歷屆鋼琴大賽評判

郭品文Julie Kuok(香港)

施坦威藝術家,活躍於表演、作曲及教學。現任香港演藝學院、香港中文大學及香港浸會大學鋼琴系導師,擔任多個鋼琴比賽評委。曾被有線電視「拉近文化」節目中列入香港十大青年音樂家之一。於2014-2016年主持香港電台第四台節目「英國皇家聯合委員會鋼琴考試講座」。與她協奏的樂團包括奥柏林室樂管弦樂團、香港城市室樂團、香港愛樂管樂團、香港節慶管弦樂團、新疆愛樂樂團及南京愛樂樂團。2000年起,她與鋼琴家許寧成立「諄意四手」。2012年開始也與長笛家胡永彥成合奏伙伴。

現為華人女作曲家協會成員的郭品文曾應康樂及文化事務署邀請為香港文化中心20和30周年及香港大會堂60周年慶典音樂會創作大型鋼琴合奏作品。她為青少年寫的《小詩的奇幻旅程》成為多個鋼琴比賽中的指定曲目。

Born in Hong Kong, Julie is currently a piano faculty member of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University. She is a jury member of many piano competitions and has shared many musical ideas in masterclasses and in the RTHK Radio 4 program “ABRSM Piano Exam” where she was hostess from 2014-2016.

After graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Music, Julie formed a piano duo team with pianist Hui Ling known as “HK Duo” promoting music for piano duo and adding to the repertoire with her compositions and arrangements. Apart from collaborating with local and international musicians, Julie has also appeared as soloist with the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, the Nanjing Philharmonia, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Chamber Wind Philharmonia, the Hong Kong Festival Orchestra and the Xinjiang Philharmonic Orchestra.

Julie is a member of the Chinese Woman Composer’s Association. She has been commissioned to write for special events like, the 20th and 30th Anniversaries of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the 60th Anniversary of the Hong Kong City Hall, and the 40th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Children’s Choir, etc., through which some of the rare works were born, like “Tableau for 48 hands”, “Merry Collage 3x” for 20 hands on 5 pianos, and “Mahjong on Stage!” for 4 pianists on 4 pianos synchronising with a movie video on mahjong games.