CHAN Victor 陳偉光

 

Victor Chan is an active composer, conductor and contemporary music promoter. He has produced over 200 works to date, ranging from opera, orchestral works, to numerous chamber works, choral pieces and songs, many of which are published and released on CD.

 

Major works of him include commissions for the 1997 reunification, the 1997 WBG/IMF, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the PRC, the centenary of the Citigroup, and the 30thanniversary of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Victor Chan served as vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild for twelve consecutive years since 1993. From 1997 to 2000 he was appointed Composer-in-Residence of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In the year 1998, he was granted the ‘Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award’. Victor Chan joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1989 and was the former Dean of General Education of the Chung Chi College. He is now serving as Professor at the Music Department, Director of its MA Programme, and Associate Head of the Chung Chi College.

 

陳偉光是一位活躍的作曲家，亦積極從事現代音樂推廣。至今他已完成超過二百多個作品，包括有歌劇、管弦樂曲、室樂作品、樂器獨奏曲、合唱及獨唱歌曲等，其中不少已出版及灌錄成唱片。

 

陳偉光的主要作品以管弦樂居多，包括了應「九七回歸慶典」、「世界銀行及國際貨幣基金組織年會」、「法國電台管弦樂團」、「中國建國五十週年慶典」、「花旗集團一百週年慶典」、及「香港管弦樂團三十週年慶典」而委約的原創音樂。

 

陳偉光自一九九三年起連續十二年出任「香港作曲家聯會」副主席，並於一九九七至二000年獲委任為「香港管弦樂團駐團作曲家」。一九九八年，他獲選「全港十大傑出青年」。自一九八九年至今，他一直任教香港中文大學，並曾出任「崇基學院」通識教育主任，現為音樂系教授、文學碩士課程總監、及「崇基學院」副院長。