Ang Mei Foong

Multiple award-winning soprano Ang Mei Foong was awarded the "Silver Medal Winner Award-Outstanding Achievement" in the Global Music Award; the Golden Medal Award (Voice Category) from the Berliner International Music Competition. In 2018, she was bestowed with the title “Cavaliere” (a Knight of The Order of Star of Italy), a prestigious recognition by the Italian government of her outstanding achievements in vocal art; followed by the Best Solo Performance (Vocal) award in the 16th Boh Cameronian Arts Awards 2019; and the National Academics Awards (the category of Performing Arts) by Ministry of Education Malaysia in which the award was presented by Tun Dr. Mahathir in 2019. As an active recitalist, Mei Foong has given several well-received solo recitals in Kuala Lumpur, Taiwan, Macau, Rome, and Melbourne. Her opera performances had also been warmly received, she has performed title roles in Bizet’s Carmen, Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Puccini’s La bohème, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Le Nozze di Figaro, and Verdi’s La Traviata. She now serves as Head of Music Department at Universiti Putra Malaysia.

女高音洪美楓是現代馬來西亞最受矚目的女高音之一，常受邀擔任各大型音樂會獨唱領唱者和各大型歌劇女主角，也常受邀到各地大師班當指導。她活躍的音樂工作者，所演唱的曲目廣泛，室內樂作品則包括舒曼的《女人的愛情與生活》丶佛瑞的《美好之歌》丶理查·史特勞斯的《最後四首歌》、貝爾格的《最初的七首歌曲》等；她也曾擔任韓德爾的《聖塞西莉亞節頌歌》以及《彌賽亞》的女高音獨唱。除此之外，她也愛好演唱當代作曲家之作品，也曾受邀參與多場馬來西亞當代聲樂作品之世界首演音樂會。美楓曾多次與吉隆坡城市歌劇公司合作，曾參與歌劇《卡門》、《阿瑪爾與夜訪者》、《波西米亞人》、《費加洛的婚禮》、《茶花女》皆擔任女主角一角；美楓也多次參與馬來西亞愛樂交響樂團的歌劇與音樂會獨唱女高音的邀演。現擔任馬來西亞博特拉大學音樂系主任。