Hui Cheung-wai

Hui Cheung-wai ( Chinese  許翔威  /  许翔威 , Pinyin Xú Xiāngwēi , Jyutping Heoi ² Coeng ⁴ wai ¹ , * 1963 in Hong Kong ) is a Chinese composer .

Life

In 1986 Hui studied composition with Hwang Yau-tai . Since 1987 he has taught at the Hong Kong International Institute of Music . Composition studies with Chen Ning-chi followed . In 1989 he obtained his diploma. In 1996 he graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon). In 1997 he completed the Master of Music .

He has been editor of the Music Companion since 1990 and published the Vademecum A Treasury of Chinese Music in 1998 .

He became an advisor to the Hong Kong Guitar Orchestra (composer in residence since 2008), the Hong Kong Music Institute and the Tuen Mun Children Choir. Hui is the chairman of the Hong Kong Music Institute Alumni Associatio. In 2002 he became an honorary composer of the Hong Kong Harmonica Association.

In 1987 he achieved his breakthrough with Yun for piano. His music has been performed by renowned orchestras (including the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra ) and chamber music ensembles (including the Arditti Quartet and Ensemble Sortisatio ) worldwide (including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center ). So far he has composed 150 works, including a. Electronic music, film music, vocal and instrumental music.

In 2006 he was music director of the concert on the 100th birthday of Professor Harold HT Wei.

Since 1998 he has been a lecturer at the CUHK.

Awards

• First Prize in Chinese Instrumental Composition of the Hong Kong Young Musician's Awards (1989)
• Third Prize in Western Instrumental Composition of the Hong Kong Young Musician's Awards (1989)

Film music

• 1992: Making Up
• 1994: Long Distance Call
• 1996: Betrayal
• 2002: The Design & Art of Kan Tai-keung
• 2002: The Eight Strokes of Yong (Eternity)
• 2003: Alan Chan-The Art of Living
• 2006: Expression of Ink and Brushes
• 2006: Unique

Discography (selection)

• Fang Yuan Fang Yuan (2008)
• Chamber Works By Hong Kong Com (2001)
• Homeland
• White bird
• Retrospect
• Wu Wu
• Three thoughts

literature

• Hui Cheung-wai . In: Liu Ching-chih: A Critical History of New Music in China . The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong 2010, ISBN 9-6299-6360-4 , pp. 649 f.

Web links

• Biography, catalog raisonné, discography and bibliography of Hui Cheung-wai at the Hong Kong Composers' Guild (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Hui is the family name here, Cheung-wai is the first name.