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The "Enthusiasm de Melody" Chinese Musical Concert is set to feature 10 talented Chinese music performers in small ensembles and instrumental solos among others. The selected pieces of the concert are tailored to the preferences of local audiences, with an aim to resonate through beautiful melodies. It will be a glorious auditory feast filled with enthusiasm for Chinese music that will drive the preservation and passing on of the legacy of Chinese classical music.
Introduction of Production and Performance Unit
About Penang Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre
Penang Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre is one of the earliest Chinese traditional music academies established in Malaysia in the 1980s. The founder, Lai Ah Lai, PKT, PJK, PJM is a well-known Guzheng and Dizi player in Singapore and Malaysia and he is also an experienced Chinese traditional music teacher in Malaysia. Since Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre was founded, it has been organising and promoting any kinds of Chinese cultural music events besides teaching Chinese traditional instruments as their main goal. At the end of 2013, for the betterment of those events, the academy officially established its administration and event organising committee. Since then, the committee has organised numerous big and small events related to Chinese cultural art music. For example, the “Chong Yee Cup” series: National Chinese Orchestra Competition for high school students, solo chinese orchestra competitions, the Spring Festival Chinese Orchestra Competition and also the “Hua Yue Qing” series: Inter-School Concert, music sharing sessions, talks, performances with international musicians etc. All these events enable exchange between musical experiences, providing Chinese traditional music enthusiasts a platform to showcase and admire talents as well as passing down the culture of Chinese music as an objective.
Besides that, Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre has started many teaching classes to further improve the level of local Chinese traditional music education. One-to-one tutoring classes and big classes provide a platform for Chinese traditional music enthusiasts to learn as well as allowing all of them to understand the culture of Chinese music. In order to further develop traditional music education, Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre officially established Chong Yee Music Academy in 2012. The academy had recently been invited by NUS Center for the Arts department and Confucius Institute NTU SIngapore to become an overseas examination consultant and administrator for Chinese music, not only allowing local Chinese traditional music learners to further their education abroad but also hoping that more courses related to traditional music and be promoted in the future.
About Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra
Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra used to be the chinese orchestra under Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre and was officially registered as Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra in 2019 as a non-profit performing art organisation. The organisation has two separate entities working together which is the administration team and the orchestra, both being led by the chairman and artistic director, Lai Ah Lai PKT, PJK, PJM. The orchestra has also invited the current concert master of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra: Li Bao Shun, Huqin player: Chew Keng How, Flautist: Lim Sin Yeo as the orchestra’s overseas consultant.
PCYCO has gathered teachers who had graduated from professional universities abroad and local Chinese music experts. Its objectives include passing down Chinese culture, educating musicians and promoting the culture of Chinese traditional music. In order for the different local ethnicities to be closer to Chinese music and feel its charisma, PCYCO actively recruits committees and orchestra players with hopes to benefit and exert Malaysia’s diversification of culture.
PCYCO has organised and produced a series of events for the past few years such as concerts, competitions, talks regarding art, international exchange etc. Previously, PCYCO had collaborated with famous overseas Chinese orchestra musicians who gathered in Penang and performed two “Gather in Nanyang'' concerts, establishing cultural connections between Malaysia and other countries. With hopes to maintain the organisation’s agenda despite the strike of COVID-19 in 2020, PCYCO organised its first online national competition, namely “Chong Yee Cup 2021 - Melodious Reflection”. The competition received enthusiastic response nationwide, stirring up the passion for traditional culture and musical instruments as well as gaining recognition from the public.
PCYCO is gradually becoming a semi-professional orchestra. It has attracted attention and support from the Penang government as well as local art communities. Hopefully in the near future, PCYCO will become one of the best cultural organisations in Malaysia.
Bio of Artistic Director & Conductor
Lai Ah Lai
The founder of Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre and Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra is one of the pioneer Chinese Music instructors in Malaysia. Lai’s Guzheng skill was polished by the late Chinese Guzheng Professor Chen Leishi and Singapore Guzheng master Ouyang Liangrong. He went to Xi’an Conservatory of Music under instruction of several famous Guzheng masters. Lai also nourished and improved significantly on his flute skills and art of conducting under the guidance of several famous musicians including Malaysian Senior Conductor in U.S.-Conductor, Pung Aikkhai. As an orchestra conductor, Lai has been teaching instrumental music and Chinese orchestra. With his great experiences, he is currently instructor of high schools’ Chinese Orchestra in Penang, Kedah and Perak. His unremitting efforts and dedication in promoting traditional cultural art had successfully brought the art to the international stage and he was granted as PKT, PJK, PJM from His Excellency of Penang State.
Bio of Soloist
Ewe Chee Head
Dizi
Ewe Chee Hean, a Malaysian flautist(Chinese bamboo flute), born in Penang in 1992. From the age of 13 to the age of 18, he was tutored and mentored by Mr. Lai Ah Lai. He then continued to advance his music studies for the next seven years in Taiwan. He was classically trained at the Chinese Music Department (an academic department which is subsidiary to the Chinese Culture University, Taiwan) and began to study from 2010 to 2017 with professor Jun Hsian Chen, the principal flautist of the National Chinese Orchestra and well-known conductor in Taiwan. He then accomplished and awarded his Master’s degree in 2017.
During his academic career, he eagerly participated in numerous international Chinese flute masterclass and was instructed by various renowned Chinese flautist, such as Zhan Yong Ming(Shanghai), Zhang Wei Liang(Beijing), Wang Ci Heng(Beijing), Li Zhen(Mongolia), Qu Xiang(Shandong), Ma Di(Xi an), Chen Zhong Shen(Taiwan), Lim Sin Yeo(Singapore).
In 2013 and 2014, he performed Chinese flute concerto [Going Westward] and [The Peony Pavilion] in Taiwan National Concert Hall, which is a remarkable achievement as a foreigner student. Apart from classical Chinese flute pieces, he is also practically skilled in contemporary, orchestral and chamber music as well.
He is now a well-known Chinese flautist in Malaysia, by obtaining the position of concertmaster and principle flautist in Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra. He has been frequently invited as Chinese bamboo flute soloist, adjudicator, tutor and lecturer in Chinese music territory.
Seng Wei Sin
Dizi
Seng Wei Sin was born in Penang, Malaysia. Majored in Dizi and was enlightened by the Director of Chong Yee Music Academy, Lah Ah Lai. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in National Taiwan University of Arts specialising in Chinese music, tutored by famous Taiwanese Dizi musician, Professor Lin Rui Nan. She also learned piano from a famous Taiwanese pianist, Tang Wan Jun. Ms. Seng has been accepted a Masters at NTU of Arts specialising in Chinese music and she will further her studies at Taiwan on 22th September 2022. In 2016, performed “Bai She Zhuan”, a Dizi concerto at Penang Komtar Auditorium A, 5th floor. In 2018, performed “Zou Xi Kou” and “Shan Bei Si Zhang” at NTU Fuzhou auditorium. Moreover she has been vice executive director and sectional Dizi leader during the “Gather in Nanyang series”. Has been invited countless times to judge for Chinese orchestra competitions, become a Dizi and Woodwinds advisor at music camps and to coach Dizi at multiple high schools. Currently the Executive Director of PCYCO.
Jamie Chong Jian Mei
Erhu
Jamie Chong Jian Mei, born in Penang Malaysia, graduated from SMJK Union and the Chinese Music Department of the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, majoring in ErHu. She was inspired by Mr Lai Ah Lai and practiced under the guidance of Mr Wang Ming-Yu, the concertmaster of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and a famous Taiwanese ErHu performer. Jamie was also tutored by the famous Taiwanese GuZheng and GuQin performer, Mr Yu Yu-Hong, in learning GuQin. Other than that, she was taught to play the piano by the famous Taiwanese pianist, Miss Lin Xiang-Ti.
During her high school times, she had participated as a member in her school’s Chinese Orchestra and played various instruments like the DiZi, YangQin, ZhongRuan and percussion instruments with Mr Lai Ah Lai as her teacher. Jamie had also performed as a percussionist in the Malaysian Hui Yin Seh Chinese Orchestra, an ErHu performer in the Taiwan Yue Yang Chinese Orchestra and Taiwan Chinese Culture University Hwa-Kang Chinese Orchestra, and carried the responsibilities of the president of the Union High School Chinese Orchestra.
Today, Jamie is one of the founder of Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra, a member of the Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra, one of the executive and event management members of Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre / Music Academy, a teacher of ErHu and YangQin in the Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre / Music Academy, an assistant coach of the Union High School Chinese Orchestra.
Ong Chin Siang
Pipa
He was Champion in Pipa category (Third Prize in pluck string instruments category) in the 2013 National Chinese music solo competition. He has also travelled to various countries to perform the Pipa namely Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. His artistic versatility also allowed him to perform in various different genres such as, traditional Teochew music and troupe accompaniment, Hokkien glove puppet show accompaniment, improvisation (sound effect), live band and others.
Besides being the founder of Chinese Orchestra of USM Engineering Campus, he is also the instructor in various orchestras in pluck string instruments category. 2011 Participate in 28 th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival with WuXia Orchestra, awarded with Bronze in JiangNanSizhu ensemble competition. Performed in Shanghai Fudan University during the same period as well. 2014 Organized Pipa solo concert “PixinDaiyue” in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Invited by Professional Culture Chinese Orchestra (PCCO) to perform the Pipa concerto “HuaMuLan” in Kuala Lumpur in 2015. Invited by Yun-Qing Chinese Orchestra to perform Pipa solo piece “Sunshine at Tashkurgan” in Yunlin, Taiwanin 2016. Participated in traditional glove puppet music accompaniment in Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Japan in 2017 with Ombak-ombak Potehi in promoting Penang history and local traditional Hokkien glove puppet. Participated in YunLin International Puppet Show Festival in Taiwan back in 2018 with Ombak-ombak Potehi in promoting Penang history and local traditional Hokkien glove puppet.
Lim Kok Hong
Gaohu
Lim Kok Hong is Malaysian, graduated from SMJK Chung Hwa Confucian and learnt Huqin (Erhu, Gaohu, Zhonghu, Banhu) at the school’s chinese orchestra. He received a lot of tutoring from seniors, the school’s previous advisor Lean Boon Hean and also Mr Lai Ah Lai. Learned Erhu techniques from Goh Suk Liang in 2006. Joined Penang Hui Yin Seh Orchestra and was the Chairman and Concert Master of Hui Yin Seh Orchestra. Received tutoring from many seniors. Obtained a Grade 7 certificate from the Central Conservatory of Music of China, in the meantime, he received tutoring from local and overseas Huqin professionals such as Li Bao Shun, Zhang Yu Ming, Zhu Lin, Chew Keng How and Lim Wei Siong. Passionate and active towards art. He has performed in many Chinese orchestra performances and has helped organised many cultural events. Invited by Lai Ah Lai to become a part of Chong Yee Music Academy’s committee in 2013 and helped organised many big scale competitions, cultural and multimedia events such as the annual “Chong Yee Cup” National Chinese Orchestra Competition, the “Spring Festival Chinese Music Competition” in collaboration with Penang Gurney Plaza, goes and second “Gather in Nanyang I and II” in 2017 and 2019, “Melody of the Orchestra from the Far East” in 2018 and the Online Gather In Nanyang Series in 2020. Graduated from Han Chiang University College of Multimedia Communication Design. Currently a graphic designer, teaching assistant and Huqin coach at high schools.
Ticket Prices:
RM 20.00, RM 30.00 & RM 80.00
Online Booking: www.cloudtheatre.com/shows/enthusiasm-de-melody-chinese-orchestra-concert/
The "Enthusiasm de Melody" Chinese Musical Concert is set to feature 10 talented Chinese music performers in small ensembles and instrumental solos among others. The selected pieces of the concert are tailored to the preferences of local audiences, with an aim to resonate through beautiful melodies. It will be a glorious auditory feast filled with enthusiasm for Chinese music that will drive the preservation and passing on of the legacy of Chinese classical music.
Introduction of Production and Performance Unit
About Penang Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre
Penang Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre is one of the earliest Chinese traditional music academies established in Malaysia in the 1980s. The founder, Lai Ah Lai, PKT, PJK, PJM is a well-known Guzheng and Dizi player in Singapore and Malaysia and he is also an experienced Chinese traditional music teacher in Malaysia. Since Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre was founded, it has been organising and promoting any kinds of Chinese cultural music events besides teaching Chinese traditional instruments as their main goal. At the end of 2013, for the betterment of those events, the academy officially established its administration and event organising committee. Since then, the committee has organised numerous big and small events related to Chinese cultural art music. For example, the “Chong Yee Cup” series: National Chinese Orchestra Competition for high school students, solo chinese orchestra competitions, the Spring Festival Chinese Orchestra Competition and also the “Hua Yue Qing” series: Inter-School Concert, music sharing sessions, talks, performances with international musicians etc. All these events enable exchange between musical experiences, providing Chinese traditional music enthusiasts a platform to showcase and admire talents as well as passing down the culture of Chinese music as an objective.
Besides that, Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre has started many teaching classes to further improve the level of local Chinese traditional music education. One-to-one tutoring classes and big classes provide a platform for Chinese traditional music enthusiasts to learn as well as allowing all of them to understand the culture of Chinese music. In order to further develop traditional music education, Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre officially established Chong Yee Music Academy in 2012. The academy had recently been invited by NUS Center for the Arts department and Confucius Institute NTU SIngapore to become an overseas examination consultant and administrator for Chinese music, not only allowing local Chinese traditional music learners to further their education abroad but also hoping that more courses related to traditional music and be promoted in the future.
About Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra
Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra used to be the chinese orchestra under Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre and was officially registered as Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra in 2019 as a non-profit performing art organisation. The organisation has two separate entities working together which is the administration team and the orchestra, both being led by the chairman and artistic director, Lai Ah Lai PKT, PJK, PJM. The orchestra has also invited the current concert master of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra: Li Bao Shun, Huqin player: Chew Keng How, Flautist: Lim Sin Yeo as the orchestra’s overseas consultant.
PCYCO has gathered teachers who had graduated from professional universities abroad and local Chinese music experts. Its objectives include passing down Chinese culture, educating musicians and promoting the culture of Chinese traditional music. In order for the different local ethnicities to be closer to Chinese music and feel its charisma, PCYCO actively recruits committees and orchestra players with hopes to benefit and exert Malaysia’s diversification of culture.
PCYCO has organised and produced a series of events for the past few years such as concerts, competitions, talks regarding art, international exchange etc. Previously, PCYCO had collaborated with famous overseas Chinese orchestra musicians who gathered in Penang and performed two “Gather in Nanyang'' concerts, establishing cultural connections between Malaysia and other countries. With hopes to maintain the organisation’s agenda despite the strike of COVID-19 in 2020, PCYCO organised its first online national competition, namely “Chong Yee Cup 2021 - Melodious Reflection”. The competition received enthusiastic response nationwide, stirring up the passion for traditional culture and musical instruments as well as gaining recognition from the public.
PCYCO is gradually becoming a semi-professional orchestra. It has attracted attention and support from the Penang government as well as local art communities. Hopefully in the near future, PCYCO will become one of the best cultural organisations in Malaysia.
Bio of Artistic Director & Conductor
Lai Ah Lai
The founder of Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre and Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra is one of the pioneer Chinese Music instructors in Malaysia. Lai’s Guzheng skill was polished by the late Chinese Guzheng Professor Chen Leishi and Singapore Guzheng master Ouyang Liangrong. He went to Xi’an Conservatory of Music under instruction of several famous Guzheng masters. Lai also nourished and improved significantly on his flute skills and art of conducting under the guidance of several famous musicians including Malaysian Senior Conductor in U.S.-Conductor, Pung Aikkhai. As an orchestra conductor, Lai has been teaching instrumental music and Chinese orchestra. With his great experiences, he is currently instructor of high schools’ Chinese Orchestra in Penang, Kedah and Perak. His unremitting efforts and dedication in promoting traditional cultural art had successfully brought the art to the international stage and he was granted as PKT, PJK, PJM from His Excellency of Penang State.
Bio of Soloist
Ewe Chee Head
Dizi
Ewe Chee Hean, a Malaysian flautist(Chinese bamboo flute), born in Penang in 1992. From the age of 13 to the age of 18, he was tutored and mentored by Mr. Lai Ah Lai. He then continued to advance his music studies for the next seven years in Taiwan. He was classically trained at the Chinese Music Department (an academic department which is subsidiary to the Chinese Culture University, Taiwan) and began to study from 2010 to 2017 with professor Jun Hsian Chen, the principal flautist of the National Chinese Orchestra and well-known conductor in Taiwan. He then accomplished and awarded his Master’s degree in 2017.
During his academic career, he eagerly participated in numerous international Chinese flute masterclass and was instructed by various renowned Chinese flautist, such as Zhan Yong Ming(Shanghai), Zhang Wei Liang(Beijing), Wang Ci Heng(Beijing), Li Zhen(Mongolia), Qu Xiang(Shandong), Ma Di(Xi an), Chen Zhong Shen(Taiwan), Lim Sin Yeo(Singapore).
In 2013 and 2014, he performed Chinese flute concerto [Going Westward] and [The Peony Pavilion] in Taiwan National Concert Hall, which is a remarkable achievement as a foreigner student. Apart from classical Chinese flute pieces, he is also practically skilled in contemporary, orchestral and chamber music as well.
He is now a well-known Chinese flautist in Malaysia, by obtaining the position of concertmaster and principle flautist in Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra. He has been frequently invited as Chinese bamboo flute soloist, adjudicator, tutor and lecturer in Chinese music territory.
Seng Wei Sin
Dizi
Seng Wei Sin was born in Penang, Malaysia. Majored in Dizi and was enlightened by the Director of Chong Yee Music Academy, Lah Ah Lai. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in National Taiwan University of Arts specialising in Chinese music, tutored by famous Taiwanese Dizi musician, Professor Lin Rui Nan. She also learned piano from a famous Taiwanese pianist, Tang Wan Jun. Ms. Seng has been accepted a Masters at NTU of Arts specialising in Chinese music and she will further her studies at Taiwan on 22th September 2022. In 2016, performed “Bai She Zhuan”, a Dizi concerto at Penang Komtar Auditorium A, 5th floor. In 2018, performed “Zou Xi Kou” and “Shan Bei Si Zhang” at NTU Fuzhou auditorium. Moreover she has been vice executive director and sectional Dizi leader during the “Gather in Nanyang series”. Has been invited countless times to judge for Chinese orchestra competitions, become a Dizi and Woodwinds advisor at music camps and to coach Dizi at multiple high schools. Currently the Executive Director of PCYCO.
Jamie Chong Jian Mei
Erhu
Jamie Chong Jian Mei, born in Penang Malaysia, graduated from SMJK Union and the Chinese Music Department of the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, majoring in ErHu. She was inspired by Mr Lai Ah Lai and practiced under the guidance of Mr Wang Ming-Yu, the concertmaster of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and a famous Taiwanese ErHu performer. Jamie was also tutored by the famous Taiwanese GuZheng and GuQin performer, Mr Yu Yu-Hong, in learning GuQin. Other than that, she was taught to play the piano by the famous Taiwanese pianist, Miss Lin Xiang-Ti.
During her high school times, she had participated as a member in her school’s Chinese Orchestra and played various instruments like the DiZi, YangQin, ZhongRuan and percussion instruments with Mr Lai Ah Lai as her teacher. Jamie had also performed as a percussionist in the Malaysian Hui Yin Seh Chinese Orchestra, an ErHu performer in the Taiwan Yue Yang Chinese Orchestra and Taiwan Chinese Culture University Hwa-Kang Chinese Orchestra, and carried the responsibilities of the president of the Union High School Chinese Orchestra.
Today, Jamie is one of the founder of Penang Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra, a member of the Chong Yee Chinese Orchestra, one of the executive and event management members of Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre / Music Academy, a teacher of ErHu and YangQin in the Chong Yee Chinese Music Centre / Music Academy, an assistant coach of the Union High School Chinese Orchestra.
Ong Chin Siang
Pipa
He was Champion in Pipa category (Third Prize in pluck string instruments category) in the 2013 National Chinese music solo competition. He has also travelled to various countries to perform the Pipa namely Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. His artistic versatility also allowed him to perform in various different genres such as, traditional Teochew music and troupe accompaniment, Hokkien glove puppet show accompaniment, improvisation (sound effect), live band and others.
Besides being the founder of Chinese Orchestra of USM Engineering Campus, he is also the instructor in various orchestras in pluck string instruments category. 2011 Participate in 28 th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival with WuXia Orchestra, awarded with Bronze in JiangNanSizhu ensemble competition. Performed in Shanghai Fudan University during the same period as well. 2014 Organized Pipa solo concert “PixinDaiyue” in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. Invited by Professional Culture Chinese Orchestra (PCCO) to perform the Pipa concerto “HuaMuLan” in Kuala Lumpur in 2015. Invited by Yun-Qing Chinese Orchestra to perform Pipa solo piece “Sunshine at Tashkurgan” in Yunlin, Taiwanin 2016. Participated in traditional glove puppet music accompaniment in Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Japan in 2017 with Ombak-ombak Potehi in promoting Penang history and local traditional Hokkien glove puppet. Participated in YunLin International Puppet Show Festival in Taiwan back in 2018 with Ombak-ombak Potehi in promoting Penang history and local traditional Hokkien glove puppet.
Lim Kok Hong
Gaohu
Lim Kok Hong is Malaysian, graduated from SMJK Chung Hwa Confucian and learnt Huqin (Erhu, Gaohu, Zhonghu, Banhu) at the school’s chinese orchestra. He received a lot of tutoring from seniors, the school’s previous advisor Lean Boon Hean and also Mr Lai Ah Lai. Learned Erhu techniques from Goh Suk Liang in 2006. Joined Penang Hui Yin Seh Orchestra and was the Chairman and Concert Master of Hui Yin Seh Orchestra. Received tutoring from many seniors. Obtained a Grade 7 certificate from the Central Conservatory of Music of China, in the meantime, he received tutoring from local and overseas Huqin professionals such as Li Bao Shun, Zhang Yu Ming, Zhu Lin, Chew Keng How and Lim Wei Siong. Passionate and active towards art. He has performed in many Chinese orchestra performances and has helped organised many cultural events. Invited by Lai Ah Lai to become a part of Chong Yee Music Academy’s committee in 2013 and helped organised many big scale competitions, cultural and multimedia events such as the annual “Chong Yee Cup” National Chinese Orchestra Competition, the “Spring Festival Chinese Music Competition” in collaboration with Penang Gurney Plaza, goes and second “Gather in Nanyang I and II” in 2017 and 2019, “Melody of the Orchestra from the Far East” in 2018 and the Online Gather In Nanyang Series in 2020. Graduated from Han Chiang University College of Multimedia Communication Design. Currently a graphic designer, teaching assistant and Huqin coach at high schools.
Ticket Prices:
RM 20.00, RM 30.00 & RM 80.00
Online Booking: www.cloudtheatre.com/shows/enthusiasm-de-melody-chinese-orchestra-concert/