Joanne Chan (Chinese: 陳祖泳), Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,[1] is a Hong Kong writer and arts administrator. She was educated in Canada and France, specialising in art history and fine arts before subsequently obtaining a Masters in Journalism.[2]
Chan is inaugural CEO of Le French May Arts Festival in Hong Kong and Macau.[2] She also founded a boutique cultural organisation, Per Artem Lumen. She served on the board for a variety of cultural arts organisations including the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra,[3][4] the Panel of Film Censorship, Advisory Committee on Arts Development (Visual Arts), the Harbourfront Commission,[5] the Hong Kong Dance Company, and the El Sistema Hong Kong.[6]
Chan speaks and writes regularly on classical music, French culture, and the arts, and her works have appeared in magazines, television and on radio programmes. She was a co-host of Vive la France (“法識生活”)[7] on RTHK 2 and Vive la Musique Classique Française (“法識音樂”) on RTHK 4.[8]
Chan is the author of a children’s music books series entitled Happy Gabby.[9][10]
Bibliography
editChildren's books
edit- Happy Gabby Children's Music Book Series
- 《Happy Gabby Plays Classical Music》，2017
- 《Happy Gabby Plays Chinese Classics》，2018
- 《Happy Gabby Leads the Circus》，2018
- 《Happy Gabby's Grand Animal Adventures》，2019
- 《Happy Gabby Jams with Animals》，2020
Concerts
editReferences
edit- ^ "Joanne Chan, passeuse de cultures".
- ^ a b "Paroles n° 262 : Joanne Chan, passeuse de cultures".
- ^ "Joanne Chan".
- ^ "Piano Superstar Yundi Kicked off the Hong Kong Philharmonic's 2012/13 Season with Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 Conductor Vassily Sinaisky Leads the HKPO in a Russian Programme | HK Phil".
- ^ https://www.hfc.org.hk/filemanager/files/TFHK_minutes_20120112.pdf
- ^ https://www.elsistemahk.org/
- ^ "Radio Programme: Vive la musique classique française".
- ^ "Radio Programme: Vive la musique classique française".
- ^ "Why children should be listening to music from an early age". 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Discover how these innovative books introduce kids to classical music". 8 December 2020.
- ^ "小Happy Gabby's Debussy Musical Adventures". Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ "Come Fly with Captain Happy Gabby". Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ "Olympian City and Citywalk presents︰Happy Gabby Baby Concert". Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ "Happy Gabby Plays Classical Music Concert -- Happy Gabby-Sound of Music". Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
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