Ho-man Choi
Conductor/ Music Director

Hong Kong-born conductor Ho-Man Choi has directed several orchestras and has conducted on three continents. He has served as Resident Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Music Director of the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He has collaborated with the internationally renowned pianist Melvyn Tan, cellist Jian Wang, pop artists George Lam and Teresa Carpio, to name a few. He recorded with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra on Warner Music, Worldstar Music and Eastasia Music.


Recipient of Special Mention Award of the world-renowned Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors, Ho-Man Choi received his Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the Indiana University School of Music, studying under Thomas Baldner, David Effron and Imre Palló, and such guest conductors as Kurt Masur. In 1999, he was one of six young conductors selected by the Manhattan; School of Music to work with Zdenek Macal and George Manahan. He was also taught by the renowned pedagogue Gustav Meier. In addition, he has a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University. He is a finalist in numerous international conducting competitions, including the abovementioned Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors, and Sir Georg Solti International Conductors’ Competition, in which he is the first Hong Kong conductor to receive the certificate award.


In the USA, The Herald Times has applauded his performances as featuring "plenty of sweep, intensity" with a "luster of sound". "His direction is clear and timely, he conducts with confidence and a certain personal style", said Ta Kung Pao on Choi’s Asian première of the Timpani Concerto by William Kraft.


蔡浩文
指揮/ 音樂總監


Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong 的音樂總監蔡浩文，是香港出生的指揮家，曾指揮多個樂團，樂縱遍及三大洲。他曾任香港管弦樂團駐團指揮，美國布林明頓交響樂團(Bloomington Symphony Orchestra)藝術總監，愛樂青年管弦樂團(Philharmonic Youth Orchestra)藝術總監，及印第安納哥倫布愛樂團(Columbus Indiana Philharmonic)助理指揮。蔡氏曾與多位著名音樂家合作，包括鋼琴家陳萬榮(Melvyn Tan)、大提琴家王健；流行曲歌星林子祥、杜麗莎、葉麗儀等。


貝藏松國際青年指揮家大賽(Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors)特別表揚獎得主，蔡氏在美國印第安納大學音樂學院修習管弦樂指揮，考獲音樂碩士學位。就學期間，師承鮑德納(Thomas Baldner)、艾弗龍(David Effron)、巴羅(Imre Pallo)及該校的客席指揮馬素亞(Kurt Masur)。1999年他和另外五名青年指揮獲曼克頓音樂學院選中，隨馬高和曼漢納習藝。他也受教於著名指揮教育家邁亞(Gustav Meier)門下。此外，蔡氏亦為劍橋大學文學碩士，更於2002年獲蘇提國際指揮大賽(Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition)優異文憑，成為第一位獲該項殊榮的香港指揮家。


在古典音樂推廣工作上，蔡氏熱衷於培育下一代，曾主持及指揮香港管弦樂團的「恒生銀行跳躍音符伴成長」音樂教育計劃，演出一系列動聽卻具教育意義的音樂會，向超過15萬名中、小學生介紹古典音樂。此外，他也是香港電台第四台節目：「音樂時刻」及「愛上管弦樂」的主持。他亦獲邀主講音樂事務處主辦的「4B管弦奇遇」、「穿梭『愛』的樂章－西樂篇」音樂講座，以及擔任香港大學專業進修學院講師。


蔡氏在美國的表現，獲《先驅時報》譽為「氣勢雄厚，激情澎湃、樂聲嘹亮」；本港的《大公報》亦讚道：「他對樂隊不同器樂部的指示很清晰、適時，除了顯露出信心外，還展現了他一些個人風格」。