Man-Ching "Donald" Yu

Man-Ching "Donald" Yu is an active Hong Kong composer. Yu started learning piano at age 10 and made his first debut as a soloist with Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra when he was sixteen, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Baylor University where he received scholarships to study piano with Krassimira Jordan, and at the same time he also studied advanced composition and conducting. He has since purused degrees in Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees in Music Composition and Theory from Hong Kong Baptist University. More than thirty compositions including piano works, chamber music and vocal works are published by Gold Branch Music, Inc. in North Carolina and Wehr's Music House in Florida. His Chinese art songs are mainly published by New World Book Center in Hong Kong. His piano works, chamber music and art song are released by Zimbel Records on the CD, Illusions: Music of Man-Ching Donald Yu, featuringperformances of his own music. Yu's music has been played or/and commissioned by various performers, ensembles, choir, organizations and orchestra including Arte Variabile in Germany, Ithaca College Trombone Troupe in Ithaca New York, Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra in Syracuse New York, the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir in Cambridge Massachusetts, Duo46 in Arizona , U.S. organist Carson Cooman, Japanese violinist Emi Takahashi, trombone professor Harold Reynolds in Ithaca College, and among others. Yu has also been collaborating with poets and authors for composing art songs including renowned Taiwanese poet Ya Hsien and Hong Kong poet Mr. Wong Kin Kwok. During 2006-2007, he was named the artistic director of the Hong Kong Integrated Arts Association.   Works available from Zimbel Press: (Full information about work is available from the catalogue pages.) #80101246 -- Three Organ Pieces