Joy of Music Festival 2015, Chopin, Piano, Guitar, Hong Kong, Classic Music   Joy of Music Festival 2015, Chopin, Piano, Guitar, Hong Kong, Classic Music
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CHANG Tou Liang - The Writer of the Programme Notes

International Jury MemberSingapore native Chang Tou Liang is a family physician in private practice. He also aspires to classical music-related endeavours, including being a music reviewer for The Straits Times (over 2150 publications to date), former Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival (2004-2008), amateur pianist, amateur singer (10 years as a tenor in the Singapore Symphony Chorus), co-founder of the SSO Piano Marathon, co-host in the Symphony 92.4 FM syndicated musical talk-show Bluff Your Way Through Classical Music, annotator of the Hong Kong International Piano Competition and The Joy of Music Festival (Hong Kong), and seat-warmer in innumerable committees of numerous Singapore arts organisations.

In 2011, he was conferred a Special Recognition Award by the Singapore government's Ministry of Communication, Information and the Arts for contributions to music and the arts. In 2016, he was the unanimous winner of the 4th Husum Piano Quiz, an honour only previously held by Marc-Andre Hamelin. He also made a cameo appearance in the Jan Ö. Meier directed docu-movie PianoCrazy, released in 2017. His blog Pianomania (pianofortephilia.blogspot.sg) has an international following with over one million reads. He is married to Janet, and they have a 15-year-old son Shan Ming (who plays saxophone and electric guitar) and maintain a household of 14 cats.

張道亮樂 曲介紹撰寫者

華道賢教授AM於澳洲從事音樂教育工作超過30年,多年來身兼音樂教育家、指揮家及獨奏家等重任,現任香港演藝學院校長。

華教授畢業於澳洲阿德雷德大學音樂學院,此後曾於查爾斯.達爾文大學任職,期間創辦了著名的達爾文結節,並擔任藝術總監。這結他節14年來匯聚各地的頂尖古典結他演奏家於澳洲,演繹多首澳洲新晉作曲家之作品,亦為當地一眾出色的古典音樂家提供發展平台。

華教授曾於多間大學出任管理階層。他在任查爾斯.達爾文大學創意及人文學院院長期間,推動各項以學術兼就業為本的課程,培育音樂教育人才,又豐富當地的文化生活;他亦成功創立了青少年音樂課程,當中包括達爾文室樂管弦樂團,熱心推動澳洲的土著音樂。他出任查爾斯.達爾文大學的法律、商學及藝術學院院長時,發展一系列創意課程,範疇包括表演藝術。

於2009年至2012年期間,華教授曾於澳洲國立大學出任音樂學院教授及院長。在任期間,他與多間國際知名的音樂高等學府建立緊密的夥伴關係;又利用尖端的創新視聽教學器材,讓學生可透過視像系統向各大師及樂團學習。2012年,華教授來港出任香港演藝學院校長,他自履新後與團隊緊密合作,策劃香港演藝學院未來發展的藍圖。

除多年的管理經驗外,華教授亦是復古風格派的結他演奏家,更不遺餘力於古典結他演奏的發展及推廣。演出足跡遍及世界各地,並曾在北京中央音樂學院及克拉科夫音樂學院擔任駐院演奏家、主持大師班及授課。

華教授於2009年獲澳洲政府頒授Member of the Order of Australia (AM)以表揚他在藝術方面的成就,尤其是他在達爾文結他節中在古典結他及作曲方面的貢獻,以及對音樂教育與新晉音樂家的支持。

 

 

CHRISTOS BOKOROS - The Painter

International Jury MemberChristo Bokoros is one of the leading painters in Greeced and has long been associated with the activities of the Chopin Society of Hong Kong including designing the “piano” logo of the Competition.

The flame motifs which appear in the programme leaflets and posters of the competition, in the logo of the Alpha Omega Sound, the recording label of the Society as well as on the stage backdrop, are all based on several of his paintings.

希臘頂尖畫家,長期參予香港蕭邦社各種活動,並為「香港國際鋼琴大賽」設計了一款類似「鋼琴」的標誌。

他為蕭邦社設計的「火焰圖案」廣為人所熟知。鋼琴大賽的宣傳單張、海報和場刊、蕭邦社的錄音作品Alpha Omega Sound的標誌、背景板等設計均基於他的一些繪畫作品加以創作。

 

 

 
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