Music Directors

Dan Yu

  • World Champion (2001 USA International Harp Competition)
  • World Harp Congress Board Director (representing China)
  • Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Music Part-time Faculty)
  • BMus, MMus(Peabody), Artist Dip(Indiana)

 

Since winning the Gold Medal of the prestigious 5th USA International Harp Competition in 2001, Dan Yu’s lyrical interpretations, profound musicality, and technical mastery have captivated and dazzled audiences across three continents. She has performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and appeared to great acclaim at Alice Tully Hall, New York, and Wigmore Hall, London. The New York Concert Review hailed her as “a unique and major talent capable of bringing the art of harp playing and the way the world views it to an entirely new dimension… …radiating so much joy… …it seems she’s already in a class by herself.” She was featured recently in Bright Sheng’s Intimacy of Creativity Project in Hong Kong, Lyon & Healy’s 150th Anniversary Celebration concert series in Chicago, and the opening concert of the World Harp Congress in Sydney.

As a harp teacher, Dan Yu has given master classes throughout the US, in major conservatories of China, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Since moving to Hong Kong in 2008, her students have won prizes at international and national competitions in France, Japan, USA, Russia, Serbia, Korea, China and Hong Kong. She also served on the jury of the prestigious USA International Harp Competition at the Indiana University in 2013 and 2019.

Dan Yu’s performances have been broadcast on television and radio stations in USA, China and Hong Kong. A documentary on her was broadcast worldwide via CCTV 4. She has two classical solo CDs and one DVD released. “The Nightingale”, “Spring on the Moonlit River”, and “Dan Yu-Live Recital”.

Currently Dan Yu is the Music Director at the Hong Kong Harp Chamber, and harp instructor at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Dan Yu is also the Co-Chair of the Host Committee for the 2017 World Harp Congress which was held in Hong Kong.

于丹

  • 世界冠軍2001美國國際豎琴大賽
  • 世界豎琴大會理事(中國代表)
  • 香港演藝學院導師 (音樂學院 Part-time Faculty)

 

于丹於2001年在美國「國際豎琴大賽」中，從十四個國家三十七位參賽者中脫穎而出勇奪「金獎」， 為首位華人在國際豎琴大賽中獲得最高榮譽獎項，獎品包括一台為是次大賽特別製造的24K包金Lyon & Healy豎琴。

于丹出生於瀋陽一個音樂之家。六歲開始學鋼琴，十歲學豎琴，考入瀋陽音樂學院後跟隨樂平秋教授研習豎琴演奏。於1993，于丹前赴美國《皮巴迪音樂學院》進修，師承Dr. Ruth Mglafield，並考獲學士及碩士學位。隨後就讀《印地安大學》，師從當代豎琴泰斗 Susann Mcdonald 攻讀藝術文憑。於 1995和1996年于丹連續兩年在美國豎琴協會的Anne Adams比賽中獲首獎。

于丹嫻熟的技巧、行雲流水般的演奏，對樂曲深刻的詮釋和抒情的音樂深深地吸引了聽眾。她曾於美 國、歐洲及亞洲舉行獨奏會、室樂音樂會。於紐約林肯中心的Alice Tully Hall及倫敦的Wigmore Hall的演出更大獲好評。《紐約音樂會樂評》雜誌稱：「如何將藝術融入豎琴演奏中，她表露了獨一無二的極 高才氣」、「她似乎有一種能力可以讓兩隻手甚至每根手指一一聽起來都有不同的樂器色彩和織體」 。近年于丹亦有參與香港科技大學與香港管弦樂團、藝術總監盛宗亮先生呈獻的「創意間的親暱」、 以及著名琴廠「Lyon & Healy 150週年慶祝音樂會」及悉尼「世界豎琴大會開幕音樂會」 的演出。

于丹曾於美國各地，中國各大音樂學院，以及倫敦的《英國皇家音樂學院》教授「大師班」。自2008 年來港教授，她的學生在法國、日本、美國、俄羅斯、塞爾維亞、韓國、中國及香港舉辨的多個國際和全國比賽中屢獲殊榮。2013及2019 年，于丹為於《印第安納大學》舉行，享負盛名的美國《國際豎琴大賽》擔任評判。

于丹的演出曾於美國、中國及香港的電台及電視台播出。中國中央電視台中文國際頻道（CCTV 4）更曾向全球播出于丹的專訪特輯。她灌錄了兩張獨奏CD及一張DVD，分別為《夜鶯》、《春江花月夜》 及《于丹 – 現場演奏會》。

于丹現為《香港豎琴堡》音樂總監及《香港演藝學院》豎琴導師。亦是2017年於香港舉辨的《世界豎琴大會》籌組委員會聯合主席。

 

Ann Huang

  • Harp Principal, Hong Kong Sinfonietta
  • Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Music Part-time Faculty)
  • Dip, AdvDip(HKAPA)

 

After graduating from Taipei Hwa Kang Professional Arts School where she majored in Konghou, an ancient Chinese harp, Ann Huang was awarded a scholarship to study at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Upon graduation, Ann Huang joined the Hong Kong Sinfonietta as Harp Principal. Apart from her position at the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, she lectures part-time at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University. She also freelances for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

黃士倫

  • 香港小交響樂團豎琴首席
  • 香港演藝學院導師 (音樂學院 Part-time Faculty)

 

黃士倫於台灣台北華岡藝術學校畢業，主修中國古典樂器──箜篌。在學期間，黃士倫曾於台北實驗國樂團及高雄市立國樂團兼任豎琴手一職, 並於中華電視台廣播電台錄放專輯。

黃士倫期後獲奬學金前赴香港演藝學院就讀，以優異成績畢業後旋即獲聘加入香港小交響樂團擔任豎琴首席。她曾多次獲邀演奏莫扎特的「長笛與豎琴協奏曲」，德布西的「神聖與世俗舞曲」，以及韓德爾的豎琴協奏曲，拉威爾的 「引子與快板」，皆獲好評。

黃士倫現任香港小交響樂團豎琴首席，並任教於香港演藝學院、香港中文大學及香港浸會大學。