Solos - Experimenting Traditional Chinese Operas is an event organized for academic and creative exchanges of traditional Chinese operas in the 21st Century. Distinguished scholars, artists and performers in the field of traditional Chinese operas and contemporary arts from the Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong are invited to participate in the experimental creative performance, workshops and conferences in this event. The purpose of this programme is an experiment on the examination and study on the synthesis of traditional Chinese operas and contemporary arts, exploring the possibilities of the future development of experimentation of traditional operas, and seeking new paths for future Chinese operas.

The six traditional Chinese opera performers participating in the programme are: Kunqu Opera artist Shi Xiaomei (Nanjing), Chuan Opera artist Tian Mansha (Chengdu), Peking Opera artist Wu Hsingkuo (Taipei), Peking Opera artist Zhou Long (Beijing), Huangmei Opera artist Ma Lan (Anhui), Yue Opera artist Zhao Zhigang (Shanghai). 

Distinguished scholars are invited as the advisors for the programme and they are: Cheung Ping-kuen (art critic, Hong Kong), Zhao Youliang (Director, China National Theatre, Beijing), Rong Guangrun (President, Shanghai Academy of Theatre, Shanghai), Bell Yung (Professor, Music Department, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong/Pittsburgh), David Jiang (Dean of Drama, School of Drama, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts) and Desmond Hui (Master, the Graduate House, University of Hong Kong).