Man Kwan Kong, Fenix

Piano

Fenix received a full scholarship and assistantship offered by Baylor University in Waco, Texas for the Dual Master programme of piano performance and collaborative piano. He worked intensively with Ms .Krassimira Jordan, the artist in residence, and Dr. Vincent de Vries, the director of collaborative piano. In Baylor, Fenix has been the piano accompanist for the School of Music and worked with various groups of musicians, both instrumentalists and vocalists. He was asked to represent the school of Music to perform in the Orientation day and Commencement ceremony. In 2008, Man received the Roger L. Keyes award for Outstanding Graduate student in Piano. At the same time, he received the invitation as pianist for the musical production -“Spotlight” from the McLennan Community College.

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Afterward, Man was accepted by the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna for the postgraduate programme major in Piano, Lieder and chamber music. Besides the tutoring of Prof Thomas Kreuzberger,head of conducting department and Prof Barbara Moser, Man also received coaching from Prof Gottfried J. Pokorny, Robert Wolf, Gerhard Hildenbrand, Adelheid Blovsky-Miller and Heidi Eisenberg etc. During the stay in Vienna, Man has given performances for both solo and chamber repertoires.

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He taught in Chinese School after coming back to Hong Kong. In 2016 August, He was invited to perform in Beethoven piano sonata marathon in MuTh – Concert Hall of the Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna with other well known musicians. In 2017 April, Fenix has performed Rachmaninoff Piano concerto no.2 with Hong Kong Post-Modern Philharmonic orchestra. In August, he was invited to perform in Beethoven piano sonata marathon again, held in Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Fenix is now an active performer and a sought-after accompanist, as well as competition judge.