Chris Choi 蔡書麟

Born in Hong Kong, Chris Choi Shu-lun began studying violin at the age of six and viola at 17 under the tutelage of Wang Jiayang and Ivan Chan at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), where he completed his Master of Music Degree with full scholarships. He joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018.

First Prize winner of the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld 1st International String Competition (Chamber Music Division), Chris has performed extensively across Asia and Europe in venues including the Royal Academy of Music, the West Dean College, the Wells Cathedral, the Central Conservatory of Music, the Shantou University, the Harvard Club of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong City Hall; and in music festivals including the Pacific Music Festival (Japan), the Chilingirian’s Chamber Music Festival (UK), Musicus Fest (Hong Kong) and Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival. He also participated in the New York String Orchestra Seminar at the Carnegie Hall in New York, and toured with the Asian Youth Orchestra as Assistant Principal Viola. Other performances have included Walton’s Viola Concerto and Forsyth’s Viola Concerto with the Academy Symphony Orchestra, as well as solo performances at the ABRSM Prize Ceremony Presentation 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Chris is now a part time teacher at HKAPA for the Junior Music Programme, as well as conductor, violin and viola teacher at the Music Children Foundation Limited.

生於香港，蔡書麟 6 歲開始學習小提琴，17 歲開始學習中提琴，師隨王家陽和陳浩堂，並獲全費獎學金完成香港演藝學院音樂碩士學位。2018年加入香港管弦樂團。

蔡書麟是第一屆「愛麗絲與愛倫諾．勛菲爾德國際弦樂比賽」室樂組冠軍，曾於歐亞各地演出，包括英國皇家音樂學院、西迪恩學院、韋爾斯座堂、中央音樂學院、汕頭大學、哈佛大學香港校友會及香港大會堂；亦曾參與不同音樂節，如日本太平洋音樂節、英國智利茲利安室樂節、香港樂‧誼國際音樂節和香港國際室樂節。其他演出包括：紐約卡奈基音樂廳舉行的紐約弦樂團座談會，以助理首席中提琴身份與亞洲青年管弦樂團巡演，以獨奏身份與演藝交響樂團合演華爾頓及褔賽斯的中提琴協奏曲，以及為2014、2015 及 2016年度的英國皇家音樂學院聯合委員會頒獎典禮擔任表演嘉賓。

蔡書麟曾榮獲劉元生慈善基金獎學金、香港愛樂團獎學金、何鴻毅家族基金獎學金及英國皇家音樂學院獎學金。曾參與巴舒密特、班尼狄和張忠振的大師班及私人授課。

他現為香港演藝學院青少年音樂課程兼職導師及音樂兒童基金會的指揮兼中小提琴導師。