Chen Ning-chi

Chen graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1964 where he studied Composition. He worked in the Central Song and Dance Troupe (now the China National Song & Dance Ensemble), the National Ballet of China and the Central Philharmonic of China (now the China National Symphony Orchestra). He was appointed Assistant Music Director of the HKCO in 1993. Subsequent posts with the HKCO included Resident Composer and Assistant
Conductor (1997-1999), Resident Conductor and Promotion Assistant (1999-2001), and Head of Research and Development (2001-2002). 

His more works are the symphonic poems The Battle of Chibi (2010) and The Wind from Taiwan (2010), the Zheng concerto Xi Shi (2011), Sparkling Fireworks for Chinese orchestra and the Konghou concerto The Phoenix that Rises from the Ashes (2012).