Joy of Music Festival 2015, Chopin, Piano, Guitar, Hong Kong, Classic Music   Joy of Music Festival 2015, Chopin, Piano, Guitar, Hong Kong, Classic Music
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Professor Adrian Walter

International Jury MemberProfessor Adrian Walter AM has had a distinguished career in music education for over 30 years. He has served as a music educator, conductor and guitarist soloist, and is currently Director of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

A graduate of the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adrian began his career in tertiary music education at the Charles Darwin University, where he was the founder and artistic director of the world-renowned Darwin International Guitar Festival. Over fourteen years, the Festival attracted the world’s leading classical guitarists to Australia. He commissioned numerous new works from leading Australian and emerging composers, and helped launch the careers of some of Australia’s most outstanding classical musicians. During his period at Charles Darwin University, Adrian was Head of the School of Creative Arts and Humanities and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Business and Arts.

From 2009 to 2012 he was Professor of Music, and Head of the School of Music at the Australian National University. He moved to Hong Kong in 2012 to take up the position of Director of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts where he has worked closely with his management team and the Academy Council to develop a new strategic vision for the institution. He is also currently re-introducing a guitar stream at the Academy that embraces the demands of current industry practice and celebrates the diversity of the instrument’s cultural heritage.

Adrian has remained active as a classical guitarist throughout this career. His PhD in the area of 19th Century Historically Informed Performance Practice has seen him become a leading exponent in this area. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the world on original early 19th C guitars and also gives regular lecture recitals on the interpretation of the music of this period.

He has worked internationally presenting masterclasses and as artist in residence at such institutions as the Central Conservatorium of Music in Beijing, Conservatorium of Music in Krakow and in October will visit Tianjin to participate in a major educational forum.

Adrian’s distinguished contribution to Australia’s cultural landscape was recognised in 2009 when he was invested as a Member of the Order of Australia, for “service to the arts, particularly in the area of classical guitar performance and musical composition through the Darwin International Guitar Festival, to music education, and as a supporter of emerging performers.”

 

華道賢教授

華道賢教授AM於澳洲從事音樂教育工作超過30年,多年來身兼音樂教育家、指揮家及獨奏家等重任,現任香港演藝學院校長。

華教授畢業於澳洲阿德雷德大學音樂學院,此後曾於查爾斯.達爾文大學任職,期間創辦了著名的達爾文結節,並擔任藝術總監。這結他節14年來匯聚各地的頂尖古典結他演奏家於澳洲,演繹多首澳洲新晉作曲家之作品,亦為當地一眾出色的古典音樂家提供發展平台。

華教授曾於多間大學出任管理階層。他在任查爾斯.達爾文大學創意及人文學院院長期間,推動各項以學術兼就業為本的課程,培育音樂教育人才,又豐富當地的文化生活;他亦成功創立了青少年音樂課程,當中包括達爾文室樂管弦樂團,熱心推動澳洲的土著音樂。他出任查爾斯.達爾文大學的法律、商學及藝術學院院長時,發展一系列創意課程,範疇包括表演藝術。

於2009年至2012年期間,華教授曾於澳洲國立大學出任音樂學院教授及院長。在任期間,他與多間國際知名的音樂高等學府建立緊密的夥伴關係;又利用尖端的創新視聽教學器材,讓學生可透過視像系統向各大師及樂團學習。2012年,華教授來港出任香港演藝學院校長,他自履新後與團隊緊密合作,策劃香港演藝學院未來發展的藍圖。

除多年的管理經驗外,華教授亦是復古風格派的結他演奏家,更不遺餘力於古典結他演奏的發展及推廣。演出足跡遍及世界各地,並曾在北京中央音樂學院及克拉科夫音樂學院擔任駐院演奏家、主持大師班及授課。

華教授於2009年獲澳洲政府頒授Member of the Order of Australia (AM)以表揚他在藝術方面的成就,尤其是他在達爾文結他節中在古典結他及作曲方面的貢獻,以及對音樂教育與新晉音樂家的支持。

 

 
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