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• President, World Youth and Children Choral Artists' Association  

• Former First Vice-President, International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)  

• Former Music Director and Principal Conductor, Hong Kong Children's Choir  

• Winner of the Children's Choir Category (with Hong Kong Children's Choir), III Festival Internacional De Música De Cantonigròs (Catalonia, Spain) (1985)  

• Received the Rockefeller Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council to study and research at music schools and colleges in 18 states in the United States (1994)  

• Received the "China Treble Choir Achievement Award" from the China Chorus Association (2004)  

• Received the "Award for Arts Achievement (Music) " from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2007)  

• Received the Membership Certificate of China Musicians Association (2023) 

 

Founder and President of World Youth and Children Choral Artists' Association (WYCCAA), Former First Vice-President of International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), Prof. Leon Shiu-wai Tong is an internationally renowned choral expert, conductor, speaker, juror, and curator of world-class choral festivals. Currently the Artistic Director of Guangzhou Children's Palace Choir, China, Tong was former Music Director & Principal conductor of the Hong Kong Children's Choir (-1997) and Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Hong Kong Treble Choir (-2020). 

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As President and Chairman of the Artistic Committee, Tong has organized many global events with WYCCAA, including the 2024 World Youth & Children's Choir Festival cum 1st Greater Area Choir Festival, the World Choir Festivals (2023, 2022, 2021), 2019 World Choral Conducting Competition, World Youth & Children's Choir Festival – Hong Kong (2019, 2017 & 2015), 2018 Belt & Road World Choir Festival, and the Hong Kong International Youth & Children's Choir Festivals (2013, 2011, 2008 & 2006). In 2008, he curated with the Olympic Committee of Hong Kong "The World Sings for Olympics" concert, in which the international film-star Jackie Chan and World Youth Choir (whose choristers came from over 36 countries and regions) were invited to perform. Respectively in 1998 & 2001, with the Hong Kong Treble Choir Association, he organised the 1st and 2nd "China International Children's Choir Festival & World Symposium for Children's Choral Music", which were followed by the World Children's Choir Festival and the world-renowned Songbridge Programme in 2005.  

  

He is also frequently invited to adjudicate at internationally acclaimed choral festivals and competitions, including competitions under the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing Association. He was the only foreign juror at the 67th NHK All-Japan School Choir Competition. As an expert who currently holds several guest professorships in a number of universities in China, Tong has received a number of awards for his contribution to choral music nationally and internationally, including the China Treble Choir Contribution Award in 2004 (from China Chorus Association) and the Award for Arts Achievement (Music) in 2007 (from Hong Kong Arts Development Council).