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Stephen Chong Clarinet |
Chong started learning clarinet when he was 10. Later, he was admitted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, studying psychology and French. After receiving his Bachelor degree in psychology, he was accepted by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he obtained Advanced Diploma for Performing Arts (Music) and Professional Diploma for Performing Arts (Music) with distinction. His teachers included John Schertle, Michael Campbell and Anthony Wong. He also learned chamber music from Yiu Song Lam. He has performed with the Macau Orchestra as well as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2004, he won the First prize of the Second Asian Youth Music Competition and a scholarship financed by Bernard van Zuiden Music Fund, under which he furthered his studies in the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, the Netherlands where he learned clarinet with Sjef Douwes who is the Principal Clarinet of the renowned Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. He also studied bass clarinet with the famous soloist and chamber musician David Kweksilber and Professor Erik van Deuren from Conservatory of Amsterdam, who plays regularly in the world-famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He even has the honour to be in the class of the legendary bass clarinetist Harry Sparnaay. Moreover, he has participated in masterclasses of Andrew Marriner, Michel Lethiec, Jean-Noël Crocq, Yves Didier and Henri Bok. In summer of 2006, he was awarded the post-graduate certificate from the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, the Netherlands with distinction and is now devoted himself to teaching and promoting chamber music in Hong Kong. He is the founding member of the ensemble "Hong Kong Wind Kamerata" and is now the clarinet lecturer and chamber music coach of the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra.
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