Josef Fung | Composer

Classical | Contemporary | Electronic | Experimental Music

Josef Fung
Composer exploring musical expression shaped by embodied experience, perceptual awareness and the forces of nature.

Biography

Shaping Sound in Performance

“Ode to Heaven and Humanity” commissioned by Time Warner, State Council of China, Municipality of Beijing, written for Interactive Light Sensors driven by SuperColliider, Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, 5 sets of Timpani and 3500 Year-Old Ancient Bells and Chimes. Premiered at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing (Live Broadcast Worldwide by CNN/CCTV) with the composer performing the interactive light sensors.
Interactive Sensor Gloves Composition “Klang Cloud”
– performed live by the composer

Choreographies of Sound

Josef Fung: “Moonlight” for Yang Liping, the Legendary Contemporary Folk Dancer

Composer •Arranger • Performer

Arrangement, Conducted and Guitar Performance by Josef Fung: J. S. Bach, Badinerie

Josef Fung conducting the Beijing Symphony Orchestra
Chinese Virtuosi – Chinese traditional instruments ensemble founded and conducted by Josef Fung. Chinese Virtuosi gave the Keynote Concert of the ICMC96 and ICMC99.

Premiered Richard Harvey’s Double Concerto for Guitar and Erhu written for Josef Fung and the Erhu virtuoso Song Fei
Josef Fung’s “Moonlight”, danced by the legendary dancer Yang Liping;
https://youtu.be/fhd9qqqRdKQ?si=z0N_wrDNLpKLLnfc
Video of Josef Fung's Interactive Light Sensor Computer Music performed four hands with a Supermodel

Josef Fung’s Interactive Light Sensor Computer Music performed four hands with a Supermodel: https://youtu.be/-AHSki2YBSI?si=hLIo5pN29pZ_MolR

Josef Fung’s Interactive Light Sensor Music with Orchestra and Choir performed at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, for the Opening Concert at the Time Warner’s Fortune Global Forum 2005: https://youtu.be/N3VqyZJOEd4?si=4hHPU4ddtTHh9Wfn

Orchestral / Chamber Form & Structure

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Selected Appointments & Leadership Roles

Artistic Director and Composer, Space Culture of China – China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Leading large-scale national programmes integrating advanced audiovisual composition, spatial design and emerging technologies for public cultural engagement.
Josef Fung, Conference Chairman – ICMC99
Forward for the ICMC99
Peking (Beijing) hosted the ICMC99
Josef Fung, Vice President for Conferences and Asia/Oceania Regional Director – International Computer Music Association ICMA

Full Member Academician – The Eurasian Academy of Engineering Sciences

Professor – The Hong Kong Research Institute of Humanities and Natural Science and Technology

Chairman and Artistic Director – The Zhongguancun International Computer Music Wave (Zhongguancun in Beijing is the credo of hi-tech China)

Visiting Professor – Jinan University, Jinan, Shangdong Province, China.

Senior Advisor – Asia Culture and Tourism Satellite TV International Media Group, Hong Kong.

Co-Chairman – Culture and Art Committee of the Asia-Pacific Think Tank