Steinway Artist Carol Yu was hailed by The Times U.K. as a pianist who exerts ‘excellent, positive work at the piano’, and praised by Viktor Merzhanov, Piano Professor at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory as ‘an artist whose manner of playing is notable for its good taste and sense of style’. Her engaging performances have been capturing audiences worldwide. She has performed in major concert halls in London (Southbank Centre and Barbican Centre), Austria, Germany, Russia, Czech Republic, Japan, China and SE Asia, appearing as guest artist in such prominent events as the International Chopin Festival in Austria and the Park Lane Group Series in London, as well as the London Messiaen Festival.

Carol was invited to perform for the House of Lords in London and the Chopin Society in Vienna. She was Artistic Director and Principal Pianist for the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong SAR Reunification celebration concert in Shanghai. She has collaborated with renowned conductor Li Xin-cao and given concerto performances with Hong Kong Sinfonietta, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and Malaysia National Symphony Orchestra. Her numerous recordings received critical acclaim internationally, amongst them are her solo album of Chopin and Beethoven piano works released by URM Audio (UK), live recording for Moscow Radio, as well as a DVD series released by Brio Music.

Apart from performing, Carol is Artistic Director of Manhattan International Young Artists Music Festival, Founder of Concordia Music International, Honorary Advisor of Tom Lee Music Academy, Vice-Chairperson of Hong Kong Jockey Club Music & Dance Fund Awardees Association, and was invited to be Jury Member in major competitions in the region such as Asia Pacific Regional Finals of Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition.

She is on the piano faculty of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University, and gives masterclasses in Hong Kong and abroad. Her broad musical interests moreover encompass giving presentations and workshops on Music Performance and Music Psychology at the World Conferences of the International Society of Music Education and Asia Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research.

Carol studied piano with renowned masters Viktor Merzhanov, Irina Zaritskaya and Andrzej Esterhazy (pupil of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus). She has worked with celebrated pianists Kendall Taylor, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich and Bernard Roberts, and studied chamber music with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lynn Harrell and the Amadeus Quartet.

A recipient of prestigious scholarships from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music & Dance Fund, Carol graduated with Bachelor and Master Degrees in First Class Honours from the Royal Academy of Music in London, winning numerous accolades for her achievements including the Whyte Memorial Fund Award for the Most Outstanding Student of the Year. She further obtained the Master of Arts in Performance from the Musikhochschule Trossingen in Germany.

「史坦威藝術家」余嘉露獲英國《泰晤士報》盛讚為一位「造詣精湛、實力雄厚的鋼琴家」，莫斯科柴可夫斯基音樂學院鋼琴教授Viktor Merzhanov並讚她「彈奏之風格優雅感人」。她享有音色優美、技巧變化多端之美譽，贏取世界各地聽眾的讚賞。活躍於國際演奏活動，余嘉露曾到英國著名倫敦皇家演藝劇院和巴比勒中心舉行獨奏會、及到奧地利、德國、俄羅斯、捷克共和國、日本、中國及東南亞等多地演出。她獲邀在多個國際音樂節演出，包括奧地利國際蕭邦音樂節、倫敦柏年音樂家節、以及英國倫敦梅湘音樂節。

余嘉露在上海「香港回歸十周年慶典音樂會」獲委任藝術總監。此外，她亦曾到倫敦上議院獻技，並於維也納蕭邦協會及歐洲貝多芬鋼琴協會之邀到歐洲各地演出。余嘉露曾與香港小交響樂團、香港城市室樂團及馬來西亞國立交響樂團合演協奏曲，並與名指揮家李心草合作。在錄音方面，她為英國URM Audio唱片公灌錄蕭邦及貝多芬獨奏作品，獲傑出好評。此外，她為莫斯科電台作現場錄音，香港Brio Music亦為她發行一系列鋼琴演奏DVD專輯。

余嘉露現擔任曼克頓國際青年藝術家音樂節藝術總監、國際啟詩音樂有限公司創辦人兼行政總裁、通利音樂學院榮譽顧問、及香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈基金得獎者協會副主席。近年擔任區內多個重要鋼琴比賽評委，包括施坦威國際青少年鋼琴比賽「亞太區總決賽」。余嘉露任教於香港中文大學及香港浸會大學音樂系，經常主持大師班及講座。她並大力推廣音樂藝術研究，屢次在國際音樂教育協會世界會議及亞太區音樂教育研究研討會發表演講。

她師承多著名大師Viktor Merzhanov、Irina Zaritskaya及Andrzej Esterhazy (俄國鋼琴巨匠Heinrich Neuhaus的後人)，深得俄羅斯鋼琴派藝術風格之薰陶。她曾跟隨鋼琴家Kendall Taylor、Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich及Bernard Roberts學習，並隨小提琴家Anne-Sophie Mutter、大提琴家Lynn Harrell及弦樂四重奏Amadeus Quartet研習室樂。余嘉露獲多項獎學金，包括英國蒙斯特女伯爵音樂基金和香港賽馬會音樂信託基金，赴英國皇家音樂學院修讀音樂學士和碩士學位，均以一級榮譽畢業，獲獎無數，包括全級最傑出學生獎。隨後於德國特勞茲根音樂學院深造，攻讀音樂演奏碩士學位，並奪多項殊榮。

Nancy Loo is one of Hong Kong's most versatile artists, as pianist, radio programme host, actress and writer. She was a recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 1978. She currently teaches piano at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and The Chinese University of Hong Kong and is often invited to host music talks and master-classes, and to serve as a juror for piano competitions.

Ms. Loo attended the Juilliard School on scholarship, where she studied with Adele Marcus. After graduating with a Master's degree, she studied with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris and Guido Agosti in Italy. She was first prizewinner at the Fourth Rina Sala Gallo International Competition in Monza in 1976, and has won many other international competitions, including the Marguerite Long International Competition in Paris.

As a pianist, Loo has given solo recitals and performed with orchestras in England, Europe, North America and Asia. Locally, she has appeared in the Hong Kong Arts Festival Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. A keen promoter of contemporary music, she has participated in the annual Musicarama and the ISCM World Music Days Festival. Her recordings include a piano solo album of Christian music, Ambush and Moonlight on Spring River with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and piano works by local composers.

羅乃新是港其中一位最多面藝術家：她既是鋼琴家，亦是電臺節目主持、戲劇演員和作家。羅氏於1978年獲選為香港十大傑出青年，現任教於香港演藝學院及香港中文大學，並經常應邀主持音樂講座，大師班和出任鋼琴比賽評判。

羅乃新以獎學金入讀茱利亞音樂學院，受教于阿德里‧馬蓋斯(Adele Marcus)門下。在該校取得碩士學位後，羅乃新又往巴黎及義大利追隨弗拉多‧貝利慕特(Vlado Perlemuter)及基度‧阿哥斯提(Guido Agosti)學藝。她于1976年在義大利蒙紮贏得裡薩拉加略國際鋼琴比賽首獎；此外，又在多項比賽中獲獎，包括在巴黎舉行的馬瑰烈朗格國際鋼琴比賽。

作為鋼琴演奏家，羅氏曾在英國、美國、歐洲、北美洲及東南亞各地舉行獨奏會及與樂團合作。羅氏致力推廣現代音樂，曾在多屆之「音樂新文化」及前年「國際現代音樂節」中亮相。她曾為電影《情色地圖》、《天長地久》、《源來是愛》及電視劇《洋紫荊》的配樂演奏，並灌錄了聖詩專輯《縈繞心間》、與香港中樂團合作的《春江花月夜》及《十面埋伏》和香港作曲家之鋼琴獨奏曲。

Steinway Artist Norman Lee performs frequently in concert halls around the world including Hong Kong, Canada, the United States and Europe. He has also conducted master classes and lectures in Universities and Conservatories across Hong Kong, China, Canada on the topic of piano injuries and movement retraining. Besides his various performing activities, Norman is a dedicated piano teacher and music educator, and currently teaches at Hong Kong Baptist University, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong, The Kingston University of London, and the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Norman started his piano studies at a very young age. He furthered his piano studies as a scholarship student in Peabody Conservatory of Music, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree of Music in Piano Performance, studying with Walter Hautzig, Robert Weirich, and attended master class by Leon Fleisher. Norman also studied with Irina Zaritzkaya in London and with Anatoly Verdernikov and Tatiana Nikolava in Mozertum, Salzburg. He obtained Master degree of Music from The University of Western Ontario working under Professor Ronald Turini.

香港出生的李廷強擁有卓越的音樂成就。他年幼時已開始學習鋼琴，其後憑著獎學金在Peabody Conservatory of Music主修鋼琴演奏，得到Walter Hautzig 與Robert Weirich的指導，並參予Leon Fleisher的大師班，完成鋼琴演奏音樂學士課程。此外，李氏於英國皇家音樂學院深造時，得到Irina Zaritzkaya的督導，繼而得到Anatoly Vedernikov 及 Tatiana Nikolaeva的督導，在俄羅斯獲得證書。Norman 於加拿大University of Western Ontario完成音樂碩士課程，期間獲得Ronald Turini教授的督導。

致力貢獻他的專才，他分別在香港、中國及加拿大講學，並設大師班教授鋼琴及音樂。作為一位專業的演奏家，Norman經常在世界各地演出，包括香港、美國、加拿大與以及歐洲。任教於香港中文大學及香港浸會大學音樂系，並經常主持大師班及講座。

Since his solo recital debut in Marseilles, France at the age of six, critically acclaimed Canadian violinist Jing Wang won first prize at the 2007 Irving M. Klein International Strings Competition. In 2003, Mr. Wang was awarded the “Young Soloist of the Year” by Les Radios Francophones Publiques, leading to the release of his first CD album in Europe.

Jing has appeared as a soloist in major orchestras in Europe and North America, and collaborated with renowned conductors such as James DePreist, Claus Peter Flor, Yoav Talmi, Jacques Lacombe. He has given solo and chamber music performances at National Arts Center in Ottawa and Lincoln Center, and broadcast on CBC Radio-Canada. A founding member of Ensemble75, Jing was Concertmaster of the Dallas Opera from 2010-2013. Appointed by Maestro Jaap Van Zweden, Jing is currently Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic since 2013. He plays a violin made in 1700 by Giovanni Tononi, on loan from Canada Council of Arts Fine Instruments Collection.

自六歲正式於法國馬賽作公開演出後，享譽盛名的加拿大籍小提琴家王敬獲獎無數，包括2007年Irving M. Klein International Competition冠軍、2003年Les Radios Francophones Publiques的「年度年輕獨奏家」獎項，並獲獎推出首張唱片。王敬活躍於北美及歐洲演奏，與多個大型樂團及名指揮家合作，包括James DePreist、Claus Peter Flor、Yoav Talmi及Jacques Lacombe。王敬曾於渥太華國立藝術中心的演出，並於加拿大CBC電台廣播。畢業於茱利亞音樂學院，跟隨Zakar Bron 及 Pinchas Zukerman 學習。他是美國Ensemble75的創辦人之一，於2011-2013年任職達拉斯歌劇院樂團「樂團首席」。王敬於2013應梵志登大師邀請擔任香港管弦樂團「樂團首席」。他現正使用由 Canada Council of Arts Rare Strings International Collection 借出的 1700年 Giovanni Tononi 小提琴。

Russian-born Artem Konstantinov studied cello at the Glinka School and the Moscow Conservatory of Music, and holds a Doctorate of Music Degree from the Guildhall School of Music London. First-prize winner in the Competition for Young Cellists (Russia), International Competition of Young Ensemble of Art (Moscow) and Russian National Cello Competition, and prize-winner in the Competition of Chamber Music in Palma d'Oro (Italy). In 2001 he received an honorary award from the Russian Department of Culture.

Artem has studied and collaborated with Mstislav Rostropovich, N.Shashovskaya and K.Rodin, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Europe, Russia and Asia. He was Principal cellist of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra 1999-2005, and has performed as guest principal cellist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2005, Artem was appointed principal cellist of City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. He is also a recording artist for HUGO and has released seven CDs under this label.

康雅談生於俄羅斯，畢業於新西伯利亞市的葛令卡學院及莫斯科音樂學院，亦在倫敦喬凱音樂學院取得音樂博士學位。他曾跟包括羅斯托波維奇、雪柯芙絲卡雅及羅丹、魯丁學習與同台演出。他獲獎無數，於俄羅斯青年大提琴大賽、青年藝術合奏組國際大賽（莫斯科）及俄羅斯全國大提琴大賽奪得冠軍、巴馬杜拉舉行的室樂二重奏大賽（意大利）獲獎； 2001年更獲俄羅斯文化部頒發榮譽大奬。康雅談以獨奏家的身份與歐洲、俄羅斯及亞洲多個樂團演出，亦獲邀為香港管弦樂團客席大提琴首席。1999至2005年間，出任深圳交響樂團的大提琴首席。自2005年擔任香港城市室樂團大提琴首席，並為雨果唱片公司灌錄了七張鐳射唱片。

Founder/Artistic Director Hong Kong Camerata Strings, began his career as a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Delme Quartet and Nash Ensemble playing regularly with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the London Sinfonietta.

As violinist with the York Trio and violist with the Beethoven String Trio of London, he featured regularly on BBC broadcasts and made numerous recordings. Concert tours have taken him to major festivals including Edinburgh, Salzburg, Prague, Hong Kong and venues ranging from the Wigmore Hall, London, Sydney Opera House to the Forbidden City, Beijing.

In 1998 Jeremy was appointed Principal Viola with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and taught at the HK Academy for Performing Arts. Jeremy became a member of the Australian String Quartet in 2003 and in 2009 was appointed Lecturer in Chamber Music and Director of Strings at the University of Tasmania. He has taught at the Sydney and Adelaide Conservatorium and Artist in Residence at the Queensland Conservatorium. He was first violinist with the Diemen Quartet whilst resident in Tasmania.

Jeremy relocated to Hong Kong in 2015 and currently conducts the Yew Chung International School Orchestra, develops chamber music at Wah Yan School and continues to develop a thriving string studio, founding Hong Kong Camerata Strings in 2016.

San Yuen-yum is internationally regarded as an outstanding educator of young musicians. She has successfully set up string programmes in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia.

Appointed Principal Music Educator at the University of Tasmania in 2010, Yuen Yum developed a vibrant junior string programme. She is a guest violinist with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, member of Diemen Quartet and on the faculty of Tutti World Youth Music Festival, Beijing.

In Sydney, Yuen Yum created the Strings Alive Academy, an innovative programme for young string players that continues to develop and expand. In addition she was string coordinator and conductor at Greenwich Primary School. Yuen Yum was a member of the London Orchestra of St John’s Smith Square. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London in 1986.

Yuen Yum is currently Head of Junior Strings at Yew Chung International School, Hong Kong. She travels regularly to China to oversee the string activities of their schools in cities including Guangzhou Shanghai and Beijing.

Born in Hong Kong, Yiu graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1989. In the same year, he was awarded the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship to study at the Queensland Conservatorium, the Royal Academy of Music in London UK, the Rotterdam Conservatorium in Holland and the Köln Musikhochschule in Germany, where he was awarded the Diplom der Künstlerischen Abschlußprüfung with distinction in 1994.

Yiu has appears as chamber musician and soloist in festivals worldwide. In Asia, he has also appeared as soloist with different orchestras and ensembles in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea and Japan. He has been invited to perform with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner on their Hong Kong tour and has also performed with the London Virtuosi on their Spain tour.

Yiu has given masterclasses regularly at Xi’an, Xinghai, Shanghai Conservatory, the Beijing Central Conservatory, National Chiayi University in Taiwan, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore, Chung Ang University in Korea, Stuttgart and Leipzig Musikhochschule in Germany and Lyon Conservatoire Superieur de Musique in France.

Yiu served as an adjudicator for the prestigious Muri International Oboe Competition in Switzerland and the renowned Gillet International oboe competition at the 2015 International Double Reed Society Conference in Tokyo, Japan. Yiu is the founder and the Artistic Director of Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, the overseas consultant of the Macau Youth Orchestra and the founding board member of the Asian Double Reed Association. He is also the honorary artists in residence of the Hong Kong Education of Institute, and has been elected Associate of the Royal Academy of music for his achievements and contribution to music.

出生於香港，現任為香港演藝學院木管樂、銅管樂及敲擊樂系主任。1989年畢業於香港演藝學院，同年贏得香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈信託基金獎學金先後前往昆土蘭音樂學院、英國皇家音樂學院、荷蘭鹿特丹音樂學院及德國科隆國立音樂學院深造。1994年以優異成績畢業於德國科隆國立音樂學院，獲授藝術家文憑。

在歐洲期間姚氏多次與樂團作獨奏演出。回港後亦以獨奏家身份跟中港澳台，日韓及亞洲各地樂團合作。姚氏活躍於世界各地音樂節及舞台，並應邀與在Sir Neville Marriner指揮下之世界著名聖馬田室樂團及倫敦名家樂團在香港及西班牙同台演出獻藝。姚氏曾應邀到廣州、西安、上海音樂學院、北京中央音樂學院、新加坡國立大學楊秀桃音樂學院、台灣嘉義大學，德國史圖加特及萊比錫音樂大學，法國里昂高等音樂學院、及韓國首爾中央大學舉辦大師班。

姚氏曾受邀擔任著名瑞士Muri 國際雙簧管比賽及於2015 年東京舉行的國際雙簧協會的Gillet國際雙簧管比賽擔任決賽評委。現亦為「管樂雅集」之創團總監, 澳門青年樂團之海外顧問及亞洲雙簧協會董事局成員，亦為香港教育學院榮譽住校藝術家，並被英國皇家音樂學院選為榮譽會員，致力推動室樂演奏。

Principal Flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic since 2002, Megan Sterling has enjoyed working with some of the world's top conductors and soloists. She has appeared several times as a soloist with the orchestra, as well as in recitals, radio broadcasts, Canto-pop recordings and chamber music in Hong Kong and the region. She has appeared live on Australian national television and radio, Hungarian National Radio, RTHK, and in recital on WGBH, Boston, and she has also performed at Parliament House for the Australian Prime Minister.

Megan has appeared in a Principal role with most of Australia's leading orchestras and is a founding member of the Australian World Orchestra, which brings Australian musicians from elite orchestras around the world to play together - for the 2013 season under the baton of Zubin Mehta.

In 2003 she was awarded 1st Prize in the Hungarofest International Flute Competition in Budapest. At the same competition she was awarded a special prize for Best Performance of the Petrovics Flute Concerto, broadcast live with the Hungarian National Radio Symphony on Hungarian National Radio. This led to recitals and radio broadcasts in Budapest, Boston and Shanghai. She was also the recipient of the prestigious Queen’s Trust Award. In her home country she has been winner of a Symphony Young Australia Award, First Prize and Audience Prize winner at the 1999 National Flute Competition, winner of the inaugural Canberra School of Music/Ansett Concerto Prize, the University of Melbourne Mozart Competition, a Premier’s Award, and four-time winner of the Leslie Barklamb Flute Scholarship.

In addition to her full-time role with the HK Phil, she teaches at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the HK Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

史德琳自2002年起擔任香港管弦樂團首席長笛，並十分享受與世界各享負盛 名的指揮及獨奏家同台演出。她曾多次以獨奏身份與港樂合作，又於香港及鄰近地區舉行獨奏會、參與電台廣播、粵語流行曲錄音和室樂音樂會。她曾亮相澳洲國家 電視台及電台、匈牙利國家電台、香港電台，並為波士頓電視電台WGBH獨奏演出。她更曾經在國會大樓為澳洲總理演出。

她曾以首席身份與澳洲各大樂團演出，並為澳洲世界樂團的創團成員之一，協助組織現於世界各國演奏的精英澳洲樂手攜手演出，2013樂季，他們將聚首一堂，在梅塔指揮下演出。

2003年，她於匈牙利音樂節國際長笛比賽摘冠，同時憑着演繹彼得羅維奇的長笛協奏曲贏得最佳演奏特別獎，是次演出更獲匈牙利國家電台現場直播。這 次勝出令她有機會到布達佩斯、波士頓和上海舉行獨奏會及亮相當地電台廣播。她又曾榮獲澳洲權威獎項女皇信託獎、1999年澳洲全國長笛大賽第一名及觀眾大 獎、首屆坎培拉音樂學院/安捷協奏曲大獎、墨爾本大學之莫扎特大賽、總理大獎和四度奪得巴克林長笛獎學金。

除了在港樂擔任首席之外，她亦於香港演藝學院、香港浸會大學及香港中文大學任教。

American Clarinetist John Schertle has performed in orchestras and chamber music ensembles across the United States, Germany and Japan. He is currently Assistant Principal Clarinet of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Born in Southern California, Schertle began his studies at the R.D.Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. He went on to gain degrees from the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the distinction of the Performer's Certificate.

In 1996, Schertle appeared as bass clarinet soloist in the Martino Triple Concerto in New York City's Alice Tully Hall, performing with the New Juilliard Ensemble. Schertle is a recipient of the Tilden Prize, awarded by the National Arts Club of America.

Schertle has been Principal Clarinet with the New World Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Eastman Philharmonia and the Heidelberg Castle Festival Opera Orchestra, and he has also played with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, the Aspen Festival Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra.

美國單簧管手史家翰曾與美國、德國及日本的多個樂團和室樂團合作。他現任香港管弦樂團的助理首席單簧管手。

生於南加洲，史氏初期在位於洛杉磯的高賓演奏學院學習，後畢業於茱莉亞音樂學院及在伊士曼音樂學院取得演奏文憑。1996 年，史家翰與新茱莉亞室樂團合作，在紐約愛麗絲杜利音樂廳演奏馬田奴三重奏協奏曲的低音單簧管獨奏部份。他亦是美國國家藝術協會桃頓大獎的得主之一。史家翰曾出任新世界交響樂團、茱莉亞樂團、伊士曼愛樂團及海德堡節日歌劇樂團的單簧管首席，他更曾與太平洋音樂節樂團、艾斯賓音樂節樂團和西部音樂節樂團合作演出。

Choy Kwok Tin started the clarinet at the age of 12, under the guidance of Norman Foster. He later entered the Hong Kong Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Daniel Silver. In 1985 he furthered his pursuit of music at the Royal College of Music under John McCaw, the principal Clarinet of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London.

After returning from England he was engaged as clarinetist in the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for the season 1987/88. Choy is now teaching Clarinet and Saxophone at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Hong Kong Music Institute. Besides, he is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Band Directors Association. He is also the founding member of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in which he was the Principal Clarinet from 1990 to 2006. From 2007 to now, he is the music director and conductor of Parsons Wind Orchestra.

He performed with the Hong Kong local famous singer, Miss Ivana Wong and the prize winner of the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition, Miss Colleen Lee a charity concert for Ronald McDonald House Charities in February 2011 and performed as soloist with different orchestras such as Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Macau Chamber Orchestra. Since 1996, he has been invited several times to hold master classes in Macau and Guangzhou Conservatory and as an adjudicator for the Macau Youth Music Competition. He is one of the founding member of "Les Six" and overseas consultant of Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra. Besides, he is very active as a chamber musician and soloist of numerous festivals, from both local and overseas such as the Musicarama Contemporary Music Festival and the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) World Music Days. He has been very active in the concert halls of Hong Kong as well as in Macau, Japan, France, Poland and Lithuania.

Choy is also an active band director for Alliance Primary School, Kowloon Tong and Pui Ching Middle School. For the past few years, he has been putting efforts in the cooperation with local composers to write new works for school band training.

蔡國田12歲開始隨Norman Foster學習單簧管。後進入香港音樂學院受教於Daniel Silver, 並於1985年前往英國皇家音樂學院深造，師事倫敦愛樂樂團首席單簧管John McCaw。

回港後蔡氏於1987/88年度樂季受聘為香港管弦樂團單簧管手。蔡氏目前在香港演藝學院、香港中文大學、香港浸會大學及香港音樂專科學校任教單簧管和薩克司風。除此之外，蔡氏亦是香港管樂協會主席。蔡氏為香港小交響樂團之創團成員，並於1990至2006年間擔任該團之的首席單簧管。2007年至今擔任柏斯管樂團音樂總監及指揮，更於2011年2月與著名唱作歌手王菀之小姐及蕭邦國際鋼琴大獎賽得獎者李嘉齡小姐合作為麥當勞叔叔之家慈善基金演出了「柏斯管樂團 愛心所建音樂會」慈善演奏會。

蔡氏更曾和不同樂團演出獨奏，如香港小交響樂團及澳門室樂團。自1996年起，蔡氏被多次邀請在澳門青年音樂比賽中舉辦大師班，並且擔任比賽評判。除此之外，蔡氏在香港音樂界亦非常活躍，除為著名之"六秀士"之創團成員及澳門青年樂團之海外顧問外，更經常應邀作室樂及獨奏的演出，如香港作曲家聯會每年舉辦的香港音樂新文化、國際現代音樂協會世界音樂日等。蔡氏活躍於本地及海外各大小音樂廳，他曾到過演出之國家包括澳門、日本、法國、波蘭及立陶宛。

蔡氏更熱衷於訓練學校管樂團。目前他所領導的學校管樂團有九龍塘宣道小學及培正中學。在過去數年蔡氏更與一些本地作曲家合作，委約他們為學校管樂團創作新作，希望藉此建立起一些香港學校的管樂團文化傳統。

One of the most outstanding singers from Asia, Nancy Yuen made her debut upon graduation from the Royal Academy of Music, London, with the Welsh National Opera, singing the title role of Madama Butterfly to great critical acclaim. She has since reprised the role all over the world, notably with the English National Opera, Scottish Opera, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland, Opera Northern Ireland, Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO), Bangkok Opera (BO), the New Zealand International Festival of Arts, the Barbados Opera Festival, at the Royal Albert Hall for Raymond Gubbay Limited in 1998, 2000 and 2003.

Other starring operatic roles include Romilda (Xerxes), Violetta (La Traviata), Aida, Gilda (Rigoletto), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Leonora (Il Trovatore), Tosca, Liza (The Queen of Spades), Mimi (La Bohème), Jenny (Mahagony Songspiel), Micaela (Carmen), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Liu (Turandot), Antonia (Les Contes D’Hoffmann), Thaiis and Countessa (Le Nozze di Figaro).

A celebrated recitalist and versatile concert artist, she performs regularly with major orchestras and choral societies. Her appearances have included performances with Christopher Hogwood, Trevor Pinnock, Richard Armstrong, Carlo Rizzi, Helmuth Rilling, Tsung Yeh and orchestras such as the London Mozart Players, BBC Concert Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Tivoli Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera Orchestra.

Nancy has given masterclasses in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and China. She was a frequent adjudicator for international competitions and music festivals, e.g. the 59th and 65th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, Competizione dell’Opera organized by Opera Bremen, Germany and ASEAN Voice Competitions in Bangkok. In 2016 she will make her role debut as Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” and will reprise her signature role as “Madama Butterfly”. Nancy has been the Head of Vocal Studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since March 2010. She has been elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 for her significant achievements and contributions to music.

在英國接受教育、香港出生的女高音阮妙芬，自倫敦皇家音樂學院畢業後旋即獲威爾斯國立歌劇團邀請飾演浦契尼歌劇《蝴蝶夫人》中難度極高的主角，自此一鳴驚人。之後世界各地歌劇團的邀請紛至遝來，當中包括英國國家歌劇院、西澳大利亞歌劇團、昆士蘭歌劇團、北愛爾蘭歌劇團、曼谷歌劇團、新加坡歌劇院、1994年新西蘭國際藝術節、1995年巴布達歌劇節及分別於1998、2000及2003年於皇家愛爾拔堂舉行的演出。

阮氏的演唱曲目非常廣泛，宜古宜今。她更經常定期在英國皇家節日會堂、伊利莎伯女皇廳、巴比肯音樂廳和伯明罕交響樂廳表演;樂蹤遍及歐洲、美洲、亞洲、中東等地。 她與許多知名樂團合作無間，包括倫敦莫劄特樂團、英國廣播公司音樂會樂團、新加坡交響樂團、香港愛樂團、提佛利交響樂團和西澳洲交響樂團等。

她於2010年3月起擔任香港演藝學院聲樂系系主任。2014年，皇家音樂學院為了肯定阮氏的卓越成就和貢獻，特地推選她為皇家音樂院准會員。

Asia’s leading operatic bass and vocal coach for the past 25 years, has performed over 60 major roles on stage in Europe, America, and Asia. He has also appeared on Canadian French, Norwegian and Chinese and American television programs, including CNN, both as a soloist and as an expert on vocal performance issues.

During his career he was the first prize winner of 5 vocal competitions, including The Metropolitan Opera Regional Auditions, The Carmel Grand Prize, and Finalist in Concurso Internacional de Canto in Rio de Janeiro. He has performed with a number of performers from film, television, and the world’s major opera houses, such as Maria Ewing, Giacomo Aragall, Helga Dernesch, Dame Josephine Barstow, Victor Borge, Doc Severinsen, and John Raitt. A distinguished graduate from the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, he also holds a Doctorate Degree from The Peabody Institute.

Since 2000 Dr. Anthony is the Director of The Music & Drama Institute. Previously senior lecturer of The HK Academy for Performing Arts, Vocal Instructor at The Peabody Institute, Director of Vocal Studies & Professor of Music at Wayne State University, Stage Director at Michigan Opera Theatre and in Santa Barbara, and as Soloist at Theater Oberhausen, Germany. In addition to his performance career, he has taught around 1000 individuals from over 40 countries around the world.

John Winzenburg is an associate professor of music at Hong Kong Baptist University, where he conducts the Cantoria Hong Kong and the HKBU Choir. Winzenburg spent the 2004-05 school year researching Chinese-Western “fusion concertos” as a Fulbright Doctoral Fellow at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing, after earning graduate degrees in orchestral and choral conducting from the University of Iowa and University of Minnesota.

As a performer, Winzenburg has conducted the HKBU choral groups since 2008, and he established the Cantoria Hong Kong in 2009. He and the Cantoria earned a Gold Medal at the Czech 2010 Festival of Songs Olomouc, and they performed at the Concert Hall, National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing in 2012. Winzenburg also appears regularly in vocal and instrumental performances with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.

He was selected as the featured workshop clinician at the 2013 “San Juan Coral” International Choir Festival in Argentina and as presenter at the 2014 10th World Symposium on Choral Music in Seoul, Korea. He has also recently adjudicated international choral festivals in Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2015, he presented a clinic at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in collaboration with the National Youth Chamber Choir of Great Britain.

Scholastically, Winzenburg’s international publications (published or in-press) include Perspectives of New Music, Palgrave Macmillan, The University of Michigan Press, The University of Hawaii Press, Twentieth-Century China, Asian Music, CHIME, and the Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music.