a show that deserved more appreciation than it received from a small audience that included many children.
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