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The Performing Element is What Makes the Academy Special
姚桑琳
2013年12月16日
Director of Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, faculty member at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of Education
‘The Academy must retain its uniqueness as a performing arts institution; it has taken us 30 years to be where we are now’ said Yiu Song-lam, the first graduate who studied at the then brand-new campus in Wanchai, adding that the ‘performing’ element is what makes the Academy special.
Yiu took up the oboe at a relatively older age of 15 when he was recruited by the government’s Music Office and given free lessons. On completion of his secondary education at Salesian School, he decided to study the oboe. He is grateful to his parents who have been supportive.
For Yiu, performance is a part of his life, that is until the onset of an eye problem. Yiu was 26 and studying in Cologne, Germany when he suffered from regular severe headache and double-vision; fearing for the worst, he went through many medical examinations and when the doctors could not identify the problem, he had no choice but to return to Hong Kong. For the next nine years, Yiu had to deal with occasional attacks later diagnosed as a rare disorder of the brain’s nerve system. Then there were the side-effects of his medication. All these meant that Yiu’s learning was disturbed and his career suffered.
On reflection, Yiu was not bitter about the experience, however much he suffered for it. “ I am happy that what I have got through from my case history, it reminds me that we should not take things for granted. I am pleased to have done what I have, with a career as an oboist and a happy family,” Yiu said. Now a father to nine-year-old Carlos, Yiu said he gives his son a lot of freedom in what he does in terms of music education, but insists on his learning the piano, aside from the oboe and erhu.
With persistence and passion for music, Yiu keeps up with his performance career while he is dedicated to promoting the rich but as yet rarely known wind chamber music repertoire to audiences by the performances he takes up with his 16-member Hong Kong Wind Kamerata. The group is also a platform for wind players to get together; Yiu is looking to provide performance opportunities for a different generation of wind players. Each year, the group plays several concerts and festivals in Hong Kong or overseas. In Hong Kong, the group makes regular appearances at the Le French May festival where they once shared the stage with legendary oboist Maurice Bourgue.
Yiu encourages students now studying at the Academy to work hard and at the same time develop management skills which will be useful in preparation for a successful career ahead.
Over the years, Yiu has taught a number of outstanding pupils including the following :
Bobby Cheng 鄭智元
1st Prize- 2011 Asian Double Reed Society Oboe Competition
2nd Prize- 2012 International Double Reed Society (IDRS) "Young Artist Oboe Competition"
1st Prize- 2012 Aspen Festival Wind Concerto Competition
1st Prize- 2012 The 5th International "Giuseppe Ferlendis" Oboe Competition in Italy
Years in APA 2009- now ( 3rd year Degree course ), Class of Yiu Song Lam
第一屆亞洲雙簧拹會國際雙簧管大賽第一名
第41屆IDRS國際雙簧協會年會＂青年藝術家＂國際雙簧管比賽第二名
2012年美國著名Aspen藝術節協奏曲比賽第一名
從2009 至今就讀香港演藝學院，師承姚桑琳，現為學位課程3年級學生
Kwan Sheung Fung 關尚峰
2006-2009 class of Yiu Song Lam
2013 Oboe and English Horn
of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
2006-2009 就讀於香港演藝學院，師承姚桑琳
2013年起任職香港管絃樂團任職雙簧管及英國管
Yu-Po Wang
2012 class of Yiu Song Lam ( exchange student )
2013 Associate Principal and Utility Oboe of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan
Lin Qing林卿
Years in APA: 2005-2006 Class of Yiu Song Lam
Finalist - 2006 8th International Oboe Competition in Karuizawa. (Formerly known as Tokyo International Oboe Competition, organized by the Sony Music Foundation)
3rd Prize - 2009 International Double Reed Society Oboe Competition (IDRS)
2nd Prize – 2011 Asian Double Reed Society Oboe Competition
1st Prize - 2013 International Double Reed Society Oboe Competition ( IDRS)
2005-2006就讀於香港演藝學院. 師從姚桑琳
於2006年第八屆日本輕井澤國際雙簧管比赛(前身為東京國際雙簧管比赛)進入決賽,獲演奏獎
2009年IDRS國際雙簧協會年會暨第29屆Gillet-Fox國際雙簧管比赛第三名
2011年第一屆亞洲雙簧協會國際大賽第二名
2013年DRS國際雙簧協會年會暨第33屆Gillet-Fox國際雙簧管比賽第一名
Sze Yu-Hey Kenneth薛宇曦
Studied oboe with Yiu Song-Lam under the junior music program of the HKAPA from 20003rd Prize - 2008 French Oboe Association International Oboe Competition
3rd Prize – 2011 Asian Double Reed Society Oboe Competition
2011 – present – Associate Principal Oboe of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra..
Years in APA Senior School 2004-2005 class of Yiu Song Lam
2004-2005就讀於香港演藝學院文憑課程 師從姚桑琳
第一屆亞洲雙簧協會國際大賽第三名
第6屆法國雙簧管協會國際大賽第二名
2011至今擔任廣州交響樂團雙簧管副首席.
2000年開始在香港演藝學院初級音樂課程跟隨姚桑林學習雙簧管.
Gordon Yap Nai Kin葉乃堅
1996-2000 class of Yiu Song Lam
2000-2005 Utility oboe of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
1996-2000就讀香港演藝學院，師承姚桑琳
2000-2005任職香港小交響樂團雙簧管
More on Yiu Song-lam
On his grauduation from the Academy in 1989, Yiu was awarded the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship to study at the Queensland Conservatorium, the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Rotterdam Conservatorium in Holland and the Köln Musikhochschule in Germany, where he was awarded the Diplom der Künstlerischen Abschlußprüfung with distinction in 1994. His teachers include Chan Kwok Cheung, Peter Cooper, Anthony Camden, Celia Nicklin, George Caird, Emanuel Abbühl and Christian Schneider. He has also attended classes of Thomas Indermühle, Lothar Koch and Maurice Bourgue.
Between 1998-2003, Yiu was Co-Principal Oboe of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Goldberg Ensemble from England, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Macau Orchestra, the Korea Ulsan University Ensemble, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Euro-Asian Philharmonic Orchestra, Vietnam National Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.
Yiu is an active chamber musician in Europe. He has performed new works by composers in concerts such as those by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in 1988, 2002 and 2007. He is a also member of the baroque ensemble “Conjunto Hemiola” and was invited to perform at the International Summer Festival “Quincena Musical” in San Sebastián, Spain in 1996. He has been invited to perform with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner on their Hong Kong tour and has also performed with the London Virtuosi on their Spain tour. He has appeared at festivals in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Canada, England, Holland, France, Germany, Italy and Salzburg in Austria. In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011, Yiu was invited by the International Double Reed Society to perform in New York, Utah, Arizona in the United States and Birmingham in England.
As an enthusiastic promoter of music education, Yiu has been invited regularly by Xi’an Conservatory of Music, Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, National Chiayi University in Taiwan, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore and the Macau Culture Department to give oboe masterclasses. In 2013, Yiu was invited to adjudicate for the prestigious Muri International Oboe Competition in Switzerland and gave a series of masterclasses in Stuttgart Musikhochschule, Germany and in various cities in China.
Besides being a founder and director of Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, Yiu is also the overseas consultant of the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra and is serving on the board of the Asian Double Reed Association. Yiu is a Rigoutat artist.
To view Yiu Song Lam’s performance at the Oboe Sextet programme of the Xi'an International Oboe Arts Festival (second from left), please visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTCFEBKy20
2013年12月16日
Director of Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, faculty member at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Institute of Education
‘The Academy must retain its uniqueness as a performing arts institution; it has taken us 30 years to be where we are now’ said Yiu Song-lam, the first graduate who studied at the then brand-new campus in Wanchai, adding that the ‘performing’ element is what makes the Academy special.
Yiu took up the oboe at a relatively older age of 15 when he was recruited by the government’s Music Office and given free lessons. On completion of his secondary education at Salesian School, he decided to study the oboe. He is grateful to his parents who have been supportive.
For Yiu, performance is a part of his life, that is until the onset of an eye problem. Yiu was 26 and studying in Cologne, Germany when he suffered from regular severe headache and double-vision; fearing for the worst, he went through many medical examinations and when the doctors could not identify the problem, he had no choice but to return to Hong Kong. For the next nine years, Yiu had to deal with occasional attacks later diagnosed as a rare disorder of the brain’s nerve system. Then there were the side-effects of his medication. All these meant that Yiu’s learning was disturbed and his career suffered.
On reflection, Yiu was not bitter about the experience, however much he suffered for it. “ I am happy that what I have got through from my case history, it reminds me that we should not take things for granted. I am pleased to have done what I have, with a career as an oboist and a happy family,” Yiu said. Now a father to nine-year-old Carlos, Yiu said he gives his son a lot of freedom in what he does in terms of music education, but insists on his learning the piano, aside from the oboe and erhu.
With persistence and passion for music, Yiu keeps up with his performance career while he is dedicated to promoting the rich but as yet rarely known wind chamber music repertoire to audiences by the performances he takes up with his 16-member Hong Kong Wind Kamerata. The group is also a platform for wind players to get together; Yiu is looking to provide performance opportunities for a different generation of wind players. Each year, the group plays several concerts and festivals in Hong Kong or overseas. In Hong Kong, the group makes regular appearances at the Le French May festival where they once shared the stage with legendary oboist Maurice Bourgue.
Yiu encourages students now studying at the Academy to work hard and at the same time develop management skills which will be useful in preparation for a successful career ahead.
Over the years, Yiu has taught a number of outstanding pupils including the following :
Bobby Cheng 鄭智元
1st Prize- 2011 Asian Double Reed Society Oboe Competition
2nd Prize- 2012 International Double Reed Society (IDRS) "Young Artist Oboe Competition"
1st Prize- 2012 Aspen Festival Wind Concerto Competition
1st Prize- 2012 The 5th International "Giuseppe Ferlendis" Oboe Competition in Italy
Years in APA 2009- now ( 3rd year Degree course ), Class of Yiu Song Lam
第一屆亞洲雙簧拹會國際雙簧管大賽第一名
第41屆IDRS國際雙簧協會年會＂青年藝術家＂國際雙簧管比賽第二名
2012年美國著名Aspen藝術節協奏曲比賽第一名
從2009 至今就讀香港演藝學院，師承姚桑琳，現為學位課程3年級學生
Kwan Sheung Fung 關尚峰
2006-2009 class of Yiu Song Lam
2013 Oboe and English Horn
of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
2006-2009 就讀於香港演藝學院，師承姚桑琳
2013年起任職香港管絃樂團任職雙簧管及英國管
Yu-Po Wang
2012 class of Yiu Song Lam ( exchange student )
2013 Associate Principal and Utility Oboe of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan
Lin Qing林卿
Years in APA: 2005-2006 Class of Yiu Song Lam
Finalist - 2006 8th International Oboe Competition in Karuizawa. (Formerly known as Tokyo International Oboe Competition, organized by the Sony Music Foundation)
3rd Prize - 2009 International Double Reed Society Oboe Competition (IDRS)
2nd Prize – 2011 Asian Double Reed Society Oboe Competition
1st Prize - 2013 International Double Reed Society Oboe Competition ( IDRS)
2005-2006就讀於香港演藝學院. 師從姚桑琳
於2006年第八屆日本輕井澤國際雙簧管比赛(前身為東京國際雙簧管比赛)進入決賽,獲演奏獎
2009年IDRS國際雙簧協會年會暨第29屆Gillet-Fox國際雙簧管比赛第三名
2011年第一屆亞洲雙簧協會國際大賽第二名
2013年DRS國際雙簧協會年會暨第33屆Gillet-Fox國際雙簧管比賽第一名
Sze Yu-Hey Kenneth薛宇曦
Studied oboe with Yiu Song-Lam under the junior music program of the HKAPA from 20003rd Prize - 2008 French Oboe Association International Oboe Competition
3rd Prize – 2011 Asian Double Reed Society Oboe Competition
2011 – present – Associate Principal Oboe of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra..
Years in APA Senior School 2004-2005 class of Yiu Song Lam
2004-2005就讀於香港演藝學院文憑課程 師從姚桑琳
第一屆亞洲雙簧協會國際大賽第三名
第6屆法國雙簧管協會國際大賽第二名
2011至今擔任廣州交響樂團雙簧管副首席.
2000年開始在香港演藝學院初級音樂課程跟隨姚桑林學習雙簧管.
Gordon Yap Nai Kin葉乃堅
1996-2000 class of Yiu Song Lam
2000-2005 Utility oboe of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
1996-2000就讀香港演藝學院，師承姚桑琳
2000-2005任職香港小交響樂團雙簧管
More on Yiu Song-lam
On his grauduation from the Academy in 1989, Yiu was awarded the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship to study at the Queensland Conservatorium, the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Rotterdam Conservatorium in Holland and the Köln Musikhochschule in Germany, where he was awarded the Diplom der Künstlerischen Abschlußprüfung with distinction in 1994. His teachers include Chan Kwok Cheung, Peter Cooper, Anthony Camden, Celia Nicklin, George Caird, Emanuel Abbühl and Christian Schneider. He has also attended classes of Thomas Indermühle, Lothar Koch and Maurice Bourgue.
Between 1998-2003, Yiu was Co-Principal Oboe of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Goldberg Ensemble from England, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Macau Orchestra, the Korea Ulsan University Ensemble, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Euro-Asian Philharmonic Orchestra, Vietnam National Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra.
Yiu is an active chamber musician in Europe. He has performed new works by composers in concerts such as those by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in 1988, 2002 and 2007. He is a also member of the baroque ensemble “Conjunto Hemiola” and was invited to perform at the International Summer Festival “Quincena Musical” in San Sebastián, Spain in 1996. He has been invited to perform with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under the baton of Sir Neville Marriner on their Hong Kong tour and has also performed with the London Virtuosi on their Spain tour. He has appeared at festivals in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Canada, England, Holland, France, Germany, Italy and Salzburg in Austria. In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011, Yiu was invited by the International Double Reed Society to perform in New York, Utah, Arizona in the United States and Birmingham in England.
As an enthusiastic promoter of music education, Yiu has been invited regularly by Xi’an Conservatory of Music, Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, National Chiayi University in Taiwan, the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore and the Macau Culture Department to give oboe masterclasses. In 2013, Yiu was invited to adjudicate for the prestigious Muri International Oboe Competition in Switzerland and gave a series of masterclasses in Stuttgart Musikhochschule, Germany and in various cities in China.
Besides being a founder and director of Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, Yiu is also the overseas consultant of the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra and is serving on the board of the Asian Double Reed Association. Yiu is a Rigoutat artist.
To view Yiu Song Lam’s performance at the Oboe Sextet programme of the Xi'an International Oboe Arts Festival (second from left), please visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTCFEBKy20
