CHARLES KWONG
鄺展維
composer
(*1985, Hong Kong)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist Associates, Hong Kong Sinfonietta 2020-2022
Curator, Ensemble Recherche (Freiburg) “Spotted: Hong Kong” 2021
Artist-in-Residence, Tai Kwun Artist Studio 2020
Artist-in-Residence, City of Zurich Artist-in-Residence Programme for International Artists 2020
Artist Director & Co-founder, PROJECT21st 2019-
Curator & Composer, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble “Our Audible City” 2018-2019
Lecturer (part-time), University of Hong Kong Music Department 2018-
Contemporary Music Research Associate, Hong Kong Sinfonietta 2015-
FESTIVALS & PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Takefu International Music Festival (Japan) 2021, 2018
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Season Concert 2021, 2020, 2017, 2015, 2014
Hong Kong Arts Festival 2021, 2017, 2014
Ensemble Recherche “Spotted: Hong Kong” 2021
LCSD Art Promotion Office - Hi! Flora, Fauna 2021
Orchestra UniMi (University of Milan) XIX symphonic season 2019
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble - Our Audible City 2018-2019
Ticino Musica (Switzerland) 2018
Divertimento Ensemble Rondò a Bobbio (Italy) 2018
HKS ArtisTree Residency: Notating Beauty That Moves - Music at an Exhibition 2018
Lumieres Hong Kong 2017
Tongyeong and Hongkong Exchange Composition Concert 2017
World Harmonica Festival (Germany) 2017
Ciclo de Música Contemporánea de Oviedo, Festival de Verano (Spain) 2017
Festival International de Piano La Roque d’Anthéron (France) 2017
Marvão International Music Festival (Portugal) 2017
Gezeitenkonzerte in Ostfriesland (Germany) 2017
Art Actually – HKxBrussels Multi-Arts Encounter (Hong Kong) 2017
IRCAM ManiFeste (France) 2017
An exposition, not an exhibition - Hong Kong Solos (Hong Kong) 2017
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Beyond Good Music @ the Fringe 2017
Hong Kong Arts Festival 2017, 2014
Jockey Club Street Music Series: Experimental Series (Hong Kong) 2016
New Vision Arts Festival (Hong Kong) 2016
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble - The Modern Academy 2016
soundSCAPE Festival (Italy) 2016
Freespace Happening (Hong Kong) 2016
Oi! E-pathy City (Hong Kong) 2016
Hong Kong Sinfonietta Good Music @ the Fringe 2016, 2015
Musica del Cuore (Hong Kong) 2015
Festival Internacional de Música de Ibiza (Spain) 2015
World Saxophone Congress (France) 2015
HKGNA Music Festival 2014
Freespace Fest (Hong Kong) 2014
Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival (Indonesia) 2014
York Spring Festival of New Music (UK) 2011
Hong Kong Composers' Guild "New Generation" 2010, 2009, 2008
Royal Musical Association Research Conference (UK) 2009
London Chamber Orchestra “LCO New” (UK) 2008
HIGHLIGHTED COMMISSIONERS
Ensemble Recherche 2022
Hong Kong Sinfonietta 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 2020, 2016
Tai Kwun Contemporary 2020
Asia Society Hong Kong Centre 2019
Takefu International Music Festival 2018
Ensemble Offspring 2018
Spring Workshop, Hong Kong 2017
Hong Kong Arts Festival 2017
HIGHLIGHTED COLLABORATORS
Hong Kong Sinfonietta 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Ensemble Recherche 2021
Tosiya Suzuki 2021, 2018
Christoph Poppen 2021
Tadashi Tajima 2021
Yip Wing-sie 2020, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2009
Orchestra UniMi 2019
Mario Caroli 2018
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart 2018
Divertimento Ensemble 2018
Ensemble Offspring 2018
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France 2017
Pierre-André Valade 2017
Ensemble Intercontemporain 2016
Eastman BroadBand 2016
Kreutzer String Quartet 2011, 2010, 2009
London Chamber Orchestra 2008
Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra 2008
Lontano Ensemble, Odaline de la Martinez 2008
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
Richard Charles Lee Centenary Scholarship 2009-2012
Hong Kong Composers Guild “New Generation” First Prize 2009
University of York Departmental Prize 2008
King’s College London Hong Kong Scholarship 2007
Composers and Authors Society Hong Kong Scholarship for Overseas Study 2007
Composers and Authors Society Hong Kong Scholarship 2007
Chung Chi College Yu-Luan Shih Award 2007
Chung Chi College Academic Creativity Award 2007
Chung Chi College Au Yeung Lun Scholarship 2007
Bernard Van Zuiden Music Prize 2006
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Dean’s List 2005
EDUCATION
University of York 2008-2013, Doctor of Philosophy
King’s College, University of London 2007-2008, Master of Music
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2004-2007, Bachelor of Arts (1st Honour)