After graduating from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Music in Erhu and Gaohu in 2011, he served as a huqin musician in the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. In 2017, he was awarded the “Hong Kong Excellence Special Topic” and went to the United States to further his studies. He landed at Ithaca College and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and received a master’s degree in orchestral conducting and disease. During this period, he studied with conductors Octavio Mas-Arokas and Mark Gibson. While studying abroad, Situ Jian collaborated with many orchestras as music director, guest conductor and assistant conductor, and served as a conducting researcher for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He is a musician who received professional training in both Chinese and Western music. In addition, Szeto won the runner-up in the 2022 Romanian Orchestra Conducting Competition and was invited to serve as the guest conductor chairman
Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble
As a locally influenced, exquisite and energetic Chinese music organisation, Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble is a registered charitable organisation supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Founded in 2003, the Ensemble promotes Chinese music in the local cultural scene. From its traditional Lingnan culture foundations to merging the aesthetics of the East and West, the Ensemble lives up to its artistic motto of “small but elegant, simple but refined” by presenting traditional and contemporary works with a distinctive local flair.
Leung Pak-yue Ramiel
Award-winning chromatic harmonica player, Harmonica instructor and audio engineer