PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL HISTORY COMMERCIAL RECORDINGS August, 2007 July, 2003 December, 2003 April, 2004 DVD, Leung Kin-fung in Concert Recording Artists: Leung Kin-fung, Violin & Cheng Wai, Piano Recording Label: Music Chamber Ltd. (Hong Kong) DVD, Cheng Wai in Concert Recording Artists: Cheng Wai, Piano & Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Recording Label: Media Box Productions (Hong Kong) DVD, Four Seasons Recording Artist: Leung Kin-fung, Violin, Cheng Wai, Piano & Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra Recording Label: Music Chamber Ltd. (Hong Kong) DVD, Pure String Project Recording Artists: Cheng Wai-Piano, Monica Su-Cello, Ray Wang-Cello & Michael Ma-Violin Recording Label: Music Chamber Ltd. (Hong Kong) PERFORMANCE ON INTERNET/BROADCASTS/TELEVISION Feb 2008 Hong Kong ATV & Guangdong TV 2007 MusicData.org, Hong URL: musicdata.org-link1 URL: musicdata.org-link 2 2001-06 RTHK Radio 4, Hong Kong 1993 Philadelphia Radio, Philadelphia, P.A. 1992 WQXR, New York 1987-91 WFLN Philadelphia 1985 NHK, Tokyo, Japan BBC, London, United Kingdom CBS, New York RTHK, ATV & TVB, Hong Kong MASTERCLASSES & LECTURES 2007 The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Piano Festival, Master classes, Hong Kong 2005-07 Master Classes and Lectures, Hong Kong Professional Piano Education Academy, Hong Kong SOLO AND CHAMBER MUSIC RECITALS 26 May, 2005 Brito Theatre Opening Ceremony, Brito Theatre, Macau, China Piano Recital, Presented by Brito Theatre 10 April, 2004 Pure String Project, Concert Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Piano Trio & Duet of Cello and Piano on string works by Hong Kong composers 7 June, 2003 The Pianist Charity Concerts for the We Care Education Fund, Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall Piano Recitals, presented by Hong Kong Music Tutors Union 21 November, 2002 Beethoven Sonata for Violin & Piano, Exposition Hall, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Presented by the HKUST Center for the Arts
6 October, 2002 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong 27 September, 2002 Hong Kong Parkview Charity Night Piano Recital presented by Hong Kong Parkview 13 September,2002 Piano Recital by Wai Cheng, Huaqiao University, Tan Kah Kee Memorial Hall, Xiamen, China Presented by Huaqiao University 22 September, 2000 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Sonata for Two Pianos by Cheng Wai and Mary Wu 12 May, 2000 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China Presented by Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall 16 April, 2000 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Beijing Concert Hall, Beijing, China Presented by Beijing Concert Hall 24March, 2000 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai, China Presented by Shanghai Grand Theater 2 March, 2000 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Exposition Hall, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Presented by the HKUST Center for the Arts 18 June, 1998 The Art of the Ensemble, Rolston Recital Hall, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada Trio of violin by Anne-Marie Hoffman, cello by Jeremy Hake and piano by Cheng Wai 20 June, 1997 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre Presented by Urban Council, Hong Kong 13 August, 1994 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Cultural Activities Hall, Tun Mun Town Hall, Hong Kong Presented by the Regional Council, Hong Kong 1 July, 1994 Summer Music Festival, Academy Recital Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, presented by HKAPA 1 May, 1994 Benefit Scholarship Concert, James Blackstone Memorial Library Suzuki Music School of West Haven, Branford, Connecticut, USA Solo Piano, presented by the Faculty of the school 2 April, 1994 Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial, the Yale School of Music New Haven, Connecticut, USA Piano Recital, presented by the Yale School of Music 30 January, 1994 Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial, the Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Piano Recital, presented by the Yale School of Music 17 October, 1993 Whitney Center, Hamden, Connecticut, USA Piano Recital, presented by Whitney Center 31 October, 1992 Olga Koussevitzky Memorial Concerts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, USA Piano Sonata & Piano Trio, presented by Musicians Club of New York 9 August, 1992 Piano, Violin and Cello Concert, Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong 30 June, 1992 Summer Music Festival, Academy Recital Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Piano Recital, presented by HKAPA
17 May, 1992 Global Day Concert, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Concert Hall Piano Recital, presented by Green Hill Anglo-Chinese Art Performance Troupe 20 July, 1991 Step of the Arts III, Auditorium, Shatin Town Hall, Hong Kong Piano Recital, Hong Kong Piano and Music Association 24 April, 1991 The Edith L. Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series, Curtis Hall, The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA Piano Recital 14 November, 1990 Germantown and Mount Airy Series, Mrs. William Baltzell, Chestnut Hill, USA Piano Recital & Sonata for Piano by Cheng Wai and Angela Au 28-29 July, 1990 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Cultural Activities Hall, Shatin Town Hall and Cultural Activities Hall, Tuen Mun Town Hall, Hong Kong Presented by the Regional Council 31 March, 1990 John Howland Steinway, The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA Rondo for Two Pianos by Seymour Lipkin and Cheng Wai 27 June, 1990 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Recital Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts(HKAPA), Hong Kong Presented by HKAPA 20 June, 1989 The Young Professional Musicians Platform, Academy Recital Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Piano Recital, presented by HKAPA 28 April, 1989 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia, USA Presented by Strawberry Mansion 7 August, 1987 Piano Recital by Cheng Wai, Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre Presented by Urban Council, Hong Kong 3 February, 1987 Hong Kong Arts Festivals, Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre Presented by Urban Council, Hong Kong, Piano Recitals by Cheng Wai & John Winther 5 February, 1985 Hong Kong Arts Festivals, Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre Piano Recital, presented by Urban Council, Hong Kong 31 July, 1985 Hong Kong International Youth Arts Festival, Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall Piano Recital, presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong 15 April, 1984 36th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Prize-winners Concerts, Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall Piano Recital, presented by the Hong Kong Schools Music & Speech Association, HK
SOLO PERFORMANCES WITH ORCHESTRA 9 June, 2007 Beethoven & Bernstein, China National Library, Beijing, China Solo Bassoon in the EOS Orchestra Academy of the Central Conservatory of Music 16-17 December, 2005 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Concert Hall Concerto Appearance with Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra 25 December, 2003 Four Seasons, Grand Auditorium, Macau Cultural Center, Macau, China Piano & Harpsichord, Concerto & Sonata, with Violinist Leung Kin-fung and Strings of Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra 11-12 July, 2003 Summer Piano Fiesta IV, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Concert Hall Concerto Appearance with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra 22 April, 2002 Know Your Piano Concertos, Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall Concerto Appearance with Hong Kong Sinfonietta 9 August, 2000 Midsummer Classics, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Concert Hall Concerto Appearance with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra 9 January, 2000 Percussion Carnival, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Concert Hall Solo Piano with Hong Kong Percussion Group 10 July, 1999 New Meteorology of Chinese Music II, Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre Piano Recital, presented by Hong Kong Juvenile and Youth Chinese Orchestra 7 November, 1998 1998-99 Seasons, Main Stage, Staller Center for the Arts, New York Concerto Appearance with Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra 6 June, 1997 Fantasia on the OLD 104 Psalm Tune, Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall Solo Piano with The Hong Kong Sinfonietta 22 January, 1993 Woolsey Hall, the Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Concerto Appearance with the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale 1991 Concerto Appearance with Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong 1990 Macau Music Hall, Macau Solo Piano with Macau Chinese Orchestra, Macau 28 March & 4 April, 1987 Chinese Music, Auditorium, Tsuen Wan Town Hall & Auditorium, Shatin Town Hall, Hong Kong Concerto Appearance with Wang Kwong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong 1986 Fano Music Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark Concerto Appearance with Odense Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen, Denmark
HONORS AND AWARDS 1997 First Prize, New York Stony Brook Concerto Competition 1995 Third Prize, William Byrd International Young Artist Competition 1995 Second Prize, Bergen Philharmonic Competition for Violin and Piano, New York 1994 First Prize, Hong Kong Young Pianist Competition, pre-competition for 1994 Beijing International Piano Competition. 1993 Third Plaza, Kingsville International Young Performances Competition, TX 1992 Champion, Olga Koussevitzky Piano Competition, New York City, NY 1992 Champion, Yale Philharmonia Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition 1990 Champion, Gina Bachauer International (Asian Region) Piano Competition 1987 Third-Plaza, Hong Kong Pre-Bachauer Piano Competition 1986 Champion, Lady Malehose Music Competition 1985 Champion, Hong Kong Young Music Performer Award Competition 1984 Champion, The Pearl River Piano Competition of China 1984 Hong Kong Arts Festival Prize for Western Music Instrument ACADEMIC AWARDS 1994 Yale School of Music, Ellen-worth Scholarship 1992 Champion, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Van Zuiden Music Scholarship 1991 Two-year Scholarship from Yale School of Music 1987 Hong Kong Royal Jockey Club Competition for overseas Music Scholarship 1987 Four-year Full Scholarship from Curtis Institute of Music 1987 Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Dean's Prize 1987 Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Piano Prize HIGHER EDUCATION 1999 Doctor of Musical Arts,Under Professor Gilbert Kalish NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY, Stony Brook 1994 Artist Diploma Under Professor Claude Frank YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT, USA 1993 Master of Music, Under Professor Claude Frank YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT, USA 1991 Bachelor of Music in Piano, Under Professor Seymour Lipkin and Professor Gary Graffman, Minor in Harpsichord with Doctor Party, CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, Philadelphia, PA, USA 1987 LRSM, Diploma in Performance, LONDON ROYAL SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Hong Kong 1987 Advanced Diploma of Music Performance, High Distinction Under Professor John Winther HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, Hong Kong 1977-1983 Under Professor Gabriel Kwok, HONG KONG CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Hong Kong
PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 2007-Present Chairman The Central Conservatory of Music (Hong Kong) Foundation Limited, Hong Kong 2005-2007 DIRECTOR The Central Conservatory of Music (Hong Kong) Foundation Limited, Hong Kong 1999-Present 2002-Present LECTURER Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong PIANO INSTRUCTOR at Extention and Continuing Education for Life Hong Kong Academy for Performing Art, Hong Kong 1996-1999 TEACHING ASSISTANT for Graduate Studies New York State University 1994-1999 TEACHING ASSISTANT for Undergraduates Yale University, New Haven, C.T., USA 1994-1999 PIANO ACCOMPANIST For Yale School of Music Yale University, New Haven, C.T., USA 1991-1996 Master Class Yale University, New Haven, C.T., USA 1993 STAFF PIANIST of Mastro Guther Herbig s Conducting Class New Haven, C.T., USA 1991-1994 ACCOMPANIST For Aldo Parisot s Cello Class Yale University, New Haven, C.T. 1992-1994 ACCOMPANIST For Suzuki Violin Class in New Haven Music School, New Haven, C.T., USA 1993 ACCOMPANIST For Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Chorus, Hong Kong 1990 CONDUCTED THE CURTIS LAB ORCHESTRA Philadelphia, PA, USA 1990 ACCOMPANIST for M. Rostropovich s Cello Lesson Washington, D.C., USA