Fu Tong Wong

Fu Tong Wong（Template:Country data 1948），an American Chinese Musician. Wong received musical training at a young age in Guangzho, and has gone through Cultural Revolution. He obtained a Masters degree in Music from Kent State University in the mid 70's. He studied violin under Si Hong Ma, and learned how to compose from Ji Ren Zhang and others. Wong currently lives in Tainan, Taiwan, and is an associate professor at a local college. Besides teaching music and violin, he enjoys reading and writing, and has published several books.

The works of Wong has been played worldwide, including Vienna, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Major Compositions

• "Xi Shi - the Opera", is the first opera using the Chinese language describing the historical story of one of the four Chinese Beauties.
• "The Hero and the Great Eagle Symphony", based on Jin Yong's famous novel. Wong utilizes western music to deliver the story and fate of a wuxia hero and his lover.

Books

• 1983 Essays on Violin Teaching
• 1985 Fu Tong Wong's Introductory Violin
• 1986 Discussions about instruments and music
• 1990 Enjoying Music
• 1995 Teaching How To Teach, Learning How To Teach
• 1998 Appreciating Another Musician
• 1998 The Development and Practice of Violin Group-Teaching
• 2004 Fu Tong Wong's Music Theory
• 2004 In the Midst of Joy/Music

Discography

• 1985 Homeland Dreams (Yoko Kubo, Violin; Yaeko Sasaki, Piano)
• 1995 Jin Se - ancient Chinese Poems and Songs
• 1998 Rhapsody of Taiwan (Henry Mazer, Conductor; Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra)
• 2005 The Hero and the Great Eagle