M•EUREKA! CHAMBER RECITAL - Un Voyage en FranceM•EUREKA!

M•eureka! is a newly founded chamber group by local professional musicians who all graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Some musicians obtained their master degrees in Germany, France, United States and Hong Kong, and many of them work as full-time and freelance in local professional orchestras including Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.

The “M” from M•eureka! stands for music, and the exclamation “Eureka!” is attributed to the Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes. He was requested by the king to assess the purity of an irregular golden votive crown. When he stepped into a bath and noticed the water level rose, he suddenly realised that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid. He then reportedly proclaimed “Eureka! Eureka!”, meaning “I found it!” in Greek, and he was so eager to share his discovery that he leapt out of the bathtub immediately and ran home naked through the street of Syracuse. Since then, “eureka” became an interjection used to celebrate a new discovery or invention.

M•eureka! aims to bring their audience musical “eureka moments”. Their repertoire includes not only traditional chamber music but mostly newly arranged orchestral works. They hope to wow the audience and provide them with new insights by playing some conventional symphonic or piano works with new instrumental timbre. M•eureka! is also eager to promote classical music in Hong Kong. They intent to show the essence of classical music by playing the most appealing bits of the well-known masterpieces to ease the general public into the world of classical music.