盧定彰 (Daniel Ting-cheung Lo) -「西西.春望」嘉賓


盧定彰 (Daniel Ting-cheung Lo) 是近年最炙手可熱的本地作曲家之一,致力創作揉合香港文學和音樂的演出,特別是以華語/粵語演唱的聲樂作品。2017年,盧氏參與由香港藝術節委約創作的大型音樂會《世紀香港》,並為香港和聲室樂合唱團創作結合朗誦和錄像的合唱作品《瑪麗個案》。盧氏於2018年獲捷克「New Opera Days Ostrava」歌劇節委約,創作室內歌劇《A Woman Such as Myself》,廣獲好評。劇本改編自本地作家西西的著名短篇小說《像我這樣的一個女子》,乃西西的作品首次被改編為歌劇。此外,盧氏以本地作家也斯的短篇小說《艾布爾的夜宴》為藍本創作清唱劇,於 2020年1月在香港演出。2020-2021年間,盧氏與小說家黃怡攜手合作,為香港藝術節創作粵語室內歌劇《兩個女子》,劇本結合西西的《像我這樣的一個女子》和《感冒》兩篇短篇小說。作品於2021年5月在網上公演,好評如潮。


Daniel Ting-cheung Lo is one of the most active composers in Hong Kong, frequently commissioned by local music groups such as Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. One of Lo’s current compositional interests is to seek ways to integrate music with Hong Kong literature. Recent works inspired by contemporary local writers include two pieces written for music programme Hong Kong Odyssey, commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival 2017; a choral work Mary’s Chalk Circle for narration, unaccompanied choir and video, commissioned by Hong Kong Voices in June 2017; a chamber opera A Woman Such as Myself (based on Xi Xi’s short story A Girl Like Me), premiered in New Opera Days Ostrava (Czech Republic) in June 2018; a semi-staged cantata The Banquet at el Bulli (based on Ye Si’s short story) was presented by Hong Kong Voices in January 2020. In 2020-2021, Lo and novelist Eva Wong were commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival to collaborate on a chamber opera in Cantonese Women Like Us, adapted from two of Xi Xi’s short stories A Girl Like Me and The Cold.