Hong-Da Chin
Originally from Kajang, Malaysia, Hong-Da Chin has won the 47th Annual BGSU Competitions, Young and Emerging Composer Award at NEOSonicFest, Dolce Suono Ensemble Young Composers Competition, Sarofim Composition Contest, and Honorable Mention Prize for Malaysian Young Composer Workshop.
Chin’s music has been performed by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej (Poland), Bowling Green Philharmonia, Karr and Mattingly Duo, Freya String Quartet, Trio Bel Canto, and Dolce Suono Ensemble. His music has also been read by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and SOLI Chamber Ensemble.
Chin also writes vocal music. His Malaysian folk tale opera The Mouse Deer and the Crocodile was produced by the Bowling Green Opera Theater at the Wolfe Center at Bowling Green State University.
Besides composing, Chin is also an active flute and Chinese flute player. He has performed at the Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Carnegie Hall, Art Institute of Chicago, and Jay Pritzker Pavillion.
Chin earned his diploma in flute performance from SEGI College (Malaysia), B.M. in composition from the University of Houston, and M.M. in composition from the University of Louisville. Now in his second year of doctoral study at Bowling Green State University. He studies with Marilyn Shrude, Mikel Kuehn, and Elainie Lillios.
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Beyond his musical activities, Chin is an avid badminton player and he likes to memorize cards in his spare time. His best record of memorizing a deck of cards is 2 minutes and 4 seconds.
