Raymond Yiu

Raymond Yiu is the winner of an Ivors Classical Award in 2010 for Northwest Wind, and was nominated for the same award in 2004 (Beyond the Glass), 2012 (Les Etoiles au Front), 2013 (The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured), and 2018 (Mielo) respectively. He has worked with ensembles and artists including BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Chroma, Concorde Ensemble, Ensemble 10/10, London Sinfonietta, Lontano, London Symphony Orchestra, and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne.

His “musical diversion” The Original Chinese Conjuror was commissioned for the 2006 Aldeburgh/Almeida Opera, and Maomao Yü was commissioned by LSO for Lang Lang and the Silk String Quartet. His “hugely impressive” (The Guardian) Symphony was premiered by countertenor Andrew Watts, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner at the BBC Proms 2015. He was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award in 2018 (The World Was Once All Miracle) and 2020 (Corner of a Foreign Field).

Hong Kong Philharmonic first performed Yiu’s The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured in 2017. Old Bei, a Beethoven 250 commission from the orchestra opens its 2021-22 season under the baton of Jaap van Zweden. Written for Esther Yoo and inspired by the life and works of the Chinese violinist and composer Ma Sicong, his Violin Concerto, co-commissioned by BBC Radio 3, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony, was premiered in March 2024.  He is one of the contributors to The Cambridge Companion to Composition, published in May 2024.