The Hong Kong Virtuoso Chorus

In the summer of 2011, HKVC held their debut concert “Sing Out a Dream” in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall to raise funds to support the charitable work of the Lions Club of Central. In 2012, the chorus organized and performed five shows of a grand scale original youth choral musical “Like. So?”. The musical received positive comments and the chorus was even invited by renowned pianist Ms. Nancy Loo to an interview and performance in her RTHK 4 Radio Program “Cantilena”. In 2013, the chorus started planning to register themselves as a non-profit charitable organization and held a fundraising concert called “One Heart, One Voice”.

Since establishment, HKVC has won various awards in a number of choral festivals. For instance, the Gold Diploma in the category of Youth Choir, SATB voices (age 29 and under) in 2011 and 2013 Hong Kong International Youth & Children’s Choir Festival, where the performance of the chorus received high acclaim from internationally renowned adjudicators. Also, the chorus won the Gold Award in the Winter Choral Festival 2013. In addition, the chorus attended and participated in various master classes and workshops, which include the master class conducted by Prof. Gudrun Schröfel, the vice principal of Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, and workshops by Prof. Leon Tong, Mr. Paul Phoenix and Dr. Steve Zegree. Also, the chorus received training from some outstanding musicians in Hong Kong, including Ms. Chan Siu Kwan, Ms. Florence Cheng, Mr. Albert Lim, Ms. Annie Mak, Mr. Felix Suen and Mr. Apollo Wong.