【人物】 黃燕忠
|作曲家|
黃燕忠,作曲家;1955年出生於嘉義市,1972年開始隨陳茂萱及許常惠教授學習。1973年獲嘉義縣音樂創作比賽第一名,省賽第三名,同年進入文化大學音樂系,1977年畢業,發表《古典交響曲》。1979年赴國立維也納音樂大學就讀,在學期間曾獲奧地利教育部獎學金。1985年歸國後任教於臺南應用科技大學至今,期間多次受託創作《夢長江》等樂曲。2007年,作品CD《萬慧天 慧皇國》獲第18屆金曲獎「最佳宗教音樂專輯」,2008年CD《音樂豐年祭》入圍第19屆金曲獎「最佳作曲人」。
Composer HWANG Yann-Jong was born in Chiayi City in 1955. In 1972, HWANG began studying composition under the instruction of CHEN Mao-Shuen and HSU Tsang-Houei. In 1973, he won first place in the Chiayi County Composition Competition and third place in the National Composition Competition. In the same year he began to study in the music department of Chinese Culture University. He graduated in 1977 and premiered his Classical Symphony. He then began to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien) and received a fellowship sponsored by the Education Ministry of Austria. He returned to Taiwan in 1985 and has since taught at Tainan University of Technology. He has often received commissions to compose works such as Dreaming the Chang Jiang. A CD album of his compositions, The Eternal Divinity of Dao, was awarded Best Religious Music Album in 2007’s 18th Golden Melody Awards. For another album of his compositions, A Musical Harvest Festival released in 2008, he was nominated and a finalist for Best Composer in the 19th Golden Melody Awards.