HueyChing Chong

EDUCATION

Tokyo College of Music (Doctor of Musical Arts, composition major) Prof. Keiko Harada’s and Prof. Akira Nishimura’s class. Obtained the doctor title in 2017.

Tokyo College of Music (Master’s Degree, composition major) Prof. Keiko Harada’s class

Toho Gakuen School of Music (Non-degree Student Course for Foreign Student, composition major) Prof. Keiko Harada’s class

All the above studies are supported by the Japanese Government Monbukagakusho Scholarship Award.

EXPERIENCE

In 2014, her composition RAW for 13 instrumentalists was awarded the 12th President Award of Tokyo College of Music.

In 2017, introspection-intro for solo accordion was awarded the best solo composition at Composers+ Summer Academy.

Her music has been performed in many countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Spain, Germany, Netherland, Switzerland, Turkey, Malta, and Lithuania.

Regularly invited to participate in new music related conferences and festivals throughout the world including Indonesia Composers Week 2022, Malditas e Inéditas Música se escribe con M de Mujer: Invited as guest for Round Table with musicologist, Elsa Calero-Carramolino, Universidad de Granada (2021, Spain), Festival Mujeres en la Música Nueva (2020, Colombia), Mostra Sonora (2019, Music Festival in Sueca, Valencia, Spain), Tokyo College of Music Symposium – Creative Possibilities of East Asian Traditional Musical Instruments (2014, Japan), Geijutsu Dangi Vol. 1 – Special participation as international student (2011, Japan), Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival (2009 & 2010, Indonesia).

Co-founder of the New Music Room (International based online composers platform)

LANGUAGES

English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Japanese