A Beautiful Encounter of Music and Literature

“What shadows outline the image of a perfect family? Could the reason you decided to repress yourself be me? Could the person for whom I decided to inconvenience myself be him?”

The Happy Family is a contemporary music composition by young composer Daniel Lo and novelist Eva Wong, scored for a seven-player instrumental ensemble and a narrator, and tells a story of a modern Hong Kong family. From the outside, the family seems like the picture of happiness — bright and peaceful as the full moon. But behind this shiny veneer are the cracks and hollows of their repressed desires.

Daniel Lo has devoted his recent compositions to integrate music with Hong Kong literature, with his past creations including musical and theatrical works based on renowned Hong Kong authors Ye Si and Xixi's short stories. This time, he joins hands with emerging writer Eva Wong to create an original story that is close to everyone’s heart — “Family”. While the work is still in the making, audiences will now have the opportunity to experience the various stages of this creative process through different forms of presentation.