Elite of Classical Music

Elite of Classical Music is an international organization of amateur classical musicians. It was founded in 2006, and soon became a famous organization in China, USA, UK, Russia, Germany, and France.
The members include some famous composers, conductors, and pianists of those countries.
Notable members
The Royal Hous
*Hou Fei, or The Royal Hou
Hou Fei comes from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. As the creator and presider of the organization, he contribute most to make Elite of Classical Music a influential and united organization. He is an excellent flutist and clarinetist, and his favorite composer is Gustav Mahler.
*Hou Rui, or Hou the Second
Hou Rui comes from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.One of the administractors of the organization. He is a great CD collector and a noted musical critic. Among his collections, CDs of Claudio Abbado form the most critical and precious part. Furthermore, he is also a gifted football player.
The Beijing Branch
*Chen Jiaqi
A student of BFSU, from Shenzhen, he is an amateur composer, and a member of the Classical Music Society of BFSU. He held several popular lectures on the history of music. It is said that Chen created the saying "Glazunov!", meaning some improper things in a discussion of music.
The Wuhan Branch
The JZH Branch
JZH is short for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. Members of this branch mainly come from these provinces.
*Yang Yunhan, or Jan Juham.
Jan Juham is a young composer and the conductor of the Wanli Philharmonic Orchestra in Zhejiang.
*Wu Yue, nicknamed Pidan , (Preserved egg). Wu is currently studying in University of Washington, major in English Language and Literature. He is also one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of 21 century.
The Xiamen Branch
*Han Yingchao, or Professor Han.
Han Yingchao comes from School of Law, Xiamen University. One of the administrator of the organization. Members in the organization usually call him "Professor Han" by reason of his erudition of music. He is also a skilled pianist and one of the greatest CD collectors in China. He had started a boycott of the DG company in Elite of Classical Music.
*Wang Yihui
Wang Yihui comes from Art College, Xiamen University. She is a gifted pianist and soprano. Her playing is full of ardour and power, and her control of tone color and rhythm is also beyond comparison. During her art career, she devotes most of her energy in popularizing Russian music, especially piano works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Prokofiev.
*Wang Mingxin or Assistant Wang
Wang Mingxin comes from Tan Kah Kee College, Xiamen University. He is a gifted pianist and a devout Buddhist. He is an authority in performance of Claude Debussy's piano music. In addition, he contributes a lot to the investigation of Zen Buddhism.
*Wu Yidi
Wu Yidi comes from School of Economics, Xiamen University. Her name means to follow the nature. She is a young conductor and violinist. Her idol is Seiji Ozawa, and she is trying her best to become a great conductor like him. She also works hard in learning of musicology and music history. She loves Ludwig van Beethoven and Sergei Rachmaninov's music best.
*Wei Ming
Wei Ming comes from School of Management, Xiamen University. He is one of the greatest CD collectors in China.
*Li Yuzhong
Li Yuzhong comes from School of Architecture and Civil Engerneering, Xiamen University. He is a famous conductor of China and an amateur piano player. To people's surprise, he usually conducts by a pen, and the uniqueness of his conducting makes him so popular among young girls in Xiamen University. He is adept at intrepretation of Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev and John Cage's work.
The HK Branch
*Yat Kee Yam, or Thomas Yu.
Thomas comes from School of Business, University of Hong Kong. He is also one of the administrators of the organization. Being an acclaimed and influential conducor in Hong Kong, he contributed a lot to the development of classical music in Hong Kong. He's also a fanatical CD collectors especially on collecting the Symphony No.9 composed by Antonin Dvorak. By May 2009, he has collected over 90 editions of this great symphony.
The USA Branch
The UK Branch

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