A grand firework display is the traditional climax of the annual Swire Symphony Under The Stars event.

Swire Symphony Under The Stars 2015, the annual outdoor musical extravaganza presented by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (“HK Phil”), took place on 21st November at the Central Harbourfront event space. Held for the first time on a Saturday night, the concert was enjoyed by an enthusiastic audience of nearly 20,000. Under the baton of Music Director, Jaap van Zweden, with Harry Wong as Master of Ceremonies, and accompanied by a performance by sand painting artist Hoi Chiu, the audience experienced a visual and acoustic feast. The evening was brought to a rousing conclusion with Johann Strauss II’s Thunder and Lightning Polka, accompanied by a blaze of colourful fireworks, and as an encore the Radetzky March by Johann Strauss I. Swire has been the principal patron of the HK Phil since 2006.