Anthony Lun
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Anthony Lun is a Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, arranger
Arranger
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, musical director and singer who sings in Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese....

, Mandarin
Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....

, Japanese
Japanese language
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 and English
English language
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.

Anthony Lun is a graduate of La Salle College
La Salle College
La Salle College is a boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It was established by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by St...

, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University
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 (Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

) and University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 (trained in Masters in Music).

Upon returning to Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 in 1986, Anthony released an album, "Anthony Lun's Composition Collection". However, he only came to the Hong Kong music industry's attention after winning the Asia Pacific Popular Song Contest the same year. He entered the competition at the initiation of Poon Kwong Pui who wrote the winning song, "Lyrics". The song is also available in his second, self-titled album. In 1990, he released an album called "Man Behind The Piano" and the song of the same title became a hit.

Between 1989 and 1997, Anthony composed over 300 songs with 42 No. 1 hits. He composed songs performed by famous Asian artistes including Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

, Faye Wong
Faye Wong
Faye Wong is a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva . Early in her career she briefly used the stage name Shirley Wong . Born in Beijing, she moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing...

, Sandy Lam
Sandy Lam
Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin, is a Cantopop singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese.-Career:...

, Anita Mui
Anita Mui
Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...

, Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

, Aaron Kwok
Aaron Kwok
Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...

, Lui Fong, Alex To
Alex To
Alex To is a Hong Kong and Taiwan based singer and actor. He is the winner of the 4th annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1985. He has released numerous albums throughout his career and mainly has R&B influenced songs.-Early life and career:...

, Elisa Chan and Cass Phang
Cass Phang
Cass Phang is a retired Cantopop singer from Hong Kong, affiliated with EMI in 1993-1998 and since then with Sony Music Entertainment.-External links:*...

.

In 1991, Anthony won the prestigious Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
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 in the Best Movie Theme category for soundtrack of the movie, "Au Revoir, Mon Amour" (Till We Meet Again). The notable theme song, "何日" (When) was sung by Anita Mui
Anita Mui
Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...

. In 2001, he also composed the score for an award-winning movie Peony Pavilion (遊園驚夢).

In 2004, he held a concert, "HKPO x Sandy x Anthony LIVE", with Sandy Lam at the Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum
Hong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....

 featuring the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , is the largest symphony orchestra in Hong Kong. First established in 1895 as an amateur orchestra, under the name Sino-British Orchestra, it was renamed the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 1957, and became a professional orchestra in 1974 under the funding...

.

Apart from working with good friend Sandy Lam
Sandy Lam
Sandy Lam, also known as Lam Yik Lin, is a Cantopop singer who sings in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Japanese.-Career:...

, he is also known for his musical direction (for concerts) with Anita Mui
Anita Mui
Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...

, Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

, Connie Chan Po-chu
Connie Chan Po-chu
Connie Chan Po-chu was born in 1946 to impoverished parents, one of at least nine siblings, in Guangdong, China. To increase their children's chances of survival, Chan's birth parents gave away some of their youngest to other families. As a result, Chan was adopted by Chan Fei-nung and his wife,...

, Deanie Yip, Leon Lai
Leon Lai
Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...

, Sally Yeh
Sally Yeh
Sally Yeh , sometimes written as Sally Yip or Yip Sin-Man, is a Cantopop singer in the Hong Kong music industry and an actress in the Hong Kong film industry.-Overview:...

 and George Lam
George Lam
George Lam Chi Cheung, also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer and actor of Xinhui area origin. Lam studied at the Diocesan Boys' School in Kowloon, Hong Kong...

.

In 2005, Anthony and a well-known Taiwanese composer, Jonathan Lee produced a theme song for the Tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
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 relief benefit performance organised by the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild
Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild
Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild or HKPAG is the main non-profit labour association for Hong Kong artistes, canto-pop singers and stage performers. It was formed on 12 December 1993. Its current Chairman is singer Eric Tsang....

.
In 2006, Anthony Lun returned to Hong Kong Coliseum in April for 2 solo concerts.
In 2007, November, Anthony made his acting debut on the theater stage in a play called "Far Flower World". The play was so well received that it was staged for 8 consecutive shows at APA in March, 2008 with an all sold-out performances.
In 2008, Anthony's first full-blown musical titled "Snow Queen" was staged in May at Kwai Tsing Theater. Anthony wrote and orchestrated the music, with librettos by Chris Shum. The musical was based on an Anderson fairy tale.
In 2009, Anthony began touring with Sandy Lam as her musical director and her guest in the concerts.

In 2009, Lun was part of the judging panel for season one of The Voice
The Voice (Hong Kong singing competition program)
The Voice 超級巨聲 is a Hong Kong reality show style singing competition broadcast by TVB, and also selects Hong Kong's representative to the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals. It is unrelated to the singing competition franchise, The Voice of Holland.The first season was presented by...

on TVB.

Anthony Lun

Awards

1986 Winner of Asia Pacific Popular Song Contest
Song Title - "Lyrics"
1987 Most Outstanding New Artist - Radio Hong Kong
Most Creative Pop Song of the year - "Lyrics" - RTHK
1988 Song of the Year - "Hot Red Lips" -Radio Hong
Kong, Commercial Radio, TVB
1990 Best Arranger of the year - "Burn" - Commercial Radio,
Radio Hong Kong, TVB
Best Composer of the year - "Burn" - Commercial Radio
1991 Best Male Vocalist of the year - Commercial Radio
Best Movie Theme - " Au Revoir, Mon Amour" - Golden
Horse Award
Gold Award - "Goodbye, My Love" - Asia Music Festival '91
Radio Most Performed Work - "Heart Is Still Cold" -
Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong
TVB Most Performed Work - " Heart Is Still Cold" -
Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong
Best Producer of the year - Commercial Radio
Best Composer of the year - Commercial Radio
Best Song of the year - " Heart Is Still Cold" - TVB
Best Arranger of the year - "Past Life" - TVB
Best Commercial of the year - "Girodano" - Composers
And Authors Society of Hong Kong
1992 Most Performed Song of the year - " I Said I Want You To Be
Happy" - Radio Hong Kong
Best Song of the year - "Why Did I Let You Go?" -
Radio Hong Kong
2003 Best Original Music for the stage – “Scent of Resurrection”

Honors


1986 Winner of the Asia Pacific Popular Song Contest
1987 Representing Hong Kong in New Zealand's Asia Pacific
Popular Song Contest
1988 The song "Hot Red Lips' chosen to be performed in Seoul's
Olympics
1990 Guest Artist on Japan NHK Special
1991 Guest Artist on Japan NHK TV Special
1992 Guest Artist in Rock N' Roll Bandstand '90-'91 Hong Kong
1993 Most Outstanding Youth of Hong Kong Award
1994 Guest on World Aids Special - NHK Special Japan
1994 Guest Artist on Japan NHK Special
1994 Cartier Achievement Award
1997 Guest artist representing Hong Kong in the 17th World Peace
Festival, Osaka
1998 Composer Achievement - Commercial Radio HK

Public Performance

Regular appearances on stages and television as a solo artist.

1988 Solo Concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
( 4 performances in Queen's Elizabeth Stadium -
capacity 4,000 per performance )
1989 Solo Concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
( 3 performances in Hong Kong Coliseum -
capacity 12,000 per performance )
1990 Solo Concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
( 3 performances in Hong Kong Coliseum -
capacity 12,000 per performance )
1991 Solo Concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
( 2 performances in Hong Kong Coliseum -
capacity 12,000 per performance )
1994 Solo Concert
( 3 performances in Hong Kong Coliseum -
capacity 12,000 per performance )
Solo Concert
( 1 performance in Tokyo - Garden Hall - capacity 5,00)
Solo Concert
( 1 performance in Fukuoka, Japan - open air )
Joint Concert with Sandy Lam
( 1 performance in Shen Tsen, China - capacity 10,000)
Guest artist in Anita Mui MGM Concert
( I performance in MGM, Las Vegas - capacity 14,000)
1995 Solo concert
( 19 performances in Kansai, Japan - capacity averages 6,000 per performance)
1997 Solo concert
( 12 performances in Kansai, Japan - capacity averages 6,000 per performance)
1999 Solo concert
( 9 performances in Kansai, Japan - capacity averages 6,000 per performance)
2000 Solo concert for Cathay Pacific Airlines
( 1 performance in Chak Lup Kok Airport – open air )
2001 Solo concert for AIA
( 1 performance at HK Coliseum – capacity 12,000)
2002 Solo concert for Manulife
(1 performance at Kowloon Exhibition hall – 6000)
Solo concert for Singapore Airlines
(1 performance at HK Exhibition hall – 8000)
Solo concert
(1 performance at Atlantic City, Trump Plaza-4000)
Guest Appearance at Lam Man Yee Concert
(1 performance at HK Cultural Centre-1400)
2003 Guest Appearance with HK Chinese Orchestra
(1 performance at HK Cultural Centre – 1800)
Guest Appearance with Macau Chinese Orchestra
(1 performance at Macau Cultural Centre – 4000)
2004 Sandy Lam x Anthony Lun x Hong Kong Philharmonic
Orchestra March 4–8
(5 performances at HK Coliseum – capacity 12,000 )
2004 Solo concert for the HKSAR
(1 performance at the Hong Kong Government House)
2006 Solo Concert April 28,29
(2 performances in Hong Kong Coliseum -
capacity 12,000 per performance )
2006 Solo concert May 27
(1 performance at Toronto Convention Hall
capacity 4,000 per performance)
2006 Solo concert December 15
(1 performance at Vancouver Convention Hall
capacity 5,000 per performance)


Work Experience

Solo artist – pop singer, pianist
Album Producer of Anita Mui, Sandy Lam, Lui Fong,
Cass PangAndy Lau, KC Lee, Cass Pang,
Elisa Chan, Amanda Lee, Roman Tam,
Face to Face, Joyce Lee, Janelle Wong,
Cheung Chi Lam, Andy Hui, Deanie Yip
Joey Yung, etc.

Musical Director of Anita Mui, Sandy Lam, Leon Lai,
Lui Fong, Sally Yeh, George Lam, Choi Kam,
Tsin Ting, Roman Tam, Deanie Yip,
Pui Lui, Lau Wan, Ng Ngun Yum

Composer and arranger of over 300 published work
with 42#1 hits from 1986–1997

Film Score Composer – 6 movie scores in credits
1.說謊的女人 The Woman Who Lies
2.我愛扭文柴Now You See Love, Now You Don’t
3.何日君再來 Au Revoir, Mon Amour
4.九一神鵰俠侶 Saviour Of The Soul
5.李後主-部份配樂 Emperor Li
6.遊園驚夢 Peony Pavilion

Teaching assistant in University of Michigan 1979 -1981

Teaching assistant in University of Santa Clara 1975 -1979

Education

Masters in Music - University in Michigan 1981
( graduated with cum laude)
Bachelor of Arts - University of Santa Clara 1979
( graduated with cum laude)

Discography

1986 - "Seek"……………………………...Kongo's Ltd
1986 - "Lyrics"………………………..…..Capital Artists Ltd
1987 - "Anthony Lun"……………………Capital Artists Ltd
1990 - "Man Behind The Piano"………...Bali Records Ltd
1990 - "Cheers For Love"……………..…Bali Records Ltd
1992 - "One Voice Ten Fingers"…………Golden Pony Records Ltd
1993 - "One Alone On The Road"………Golden Pony Records Ltd
1993 - "One Voice Ten Fingers"…………Pony Canyon Taiwan Ltd
1994 - "Time"……………………………. Golden Pony Records Ltd
1994 - "Listen"……………………………Golden Pony Records Ltd
1995 - "Fields Of Heart"…………………Golden Pony Records Ltd
1995 - "Looking Glass"…………………..Pony Canyon Ltd. Japan
1996 - "Second Life"……………………...Golden Pony Records Ltd
1996 - "Don't Compare"………………….Pony Canyon Taiwan Ltd
1997 - "A Song For You"…………………Golden Pony Records Ltd
1999 - "New Songs and Best Hits"………Golden Pony Records Ltd
1999 - " Summer of 1999"……………….Yamaha Music Records
2000 – “The Red Boat”…………………Hero Idea Ltd
2001 – “Anthony Lun Greatest Hits”…… Golden Pony Records Ltd
2003 - “A Song For You”………………… Golden Pony Records Ltd
2003 – “Autumn Night”………………………..EMI Records Ltd.
2004 - “Under The Roof” Live at home DVD concert…EMI Records Ltd.
2006 – “A feeling Unsung”……………Go East Entertainment Ltd.
2007 – “Live at Hong Kong Coliseum” DVD, CD……Opus Forever Music Ltd.

Footnotes

  1. Biography of Anthony Lun
  2. HKPO Press Release
  3. Tsunami Relief Theme

External links

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