General Director, Taipei Chinese Orchestra

Yiu-kwong Chung is Taiwan's best known and most often performed composer.  His music, distinguished by its profound Chinese philosophical background and expressive range, has won large and enthusiastic audiences all over the world.  He has written for every conceivable type of music ranging from the grandest orchestral work, Chinese opera, musicals, to the most intimate piece in New Age style.

In March 2000, The Eternal City for Chinese Orchestra captured the 1st prize of the 21st Century International Composition Competition held by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. His another 1st-prize winning chamber work in 1986, Chariots Ballad for Solo Marimba and 7 Percussionists,  quickly entered the repertory, with performances by the Prague Percussion Ensemble and over 50 different percussion ensembles of many leading universities in USA and Japan. Festive Celebration for Wind Orchestra, now published by Musikverlag Johann Kliment KG in Vienna, has been performed by many orchestras throughout the world and is recorded on the 7th and the 8th WASBE Conference CD sets.  His two bold and energetic pieces Dance of the Earth and Taiwanese Children Song , performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, are recorded on SONY-Taiwan's Super Charm Yo-Yo MA Album.

Following Chung's move to Taiwan in 1991, his music began to receive much wider recognition and has been performed throughout the world at many major international festivals such as Prague Spring Festival, ISCM World Music Days, Shanghai Music Festival, Festival of the Asian Composers' League, and WASBE International Band Festival.  Numerous recent commissions and collaboration with international renowned artists, such as Yo Yo Ma, Cho-liang Lin, Wu Man, Christian Lindberg,  Sharon Bezaly, Christian Wirth, Claude Delangle,  Eva Fampas, Emphasis Saxophone Quartet, Quatuor Diastema, and Elsner String Quartet, have confirmed the growing interest in his music throughout the world.

Festive Celebration for Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Chinese Orchestra

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28 July, 2008
Saxophone Concerto for Alto Saxophone  and Chinese Orchestra. Claude Delangle and Taipei Chinese Orchestra,  Conductor: Yiu-kwong Chung. Zhongshan Hall, Taipei.

30, 31 August, 2008
City Symphony for Multimedia and Chinese Orchestra. Taipei Chinese Orchestra,  Conductor: En Shao. Zhongshan Hall, Taipei.

13 September, 2008
Whirling Dance for Flute and Chinese  Orchestra. Conductor: Yiu-kwong Chung. Flute: Sharon Bezaly, Zhongshan Hall,  Taipei

16 September, 2008
Concerto for Flute and Chinese Orchestra. (World Premiere) Conductor: Yiu-kwong Chung. Flute: Sharon Bezaly, National Concert Hall, Taipei

 

 

2008 Commission Projects:

A Flute Concerto for Sharon Bezaly and Taipei Chinese orchestra; (BIS Records)

A New Taiwanese Opera for National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra;

Concerto for Double Orchestra for Taipei Chinese Orchestra and Taipei Symphony Orchestra;

City Symphony for Multimedia and Chinese Orchestra;

An Erhu Concerto for TCO International Erhu Competition 2008;

A Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Chinese Orchestra for Quatuor Diastema;

A Percussion Concerto for Deaflympics Taipei 2009, Soloist: Evelyn Glennie, Taipei Chinese Orchestra;

A Trombone Concerto for Christian Lindberg and Taipei Chinese Orchestra (BIS Records).

 

 

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