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Dear Pang-Yen, Time does fly, doesn’t it. Soon you shall bid farewell to Oxford, returning to the land that’s nurtured you for over thirty years. I still vividly remember three years ago, beneath the mid-autumn moon, you casually sang at my place—little did we know it’d prelude our first concert together. And just a few months back, you also quite out of the blue mentioned Wei-Pin Chen’s ‘Lô-chúi-khoe, the turbid stream’. I then realise nothing is better than music to postlude this moment of farewell. Over my eight years in Oxford, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet so many wonderful Taiwanese friends like you—people who’ve brightened my days like bursts of candlelight. And I always set foot on this magnificent land called Taiwan when you’re not around, soaking in its beauty and imagining the stories of your growing up. Whenever I’m missing you all, I always write postcards. These little notes always begin with “Dear ______ ,”. As my favourite in Oxford, you’ve probably got more of those “Dear ______ ,” than anyone else. Dear ______ , ties into the recitals that I have curated: Sojourner (2017), Non omnis moriar (2018), 6000 Miles Away (2019), and Die Un trennbaren (2023). They form a series that ponders about what journeys, connections, and distances mean to us. I am very grateful to Yu-Wen and Min-Erh for their enduring support and blessings. I also thank everyone who comes and shares in this moment as we pour our hearts into the music. I am specially indebted to Wei-Pin Chen for kindly letting us perform his work, otherwise this recital would have lost all meanings. Pang-Yen, I keep picturing the years ahead, with us far apart. I imagine the tungoil trees blossoming every April and May, when spring is always by your side. I’ll write you letters after letters, leave footsteps after footsteps on your land, and get to know you again and again.
親愛的邦彥， 時光荏苒，你即將闊別牛津，回國貢獻養育了你三十多年的土地。三年前的中秋，你隨意在我家展現歌藝，卻促成了我們的首場合作音樂會。也就幾個月前，你又隨意向我提起了陳維斌老師的《濁水溪溪水濁》，讓我又起了以音樂為你餞行的念頭。 我在八年牛津的歲月，認識了許多眾多如你一樣、可親可愛的臺灣朋友，像燭光照亮了我的生命。我也總喜歡趁你們不在的時候踏上這片土地，在心底儲備最溫柔的景色、想像你們生命成長裡的故事。然後在四周遊歷、想念你們的時候，以明信片寄意，啟信就是「親愛的」。 而你作為我在牛津最喜歡的朋友，總在我的想念中名列前茅，也收到過最多封的「親愛的」。 《我最親愛的》(2025) 與我前面的音樂會一脈相成：繼《流浪者》(2017)、《吾將永垂不朽》(2018)、《6000哩之外》(2019) 、《不／分。》(2023) 後，尋找旅程、關係和距離的意義。 我想特別感謝親愛的郁雯和敏而，毫無保留的送上支持和祝福。感謝所有撥冗蒞臨的觀眾，見證我們以音樂傳遞最誠摯的情感。感謝陳維斌老師慷慨授權，成全了這場音樂會。 邦彥，我在想像以後分隔兩地，每年四五月油桐花開、春天永遠佇你身邊的日子。我會用一封又一封的書信連繫我們，一次又一次重新踏上你的土地，一遍又一遍的認識你。
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Hong Kong-born baritone Henry Hung studied under the tutelages of Eric Cheung and William So for voice and music theory respectively. He also received coaching by Sergei Leiferkus, Susan Bullock, Manolis Papasifakis, and Dong-jian Gong in their masterclasses. He holds LMusTCL and AMusTCL diplomas in music theory and DipABRSM diploma in singing. His solo repertoire includes the first Chinese cantata Songs of Long Sorrow (as Emperor Ming of Tang), operas Mozart's Don Giovanni (as Don Giovanni), Strauss' Die Fledermaus (as Dr Falke), Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (as Don Basilio), and Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (as Dr Bartolo). His performances in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and the United Kingdom received warm acclaim. He won the Ms Barbara Fei Vocal Solo Prize Open Finals in Hong Kong in 2016. He graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Oxford. Apart from the music endeavour, he is a forest scientist at the University of Oxford. He is named a National Geographic Explorer in 2022 and awarded the Irene Manton Prize in 2024 for his research on critically endangered rosewoods. He is named a Croucher Fellow in 2024 for his research on ancient oaks. He is named a MoCC Scholar at the Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change in 2024.
男中音洪天恒師承張朝暉老師習聲樂、蘇偉雄博士習音樂理論。曾受 Sergei Leiferkus、Susan Bullock、Manolis Papasifakis 和龔冬健大師班指導。獲倫敦聖三一學院 LMusTCL 及 AMusTCL 音樂理論文憑，及皇家音樂學院聯合委員會 DipABRSM 聲樂文憑。洪氏獨唱曲目廣泛，包括中國第一部清唱劇《長恨歌》（飾唐明皇）、歌劇施特勞斯《蝙幅》（飾 Dr Falke）、莫扎特《唐‧喬望尼》（飾 Don Giovanni）、羅西尼《塞維利亞的理髮師》（飾 Don Basilio）和莫扎特《費加羅的婚禮》（飾 Dr Bartolo）。洪氏於中國、香港、南韓、英國等地之演出廣受好評。洪氏 2016 年於香港獲費明儀女士聲樂獨唱獎公開組決賽總冠軍。洪氏畢業於香港中文大學及牛津大學。音樂旅途以外，洪氏於牛津大學從事森林研究。因對極度瀕危之亞洲紅木研究，2022 年獲銜國家地理探索者、2024 年獲頒艾琳．曼頓獎。因對古橡樹研究，2024 年獲銜裘槎學者。2024 年獲賽馬會氣候變化博物館委任為 MoCC 學人。
Henry Hung 洪天恒
baritone & piano / 男中音 鋼琴 |
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Pang-Yen Chang is a Taiwanese tenor. He began vocal performance at the age of eight singing in the Tsai Hsing School Choir, BCC Children's Choir, and Taipei Philharmonic Children's Choir. He performed the role of Pastore in Puccini’s Tosca and participated in a variety of musicals and choral concerts. During his undergraduate years, he studied voice with Ming-Yu Chou. He received degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Social Science from National Yang-Ming University. He is also a specialist in occupational and environmental medicine. He is awarded the DPhil in Oriental Studies at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.
男高音張邦彥的音樂啟蒙於再興小學合唱團、中廣兒童合唱團、台北愛樂兒童合唱團，期間接受詹怡嘉、劉靜諭、熊師玲等人指導。他曾參與多齣音樂劇與合唱演出，並於普契尼歌劇《托斯卡》中飾演牧羊少年一角。就讀大學時，他跟隨周明宇學習聲樂。他畢業自陽明大學，擁有醫學士及社會科學碩士學位，同時也是一位職業醫學專科醫師。他於牛津大學聖安東尼學院獲東方研究博士學位。
Pang-Yen Chang 張邦彥
tenor / 男高音 |
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Min-Erh Wang, DPhil in Music from the University of Oxford, specialises in studying how East Asian countries responded to the impact of Western classical music influx at the end of the 19th century. Min-Erh’s research has won a merit award in the research article competition of the International Taiwan Studies Journal and has been published in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's death in the conference proceedings of “Musicology After Beethoven”. Min-Erh has a rich performance experience, having performed with the National Taiwan University Symphony Orchestra, the NTU Xunfeng Chinese Orchestra, and the Taipei Chinese Orchestra multiple times at the National Concert Hall during his undergraduate and graduate years. At the 85th anniversary celebration concert of National Taiwan University in 2013, Min-Erh had the privilege of performing on two renowned cellos from the Chi Mei Museum collection: the 1730 Stradivarius and the 1566 Amati “Charles IX”. During his studies in Oxford, Min-Erh performed at venues such as the Holywell Music Room, Sheldonian Theatre, and was also invited by China Airlines to perform at the inaugural ceremony of the Taiwan-UK direct flight route. In 2024, Min-Erh and his wife, Yu-Wen, held their debut solo concert in the UK, Songs I Learnt in Oxford, at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Hall, St Hilda’s College. Currently, Min-Erh serves as the finance officer at the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford. Additionally, he is an active columnist, with over 100 articles published on platforms such as Crossing Line and Global UDN, sharing insights into music and his experience of studying in the UK. With the assistance of Benjamin Hebbert, Min Erh currently plays on a Jean-Baptiste Chipot-Vuillaume cello, made circa 1880.
王敏而，牛津大學音樂學博士，研究興趣為東亞國家如何回應十九世紀末西方古典音樂傳入後造成的衝擊。敏而的研究曾在《國際台灣研究期刊》的論文競賽中獲獎，並獲得刊登，也被收錄在紀念貝多芬逝世兩百五十周年的《貝多芬之後的音樂學》研討會論文集中。敏而的演出經歷豐富，大學到研究所時期，敏而與台大交響樂團、台大薰風國樂團和台北市立國樂團多次在國家音樂廳演出。2013 年台大八十五周年的校慶音樂會上，敏而有幸能夠使用奇美博物館收藏的兩把名琴： 1730 年的史特拉第瓦里和 1566 年的阿瑪蒂「查理九世」進行演出。在牛津求學期間，敏而曾在 Holywell Music Room、Sheldonian Theatre 等表演場館演出。也被中華航空公司邀請至台灣─英國直飛航線的首航典禮上演出。2024年，敏而與太太郁雯在聖希爾達學院賈桂琳‧杜普蕾廳舉辦在英國的首場獨奏會《我在牛津學到的歌》。敏而目前在牛津大學公共衛生學系擔任財務官，同時是一位活躍的專欄作家，在換日線、轉角國際等平台上已經發表超過 100 篇文章，分享自己對音樂的見解以及英國的求學經歷。在 Benjamin Hebbert的協助下，敏而目前擁有一把大約製於 1880 年的 Jean-Baptiste Chipot-Vuillaume 大提琴。
Min-Erh Wang 王敏而
cello / 大提琴 |
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Yu-Wen comes from Taiwan, where her deep connection with music was nurtured from a young age. She began learning the piano at the age of five and later graduated from the Pre-College of Music at National Taiwan Normal University. She has performed at prestigious venues such as the National Concert Hall, National Recital Hall, Taipei Cultural Centre, and The Odeum Hall at National Taiwan University. Her notable performances include solo recitals and collaborations with the Taipei Dunhua Elementary School Orchestra, where she played Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 466. She also participated in the Sixth International Choral Festival in Missoula, Montana, as a member of the Taipei Philharmonic Chorus. During her university years, she frequently performed in the National Taiwan University Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Music Nights, where she first met Min-Erh. In 2012, she performed both piano and clarinet at Homage to Lee Tai-hsiang, the 12th Artist-in-Residence Concert at National Chengchi University. More recently, in 2023, she and her friend Henry Hung gave a concert titled Die Un trennbaren at Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2024, Yu-Wen and her husband, Min-Erh, presented Songs I Learnt in Oxford at the Jacqueline du Pré Music Hall, St Hilda’s College. Yu-Wen previously worked at Jesus College, University of Oxford, and is now with the Development and Alumni Engagement Office at the University of Oxford, where she and her colleagues look forward to the opening of the new Schwarzman Centre. In addition to her musical and professional pursuits, she is also a columnist for Crossing, Taiwan's leading online media platform, where she writes about higher education, cultural experiences, and life and work in the UK.
黃郁雯來自台灣，自小和音樂結下不解之緣，五歲開始學鋼琴，後畢業於師大附中音樂班。曾於國家音樂廳、國家演奏廳、台北城市舞台、台大雅頌坊…等地演出。曾擔任學生獨奏，與敦化國小管弦樂團合作演出莫札特 K. 466 鋼琴協奏曲，也曾與台北愛樂合唱團赴美參與第六屆密蘇拉國際合唱節。大學期間數次參與台大交響樂團室內樂之夜協演，也是因為如此，與敏而相識相知。 2012年，於政治大學《第 12 屆駐校藝術家—向李泰祥致敬》轉角音樂會擔任鋼琴及豎笛演奏。2023 年，於牛津莫德林學院與好友洪天恒演出音樂會《不／分。》。2024年，郁雯與先生敏而在聖希爾達學院賈桂琳‧杜普蕾廳舉辦音樂會《我在牛津學到的歌》。郁雯曾任職牛津大學耶穌學院，現任職於牛津大學校友與發展辦公室，與同事們共同期待著新人文大樓的啟用。同時也是台灣知名網路媒體《換日線》專欄作者，喜歡透過文字，與讀者分享關於英國留學、文化、生活和職場的所見所聞。
Yu-Wen Huang 黃郁雯
piano / 鋼琴 |