General Director, Taipei Chinese Orchestra.
Yiu-kwong Chung is Taiwan's best known and most often performed composer.  His music, distinguished by its profound Chinese philosophical background and expressive range, has won large and enthusiastic audiences all over the world.  He has written for every conceivable type of music ranging from the grandest orchestral work, Chinese opera, musicals, to the most intimate piece in New Age style.
Recent commissions include the flute concerto and Whirling Dance dedicated to Sharon Bezaly and released under BIS label, the Hakka Sketches premiered by Cho-liang Lin and International Sejong Soloists in 2006, and the Guitar Concerto For Eva dedicated to Eva Fampas premiered in Athens in 2004.  In March 2000, The Eternal City for Chinese Orchestra captured the 1st prize of the 21st Century International Composition Competition held by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. His another 1st-prize winning chamber work in 1986, Chariots Ballad for Solo Marimba and 7 Percussionists, quickly entered the repertory, with performances by the Prague Percussion Ensemble and over 50 different percussion ensembles of many leading universities in USA and Japan. Festive Celebration for Wind Orchestra, now published by Musikverlag Johann Kliment KG in Vienna, has been performed by many orchestras throughout the world and is recorded on the 7th and the 8th WASBE Conference CD sets.  His two bold and energetic pieces Dance of the Earth and Taiwanese Children Song , performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, are recorded on SONY-Taiwan's Super Charm Yo-Yo Ma Album.
Following Chung's move to Taiwan in 1991, his music began to receive much wider recognition and has been performed throughout the world at many major international festivals such as Prague Spring Festival, ISCM World Music Days, Shanghai Music Festival, Festival of the Asian Composers' League, and WASBE International Band Festival.  Numerous collaboration with international renowned artists, such as Yo Yo Ma, Cho-liang Lin, Wu Man, Sharon Bezaly, Christian Wirth, Claude Delangle,  Eva Fampas,  Emphasis Saxophone Quartet, and Elsner String Quartet, have confirmed the growing interest in his music throughout the world.  Upcoming commissions include a trombone concerto dedicated to Christian Lindberg, a saxophone concerto to Claude Delangle, a concerto for saxophone quartet and Chinese orchestra for Quatuor Diastema, and a percussion concerto for Taipei 2009 Deaflympics premiered by Evelyn Glennie.
Web: http://www.cykusic.com/Ebio%20flash.htm (2009)