Enjoy the Annual Musical Feast of Beautiful, Resounding Melodies

With the brilliance of autumn comes the 33rd Macao International Music Festival. As in past years, the Cultural Affairs Bureau has put the utmost care and effort into organising this musical feast to entertain music fans. Just sit back and enjoy, once a year, another feast of beautiful, resounding melodies!

The theme for this edition is “The Instrumentalist”. Between every musician and his/her instrument exists an ineffable and intimate relationship, an inseparable bond strengthened through years of partnership. “The Instrumentalist” can also be seen in the deep, solemn affection between musician and instrument converging as one in a force of symphonic harmony. We look forward to bringing to town a rhythmic fest of grandeur and bounding spirit, and experiencing together with you all the beauty of music.

Kicking off the Festival is The Magic Flute, a classic in which the flute is the star and thus perfectly suits this year’s theme. This opera production is a live-action performance of an animated drama, with all the mastery of the great Mozart behind it, giving rise to more questions and mysteries rather than providing answers. The Guardian called it “a quixotic enterprise that buzzes and whirrs and spins with manic energy and joy.” Opera was once derided as “mediocre acting and exceptional singing” – a definition certainly not suitable today. The local audience has never been alien to operas, with the Festival itself witnessing the development of this art form over the last 30 years. It is heartening to see more and more opera singers of international acclaim, good looks, stunning figures and outstanding skills coming to Macao, and to see that the operas at the Festival are becoming more and more brilliant. The Magic Flute is undoubtedly the best programme for the whole family to be invited to this year’s Festival.

In 2019 we celebrate the 80th anniversary of The Yellow River Cantata – written by Xian Xinghai, a composer born in 1905 into a Tanka family at Rua da Praia do Manduco and also the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China as well as the 20th anniversary of Macao’s Handover to Mainland China. In celebration of all these important occasions, the Macao Orchestra will join forces with the China NCPA Orchestra and Chorus to present The Yellow River Cantata with voices of majestic momentum and high spirit, as the grand finale paying tribute to Xian and to that memorable age of national resistance.




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Booking Guide

Ticketing

  1. Tickets are available through the Macau Ticketing Network from 10am on 4 August 2019 (Sunday); queuing vouchers will be distributed from 9am on the same day through the Macau Ticketing Network.
  2. Telephone and online bookings (local and overseas) are available from 12pm on 4 August 2019.
  3. On the first day of ticket sales, ticket purchases are limited to a maximum of 10 tickets per performance per person.

Ticket Discounts

“Early Bird” Discounts:
30% discount when buying tickets between 4 August and 11 August, or 20% discount when buying tickets on or after 12 August by:

  1. Purchasing tickets for at least 4 different performances;
  2. Purchasing 10 or more tickets (group tickets) for the same performance;
  3. Presenting a valid full-time Student Card (holders of local student card or Macao residents with overseas student card); ^
  4. Presenting a valid Macao Teacher Card.^

    ^ Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the respective identity document for admission, otherwise the full ticket fare will be charged.

Special Offers in Celebration of Handover:
Exclusive Discount for BOC Cardholders:
Enjoy a 30% discount on tickets for the special programmes by presenting a BOC Credit Card# or BOC Card. The special programmes are opening performance Grand Opera in Two Acts The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the concert by the Macao Orchestra and the China NCPA Orchestra and Chorus: The Yellow River Cantata.

# Offer is only applicable to holders of BOC Multi-Currency Credit Card or BOC Card (debit card), issued by Bank of China Limited Macau Branch, but not applicable to holders of BOC or Tai Fung  Bank Credit Card issued by BOC Credit Card (International) Limited in the Macao region.


Discount for Macao Residents※
Enjoy a 30% discount on one ticket and a 50% discount on two or more tickets for the concert The Vienna Philharmonic by presenting a Macao Resident Identity Card.

※ Offer is only applicable to ticket purchases at Macau Ticketing Network outlets, but not applicable to online ticketing. Ticket purchases are limited to a maximum of 10 tickets per performance per person. Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the respective identity document for admission, otherwise the full ticket fare will be charged.


Discount for OM Friends, CCM Friends and Friends of the Macao Chinese Orchestra:
25% discount when buying tickets between 4 August and 11 August, or 20% discount when buying tickets on or after 12 August.


20% Discount for:
  1. Holders of BOC Credit Card or BOC Card, for any shows except the special programmes;
  2. Holders of MasterCard, Visa or UnionPay cards from BCM Bank, OCBC Wing Hang, Tai Fung Bank or Luso International Banking Ltd.
50% Discount for:

Holders of Macao Senior Citizen Card or Disability Assessment Registration Card.

Each cardholder can only use one discounted ticket per performance. Cardholders are required to present the respective identity document for admission, otherwise full ticket fare will be charged.

 

Special Offers*

“Cotai Water Jet Buy 1 Get 1 Free” ferry ticket offer:
Receive a “buy 1 get 1 free” voucher for Cotai Water Jet ferry tickets with each ticket purchase over MOP1,000 (net price calculated after discounts). Buy more, get more! Vouchers are limited while stocks last.

“Taste &  Music” dining offer
For every ticket purchase over MOP500 (net price calculated after discounts), customers receive one 20% F&B coupon which can be redeemed when dining at selected restaurants at Sands Resorts Macao. Buy more, get more! Coupons are limited and subject to availability.

* Terms and conditions apply to the above offers .
* The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, The Venetian Cotai Limited and Cotai Water Jet reserve the right of interpretation and final decision regarding any dispute concerning these terms.

Discount with Boarding Pass

Air Macau customers can enjoy a 20% discount on ticket purchases at the Macau Ticketing Network by presenting their respective boarding pass (flight code NX) within 7 days upon their arrival in Macao.

General Seating Performances

Seating for the performances at the Mandarin’s House, the Taipa Houses Amphitheatre and the University of Macau Library Plaza is not assigned and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Free Transportation

  1. Free transportation to Praça Ferreira Amaral, Av. Horta e Costa, Fai Chi Kei and Toi San will be available outside the Macao Cultural Centre after each performance.
  2. In conjunction with the concert The Vienna Philharmonic, the organiser offers “Music Express” bus service for the members of the public to travel between the city centre and the University of Macau Library Plaza. Details will be announced later through the official page of the Macao International Music Festival, the respective page on Facebook and the WeChat account “ICmacao”. 

Notice

  1. Audience members are strongly advised to arrive 10 minutes before the performances start. The organiser reserves the right to determine at what time and in what manner latecomers are admitted;
  2. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted to the performances. The organiser reserves the right to request and to examine the valid ID of any child to determine his or her age, and to deny admission to any child;
  3. All mobile phones, beeping and lighting devices should be switched off throughout the performances;
  4. Smoking, eating, drinking or possession of plastic bags and/or objects considered dangerous is prohibited in the performance venues;
  5. To avoid undue disturbance to the performers and audience members, cameras and recording devices are strictly prohibited unless expressly authorised by the organiser;
  6. In case of any special circumstance, the organiser reserves the right to change the programme, the cast of performers, performing date or time and seats at any time;
  7. In case of severe weather conditions, please check IC’s website, MIMF’s website, MIMF’s page on Facebook and IC’s WeChat account for the latest updates;
  8. The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government reserves the right of interpretation and final decision regarding any dispute concerning these terms.

Counter Sales

Macao
71-B, Av. do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, G/F
108, Rua de Francisco Xavier Pereira, Palácio Bldg, G/F (Next to Café de Coral) 
176-186, Av. Artur Tamagnini Barbosa, D. Julieta Bldg, G/F
267, Av. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, Lei Man Bldg, G/F, Taipa
Macao Cultural Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, G/F

Ticket Hotlines and Website

Macao: (853) 2855 5555
Hong Kong: (852) 2380 5083
Mainland China: (86) 139 269 11111
Online Ticketing:  www.macauticket.com

Enquiries

Telephone: (853) 8399 6699 (during office hours) 
Website: www.icm.gov.mo/fimm
Email: fimm@icm.gov.mo

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