伍星洪

简介

João Seng Hong is a prominent musician from Macau. He was born in Macau and grew up with a love for classical music. He participated in various parish choirs in Macau and the Macau Polyphonic Choir. He studied harmony and composition under American musician Charles Duncan and Father Au Si Da, former dean of the Academy of Music of the Immaculate Conception in Macau. In 1969, he co-founded the Fu Ming Choir with like-minded friends and has led the group as conductor for public performances. In 1997, he co-founded the Macau Ying Ming Choir with Lin Pingliang and others, and has served as its conductor to this day. In 2000, he won first place in Group C of the Children's Choral Composition Competition for his work "Joyfully Singing Nature".