Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong  

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「他們（Pro Arte）對表演的專業態度及對音樂的熱誠是一個典範...」- ConcertoNet.com

 "A Tour de Force" - Yonhap News Agency 「一項壯舉」 - 韓國聯合通訊社

Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong is a registered charity that is committed to providing far-reaching orchestral training for young musicians. Pro Arte’s musicians have been accepted into professional orchestras across four continents, including London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Vancouver Opera, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and many others in Asia and Hong Kong. Thanks to the support of the prestigious music schools, our musicians have been admitted to The Juilliard School, the Indiana University Jacob School of Music, Royal Academy of Music (UK), Royal College of Music and Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (France) in multiple years. Pro Arte’s members have also performed extensively overseas at music festivals such as the renowned Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, The Pacific Music Festival and Youtube Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Grammy Award-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Covering a wide range of nationalities, our members come from Korea, the United States, Italy, Japan, Canada, and Hong Kong. 

In 2024, the orchestra reached a milestone of its 15th season by performing the complete symphony of Mahler 9. The concert was a monumental achievement for any orchestra and was broadcast on RTHK Radio 4 (Classical Music Channel). In the 2017/18 season, the orchestra organized a highly successful international festival led by Emmy-award winning conductor Jahja Ling - the first and only conductor of Chinese descent who has conducted all of the major symphony orchestras in North America and holds the longest working relationship ever in the 100-year history of one of the world’s greatest orchestras - The Cleveland Orchestra. The festival concert and conducting masterclass were joined by professional conductors and musicians from Taiwan, Japan, Austria (Vienna) and the US.

In the 2009/10 season, the orchestra performed the complete symphony of Mahler 4 with renowned Korean soprano In-hye Kim. The performance was received with tumultuous applause by the audience, and was highly praised when reviewed by the major Korean press Yonhap News Agency who acclaimed it "a tour de force".

Pro Arte has collaborated with international artists such as Danny Driver (Hyperion-recording British pianist with two Gramophone award nominations), SungSic Yang (Sony Classical recording violinist), Sung-Won Yang (exclusive Universal Music cellist), Paul Silverthorne and Olivier Stankiewicz (Principal Viola and Principal Oboe of London Symphony Orchestra), Jeff Nelsen (long-time hornist of the world-renowned Canadian Brass), Edward Auer (the First American prize-winner of the prestigious International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw), Geoffrey Simon (the London-based conductor who has conducted, amongst others, the London Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras) and the internationally-famous popular operatic quartet IL DIVO. Pioneer of contemporary compositions, the orchestra in 2008 had the honor of being chosen to be the third stop of the world premiere tour of Cala Tuent by Australian composer Barry Conyngham, alongside with other professional orchestras such as the Queensland Orchestra.

To ensure that no deserving candidate is prevented from attending Pro Arte for financial reasons, all participants are enrolled on merit-based, full-tuition scholarships which are renewable at the end of the season upon successful re-audition. With Music Director Ho-man Choi and its principal players as representatives, Pro Arte has been featured regularly in the local media, including South China Morning Post, Ming Pao and Ta Kung Pao, as well as on RTHK Radio Four, Metro Finance Radio and the Hong Kong Television Broadcast Limited (TVB). Pro Arte was also the Artist-in-Residence of Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the 2010/11 season and was invited to perform in Festive Korea in multiple years, presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong.

Pro Arte 是一個由優秀青少年樂手所組成的管弦樂團，樂團的成員不少已成功受聘於職業樂團，遍佈世界四大洲，包括倫敦交響樂團、紐約管弦樂團、侯斯頓大歌劇院、波士頓愛樂管弦樂團、溫哥華歌劇院、新加坡交響樂團等及其他多個亞洲及本地樂團（如香港管弦樂團、香港小交響樂團等）。感謝多間音樂名校的支持，Pro Arte之樂手連續多年考入世界著名的美國茱莉亞學院、美國印第安納大學音樂學院、英國(倫敦大學)皇家音樂學院、英國皇家音樂學院及巴黎高等音樂師範學院等，更常獲邀於國際性的音樂節中獻技，包括著名的鄧肯活音樂節、亞士本音樂節、太平洋音樂節及Youtube交響樂團等。樂團自成立以來一直吸引不同國籍的樂手參加，包括韓國、美國、意大利、日本、加拿大及香港。

2024年初，樂團進入第十五個樂季的里程碑，演出了完整《馬勒第九交響曲》，這對任何樂團來說皆是一項重要成就，是次音樂會亦於香港電台第四台（古典音樂頻道）廣播。17/18樂季，樂團成功舉辦了國際音樂節，由艾美獎得主、人稱「華裔指揮第一人」的指揮家林望傑（著名克里夫蘭樂團百年史上合作最長久的指揮家）主領，節慶音樂會及指揮大師班吸引了來自世界各地的職業指揮家及樂手參加，包括台灣、日本、奧地利（維也納）及美國。

09/10樂季，樂團與韓國享負盛名的女高音金麟惠合作，演繹難度極高的《馬勒第四交響曲》，贏得全場觀眾的熱烈掌聲，是次音樂會更被韓國聯合新聞社形容為「一項壯舉」。

樂團曾與多位國際級名家合作，包括鋼琴家丹尼‧杜拉法(英國古典唱片名牌 Hyperion藝術家及《留聲機》雜誌兩項大獎提名得主)、索尼古典小提琴家梁盛植、大提琴家梁盛苑（環球唱片專屬藝術家)、倫敦交響樂團的首席中提琴保羅‧史維托恩及首席雙簧管奧利維．史丹奇域治、蜚聲國際的加拿大銅管五重奏的資深圓號演奏家謝菲．尼爾遜、世界聞名的華沙國際蕭邦鋼琴大賽首位美籍得獎者愛德華．奧爾（李雲迪得獎當年的評判之一）、曾指揮多個頂級樂團的駐倫敦指揮家杰弗里‧西蒙，及國際著名的男聲四重奏組合IL DIVO等。在○八年，樂團很榮幸能為著名澳洲作曲家康寧漢教授的新作 Cala Tuent 在香港作全球巡迴首演的第三站，擠身於其他國際級職業樂團之中，合作推介樂曲給各地的聽眾。

作為一個政府註冊的慈善團體 (香港稅務局編號 ： 91/9498)，不論貧富，樂團所有被取錄的成員均獲全額的獎學金接受樂隊訓練。獎學金以團員每年的優異表現作為頒授的條件，團員必需在每一個樂季完結前重新考核。樂團的音樂總監蔡浩文先生及其首席樂手們曾多次代表 Pro Arte 接受報紙、電台及電視的訪問，包括《南華早報》、《明報》、《大公報》、香港電台第四台、新城財經台及無線電視翡翠台等。此外，Pro Arte亦是香港理工大學於10/11樂季之「駐校藝術家」，並多年獲大韓民國駐香港總領事館的邀請，於韓國十月文化節中獻技，與韓國頂尖音樂家及其他專業藝術團隊一同推介韓國文化給本地觀眾。