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Raymond Yiu, the Glossary

Raymond Yiu, born 1973; is a composer, conductor, jazz pianist and music writer.^[1]

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ABRSM

The ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) is an examination board and registered charity based in the United Kingdom.

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Aldeburgh Festival

The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music.

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Almeida Theatre

The Almeida Theatre is a 325-seat producing house located on Almeida Street off Upper Street in the London Borough of Islington.

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Andrew Davis (conductor)

Sir Andrew Frank Davis (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024) was an English conductor.

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Anthony Burgess

John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was a British writer and composer.

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Austrian Theatre Museum

The Theatermuseum is a federal museum of national theatre history.

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Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England, and the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types.

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Basil Cheesman Bunting (1 March 1900 – 17 April 1985) was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist tradition in English.

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Bath International Music Festival

The Bath International Music Festival was held late each spring in Bath, South West England between 1948 and 2016.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Philharmonic

The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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BBC Proms

The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.

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BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Singers

The BBC Singers is a professional British chamber choir, employed by the BBC.

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London.

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Butterworth Prize for Composition

The Butterworth Prize for Composition, named in honour of English composer George Butterworth (1885-1916), was awarded by the Society for the Promotion of New Music annually between 1993'News Section', in: Tempo, No.

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Cheltenham Music Festival

The Cheltenham Music Festival is a British music festival, held annually in Cheltenham in the summer months (June, July) since 1945.

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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.

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Constantine P. Cavafy

Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (Κωνσταντίνος ΠέτρουΚαβάφης; 29 April (17 April, OS), 1863 – 29 April 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C.

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Countertenor

A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6.

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Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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David Sawer

David Sawer (born 14 September 1961), is a British composer of opera and choral, orchestral and chamber music.

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Edward Gardner (conductor)

Edward Gardner (born 22 November 1974) is an English conductor.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Erhu

The is a Chinese two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a southern fiddle, and is sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed fiddle.

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Esther Yoo

Esther Yoo (born 11 June 1994) is an American violinist.

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Faber Music

Faber Music is a British sheet music publisher best known for contemporary classical music.

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Genesis Foundation

The Genesis Foundation, a UK-registered charity, was established by John Studzinski in 2001.

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Guildhall School of Music and Drama

The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England.

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Guzheng

The zheng or guzheng, is a Chinese plucked zither.

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Harrison Birtwistle

Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (Cantonese: 香港管弦樂團), commonly abbreviated as HKPO or HKPhil (Cantonese: 港樂), is a symphony orchestra based in Hong Kong.

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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (also known by the acronym HCMF, stylised since 2006 as the lowercase hcmf//) is a new music festival held annually in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

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Imperial College London

Imperial College London (Imperial) is a public research university in London, England.

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Inner Mongolia Suite

Inner Mongolia Suite, Op.

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Ivan Hewett

Ivan Hewett is a British music critic and author who specializes in classical music.

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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 cleric in the Church of England.

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Julian Anderson

Julian Anderson (born 6 April 1967) is a British composer and teacher of composition.

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Lang Lang

Lang Lang (born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese pianist who has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Sinfonietta

The London Sinfonietta is an English contemporary chamber orchestra founded in 1968 and based in London.

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London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London.

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Lukas Foss

Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor.

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Ma Sicong

Ma Sicong (May 7, 1912 – May 20, 1987) was a Chinese violinist and composer. Raymond Yiu and Ma Sicong are Chinese male classical composers.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Manchester International Festival

The Manchester International Festival is a biennial international arts festival, with a specific focus on original new work, held in the English city of Manchester and run by Factory International.

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Michael Francis (conductor)

Michael Francis (born 1976) is a British conductor.

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Musikverein

The, commonly shortened to, is a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, which is located in the Innere Stadt district.

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Odaline de la Martinez

Odaline de la Martinez (born 31 October 1949) is a Cuban-American composer and conductor, currently residing in the UK.

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Pipa

The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments.

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Roderick Williams

Roderick Gregory Coleman Williams OBE (born 1965) is a British baritone and composer.

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music.

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Royal Northern Sinfonia

Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently based in Gateshead.

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Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards

The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards are given annually for live classical music-making in the United Kingdom.

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Seattle Symphony

The Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington.

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Song cycle

A song cycle (Liederkreis or Liederzyklus) is a group, or cycle, of individually complete songs designed to be performed in sequence, as a unit.

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Stainer & Bell

Stainer & Bell Limited is a British music publisher, specialized in classical sheet music.

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The Ivors Academy

The Ivors Academy (formerly the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors – BASCA) is one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe.

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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 The Movement, and his later poetry in America, even after moving towards a looser, free-verse style.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Yiu

, Odaline de la Martinez, Pipa, Roderick Williams, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, Seattle Symphony, Song cycle, Stainer & Bell, The Ivors Academy, Thom Gunn, Vienna, Walt Whitman, Yangqin, Yu Long, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

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See also

British people of Hong Kong descent

Chinese male classical composers

Hong Kong composers

Hong Kong male composers

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