String-tronic Groove
For Violin, Cello and Electronics
Composer: Wai Chun Luk
Violin: Chow Yip Wai
Cello: Cheng Yan Ho
Introduction
Music Video
Wai Chun Luk Biography
Luk Wai Chun earned his Doctor of Music degree (D. Mus.) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Lee Wan Ki Wendy. He loves exploring different kinds of musical style. He went to the University of South Florida(USF) as a visiting scholar to study jazz music and conduct research on Latin American Music. Later, he traveled to Cuba, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil for conducting music fieldwork on Latin American music. During his doctoral study, Luk received various scholarships, including the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Scholarship and the Music Scholarship (Local Studies) from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund etc.
Wai-Chun collaborated with various music groups and artists, for example, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble, Ensemble Mise-en (USA), and Tacet(i) Ensemble (Thailand), etc. His Chinese instrumental work “Tan-Tiao Rock” won the Gold Prize in Combination of Musical Instruments of the Same Category at 2021 “Dunhuang Award” for Chinese Chamber Music. Other compositions of Wai-Chun were featured at the 67th International Rostrum of Composers (Serbia), ISCM World New Music Days 2017 (Canada).