Elliot Leung
| Elliot Ho Yat Leung | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Leung in May 2017 during the 1st Hong Kong Shenzhen Cultural Exchange "同心耀中華 — 紫荊花開." | |
| Background information | |
| Native name | 梁皓一 |
| Born | Hong Kong |
| Genres | Film Score, Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, musician |
| Instruments | Keyboard, Piano, Cello |
| Labels | H1Music Limited |
Elliot Ho Yat Leung (Chinese: 梁皓一; pinyin: Liang Haoyi) is a Chinese composer and arranger, and has composed and arranged music for film, television, video games and musical theatre. His works and arrangements have been performed in many prestigious venues, namely the Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre of Beijing, Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Queen Elizabeth Stadium of Hong Kong. In 2017, Leung founded and is the current director of H1Music Limited.
Early life
Leung was born and raised in Hong Kong. He received early music education in St. Paul's Co-educational College and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. He then transferred to International Christian School in his secondary years and then furthered his studies in Wheaton Conservatory of Music where he studied with Martin O'Donnell, Shawn Okpebholo and David M. Gordon.[1] He graduated with a Bachelor degree in Music Composition.
Career
Leung began his career as Leon Ko's assistant on the film "Insanity" (暴瘋語) in 2014. During his assistantship, his choral music was highly praised by Bernard Chan of the Hong Kong Executive Council.[2]
In 2016, Leung began the composing for SyZyGy Limited's video games.[3] In 2017, he was named the composer of major action-cinema director Dante Lam's Operation Red Sea (紅海行動). He was also the orchestrator of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre's award winning musical, "Field of Dreams" (頂頭鎚).[4][5] Aside from cinema, Leung also composed and arranged tunes for various TVB MyTV Super campaigns and was especially involved with the music creation of channel 98 (戲曲台). As part of the Hong Kong SAR's 20th Anniversary celebrations, his arrangement of "Descendants of the Dragon" (龍的傳人) was performed in "同心耀中華 — 紫荊花開," held in Shenzhen as the concert finale.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ "Elliot Leung: The cinematic music of movies". SCMP. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ "Articles of Bernard Chan". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ "The Music of SyZyGy". hksyzygy. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ "Alliance Engineering Company Proudly Sponsors: Field Of Dreams － A Musical | Hong Kong Repertory Theatre". www.hkrep.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ "天桥艺术中心". www.tartscenter.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ↑ ""同心耀中华"紫荆花开". q.eqxiu.com. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ↑ "深港青年文化交流藝術季 - 合唱音樂會《紫荊花開》 | The Learners Chorus". The Learners Chorus. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ↑ "深港青年文化交流艺术季奏响文化情感认同交响曲". news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-07-10.