Download Prof. Wing-wah CHAN, JP Prof. Chan`s music compositions include

Prof. Wing-wah CHAN, JP
Prof. Chan’s music compositions include 8 symphonies, other orchestral and chamber works,
choral music, children songs, etc. His music is published by Hugo Productions.
His awards include First Prize in the International Double Reed Society Composition Contest,
USA; the Yoshiro Irino Memorial Award from the Asian Composers League and the 20th
Century Masterpiece Award by the China Culture Promotion Society, Beijing. Locally he
received the Composer of the Year Award from the Hong Kong Artists' Guild (1991), the Ten
Outstanding Young Persons Award (1992), TVB Children Song Gold Award, CASH Golden Sail
Music Awards 2004 and 2007.
His biography is included in the New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians Online.
He is Chairman of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong, Music Director of the
Hong Kong Oratorio Society, a Council member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra,
Honorary Advisor of the China Broadcasting Folk Orchestra (Beijing), Hong Kong Dance
Company, etc. The Hong Kong Government appointed him Justice of the Peace in 2000. He
was invited to become a member of the Chinese Musicians Association in 2009.
He obtained his BA in Music from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He further studied
composition at the University of Toronto and earned his Master and Doctor of Music degrees
on a British Commonwealth Scholarship.
Prof. Chan was Professor of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and had been its
Music Dept. Chairman and Associate Dean of Arts. He is now Associate Director at The
University of Hong Kong’s School of Professional And Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) and
Head of its Centre for Creative and Performing Arts.