Conductors
TAM Wing-Kai Harty is an accomplished conductor and double bassist, currently serving as the Music Director of both the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra and the New Hong Kong Philharmonia (NHKP) Baroque Chamber Orchestra. Since 2016, she has served as the Music Director and Conductor of the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, leading 3–4 performances annually and curating a rich repertoire that spans from classical masterpieces to contemporary pop arrangements. She also conducts charity concerts with the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra regularly, giving back to the community through music and using performance as a means of outreach and service.
Her extensive career includes collaborations with esteemed orchestras such as the Bern Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland, the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Sokola Symphony Orchestra of Brno in the Czech Republic. Beyond her work in Hong Kong, she has conducted internationally at events such as the Festival Musicale Nel Commune di Morigerati e Sicili in Italy (2018) and the Scuola Italiana D’Archi International Music Masterclasses in Mantua, Italy (2019). She has also appeared at prestigious arts festivals, including the French May Arts Festival and the Emilia Romagna Music Festival in Ravenna, Italy. Her performances have taken place in historic venues such as the 9th-century Abbazia di Casola Valsenio and the UNESCO-listed Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, as well as in various venues across the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. Last December, Tam premiered Beautiful Hong Kong , a multimedia music work by renowned Hong Kong composer Dr. Mui Kwong Chiu, to overwhelming success.
Harty is an orchestral conducting graduate of the Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland, where she studied under Prof. Dominique Roggen. She further refined her craft with guidance from Prof. Gustav Meier, Tomas Netopil, Prof. Donald Schleicher, and Kirk Trevor. Alongside her conducting career, she is an active double bassist, having studied performance at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her musicianship has taken her to the British Isles Music Festival in the U.K. as a Resident Artist, and she regularly teaches masterclasses in Italy, where she works with students from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Harty has collaborated with a diverse group of international and local artists, including pianists Colleen Lee and Rachel Cheung; violinists Riccardo Zamuner, Stefano Pagliani, Leung King Fung, Wong Sze Hang, and Vince Chua; violists Yu Sun and Dr. Joseph Kam; and singer-songwriter Sir Bertie Higgins.
Deeply committed to nurturing young musicians, Harty is the founder and Music Director of the Hong Kong Youth Music Festival. Through this initiative, she collaborates with faculty from top-tier universities and world-class orchestras to inspire and educate young talent. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she adapted the festival to an online format and launched the Composers Retreat, led by renowned composer Chen Yi. In 2023, she organized an international conducting workshop in Cesena, Italy, taught by Swiss conductor Matthias Bamert and Hong Kong conductor Ken Lam.
Her work continues to bridge classical music with broader audiences while fostering the development of future generations of musicians.
Zun-Hin WOO received his Bachelor’s degree in Music in Violin Performance studying under Professor Michael Ma at the University of Oklahoma. He later went on to pursue a Master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Missouri-Columbia under the guidance of Edward Dolbashian. During this time, he co-founded the MU Chamber Soloists, served as the assistant conductor of the Columbia Civic Orchestra for three years and conducted operas and musicals throughout the region. He also participated in the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors for two summers.
Woo conducts at various schools in the territory and also teaches conducting. In July 2003, he recorded the soundtrack for the movie Heroic Duo with the Shenzhen Symphony. He has been music director of the Hong Kong Medical Association Orchestra since 2002 and his performances with them have been broadcast live on TV and RTHK.
Woo has been appointed as Principal Conductor of Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra since 2008.