Conductors
TAM Wing-Kai Harty is currently Music Director and Conductor of the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, founder and Music Director for New Hong Kong Philharmonia, she also conducts several prestige school orchestras in Hong Kong. She has worked with the Bern Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland, the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sokola Symphony Orchestra of Brno in Czech Republic.
In addition, Tam has been invited to conduct concerts at the Festival Musicale Nel Commune Di Morigerati E Sicili in 2018, and the Scoula Italiana D’Archi International Music Masterclasses in Mantua in 2019.
An orchestral conducting graduate of Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland. She studied conducting with Prof. Dominque Roggen, Prof. Gustav Meier, Tomas Netopil, Prof. Donald Schleicher and Kirk Trevor.
Apart from conducting orchestras, Tam is an active double bassist. She studied performance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory in the United States. Tam has been the Resident Artist at the British Isles Music Festival in the U.K. In summer, she holds International masterclasses in Italy regularly.
Moreover, Tam is a passionate music educator. She serves as the Director of the Hong Kong Youth Music Festival since 2019. She collaborates with world-class musicians and professors, her goal is to encourage the development of young and talented musicians in Hong Kong.
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.