Thirty years, roughly 4,000 concerts, and a sound that refuses to sit still: German group Quadro Nuevo brings its 30th-anniversary tour to Hong Kong Arts Centre's Shouson Theatre on Monday 21 September 2026. It is a rare Hong Kong booking for a band that has spent three decades blurring the line between jazz and world music.
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Who is Quadro Nuevo?
Quadro Nuevo was founded in 1996 in Germany's Chiemgau region, and over three decades the group has built a genre of its own somewhere between jazz and world music. The three constant members are Mulo Francel (saxophone, clarinet, mandolin), Andreas Hinterseher (accordion, bandoneon) and D.D. Lowka (double bass, percussion), typically joined on tour by a fourth musician rotating between piano, guitar and vibraphone.
The band has played an estimated 4,000 concerts worldwide, and its 2026 anniversary programme, billed "30 Years Around the World", is a retrospective set that traces the group's evolution while touring the same acoustic, unplugged instrumentation that has defined its sound since the beginning.
Quadro Nuevo: 30 Years Around the World
What does a Quadro Nuevo concert actually sound like?
Quadro Nuevo's music sits at a crossroads: jazz improvisation meets flamenco, Balkan swing, tango, French valse musette and traditional folk, all played acoustically. A typical set moves through several countries' worth of musical vocabulary in a single evening, with the saxophone and clarinet trading melodic lines against the accordion's rolling harmonies and the double bass's rhythmic pulse.
For the 30th-anniversary programme, the band has built a set that folds in a "retrospective on the band's history" alongside its usual travelogue structure — effectively a tour through three decades of the group's own catalogue as much as a tour through world-music styles.
Why Hong Kong, why now?
Touring acoustic jazz-and-world-music acts rarely make it to Hong Kong outside the city's regular jazz club circuit, which makes a standalone date at Shouson Theatre — a mid-sized, acoustically tuned venue inside the Hong Kong Arts Centre (香港藝術中心) — a genuine one-off for local fans of the genre. The venue sits directly across the harbour from West Kowloon and a short walk from the Wan Chai waterfront, making it easy to combine with dinner in the neighbourhood beforehand.
If jazz and world music are your thing, it's also worth bookmarking our guide to Candlelight concerts around Hong Kong and our roundup of the city's best jazz bars and clubs, both of which run on a rolling monthly schedule rather than a single tour date.
Insider tip: Shouson Theatre is a genuinely intimate room by Hong Kong concert standards, with clear sightlines from almost every seat — there's no bad view in the house, so it's worth booking based on price rather than trying to chase a specific row.
Frequently Asked Questions
One night only
Three decades, four instruments and a set list that crosses continents — Quadro Nuevo's Hong Kong date is a single, unrepeated show.
Insider tip: Shouson Theatre only seats a few hundred, so this is a small-room show by touring-band standards — book early if you want a specific price tier.