Artistically Impressive – Starting life in 1990 as a small ensemble made up of local music graduates, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has now grown into a mid-size symphony orchestra. With full-time management since 1999 and the appointment of Yip Wing-sie as Music Director in 2002, the orchestra entered a new era of development. Today, the orchestra with 50-plus contract members performs more than 90 times throughout the year, on and off the stage, capturing not only the hearts of collaborating artists, but also of the audience.

Musicians are assets – Hong Kong Sinfonietta believes that music has a lasting and transforming effect on the lives of people. Without musicians, there will not be music. Hong Kong Sinfonietta contributes to the nurturing of musicians by providing them with a platform. The orchestral sound is unique – it is the sound of a group of musicians sharing their passion with you.

Keeping music alive – Apart from standard orchestral repertoire, Hong Kong Sinfonietta is enthusiastic about performing contemporary works. It actively commissions new works every year and also ventures into crossover projects with other art forms. Believing that all stage performances should be a "completely live" experience, Hong Kong Sinfonietta also provides accompaniment to opera and ballet performances.

Educational mission – The Hong Kong Sinfonietta believes that classical music should be accessible to all. Therefore, it has since 2000 pioneered specially-designed "educational" concerts for different age groups. New concepts on the Hong Kong concert stage, HKS for Kids (for children), Short-cut to Classical Music and Know Your Classical Music (for adults) have provided a new realm in "audience development". Hong Kong Sinfonietta also reaches out to the community via the media, making classical music a part of people's lives.

Tour –The Hong Kong Sinfonietta has performed at the Saint-Riquier Festival and Les Flâneries Musicales d’Été de Reims in France, Festival Pianistico Internazionale Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli and Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico in Italy, festivals in Lithuania, Shanghai Spring International Music Festival and at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw. Since 2006, the orchestra has become a regular guest at La Folle Journée in Tokyo with returned visits in 2007, 2009 and 2010. In 2010, the orchestra will make its début in Beijing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts and in South America in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Montevideo. It will also return to Shanghai to perform at the China Shanghai International Arts Festival (Hong Kong SAR Programme for Expo 2010 Shanghai – Hong Kong Week Closing Performance).