唐康年先生是小提琴家、作曲家、指揮家、音樂社會活動家、原上海音樂家協會會員,現為加拿大作曲家協會會員(Member of SOCAN )。
來加拿大前,在上海歌劇院工作,擔任管弦樂隊小提琴聲部主要演奏員。擔任由著名聲樂藝術家任桂珍為藝術指導的、著名歌唱家桑守云為領隊王可為副領隊的「輕音樂會」專場指揮、作曲、配器等工作。期間為音樂會所創作的歌曲廣受歌唱家歡迎和觀眾喜愛。例如《 十五的夜晚月色多美》 、《 雪花》 、《 賣花歌》 等。在這期間,還是上海專業聲樂舞台上「男女聲二重唱」曲目的主要作曲者。1980 年5 月創作了大型劇目五幕抒情歌劇《 愛是希望》 的音樂,深受大學生們喜愛。1981 年2 月創作了大型劇目六場喜歌劇《 三個女兒的婚事》 的音樂,也深受觀眾喜愛。在這期間還寫下不少小提琴曲、小號曲等管弦樂曲。其中小提琴曲「滿懷深情望北京」(與著名作曲家沈傳薪合寫)、「游擊隊歌」等也深受歡迎。
1990年移居加拿大溫哥華,在這十多年中同夫人小提琴家潘幸孩,先後成立了唐康年小提琴音樂室、唐康年音樂中心、有效地組織了教學、演出以及音樂創作活動。在教學中,成功培養出一批優秀學生,其中有年僅16 歲即獲得ARCT 小提琴演奏家文憑的王崇源(Jackson Wong)加拿大全國小提琴比賽(CMC )八歲、九歲組連續兩屆冠軍的廖柏雅(Kevin Liao )。
在演出中,除了經常性的學生音樂會外,還創意、策劃、舉辦、協辦了許多大型文藝演出和世界水平的專場音樂會。其中有轟動性的「東方之戀一俞麗拿《 梁祝小提琴協奏曲》 大型文藝晚會」(香港無線電視台著名導演單慧珠得到消息,特地趕來拍攝其中精彩片段后,熔融到她編導的極受港人喜愛的《 情常在》 電視片中)。還有殷承宗、傅聰、劉詩昆、薛偉、胡曉平、周正、潘幸孩、李傳韻、侯以嘉、陳曦等(按演出時間的先後排列)著名華人音樂家的獨奏、獨唱音樂會。
在創作中,堅持不懈地創作了大量的不同形式的新作品,其中有《 北美西部音畫)) ( A Journey Through the West )、《 新世紀新上海組歌))、《 蘇州絕唱聲樂套曲》 、系列小提琴獨奏曲:《 無伴奏曲》 、《 用鋼琴伴奏曲》 、《 用現代電子樂隊伴奏曲))、《 用管弦樂隊協奏曲)) ,以及歌劇《 雷雨))和音樂劇《 激流島上的歌聲》 的音樂。
近年重要音樂活動:
2000年8月 舉辦了深受觀眾歡迎和讚賞的《 魂牽夢繞》 唐康年創作沙龍音樂會
2000年9月 創意和協辦了「東方之戀一俞麗拿《 梁祝小提琴協奏曲》 大型文藝 晚會」(由東方時報和加成移民顧問公司主辦)
2001年8月 赴中國廣州擔任中國第五屆全國少兒小提琴比賽的評委和特邀嘉賓
2002年5月 受中央電視台著名導演《 同一首歌》 製作人孟欣邀請,帶領學生廖伯雅赴北京參加「六一」文藝晚會演出小提琴電子樂作品《 酒干倘賣無》 ,極受歡迎.
2003年11月 為了配合著名導演陳凱歌的電影《 和你在一起》 在加拿大公映,和中國駐溫哥華總領事館一起協辦了《 和你在一起》李傳韻小提琴獨奏會(由大溫哥華中華文化中心主辦)
2003年11月 接受聯邦國會議員梁陳明任親自頒發加拿大聯邦政府《音樂教育榮譽獎》(Recognition of Accomplishment and Contribution in Music Education )
2004年6月 參與大型電視文化旅遊專題節目《激情穿越楓葉之國》攝製工作並 接受專題採訪
2004年7月 為了推動中國音樂,為了建立中國小提琴演奏學派,負責策劃並和中國駐溫哥華總領事館,中國音樂家協會等八個單位一起協辦《 當代中國小提琴作品演奏會》(由大溫哥華中華文化中心主辦)唐康年音樂監製,李傳韻《 琴魂》 SACD 獲得中國年度十大發燒唱片之一(難得一遇之弦樂珍品)
2005年 唐康年音樂監製,李傳韻《 琴魂》 SACD 獲得中國年度十大發燒唱片之一(難得一遇之弦樂珍品)
2006年7月 獲大溫哥華中華文化中心頒發《藝術成就獎》
2006年 唐康年負責策劃的《 當代中國小提琴作品音樂會》 (經芝加哥Bein & Fushi InC .製作成音樂會實況DVD 后成為一部音樂文獻.亦被美國最著名的古典音樂樂評雜誌之一Fanfare Magazine 選為2006 年度最好的五部古典音樂DVD 之一
2006年8月 赴中國無錫擔任首屆中國小提琴作品少兒全國比賽的評委
2007年2月 再次受《 同一首歌》 總導演孟欣的邀請,參加《同一首歌》 走進加拿大溫哥華的演出。由唐康年音樂中心的七位小朋友演奏了小提琴三重合奏作品《龍的傳人》,極受歡迎
2008年3月 溫哥華舉行由唐康年作曲及創意的"雷雨的故事"歌劇詠嘆調音樂會, 極受歡迎
2008年5月 為汶川大地震「溫哥華大型賑災演出」譜寫主題曲(詞曲)《汶川依然是個美麗的地方》
2009年4月 中國著名女高音王作欣教授在溫哥華舉行「上海-溫哥華《世博情意綜藝晚會》」中演唱「Vancouver I Love You」
2009年7月 受溫哥華新時代傳媒集團邀請擔任2009新秀歌唱大賽總決賽評委。
2010年2月 13日10時中國中央電視台向二岸三地實況轉播溫哥華冬奧會開慕式 前,約9時50分先介紹了唐康年、潘幸孩全家后,CCTV五台,播放了由前方工作團在溫哥華拍攝了唐康年詞曲的「Vancouver I Love You」,事後受到加拿大三級政要的祝賀。
2010年2月 24日溫哥華舉行《唐康年新作音樂會——「加拿大組曲」 》
2011年 擔任《水立方杯海外華裔青少年中文歌曲大賽》評委及《漢語橋中文歌曲賽》評委
2012年10月 世界華人周刊,整版報導穿越時空的樂章-小提琴曲《滿懷深情望北京》誕生記。
2013年8月 著名音樂人徐山總監致信唐康年,以《勤耕不輟 好戲連台——致樂壇常青樹唐康年先生》為題,熱情讚揚了唐康年
Violinist, composer, conductor Tang Kangnian was formerly a member of the Shanghai Musicians Association and currently a member of the SOCAN in Canada.
Before coming to Canada, he worked in the string section of Shanghai Opera as a first violin, composer and conductor. He was once assigned as conductor and composer for the famous Light Music Concert series, which comprised talented artists, such as the director Guizhen Ren, team leader Shouyun Song and deputy leader Ke Wang.
Among the songs created especially for these concerts and highly accredited by the professionals, as well as various audiences, were Beautiful Moonlight on a Mid-Autumn Day, and Snowflake. He also co-authored a series of vocal duets, which were performed on the professional stage in Shanghai. In May 1980, he composed for a grand lyric opera, Love is Hope. It became quite popular among local universities. The music for a six-episode opera, Marriages of My Three Daughters, which was high appreciated, was completed in February 1981. During this time, he wrote several significant orchestral work for violin and horn. One of the them, Thinking of Beijing, was a collaboration with Chuanxin Shen.
In 1990, Tang emigrated to Canada. In that country, together with his violinist wife, Xinghai Pan, he established Tang's Music Centre and continued on teaching, composing and organizing important musical events.
Through his dedication in teaching, he trained several talented students. One student, Jackson Wong, was awarded ARCT diploma in violin performance by the Royal Conservatory of Music at the age of 16. Another one, Kevin Liao, won the champion at Canadian Music Centre violin competition twice.
Besides organizing frequent concerts for his students, Tang staged many high-quality concerts. He presented Lina Yu's distinguished performance of The Butterfly Lover violin concerto in 2002. The event was shot by HKTVB producer, Huizhu Ch
Summary of Recent Activities
Aug 2000 Various music productions and salon concerts
Sep 2000 Organized Lina Yu's special concert - The Butterfly Lover
violin concerto
Aug 2001 Served as committee member and special guest of the 5th Guangzhou Chinese Youth Violin Competition
May 2002 Invited by CCTV director Xin Meng and participated in the Children's Day celebration in Beijing with his student Kevin Liao.Their performance was highly appraised
Nov 2003 Co-organized Chuanyun Li's violin solo concert with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver and the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver in promotion of Kaige Chen's award-winning film, Together
Nov 2003 Received Recognition of Accomplishment and Contribution in Music Education from Parliament of Canada
June 2004 Joined the production team of the tourism and culture television series 「Driving Across The Maple Country with Great Passion」 and was also featured in the finale of the series
Jul 2004 Co-organized Contemporary Chinese Violin Music Recitals with the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver, Musicians Association of China and the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver
2005 Supervised Chuanyun Li's album, Spirit of Qin, which was selected as on one of the top ten albums of the year
Jul 2006 Presented the Artistic Accomplishment Award by Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver
Aug 2006 Served as committee member and special guest of the 1st Chinese Youth Violin competition
2006 Bein & Fushi Inc. recorded Contemporary Chinese Violin Works and released DVDs reviewed by Fanfare magazine as one of the top five classical music DVDs of the year
Feb 2007 Invited by CCTV director, Xin Meng, to participate in the Chinese New Year Extravaganza The Same Song in Vancouver. Seven students of Tang's Music Centre performed a violi trio on the Legend of the Dragon
Mar 2008 Premiere Presentation in Vancouver of operaticarias from Thunderstorm (based on Cao Yu's original tragedy)
May 2008 Lyricised and composed 「Wenchuan is Still a Beautiful Place,」 the main theme for the Wenchuan Earthquake Relief Fundraising Concert, held in the Vancouver Orpheum Theatre
Apr. 2009 Professor Wang Zuoxin, a famous Chinese soprano, sang 「Vancouver I Love You」 on the 「Vancouver-EXPO-Shanghai」 Variety Show held in Vancouver
July 2009 Invited by Vancouver Fairchild Media Group to act as a judge on the 2009 Chinese New Talent Singing Championship finale
Feb.13, 2010 Around 09:50, after a special introduction to Tang』s family, and right before CCTV』s 10:00 live broadcasting of the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the music video of 「Vancouver I Love You」 was broadcasted worldwide via CCTV-5. The broadcast of Tang』s video was highly praised by all three levels of the Canadian government
Feb. 2010 「Canada Suites」, Kenny Tang』s New Works Concert was held on the 24th
2011 Judge, Water Cube Cup Overseas Chinese Youth Singing Competition; Judge, 「Chinese Bridge」 Mandarin Singing Contest
Oct. 2012 「The Story of the Birth of Thinking of Beijing with Great Passion」 was featured in the article A Musical Movement through Time and Space on a full page spread in the World Chinese Weekly
Aug. 2013 Well-known music critic Sam Xu wrote a letter highly-praising Tang, entitled 「The Fruits of Your Hard Work—To Mr. Kenny Tang, the Evergreen Tree in the Music World」