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FUNG KAI MAN

Conductor 

　　 Fung is currently chair persons of the Hong Kong Band Directors Association and the Hong Kong Trumpet Guild, vice president of the China Trumpet Guild and chairman of the Asian Pacific Band Directors Association.

　　 He joined the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14 and took part in its concert tour to France and England . In 1987, he became one of the first graduates of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he studied trumpet, piano and composition.

　　 He is one of the founders of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and played as its principal trumpet from 1990 to 2007. He also appears frequently as soloist with various orchestras in Hong Kong and Macau , including the Lim Kek Han Concert Orchestra, Hong Kong Music Institute Orchestra (HAYDN Trumpet Concerto), the Cecilian Chorus and Orchestra (BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2), Hong Kong Oratorio Society (HANDEL Messiah, BACH Cantata No. 51), Hong Kong Sinfonietta (HAYDN Trumpet Concerto, HUMMEL Trumpet Concerto, COPLAND The Quiet City , SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1, VIVALDI Concerto for 2 Trumpets), Macau Chamber Orchestra (PURCELL Sonata for Trumpet and Strings), Hong Kong Festival Winds Orchestra (PONCHIELLI Trumpet Concerto No. 1), Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra (F.D. WEBER Variations for Trumpet and Orchestra, VERDI Adagio), etc. In 2001, Fung played "The Golden Age of Cornet" concert in Macau Band Fair on authentic, antique instruments.

　　 Besides performing on the trumpet, Fung is active in teaching and conducting as well. He has been the conductor for the CCC Kei Wan Primary School ( Aldrich Bay ) school orchestra and band since 1988 and has guest conducted the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra. His ensembles and students have won numerous prizes in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festivals and Hong Kong Music Office's Symphonic Band Contests. He has led the Kei Wan School Band in concert tours to Guangzhou , Shanghai , Macau, Zhuhai, Jeju and Singapore , receiving high acclaim. The band was awarded the Grand Champion in the Symphonic Band Contest in 2005.

　　 Fung has taught in the Hong Kong Music Office and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, also received invitation from the Instituto Cultural de Macau to host brass workshop and be adjudicator in the Macau Youth Music Competition. He is an Overseas Consultant and tutor for the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra, his students have swept up all prizes in the trumpet solo classes in the Macau Youth Music Competition in 2006.