中信金融管理學院專任講師

瑪塔國際指揮大賽獲勝

奧地利政府「藝術成就獎」（Würdigungspreis）的獲獎者

曾指揮歐、亞、美、非洲多國交響樂團，其中不乏：維也納廣播交響樂團、布達佩斯節慶管絃樂團、斯洛伐克愛樂交響樂團、立陶宛國家交響樂團等知名歐洲樂團。

除管絃樂外，也積極參與歌劇、音樂劇演出工作。他在維也納的首次登台即是指揮尼可萊歌劇《溫莎的風流女人們》於麗泉宮城堡劇院公演。他在維也納創立歐亞室內樂團，曾受邀參加維也納城區藝術節演出，並與該團錄製史特拉文斯基作品；2004-2005年出任布達佩斯節慶管絃樂團助理指揮，為該團至今唯一的亞洲籍指揮，此團並於2008被英國留聲機雜誌評選為世界第九大交響樂團。2005年獲選為法國國家廣播愛樂交響樂團副指揮候選人。

2006年與斯洛伐克愛樂交響樂團合作錄製華格納管絃樂作品，深獲樂評及音響專家的一致好評。同年率領奇美管絃樂團至中國大陸巡迴演出六場，獲得廣大迴響。2007年出任奇美愛樂管絃樂團音樂總監，2008年於全國二十餘縣市文化中心演出「相約在四季」、同年指揮國立台南大學管絃樂團至澳洲巡迴演出、2010年再度率該團赴加拿大巡迴演出，皆獲得極大成功。他所率領的TASO台灣藝術家交響樂團自2008年成立以來已經創下數百場演出的驚人成績，2012年率領該團前往法國荷島音樂節擔任駐節樂團及指揮十數場以上演出。此間亦應邀赴歐洲、韓國等地指揮演出不輟。他的指揮演出曾於奧地利、中國、法國、韓國、立陶宛、墨西哥及台灣等地經電視播出。

1997年起負笈奧地利深造，就讀於國立維也納音樂暨表演藝術大學，隨Uros Lajovic教授主修指揮。1999年及2003年兩度以該年度唯一的最優異成績取得國家指揮家文憑及藝術碩士學位。其後獲選為首位進入瑞典斯德哥爾摩皇家音樂院指揮高級班的亞洲學生，拜入當今世界上最負盛名的指揮名師、芬蘭指揮學派創始人Jorma Panula門下，2005年畢業獲頒國家指揮家文憑。

除指揮外，呂景民亦於國立維也納音樂暨表演藝術大學主修作曲，其創作曾於奧地利、中國、瑞典、台灣等地被演出。2012年應歐盟藝術年會邀請，於奧地利Oslip與歐洲各國跨領域藝術家共同創作，並指揮演出他的作品「毀滅與救贖」，獲得各國文化界人士極高的讚譽，並由奧地利國家電視台播出。該作品2013年10月也在舉世知名的威尼斯鳳凰歌劇院完成義大利首演。

維也納時報（Wiener Zeitung）評論他在樂友協會金色大廳（Goldensaal, Musikverein）的演出：「…呂先生以其強烈吸引人的姿態，將樂團聲響的動態推上熱情的高峰，期間從未失去對樂團的掌控…」

 

Ching-Ming Lu

Assitant Professor of CTBC Business School
Winner of Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition
Winner of Würdigungspreis awarded by Austrian government

 

“…… The charismatic Mr. Lu made a brilliant figure, whipping the waves of sound into a passionate peak, without ever losing control to the orchestra……”
                                                                                                             Reviewed by Wiener Zeitung (The Vienna Times)

 

Ching-Ming Lu was awarded the Würdigungspreis by Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture of Austria to celebrate his achievement of musical art in 2003. He has worked with an impressive list of orchestras including the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra and others. He has given concerts across Europe, Asia, America and Africa. His concert video recordings were broadcasted in Austria, France, Lithuania, Mexico, China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Ching-Ming Lu was appointed as the assistant conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 2004-2005 and the candidate of the Associate Conductor of France Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2005. After moving back to Taiwan, he served as the music director of Chimei Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006-2008 and led the orchestra several tours in China and Taiwan.

Ching-Ming Lu found the Taiwan Artists Symphony Orchestra (TASO) in 2009. As the music director and the conductor of the orchestra, he has been praised for innovative programming, enhancing the orchestra with multimedia and showcasing the works of Taiwanese composers. With over 400 concerts, TASO has the broad repertoire and the diverse genres of cross-field productions associated with painting, dancing, calligraphy, multimedia to Site-Specific Theater. In 2012 TASO was invited as the residence orchestra of the renowned “Festival Musique en Ré” in France, and held 14 concerts collaborated with the soloists such as Laurent Korcia, Régis Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Patrice Fontanarosa, and Marc Coppey.

In 2006 Ching-Ming Lu’s recording of Richard Wagner’s orchestral music with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, released by Chimei label, received critical acclaim.

Recognized as a composer, Ching-Ming Lu’s compositions have been performed in Austria, China, Sweden, and Taiwan. In 2012 “Zerstörung und Erlösung” (Destroy and Redemption) was premiered at the Art Symposium of European Union, and it’s Italian premiere held at “Teatro La Fenice” later in 2013. In recent years, Lu changed his composition to combine western musical language and Taiwanese elements, his most updated orchestral suite “2 Sketches of Fu-Cheng” will be premiered by TASO in early 2018.

In 2005 Ching-Ming Lu received his Postgraduate Diploma for Orchestral Conducting of the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm where he studied with Jorma Panula. He received the First Diploma for Conducting with distinction in 1999 and the Second Diploma for Orchestral Conducting and Master Degree of Arts with distinction in 2003 from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In Vienna he was doing triple major, studying conducting with Uros Lajovic, opera coaching with Konrad Leitner and composition with Dietmar Schermann. In 2003-2006 he also attended the Lithuanian Music Academy and Sibelius Academy in Finland, working with Leif Segerstam and Juozas Domarkas.

Last updated December 2017