About Me

Changmuwei Wei was born in China. He began his conducting study at the Gdansk Conservatory of Music in Poland in 2010 and was the first Chinese student to study choral conducting in Poland. There he was taught by Professor Marcin Tomczak, the former deputy dean of the Gdansk Conservatory of Music. Wei performed with the Gdansk University Choir and the Choir of Gdansk Conservatory of Music during this period. He won the Estonia Outstanding Student Award for the Master Class of the Dean of the School of Music.

In 2016, Wei joined the Department of Choral Conducting at the University of North Carolina to study for a master’s degree and was appointed as the assistant conductor of the University Chorale. He led University Chorale for a performance of Faure’s Requiem in D minor, op 48 and Haydn’s Mass No.7 in B Flat Major as well as other repertoire. He returned to Poland in 2018 to complete his studies and earned the degree of Masters in Music.

Since 2018, Wei has been invited to lecture, rehearse, and conduct concerts in China every year. These engagements include the lecture “Chorus and Conducting” held in Chengdu in 2018; the choral concert “Four Seasons” held by Xiamen Aige Chamber Singers; as a guest conductor in July 2019 conducting the concert “Initial Heart · Love” with Chuxin Chamber Choir in Sichuan in December 2019; and the online lecture “Rehearsal of Chinese Choral Works” held in 2020.

In 2019, Wei decided to settle in Auckland with his family and the following year he collaborated with The University of Canterbury Chamber Choir: Consortia to host his first New Zealand Presentation Recital: Rehearsing & Performing Contemporary Chinese Choral Music at the Art Center in Christchurch. That month, Wei held his first conducting workshop in Auckland at Te Tuhi Art Center as a guest conductor of Manukau Symphony Orchestra and performed Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Smetana’s The Moldau and New Zealander Erin Fagan’s Alqualonde (world premiere). Currently, Wei is supervised by Professor Uwe Grodd and Associate Professor Glenda Keam. He is continuing his DMA study at the University of Canterbury and is currently a doctoral candidate for Choral Conducting.