Praised as an “outstanding performer” by Arts News and RTHK Radio 4 and hailed by Gerard Schwarz as a “fantastic, excellent player,” Hong Kong-based saxophonist Tak Chiu Wong is an international soloist, chamber musician, educator, and arranger whose artistry bridges the classical canon and today’s most compelling voices.
Wong has performed across Asia, Europe, and the United States as a soloist, recitalist, and collaborator with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Wind Kamerata, Asian Contemporary Ensemble, Amigo Saxophone Quartet, and La Sax. His musical partnerships have included conductors Alain Crepin, Vanich Potavanich, and Satoshi Yagisawa; pianists Rachel Cheung and Cherry Tsang; saxophonist Philippe Geiss; and magician Harry Wong (aka Harry Gor Gor).
A champion of living composers, Wong has commissioned and premiered more than 70 works dedicated to him, collaborating with Chen Yi, Zechariah Goh, Narong Prangcharoen, Diana Soh, Jean Philippe Vanbeselaere, and Xiaogang Ye. In 2016 he received the renowned Barlow Award for a commission with the Amigo Saxophone Quartet and Diana Soh—the f irst and only saxophone ensemble so honored since the award’s inception in 1983. Notable premieres and performances include Pierre Boulez’s Dialogue de l’ombre Double, Qigang Chen’s Feu d’Ombres, Chen Yi’s Chinese Folk Dance Suite, Narong Prangcharoen’s Perpetual Motions, Jean Philippe Vanbeselaere’s Tribute to Mister L., and Satoshi Yagisawa’s Saxophone Concerto.
Equally devoted to pedagogy, Wong is Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He has previously served on the faculties of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, and the University of Hong Kong. As artistic director and faculty member of the Asia Pacific Saxophone Academy, he fosters cross-regional exchange, and his masterclasses and juries have taken him throughout China, Italy, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
An avid arranger, Wong has created hundreds of works for forces ranging from solo instruments to wind band and orchestra, embracing early music, classical, jazz, film, and popular repertoire. His arrangements have been heard across Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States and are published by Sheet Music Press and Theodore Presser Company.
Educated in Hong Kong, France, and the United States, Wong is a Pi Kappa Lambda honoree and a laureate of the Hong Kong Academy Concerto Competition (2006), Concour de Saxophone Parisien (2008), Jacoby Concerto Competition (2013), and WVU Young Artist Competition (2015). He is a Selmer Paris and D’Addario artist, performing exclusively on Selmer Paris saxophones with D’Addario reeds.
香港薩克斯演奏家黃德釗（Tak Chiu Wong）被香港電台第四台《Arts News》譽為「傑出 演奏家」，指揮大師Gerard Schwarz更盛讚其為「技藝超凡的卓越演奏者」。作為活躍於 國際樂壇的獨奏家、室內樂演奏家、教育家及編曲家，他的藝術造詣既深植古典傳統，又 融匯當代最具開創性的音樂語言。
黃氏的演出足跡遍佈亞、歐、美三大洲，曾與香港管弦樂團、香港小交響樂團、香港創樂 團、香港管樂協會、亞洲當代樂團、Amigo薩克斯四重奏及La Sax等知名樂團合作。其 藝術合作夥伴包括指揮家八木澤教司、Alain Crepin和Vanich Potavanich，鋼琴家張緯晴 與曾捷麗，薩克斯演奏家Philippe Geiss，以及魔術師王者匡（Harry哥哥）等。
作為當代音樂的重要推手，黃氏已促成70餘部為他量身創作的作品問世，合作作曲家包 括陳怡、吴多才、葉小綱、Narong Prangcharoen、Diana Soh和Jean Philippe Vanbeselaere 等。2016 年，他與Amigo薩克斯四重奏及作曲家Diana Soh共同獲得享譽 樂壇的Barlow Award，成為該獎項自1983年設立以來首個獲此殊榮的薩克斯重奏組合。 其重要首演作品包括布列茲《影之對話》、陳其鋼《火影》、陳怡《中國民族舞組曲》、 Narong Prangcharoen《Perpetual Motions》、 Jean Philippe Vanbeselaere《Tribute to Mister L.》及八木澤教司《薩克斯小協奏曲》等。
在教學領域，黃氏是現任香港中文大學（深圳）音樂學院薩克斯助理教授，此前曾執教於 香港中文大學、香港教育大學、香港演藝學院、香港浸會大學及香港大學。作為亞太薩克 斯風夏令營藝術總監，他致力於促進跨地域藝術交流，其大師班及評委工作遍及中國內 地、意大利、港澳地區及東南亞各國。
在編曲創作方面，黃氏已改編數百部作品，體裁涵蓋獨奏、管樂團至交響樂團編制，曲目 橫跨古樂、古典、爵士、電影及流行音樂。其改編作品在亞、澳、歐、美各地廣泛演出， 並由Sheet Music Press 與 Theodore Presser Company 出版發行。
黃德釗先後在香港、法國及美國接受音樂教育，是Pi Kappa Lambda榮譽學會成員，曾獲 香港演藝學院協奏曲比賽（2006）、巴黎薩克斯大賽（2008）、 Jacoby協奏曲比賽 （2013）及西維吉尼亞大學青年藝術家比賽（2015）等殊榮。作為Selmer Paris與 D’Addario 簽約藝術家，他始終使用Selmer Paris薩克斯風搭配D’Addario簧片進行演 奏。
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