Press meeting of the “Stewart Sukuma Concert with the Macao Chinese Orchestra”.
Organised by the Culture and Sports Bureau, the “Stewart Sukuma Concert with the Macao Chinese Orchestra”, integrated in the 8th “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries”, will be staged on 14 November (Saturday), at 8pm, at the Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium. The Organiser held a press meeting today (11 November), inviting singer Stewart Sukuma and the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Macao Chinese Orchestra, Zhang Lie, to share their experience in preparing for the concert and their thoughts on the collaboration. Limited tickets are still available for the concert, and music aficionados are welcome to purchase them.
Stewart Sukuma is a legendary singer from Mozambique. Rooted in Marrabenta, his music is on a lively and upbeat style which combines traditional African dance rhythms with Portuguese folk music. He skilfully blends the elements of Afropop, contemporary jazz and modern grooves, turning his performances full of vibrancy and colour. During this visit, he will bring the timbila and mbira, traditional Mozambican instruments, to engage in an unprecedented and special musical dialogue with the Macao Chinese Orchestra.
Sukuma Sukuma addressed in the press meeting that Macao’s unique fusion of Chinese and Western cultures provides a stage for him to adopt his musical concept that integrates traditional and modern African elements. He also hoped to create new compositions by interweaving the primal rhythms of African music and the delicate sounds of traditional Chinese instruments. Zhang Lie believes that this collaboration is an opportunity for an in-depth cultural dialogue between China and Africa. He remarked that the joint presentation of traditional Mozambican and Chinese music on the same stage would allow them to explore the charm of cross-disciplinary music through the interplay of different instruments, rhythms and cultural traditions.
Tickets for the concert are now on sale through the Enjoy Macao Ticketing (ticketing.enjoymacao.mo), priced at MOP380, MOP250, MOP180 and MOP120. Various discounts are available. Members of the public can enjoy a 20% discount on tickets by presenting receipts from purchases at the “Picture Book Fair” featured in the 8th “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries”.
The 8th “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries” is organised by the Culture and Sports Bureau, with the support of the Macao Government Tourism Office, the Municipal Affairs Bureau, TDM – Teledifusão de Macau, S.A., and Air Macau Company Limited. The “Stewart Sukuma Concert with the Macao Chinese Orchestra” is also one of the highlights of the Macao Chinese Orchestra’s 2026–27 Concert Season. Through collaborations with musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds, the Orchestra seeks to broaden the artistic horizons of Chinese music and bring vitality to traditional instruments through intercultural dialogue.
For more information, please visit the “Encounter in Macao – Arts and Cultural Festival between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries” website at culture.dscd.gov.mo/fcp, the “dscdmacao” page on Facebook, or the Macao activities website “Enjoy Macao”.
