Annex 1
2004年全国华乐比赛
2004 NATIONAL CHINESE MUSIC COMPETITION (NCMC)
FACT SHEET
The National Chinese Music Competition was first organized under the auspices of the then Ministry of Culture in 1980 as part of the former National Music Competition comprising both Chinese and Western instrumental categories. After the 10th Competition in 1995, the National Music Competition was restructured in two separate events, namely, the National Piano and Violin competition which was first held in 1997 and the National Chinese Music Competition which was first held in1998.
This biennial competition serves as a platform for music excellence and aims to develop the performing skills of musicians and to identify potential music talents. It provides opportunities for young musicians to perform in a competitive situation before an international jury. Held at the Singapore Conference Hall, this year’s Competition features a competitive number of participants and two different adjudicating panels for preliminaries and finals.
New initiatives
1. A new combined section for guanzi, suona and sheng
2. Open Solo category for dizi will be open to foreigners working and studying in Singapore
3. A panel of nine Singapore adjudicators will judge the preliminary rounds. For the Finals, there will be a panel of nine adjudicators comprising six eminent overseas Chinese musicians and three Singapore judges.
4. A special prize will be awarded for the best performance of a local work.
NAMES OF 15 ADJUDICATORS
Preliminary Rounds (6-9 Dec)
(Panel of 9 judges from Singapore)
1. 顾立民 Ku Lap Man (Singapore)
2. 张念冰 Zhang Nian Bin (Singapore)
3. 罗伟伦 Law Wai Lun (Singapore)
4. 郭永秀 Quek Yong Siu (Singapore)
5. 戚羽彤 Chek Yui Hong (Singapore)
6. 蓝营轩 Lum Yan Sing (Singapore)
7. 潘耀田 Phoon Yew Tien (Singapore)
8. 刘斌 Liu Bin (Singapore)
9. 谭泽江 Tham Chaik Kong (Singapore)
Finals (10-13 Dec)
(Panel of 9 Singapore and overseas judges)
1. 顾立民 Ku Lap Man (Singapore)
2. 张念冰 Zhang Nian Bin (Singapore)
3. 罗伟伦 Law Wai Lun (Singapore)
4. 鲁日融 Lu Ri Rong (China)
5. 曲祥 Qu Xiang (China)
6. 王范地 Wang Fan Di (China)
7. 王中山 Wang Zhong Shan (China)
8. 吴 强 Wu Qiang (China)
9. 张高翔 Zhang Gao Xiang (China)
Annex 2
2004年全国华乐比赛
2004 National Chinese Music Competition (NCMC)
COMPETITION Schedule
6 - 9 Dec (Mon-Thurs) / PRELIMINARY ROUNDS at SCO Concert Hall(Singapore Conference Hall)
6 December 9am - 5pm
7 December 9am - 6pm
8 December 9am - 4.40pm
9 December 9am - 5.30pm
10 - 13 Dec (Fri-Mon) / FINALS at SCO Concert Hall (Singapore Conference Hall)
10 December 9am - 3.20pm
11 December 9am - 6.15pm
12 December 9am - 3.45pm
13 December 9am – 1.00pm
14 Dec (Tues)
9am – 4.30pm / Master classes (Schedule below)
Master classes for 6 solo instruments, open to public at $5 per ticket, will be conducted by the overseas adjudicators at the Exhibition Hall (Singapore Conference Hall). Selected participants of the Competition will be invited to perform during the Master classes.
15 Dec (Wed)
7.30pm
Singapore Chinese Orchestra Concert Hall (Singapore Conference Hall) /
Prize-Winners Concert & Prize Presentation Ceremony
Guest-of-Honour: Mr Matthias Yao Chih, Mayor, South East DistrictThe top 3 prizes of each section and category will be awarded at the Prize Presentation Ceremony. Selected 1st Prize winners and the 6 overseas adjudicators will perform at the Prize Winners' Concert held after the Ceremony. The event is open to members of the public at $10 per ticket.
MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE
Dizi / Qu Xiang, Shandong Cultural Troupe / 9.00 – 11.00am
Erhu / Lu Ri Rong, Xi’An Conservatory of Music / 9.00 – 11.00am
Guzheng / Wang Zhong Shan, China Conservatory of Music / 12.00 – 2.00pm
Pipa / Wang Fan Di, China Conservatory of Music / 12.00 – 2.00pm
Yangqin / Zhang Gao Xiang, China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra / 2.30 – 4.30pm
Zhongruan / Wu Qiang, Shanghai Conservatory of Music / 2.30 – 4.30pm
Annex 3
2004年全国华乐比赛
2004 National Chinese Music Competition (NCMC)
ADJUDICATORS
SINGAPORE (9)
Chek Yui Hong
Ms Chek Yui Hong is known to her contemporaries as a musician and educator well-versed in both Chinese traditional and Western classical music. Her studies in both musical cultures began early when she started guzheng and piano lessons at the ages of five and seven. At nine, she was awarded 2nd prize in the guzheng junior category of the National Music Competition. Two years later, she won 1st prize in the senior category, and was awarded 1st prize in the Open category in 1993.
She has performed extensively as a soloist and in ensembles and orchestras throughout her music studies. Her membership with many orchestras such as the Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra and the Singapore Youth Orchestra where she played the harp helped her accumulate invaluable experience in solo and ensemble work as well as in orchestral management. In 1995 she was awarded a Public Service Commission (PSC) scholarship to study music at the University of Birmingham, UK. There, she majored in orchestral and choral conducting with Anthony Ridley and minored in piano and harp performance with Beryl Chempin and Audrey Douglas. In 1998 Chek graduated with an honours degree in music.
Chek currently teaches music at the Nanyang Girls’ High School where she established the ‘O’ Level Music and the Higher Music Programmes, and is also conductor of the school’s Chinese orchestra. In 2001 she led the orchestra to obtain the gold and finalist awards at the Singapore Youth Festival.
Ku Lap Man
Zhejiang-born conductor, Mr Ku Lap Man joined the Chongqing Cultural Troupe in 1951. He was part of the creative team of Dragon Dance, which was lauded as an outstanding programme in the 1956 National Song and Dance Performance. The following year, Ku took part in the 6th World Youth Festival and the work, Fang Bei, was awarded the silver prize.
From1961 to 1978 Ku was Conductor of the Chongqing Theatre, providing musical direction in several productions. From 1980 to 1995 Ku was Conductor of the then People’s Association Chinese Orchestra (now known as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra). Since 1983 the Orchestra performed with various famed Chinese performers, conductors and orchestras. From 1992 the Orchestra recorded several CDs which were well received by the public.
Ku was also a music advisor for the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of National Development and the National Arts Council between 1983 and 2003. He has worked tirelessly to promote and develop the Singapore Chinese Music Scene and China-Singapore cultural exchanges.
Law Wai Lun
Mr Law Wai Lun was born in Shanghai, China. In 1956 he gained entrance to the Music School, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; where he majored in Piano and Music Theory. In 1962 he studied Music Composition under the tutelage of Professor Du Mingxing at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and won first prize in the campus composition competition. He graduated with distinction in 1967 and worked as a full-time composer with the Beijing Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio where he completed major composition works for movies. In 1980 he joined the China Musicians Association and was nominated for Excellent Young Composer in China’s movie industry. He has composed a wide range of works, including soundtracks for movies and television, Choral, Chinese and Western Symphony Orchestral compositions.
Law moved to Hong Kong in 1980 and settled down in Singapore in 1995. He is a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd, as well as a lecturer at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He is also frequently invited to be on the adjudicating panels of major music competitions in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
Liu Bin
Mr Liu Bin studied under Prof He Zhanhao, Hu Dentiao, Liu Fun-An, Jiang Mingdun, Xia Feixun, Ma Geshun, etc in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music from 1979-1984. He earned his honours degree in Composition. Hi work, Legend of Daffodils won the second prize in the new pieces contest of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1986, he was credited by the Shanghai local government for his achievements. In 1992 he earned his Masters in Music Analytics with the best results from the Paris Conservatory of Music.
Liu has worked for NAXOS Singapore Pte Ltd as Artistic Director and composed pieces for the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, The Centre for the Arts at the National University of Singapore, the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Chinese Orchestra, Taipei Experimental Chinese Orchestra, Gaoxiong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, etc. His piece, Full Moon at my Homeland was selected as the set piece for the Taiwan Music Competition in 1992. In 1994 his collection of works Legends and Myths was recorded by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. He obtained his Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1997. In 1996 the Taipei local government invited him to attend the 9th China Composers Proseminar and conducted a special seminar entitled My Composing Life in Singapore. His piece, Emperor Gou Jian of the Yue Dynasty was performed by the Taipei Chinese Orchestra in Zhongzheng Memorial Hall. In 1998 Liu founded Liu Bin Cultural Arts. In 2004, he published two volumes of his artistic songs collection, Gong Hanging in the Sky and I come to the Yangzi River to buy a Lotus Hat. He is currently a member of the Association of Composers, Singapore, the National Arts Council National Chinese Music competition Advisory Committee, the audit of Association of Chinese Music, Singapore, and an appointed researcher at the South East Asia Nanying Research and Development Centre.
Lum Yan Sing
Lum Yan Sing is Music Director and Resident Conductor, National University of Singapore (NUS) Chinese Orchestra, Leader of Xin Yun Quintet, Kent Ridge Ensembles and Assistant Director, The Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore. Lum also contributes to the regional music scene as Advisor, the Malaysia School of Arts, Council Member, the China National Philharmonic Association, Advisor, the Singapore Erhu Association, and adjudicator for various instrumental competitions in Singapore. He trained in music theory, composition and erhu under renowned teachers, including a number from China. For over twenty years, he was the Concert Master and Leader of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in which he was Assistant Conductor from 2000 to 2003. Lum was invited by the China Central Chinese Orchestra to present an erhu solo recital in Beijing Concert Hall and to conduct the Orchestra for a compact disc recording. As a member of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra ensemble, Lum also performed at the Shanghai Festival of Spring in 1995, and was appointed the Concert Master of the combined orchestra of which the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra was a part. He has also performed and conducted in Australia, England, Greece, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland. As the Music Director and Resident Conductor of the NUS Chinese Orchestra for over twenty years, Lum has led the group and its ensembles to various countries.
Phoon Yew Tien
Under the tutelage of Composer Leong Yoong Pin and Elaine Dobson, Phoon Yew Tien is Singapore's most recorded classical music composer. Phoon is not only well-grounded in both Eastern and Western musical vocabularies, his output covers the entire spectrum of chamber music, songs, music for theatre and concert hall. He has earned a fine reputation as a significant composer, both in Singapore and in the international arena. Phoon's compositions and arrangements have been performed and recorded by the orchestras such as the Singapore Symphony, the Russian Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, Shanghai Music Conservatory Symphony, Shanghai Music Conservatory Chinese Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and the Kaohsiung City Chinese Orchestra of Taiwan. Phoon has collaborated with many Singapore artists including Kuo Pao Kun, Goh Lay Kuan, Tan Swie Hian, Lim Fei Shen and Yan Choong Lian. He has been a Committee Member of the Advisory Council on Culture and the Arts and Associate Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. From 1993 to 1996, he was Head of Music at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Phoon has been serving as an Arts Advisor to the National Arts Council since 1998. In 1996 he was awarded the Cultural Medallion. He has also been appointed by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra to be the Composer in Residence for the year 2003.
Quek Yong Siu
Mr Quek Yong Siu, a poet and a composer, is now a lecturer at the Electronics department (Computer Technology) of the Institute of Technical Education of Singapore. He has published poetry collections, Palm Lines, The Story of Chopsticks and Moonlight Serenade, a prose collection, The Romance of Gecko and a music commentary, Remnant Rhyme.
Quek is well-known for his photography, song and music compositions and conducting orchestras. He was twice awarded for his music compositions in the competition, “Our Songs”. His music compositions include various genres of vocal and instrumental music. He has been the Conductor of the Juexin Orchestra, Red Cross Chinese Orchestra and National Theatre Mixed Orchestra for more than 20 years. He has been invited as an adjudicator for writing competitions and music competitions such as the Singapore Youth Festival, and singing competitions in Singapore and Malaysia.