Raymond Yiu (), born 1973; is a composer, conductor, jazz pianist and music writer.

Biography

Born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, he started piano lessons at the age of four. He went to

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in 1990 and now lives in

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. He began writing music as a teenager, and took up composing again while he was studying at

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. As a composer, Yiu is mostly self-taught. He received informal consultations from several composers including

Julian Anderson Julian Anderson (born 6 April 1967) is a British composer and teacher of composition. Biography Anderson was born in London. He studied at Westminster School, then with John Lambert at the Royal College of Music, with Alexander Goehr at Cambr ...

Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...

and

David Sawer David Sawer (born 14 September 1961) is a British composer of opera and choral, orchestral and chamber music. Biography Sawer was born in Stockport, England. After attending Ipswich School, he studied music at the University of York where he b ...

. He is the recipient of the spnm’s 2003 George Butterworth Award, a Bliss Trust Composer Bursary 2009, and a scholarship from the

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, where he completed a doctorate under the supervision of

1998 to 2006

''Distance of the Moon'', scored for eleven solo strings, was conducted by

at the Bridgehampton Music Festival 2001. Three of his works have been shortlisted by the spnm: ''Tranced Summer-Night'', ''Tranced'' and ''Calendar of Tolerable Inventions from Around the World'', which was performed by Lontano in 2002, and was subsequently broadcast by

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. It was also chosen by Sir Harrison Birtwistle for performance at the 2003 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with the

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. ''Tranced'' was performed by the

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at the 2003 Bath Festival and was presented as a dance piece at the Österreichisches Theatermuseum,

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, with choreography by Bernd Bienert. ''Beyond the Glass'', performed and recorded for broadcast by the

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, was nominated for the BASCA British Composer Awards 2004. ''A Whorl of Knowings Dim and Bright'' was premièred by Andrew Watts at the

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2004. ''Night Shanghai'', premièred by Lontano in 2005 in London, has been performed by groups including Concorde Ensemble, Chroma and Ensemble 10/10.

2006 - The Original Chinese Conjuror

It began life as part of the Genesis Opera Project 2 (GOP2), supported by The Genesis Foundation, ''The Original Chinese Conjuror'', with a libretto by Lee Warren, was one of the six projects chosen for development out of the 200-plus proposals. Although it was not selected as one of the three projects to be fully developed following a workshop performance of a selection of scenes in 2003, it attracted the attention of various opera companies, and it was eventually commissioned by Aldeburgh Almeida Opera (with the support of Genesis Foundation) for the 2006

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and the Almeida Opera Season. Subtitled ''A Musical Diversion Suggested by the Lives of Chung Ling Soo'', ''The Original Chinese Conjuror'' was based on the real-life story of William Ellsworth Robinson, a.k.a.

Chung Ling Soo William Ellsworth Robinson (April 2, 1861 – March 24, 1918) was an American magician who went by the stage name Chung Ling Soo (). He is mostly remembered today for his extensive use of yellowface in his act to falsely represent himself to be ...

, It was an experiment to combine different theatrical protocols into an integrated whole. It consists of twelve scenes, and scored for five singers and a band of six instrumentalists. All six performances during its initial run at the Aldeburgh Festival and

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were sold out.

2008 to 2013

2008 saw the premières of ''Faerie Tales'', a Celebrating English Song commission, and ''Xocolatl'', written for the

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as part of the 2008 Panufnik Young Composer Scheme. ''Maomao Yü'', a quintet scored for piano and four traditional Chinese instruments -

erhu The (; ) is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, that is sometimes known in the Western world as the ''Chinese violin'' or a ''Chinese two-stringed fiddle''. It is used as a solo instrument as ...

pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets rangi ...

yangqin The trapezoidal yangqin () is a Chinese hammered dulcimer, likely derived from the Iranian santur or the European dulcimer. It used to be written with the characters 洋琴 (lit. "foreign zither"), but over time the first character changed to ...

and

guzheng The zheng (), or guzheng (), is a Chinese List of Chinese musical instruments#Plucked, plucked zither. The modern guzheng commonly has 21, 25, or 26 strings, is long, and is tuned in a Major scale, major pentatonic scale. It has a large, reson ...

- was commissioned by LSO UBS Soundscapes, and premiered by Lang Lang (pianist) and the Silk String Quartet with the composer conducting in April 2009. His second Celebrating English Song commission, "Dead Letters", was premiered in July 2010, and "The Earth and Every Common Sight", for soprano and piano, won the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize 2010. His first major orchestral work, ''The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured'', written for the

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, was premiered by the orchestra under the baton of

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in January 2013. It was nominated in the orchestral category of the BASCA British Composer Awards 2013. A new production of ''The Original Chinese Conjuror'' by Teatro Barocco took place at

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in Vienna, April 2013.

BASCA British Composer Awards 2010

"Northwest Wind", a quintet for flute, clarinet, harp, viola and double bass to mark the 20th anniversary of the

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, was written for and premiered by Lontano. It won the chamber category of the BASCA British Composer Awards 2010.

BBC Proms 2015

"Symphony" for counter-tenor and symphony orchestra - inspired by a poem by

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and setting texts by

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, Constantine P. Cavafy,

Thom Gunn Thomson William "Thom" Gunn (29 August 1929 – 25 April 2004) was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with Movement (literature), The Movement, and his later poetry in America, where he adop ...

and

John Donne John Donne ( ; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a clergy, cleric in the Church of England. Under Royal Patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's, D ...

- was given its world premiere by Andrew Watts,

and

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on 25 August 2015 as part of

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2015. It was commissioned by the

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Manchester International Festival 2017 / Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards Nomination 2018

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation commissioned "The World Was Once All Miracle" for

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and symphony orchestra - setting of six poems by

Anthony Burgess John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his Utopian and dystopian fiction, dy ...

- to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the

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-born writer. The orchestral

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was given its world premiere by Roderick Williams,

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and

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on 4 July 2017 as part of

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2017. Its London premiere was given by Williams,

under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis on 13 April 2018. This work was nominated in the large-scale composition category of the 2018

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Violin Concerto (2024)

On 20 March 2024 his Violin Concerto received its world premiere at the

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in London. Co-commissioned by the

, the

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and the

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, the concerto was composed for the soloist

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, and was inspired by the life of the Chinese violinist

Ma Sicong Ma Sicong ( zh, t=馬思聰, s=马思聪, p=Mǎ Sīcōng, w=Ma Szu-ts'ung; May 7, 1912 – May 20, 1987) was a Chinese violinist and composer. He was referred to in China as "The King of Violinists." His ''Nostalgia'' (思鄉曲) for violin, ...

, who was forced to emigrate to the USA during China's

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. Themes from Ma Sicong's Inner Mongolia Suite are threaded through the concerto.

Selected works

Orchestral

* ''Violin Concerto'' (2018–24) * ''The World Was Once All Miracle'' (2016–17) for baritone and symphony orchestra * ''Butorflēoge'' (2016) for flute and string orchestra * ''Oslo - Hommage à Lukas Foss'' (2011/17) for string orchestra * ''The Stars and Stripes Forever'' (2016) for symphony orchestra * ''Symphony'' (2014–15) for counter-tenor and symphony orchestra * ''The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured'' (2012) for symphony orchestra - shortlisted for the BASCA British Composer Awards 2013 orchestral category * ''Xocolatl'' (2008) for symphony orchestra * ''Tranced'' (1999) for symphony orchestra

Ensemble

* ''Ink Garden'' (2013) for concert brass band * ''Night Shanghai'' (2005) for six players * ''Distance of the Moon'' (2000–01) for eleven solo strings

Chamber

* ''Les Etoiles au Front'' (2012) for clarinet, accordion and string trio - shortlisted for the BASCA British Composer Awards 2012 chamber category * ''Oslo - Hommage à Lukas Foss'' (2011) for string quintet * ''Jieshi'' (2011) for qin and string quartet * ''Tubae Fori'' (2010) for two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba * ''Suite from "The Original Chinese Conjuror"'' (2010) for clarinet, accordion, piano, violin and double bass * ''Oslo'' (2010) for hanghang, bass clarinet, viola and cello * ''Northwest Wind'' (2010) for flute, clarinet, harp, viola, double bass - winner of the BASCA British Composer Awards 2010 chamber category * ''Yi'' (2010) for string quartet * ''Maomao Yü'' (2009) for piano, erhu, pipa, yangqin and guzheng * ''Jewelled Elephant Syndrome'' (2006) for clarinet, cello and piano * ''Eyes to See Otherwise'' (2003) for string trio * ''Istori Paraleloak'' (2002) for saxophone quartet * ''Calendar of Tolerable Inventions from Around the World'' (2001-) for wind quintet * ''Tranced Summer-Night'' (1998–99) for string quartet

Choral

* ''We Saw Thee'' (2017) for female chorus a cappella * ''Fariest Isle'' (2015) for mezzo-soprano, chorus and symphony orchestra * ''Gersui'' (2014) for female chorus a cappella * ''The Timeless Way of Cities'' (2011) for three mixed choruses a cappella * ''Mielo'' (2011) for female chorus a cappella * ''Beyond the Glass'' (2003) for SATB a cappella - shortlisted for the BASCA British Composer Awards 2004 choral category

Vocal

* ''Three Songs from 'Voices of London (2012) for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and piano * ''Simplex Munditiis'' (2011) for counter tenor, baritone and piano * ''Sonnet'' (2011) for baritone and piano * ''Dead Letters'' (2010) for tenor and piano * ''The Earth and Every Common Sight'' (2010) for soprano and piano - winner of the 2010 Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize * ''My Fatal Plurality'' (2010) for tenor, baritone and string quartet * ''Faerie Tales'' (2008) for counter tenor, tenor and piano * ''A Whorl of Knowings Dim and Bright'' (2004) for counter tenor solo * ''Forget-Me-Not'' (2003) for high voice and piano

Instrumental

* ''And Nights Bright Days'' (2017) for dizi solo * ''Elegiac Fragments'' (2011) for viola solo * ''Black Wings'' (2008) for celesta or piano * ''on voit passer des torses'' (2005) for trumpet Bb and piano (published by

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in "Fingerprints - Trumpet") * ''En la Confitería Ideal'' (2005) for trumpet Bb and piano (published by

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in "The Light Touch, Book II") * ''… as the sun rose, as the day sank'' (2005) for trumpet Bb and piano (published by

in "The Light Touch, Book I") * ''podskok'' (2002) for piano (published by

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in "Spectrum 4")

Stage works

* ''Strange Shores'' (2015) – Incidental Music to Transport Production of ''The Edge'' * ''Elegiac Fragments'' (2011) – Incidental Music to Transport Production of ''Elegy'' * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (2009) – Incidental Music * ''The Original Chinese Conjuror, a Musical Diversion Suggested by the Lives of Chung Ling Soo'' (2003–06)

References

External links

Raymond Yiu Official Website

Maomao Yü
- Lang Lang and Silk String Quartet gave the world premiere in a concert titled "Dragon Songs", conducted by the composer
The Timeless Way of Cities
- sung by Tamesis Chamber Choir
BBCSO plays Elgar, Qigang Chen, Raymond Yiu and Haydn, Raymond Yiu

Raymond Yiu on BBC Music

Articles

Symphony: An interview with Raymond Yiu
- Reggie Myers, Vada, 25 August 2015
From Hong Kong to John Donne to 1970s disco: Raymond Yiu on his composing influences
- Petroc Trelawny, New Statesman, 24 August 2015
Composer Raymond Yiu conjures up his debut symphony for BBC Proms
- Michael White, Ham and High, 23 August 2015
Symphony by composer Raymond Yiu – BBC Proms
- Nee Hao, 21 August 2015
Raymond Yiu writes his memories of the London gay scene and AIDS into his music
- Ellen Johnson, Gay Times, 16 August 2015 * Behind the Symphony - Adam Duxbury, Winq, p. 74-75, August/September 2015
Raymond Yiu’s Symphony to debut at BBC Proms
- Reggie Myers, Vada, 12 August 2015
Tansy Davies: Re-Greening , Raymond Yiu: Symphony , Pluse August’s New Music
- Katy Wright, Classical Music, August 2015
Guillaume Tell opera rape outcry is over offence to music, not women
- Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 3 July 2015
Honourable Second
- Tobias Fischer, Tokafi, 8 July 2013
Musical Dim Sum: Composer Raymond Yiu announces two concerts
- Nee Hao, 25 June 2013
Songs of Experience
- Nee Hao, 17 January 2013
Sounds and Sweet Airs That Give Delight
- Gramophone, 4 January 2013
From Circuits to Symphonies
- The World of Chinese, October 2012

- International Arts Manager, Volume 8, No. 8, September/October 2012

- Dimsum, 4 June 2011
Award Winning Composer Raymond Yiu
- Nee Hao, 20 May 2011
Arts Happenings: Raymond Yiu awarded British Composers Award
- RTHK4 Fine Music Magazine, January 2011

- Dimsum, 4 December 2010

- 東方日報, 2 December 2010
What did a real conjuror think of The Original Chinese Conjuror?
- Jon Robinson, The Guardian, 5 July 2006

- Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph, 8 June 2006
How not to catch a bullet
- Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 9 June 2006

Reviews

The World Was Once All Miracle review – Anthony Burgess's musical powers
- Andrew Clements (The Guardian, 6 July 2017)
Concert review: BBC Philharmonic/ Francis at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
- Neil Fisher (The Times, 6 July 2017)
Centenary Tribute to Musical Wordsmith
- Tim Mottershead (Remotegoat, 5 July 2017)
Prom 54: BBC SO / Gardner
- Sam Smith (MusicOMH, 27 August 2015)
Prom 54: Andrew Watts and Emily Beynon create deep impressions in two Proms premières
- David Truslove (Bachtrack, 27 August 2015)
Prom 54: BBCSO/Gardner
- Geoff Brown (The Times, 27 August 2015)
Prom 54: Magical, moving premiere in the spirit of Mahler
- John Allison (The Telegraph, 26 August 2015)

- Barry Millington (Evening Standard, 26 August 2015)
BBCSO/Gardner review – poetic rendering of loss and remembering
- Andrew Clements (The Guardian, 26 August 2015)
Prom 54: BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner
- Colin Anderson (Classical Source, 26 August 2015)

- Ivan Hewett (The Telegraph, 15 April 2013)
LSO/Roth
- George Hall (The Guardian, 15 April 2013)
LSO Futures conducted by François-Xavier Roth
- Colin Anderson (Classical Source, 13 April 2013)

- Ivan Hewett (The Telegraph, 21 January 2013)
The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured
- Tim Ashley (Guardian, 21 January 2013)
The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured
- Colin Anderson (Classical Source, 18 January 2013)
William Berger: Insomnia (CD Review)
- Tim Ashley (Guardian, 9 August 2012)
Nicholas Mulroy at Tardebigge Church
- Christopher Morley (Birmingham Post, 30 July 2010)
A new soundtrack to Shakespeare at the Guildhall School
- Michael White (The Telegraph, 5 December 2009)
Ensemble 10/10 – Celebrating the Year of the Ox
- Glyn Môn Hughes (Classical Source, 24 January 2009)
The Original Chinese Conjuror
- Andrew Clements (The Guardian, 17 June 2006)

- Ivan Hewett (The Daily Telegraph, 19 June 2006)
The Original Chinese Conjuror
- Robert Maycock (The Independent, 22 June 2006)
Mozart stands up for the sweatshop boy
- Anthony Holden (The Observer, 9 July 2006)

Radio/TV

Through the Night: Proms 2015 - Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janácek from the BBC Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Radio 3, 9 July 2016
Proms 2015 Repeats: Prom 54 - Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janácek
- BBC Radio 3, 10 September 2015
Raymond Yiu: Symphony
- BBC Radio 3, 25 August 2015
Prom 54 (part 1): Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen and Janacek
- BBC Radio 3, 25 August 2015
In Tune
- BBC Radio 3, 24 August 2015
Symphony promotes awareness of HIV and AIDS
- London Live, 24 August 2015
Raymond Yiu in Tim Lihoreau's Wednesday Web Chat
- Classic FM, 3 July 2013
Radio Live in Concert: The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured
- BBC Radio 3, 18 January 2013
Hear and Now: British Composer Awards 2012
- BBC Radio 3, 1 December 2012
In Tune
- BBC Radio 3, 25 October 2012
One to One
- BBC Radio 4, 9 October 2012
Hear and Now: Northwest Wind
- BBC Radio 3, 26 May 2012
The Choir
- BBC Radio 3, 9 October 2011
British Composer Awards 2010
- BBC Radio 3, 1 December 2010
今日專題：專訪英國作曲家獎得主姚恩豪
- RTHK4, 8 December 2010
Pre-Hear: Calendar of Tolerable Inventions from Around the World
- BBC Radio 3, 30 August 2008
Music Matters: The Original Chinese Conjuror
- BBC Radio 3, 11 June 2006 * Pre-Hear: Beyond the Glass - BBC Radio 3, 3 September 2005 * Hear and Now - BBC Radio 3, 16 November 2002

Writings

An unceasing appetite for exploration: Raymond Yiu on Julian Anderson
– Classical Music, March 2016 issue p. 28 – 29
Renaissance Man: a Portrait of Lukas Foss
– Tempo magazine, July 2002 issue, p. 15 – 32
Lukas Foss
- LSO Panufnik Young Composer Scheme 2008 Blog
Soapbox: Elizabeth Maconchy
- Sound and Music
Richard Baker
- LSO Panufnik Young Composer Scheme 2008 Blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Yiu, Raymond 1973 births Living people 21st-century classical composers 21st-century male musicians Alumni of Imperial College London British Asian musicians British people of Hong Kong descent Hong Kong composers Hong Kong emigrants to England Hong Kong male composers Hong Kong writers Chinese male classical composers