徐惟恩教授
Prof. Wei-en Hsu
徐惟恩教授為歌唱指導、歌劇指揮及古樂專家,致力於推廣巴洛克歌劇與鋼琴家之宣敘調(Recitative)演奏藝術,同時與現任作曲家保持緊密合作。
徐氏畢業於紐約茱莉亞學院(The Juilliard School),是一位集鋼琴家、管風琴家、指揮家、歌劇伴奏家(Répétiteur)及作曲家於一身的全方位音樂家。他現任香港演藝學院副教授。徐氏出生於台灣,於國立臺北藝術大學取得鋼琴音樂學士學位,並曾於倫敦皇家音樂學院、辛辛那提大學及羅格斯大學接受深造。
在學術著作方面,他近期出版的著作包括由 Emerald Publishing 出版的《Keeping Music Alive during the Pandemic: Stories and Lessons from the World’s Leading Opera, Orchestra Librarians, and Music Archivists》,以及由 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 出版的《Creating a Global Cultural City via Public Participation in the Arts: Conversations with Hong Kong’s Leading Arts and Cultural Administrators》。2018 年,他獲選為台灣國家兩廳院駐館藝術家。
為表彰其對音樂專業及社會的卓越貢獻,徐氏於 2017 年獲選為倫敦皇家音樂學院院士(ARAM),並陸續獲頒英國音樂家與歌唱家協會院士(FGMS)、國家音樂學院副院士(AFNCollM)、皇家藝術學會院士(FRSA)、聖西西莉亞兄弟會院士(FFSC)、西方正教大學院士(FWOU)、歐美大學院士(FEAU)、世界藝術學院(Mondial Art Academia)軍官勳銜,以及於 2020 年獲選為 Circle Foundation for the Arts(CFA)合作藝術家。
Hsu Wei-En has established himself as an opera conductor and an early music specialist in promoting Baroque opera and the art of recitative for pianists. At the same time, Hsu has worked closely with living composers in his generation.
A graduate of the Juilliard School, Hsu is an accomplished pianist, organist, conductor, répétiteur and composer. He is now an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. A native of Taiwan, he received his BFA degree in Piano at Taipei National University of the Arts. He has received additional training at the Royal Academy of Music, University of Cincinnati, and Rutgers University.
As an author, his latest books are Keeping Music Alive during the Pandemic: Stories and Lessons from the World’s Leading Opera, Orchestra Librarians, and Music Archivists (published by Emerald Publishing) and Creating a Global Cultural City via Public Participation in the Arts: Conversations with Hong Kong’s Leading Arts and Cultural Administrators (published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc.). In 2018, he was named the 2018 NTCH Artist in Residence in Taiwan. For his contribution to the music profession and community, he was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2017, Fellow of the Guild of Musicians and Singers (FGMS), Associate Fellow of the National College of Music (AFNCollM), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Fellow of the Fraternity of St Cecilia (FFSC), Fellow of the Western Orthodox University (FWOU), Fellow of the European-American University (FEAU), Officier Academicien of Mondial Art Academia, and the Circle Foundation for the Arts (CFA) Affiliate Artist in 2020.
