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TSANG Yip-fat Richard
1952

Born in Hong Kong

1976 B.A. (Music), First Class Honours, CUHK
1978 M. Mus., University of Hull, UK
1979-1983 Lecturer, Hong Kong Conservatory of Music
1983-1993 Founding Chairman, Hong Kong Composers' Guild (HKCG)
1984-1986 Lecturer in Music, CUHK
1984-1990 Member of Music Committee, Council for the Performing Arts
1984-1994 Music Advisor, Cultural Presentations, Urban Council
1985-1986 Chairman, Programme Committee, 1986 First Contemporary Chinese Composers' Festival, Hong Kong
1985-1988 Chairman, Organizing Committee, 1988 ISCM/ACL Festival, Hong Kong
1985-1993 Music Advisor, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
1986-1988 Member of Board of Directors, Hong Kong Arts Centre
1986-1990 Member of General Committee, Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Ltd.
1986-1994 Head, Radio 4, RTHK
1988-1994 Member of Board of Directors, CASH
1990-1993 Founding Music Director, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
1990-1996 Vice-President, International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
1990-1991 Vice-Chairman, Asian Composers' League (ACL)
1991 Chairman, Mozart Bicentenary Piano Competition of Asia
1991-1993 Chairman, Hong Kong Cultural Sector Joint Conference
1992-1993 Member, Working Group for the establishment of HKADC
1992-1994 Founded and chaired the annual Musicarama festivals of contemporary music in Hong Kong
1993 Chairman, Programme Selection Jury, ISCM World Music Days, Mexico
1996-1997 Producer, Classic fM, UK
1998-2001 Head, Radio 4, RTHK
1998-2004 Member of Board of Directors, CASH
1999 Ph. D., University of York, UK
2000-2001 Chairman, Organizing Committee, The Hong Kong Competition for Young Asian Musicians
2001-2002 Head, English Programme Service, RTHK
2001-2002 Executive Committee Member, ISCM
2002 Chairman, Organizing Committee, 2002 ISCM World Music Days, Hong Kong
2002- Artistic Advisor, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
2002-2005 President, ISCM
2003-2009 Lecturer - Kingston University B-Mus Degree Programme in Hong Kong
2004 Member of Judging Panel, Seroski International Composition, Poland
2005-2008 President, ISCM
2006-2008 Visiting Fellow in Composition (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
2009- Professor of Music, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
 
Awards
1988
Outstanding Young Person of the Year
1990 The Anglo-Hong Kong Trust Composer Award
1990 Hong Kong Artists Guild - Composer of the Year Award
1993 Asian Cultural Council Visiting Scholar
2000 20th Century Chinese Classics (one of 124 pieces selected by the Chinese Musicians Association representing the best Chinese compositions of the 20th Century - ‘Ling-Kai’ for Chinese chamber ensemble)
2002 CASH Gold Sail Award (Best Serious Musical Work – Clarinet Concerto ‘Dragon Signs’)


Major Compositions
Orchestral (Western)
Solace Dolce – Horn Concerto (2009) 15'    
     for
horn & chamber orchestra
Overture FM (2004) 9'47"
Dragon Signs (2002) 19'56"
     for clarinet & orchestra
The Emperor and the Nightingale - Orchestral suite (2001) 50'
In Tune (2000) 7'20"
  for chamber orchestra
Spinoff (1999) 15'13"
  Concerto for flute & orchestra
The Sky - Like A Dream (1995) 16'56"
Shades II (1994) 6'18"
Different Planes (1993) 20'  
     for Chinese and Western orchestras
Shades (1990) 7'05"
Peng Lai (1990) 13'50"
     for SATB and orchestra
Prelude for Orchestra (1988) 7'46"
Gradation (1988) 8'49"
Overture for Orchestra (1985) 8'
Sinfonietta for Strings (1978) 18'

Orchestral (Chinese)
Hsu-huai (2008) 16'10    
     for treble choir and Chinese orchestra
Dai-Lok-Tin (2008) 11'
Temple Rituals / Ceremonial Ode (2008) 8'10"
Wu-C'ang (1998) 15'
An-ching (1997) 7'
To the Ancient Spirits (1995) 12'
Tai-Loi  (1992) 10'
Eternal Sorrow (1990) 17'50"
  for erhu and gaigu soli & Chinese orchestra
Images of Bamboo (1989) 11'30"
Hong Kong Panorama (1987) 6'
Changing Images (1987) 15'
  for guzheng & Chinese orchestra
Thinking of the Sages (1985) 9'44
Three Meditations (1983) 13'50"

Chamber (Western)
But For the Heart..... (2007) 13'15"
     for larger chamber ensemble
Multifracts (2005) 5'24"
     for violin, cello & piano
Inter-Flow (2004) 7'20"
     for violin & cello
Chasing Shadows (1998) 9'
     for clarinet & string quartet
Echo-Mime (1996) 15'38"
     for clarinet solo & cl sextet
Emergence (1993) 6'50"
     for violin, cello & piano
Lotus Fantasy (1992) 9'30"
     for clarinet, violin & piano
Drumming (1989)
     for 4 perc.
Contra-Flux (1979) 8'40"
     for flute, violin, cello & piano
Elegie (1977) 6'
  for clarinet & piano
Six Pieces for Four Players (1975) 10'30"
  for flute, violin, cello & piano
Nocturne (1974) 5'45"
  for violin & piano

Chamber (Chinese)
San-Xiang (1999) 7'48"
     for dizi, pipa & guzheng
"Dai Lok Tin", original tune in Cantonese style (1998) 5'52"
     for Cantonese ensemble
"Leisurely", original tune in Cantonese style (1998) 6'28" 
     for Cantonese ensemble
"Where is the Blue Sky?", original tune in Cantonese style    
     for Cantonese ensemble
Dou-Sou (1980) 6'30"
     for solo pipa & pipa ensemble (tape for pipa ensemble available)
Ling-Kai (1986) 10'
     for Chinese chamber ensemble (flexible)

Chamber (Mixed)
"The Music is but Momentary......." (2009) 15'  
     for guzheng & chamber ensemble
Airstream (2002) 10'
     for donghsiao & string quartet
When Sounds are Silenced (1998) 9'30  
     for genkan & hookyoo (pipa & marimba)
Towards the East (1991) 13'50"
     for Chinese, Japanese & other ethnic instruments
Three Movements for Traditional Ensemble (1980) 14'
     for soprano, mixed ancient European instruments

Instrumental Solo
Soliloquy (2005) 6'38"
     for violin
Ji-Li (1992) 8'37"
     for piano
Images of Bells (1979) 11'25"
     for piano
Ternary (1974) 6'
     for flute

Vocal/Choral
時光機七號 (2008) 4'  
     for speech choir

九聲歌 (2008) 4'
     for speech choir

西施死時 (2007) 2'30"
     for speech choir
MOMi-Play (2007) 12'
     for interactive treble choir
Sky Bridge (2005) 10'50"
     for 4 treble choirs
Friendship (2004) 3'
     for SATB & piano
All for Love (2000) 5'30"
     for 2 part treble & piano (string orchestra) or SATB, string orchestra & piano
A Little Chamber Music (1997) 10'16"
     for vocal quartet (SATB) & piano
Mang (1996) 5'30"
     for mezzo soprano and piano
Lux Aeterna (1996) 7'
     for SATB & piano
Ke-chung (1993) 3'30"
     for mezzo oprano & piano
Rainy Days (1991) 4'20"
     for 2 part treble & piano (string orchestra)
Song for Four Seasons (1989) 4'36
     for 2 part treble & piano
October (1987) 10'
     for SATB & piano
Lullaby (1986) 3'30"
     for 2 part treble & piano
Ru Meng Ling (1979) 5'30"
     for SATB & piano
Arise My Love (1977) 8'30"
     for baritone, SS & piano 4 hands
O Sweet Little Jesus (1976) 5'))
     for SATB & piano
Songs of Yang Kwan (1974) 3'30"
     for SATB & piano
And When I Die (1974) 7'00
     for SATB & piano
Love Under the Rain (1974) 5'30"
     for mezzo soprano & piano

Electro-Acoustic Music / Computer Music
Nemisis (1992) 11'
  for clarinet & tape

Music for Ballet/Dance
The Emperor & the Nightingale (1997) 110'
     for col. soprano, Chinese ensemble, 3 drummers, male choir, orchestra & electronics
Yu Yi (1995) 20'
     for orchestra
Hidden Domain (1984) 24'
     for electronic (tape)
Man & Ghost (1983) 30'
     for elctronic (tape)
The Monkey Epic (Tale of the Spider (1980) 80'
     for electronic (tape)

Music for Theatre/Drama
Children's Musical: "The Story of Robo" (1986) 70'
     for singers & pop accompaniment

Others
Game for 3 Players (1990) 10'
     for free emsemble
RTHK Radio Station ID (1987) 0'15"
     for brass quartet

Discography
Nocturne (for violin and piano), Philips 6598979, 1974
Love Under the Rain (for mezzo soprano and piano), Hong Kong Records 6.242104, 1974
Ru Meng Ling (for mezzo soprano and piano), Hugo2 HRP 301, 1979
Ru Meng Ling (for mixed chorus & piano), Hugo HRP ML W3105, 1979
Dou-Sou (for solo pipa and tape), CBS/SONY CLD 1001, 1980
Overture for orchestra, Hong Kong Records 8.242119, 1985
Prelude for orchestra, Hugo HRP 799-2, 1988
Shades for orchestra, HKCG CGCD9401, 1990
Ke-chung (for mezzo soprano and piano), Hugo HRP 301-2, 1993
Meng (for mezzo soprano and piano), HK Records 74321-32617-2, 1996
An-ching (for Chinese orchestra), Hugo HRP 7208-2, 1997
Transcending (Cantonese tune for ensemble), RTHK CD 10.05, 1998
All for Love (for treble choir, mixed chorus, piano and string orchestra), RTHK CD 06.03, 2000
Airstream (for donghsiao and string quartet), CASH 20th Anniversary CD, 2002

Publications

"Images of Bells" 「鐘之幻象」 for piano solo. In Contemporary Hong Kong Music 1984: A Collection of Piano Works by Hong Kong Composers. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1984.
"Towards a Hong Kong Music." In An Introduction to the Members of the Hong Kong Composers' Guild 1988, edited by Chan Wing-wah, 1-5. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1988.
「談 現代音樂之民族性問題」“Nationalism in Contemporary Music.” (Chinese) In「民族音樂研究」Collected Essays on Ethnomusicology, edited by Liu Ching-chi, 193-201. Hong Kong: Commercial Press, 1989.
And When I Die. 「當我死時」for SATB & piano. In Chinese Choral Works of Hong Kong Composers, HKCM1. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1992.
Ru-meng-ling. 「如夢令」 for SATB & piano. In Chinese Choral Works of Hong Kong Composers, HKCM2. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1992.
Songs of Yang-kwan. 「陽關三疊」for SATB & piano. In Chinese Choral Works of Hong Kong Composers, HKCM3. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Composers' Guild, 1992.
Ru-meng-ling. 「如夢令」 for solo voice & piano. In Hong Kong Vocal Music Collection, vol.I, edited by D. Law, 68-73. Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 1998.
Love under the Rain.
「雨 戀」 In Hong Kong Vocal Music Collection, vol.VI, edited by D. Law, 133-138. Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 1999.
O Sweet Little Jesus. 「小耶穌甜美的嬰孩」In Hong Kong Vocal Music Collection, vol.VII, edited by D. Law, 96-106. Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 1999.
October. 「十月」for SATB & piano. In Hong Kong Vocal Music Collection, vol.VIII, edited by D. Law, 81-100. Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 1999.
Si Yin Kuk. 「施然曲」In
「廣東音樂薈萃」Best of Cantonese Music, edited by Kam Sheung-si, 184-186. Guangdong Higher Education Press, 1999.
“All for Love” 「全賴愛」 for treble choir & piano. In「童聲合唱歌曲創作大賽得獎作品集」Music for Treble Choir Composition Competition Winning Works, 1-5.  香港童聲合唱協會The Hong Kong Treble Choir Society, 2001.
“Module on Rhythm.” In ISCM Education Campaign 20th Century Music Teaching Resource Kit, edited by Prof. Edward Ho, Estella Charm & Chan Ming-chi. CUHK Press, 2001.
“Rainy Days” 「下雨天」 for treble choir, strings & piano.  In 「香港兒童合唱團(高級組)歌集」Hong Kong Children's Choir Senior Level Songbook 1, 54-77. 香港兒童合唱團The Hong Kong Children's Choir, 2003.
“Over Eight Decades of New Music - Does the ISCM World Music Days Festival Need a Revival?” In World New Music Magazine, Vol.16, edited by Stefan Fricke, 113-114. Germany: Pfau-Verlag, 2006.
“Handbook for Teachers 2008-09年度校際動感聲藝訓練及匯演計劃 教師手冊” In 2008-09 Speech Choir Project. Joint InTuition & EDB Project, 2008.