Victor Chen Chen, Victor

Victor Chen has completed more than a hundred works to date, including opera, orchestral music, chamber music, instrumental solos, and choral and solo vocal music, many of which have been published and recorded. Chen’s recent works are mostly orchestral, including original music commissioned for the celebrations of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover, the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

From 1993 Chen served for twelve consecutive years as Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild, and from 1997 to 2000 was appointed Composer-in-Residence of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1998 Chen was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong. Chen has taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1989, has served as Director of General Education at Chung Chi College, and is currently Professor of Music and Director of the MA program.