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CHAN Ming-chi

1961 Born in Hong Kong
1982-1984 Pre-music course, Music and Fine Arts Department, HKBU
1985-1989 Studied composition with Law Wing-fai at HKAPA
1989-1990 Programme Office, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1990-1991 Announcer and producer, Radio 4, RTHK
1991 Composition recital held in Recital Hall, HKAPA
1991-1993 Research student, studied composition with Hiroaki Minami and Isao Matsushita at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1993-1995 Attended the Master course, studied composition with Kenjiro Urata at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1995 Composition recital held at Sougakudou, Tokyo
1995-1998 Attended the Doctor course, studied with Jo Kondo at Elizabeth University of Music
1995- Research fellow, Education Department, Chiba University
1996- Member, Sino-Japanese Concert Exercutive Committee
1997 Composition recital (City Hall, Hong Kong)
1998- Chairman, Chinese-Japanese Music Society
1998- Producer, Presenter, "FM" Magazine Editor, Radio 4, RTHK
1999-2001 Residence Composer, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
1999- Lecturer, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
2002- Assistant conductor, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra

Awards
1987 Prize in article writing on Mozart's Opera
1987 First Prize in Composition Competition, Hong Kong Young Musician's Awards
1988 Mobil Music Award
1991 First Prize, Hong Kong Young Composer's Awards.
Outstanding Interpretation Award
1991 Japanese Government Scholarship
1992 Outstanding Prize (Stage Art), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
1994 Prize in Composition, Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra
1996 Student Award, Akiyoshidai International Composition Award
1996 Yoneyama Scholarship, Rotary Club
1996 Most Outstanding Award for Thesis by Foreign Students, Kiwanis Club
1996 Third prize, Akiyoshidai International Composition Award
2001 Jing.Qi.Shen was selected as one of the ten recommended pieces, International Rostrum of Composers, International Music Council, UNESCO

 

Major Compositions
 Orchestral (Western)

 Reverberation (1996) 10'
     for shakuhachi, zheng & string orchestra
 Teng Fei (III) (1995) 10'
     for wind orchestra & percussion
 Air Cosmo (1994) 12'
 The Wind from Shadows (II) (1992) 12'
 Teng Fei (II) (1991) 13'
     for cl & orchestra
 Teng Fei (I) (1990) 12'
     for wind orchestra
 Overture (1990) 8'
     for string orchestra
 Symphony No.1 (1989) 15'

 Orchestral (Chinese and Mixed)
 You You (2002) 10'
     for lute, pipa, nanyin pipa, satsuma pipa & Chinese orchestra
 Song of Windscape (2002) 19'
     for dizi , satsuma pipa & Chinese orchestra
 Saikung Through Drunken Eyes (Version 2: Ant Man) (2002) 9'
     for narrator, 2 dizi's & Chinese orchestra
 Pao Ju Le (Delicious Life) (2001) 25'
     for narrator/actor &Chinese orchestra
 Windy Days II (2001) 14'
     for Japanese instrumental orchestra
 Lung Ku Ju (2000) 18'
     for Chinese drums ensemble & Chinese orchestra
 Leaping Forward (1999) 7'
     for Chinese orchestra
 Invisible Cosmo (1999) 70'
     for visual images, installation, movements, perc ensemble & Chinese orchestra
 Windy Days (1998) 14'
     for shakuhachi, koto & Chinese orchestra
 Saikung Through Drunken Eyes (1998) 9'
     for narrator, 2 dizi's & Chinese orchestra
 Jing•Qi•Sheng (1998) 10'
     for Chinese orchestra
 Encounter (1997) 11'
     for solo perc & Chinese orchestra

 Chamber (Western)
 Reverberation II (2001) 12'
     for violin, harp & perc
 Allegro in Four Colors - Ma On Shan (2001) 10'
     for harmonica quintet
 Zheng Qi, Ge (1996) 10'
     for cl, vc & pf
 Qi Yun Xiao Sa (1996) 8'
     for alto fl & vc
 Integration (1993) 10'
     for 3 perc
 Rhyme (1992) 10'
     for vn, fl, bass cl, db & 2 perc
 Quartet No.1 (1988) 7'
     for 2 vn, va & vc
 The Wind from Shadows (I) (1988) 9'
     for 2 fl, bass cl, db, marimba & perc
 Sonic Fantasy (1988) 8'
     for vn, va, vc, 2 perc, pf, fl, cl & bn
 Quintet No.1 (1987) 5'
     for fl, ob, cl, hn & bn
 Flying Horse  (1987) 8'
     for 2 tp, hn, tb, tuba & perc
 The Voice of the Earth (I) (1987) 7'
     for cl, bn, tp, tb, 2 perc & pf
 Trio (1986) 7'
     for ob, cl & bn
 Miracle (1986) 6'
     for solo perc, xun, va & vc
 Longing in the Desert (1986) 6'
     for fl, hp & va

 Chamber (Ethnic Instruments)
 Misty Tsing Yi  (2001) 10'
     for ruan ensemble, gehu & perc
 Reverberation (1997) 12'
     for juhu, koto & perc
 He Wei Gui (1994) 10'
     for dizi, shakuhachi, pipa, shamisen, zheng, koto, 2 perc, vn, va & vc
 Kaiko (1994) 11'
     for organ & Chinese perc
 Moonlit Fantasy (1992) 10'
     for 3 perc, 3 shengs, dizi, pipa, zheng & hichiriki
 Somewhere Beyond the Clouds (1992) 10'
     for shakuhachi, vibraphone & koto
 Airwaves (III) (1992) 11'
     for shakuhachi & qin
 Airwaves (I) (1991) 10'
     for qudi, pipa & zheng
 Hui Liu (1991) 13'
     for 14 Chinese instrumental musicians
 Autumn Wind is Coming (1990) 8'
     for qin, yangqin & bass dizi
 Integration (1990) 10'
     duet for Chinese & Western perc
 Dancing on the Moon (1987) 7'
     for 2 dizi's, zheng & perc

 Instrumental Solo
 Spiritus (1996) 10'
     for organ
 Odem (1995) 10'
     for db
 The Echo of Life (1995) 10'
     for pf
 Monologue (II) (1995) 7'
     for pipa
 H2O (1990) 8'
     for zheng
 Monologue (I) (1990) 7'
     for pipa
 Sumio (1989) 10'
     for db
 Here, There (1987) 5'
     for xiao
 Reminiscence (1984) 5'
     for pf
 Sonatina in G (1983) 5'
     for pf

 Vocal
 Qi•Guang•Yin (1998) 28'
     for monks chanting, male chorus, tape, Chinese & Western orchestras
 Dream?! Reality?! (1995) 7'
     for baritone, bass fl, erhu & koto

 Multimedia
 Wuji Wuji (2001) 45'
     for Chinese dance & music
 Rain in Tsimshatsui East (2000) 10'
     for video & Chinese orchestra
 The Altas (1999) 120'
     for moving images & Chinese music
 O Xiang (II) (1994) 15'
     for dizi, fl, perc & modern Japanese dance
 O Xiang (I) (1990) 15'
     for 2 dancers, dizi, cl, perc & installation
 Recontemplation (1990) 16'
     for painter, dancer, cl, perc & fl

 Electronic Music
 Reminiscence (1990) 10'
     for guan & tape

 Discography

Tong Sheng Xiang Ying . Tong Qi Xiang Qiu RA981005C
Jing . Qi . Shen  HRP7208 - 2
Saikung Through Drunken Eyes MCE98001
Somewhere Beyond the Clouds MCE98001
Airwaves I MCE98001
Dream?! Reality!? MCE98001
Encounter MCE98001
Qi Yun Xiao Sa MCE98002
Zheng Qi . Ge MCE98002
Airwaves II MCE98002
Airwaves II HKCG CGCD 9403
The Wind from Shadows  MCE98002
The Voices from the Earth MCE98002
Spiritus MCE98002

 

Publications
Airwaves III. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1994.
"Studies on Modernization of Traditional Music.", (in Japanese) The Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Chiba University, Vol.44,1995.
「傳統音樂現代化諸問題」(日語)千業大學教育學部研究紀要 第四十四巷之二:人文.社會科學,1996年2月。
Music World of Maki Ishii (in Chinese), trans. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Cultural Education Edition Co. Ltd, 1997.
"Studies on the orchestral Music by Zhu Jian Er." (in Japanese) Ph.D diss., Elisazeth University of Muisc,1998.
Thesis on Reconstucted Ancient Musical Instruments (in Chinese), ed. Hong Kong: Japan Foundation, 1998.
"Oriental Contemporary Music." (radio programme presentation) Radio 4, RTHK, Sep 2, 1999.
Appreciation and Analysis of Chinese Orchestral Music I-IV (in Chinese), ed. Hong Kong: Recreation and Cultural Department, 2000.
"The Gardener of Time - Toru Takemitsu." (radio programme presentation) Radio 4, RTHK, Mar 2, 2000.
"Chinese Orchestral Masterpieces." (radio programme presentation) Radio 4, RTHK, Apr 1, 2001.
"Chinese Music, Chinese Culture" (radio programme presentation) Radio 4, RTHK, Sep 7, 2001.
"Music of our Time." (radio programme presentation) Radio 4, RTHK, Dec 9, 2001.
Thesis on Large-scale Chinese Orchestra Music Composition (in Chinese), ed. Hong Kong: Recreation and Cultural Department, 2001.
"How to Appreciate Contemporary Music: Teaching Resource Kit." (in collaboration with Kenneth Kwan) In Contemporary Music Education Campaign of the ISCM World Music Days 2002. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers Guild and the Education Department, 2002.