AWARDS
2015 NIKKEI ASIA PRIZE
Winner of the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture and Community, recognising AYO’s outstanding achievements contributing to the region’s sustainable development and to the creation of a better future for Asia.
Presenting the award to AYO founder Richard Pontzious, Mr. Fujio Mitarai, Chairman of Nikkei Asia Prizes, said: “It is worth rewarding this amazing orchestra which has been performing for 25 years. We truly hope conflicts between Asian countries will be eased by understanding each other.” This is the first time in the 20-year history of the Prize that the award has been presented to an orchestra, and the first time a Nikkei Prize has been awarded to a Hong Kong organization.
2010 PRAEMIUM IMPERIALE GRANT FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
2010 Grant for Young Artists
Asian Youth Orchestra
Selected by International Advisor Yasuhiro Nakasone (Japan)
Praemium Imperiale artists are recognized and awarded for their achievements, for the impact they have had internationally on the arts, and for their role in enriching the global community. The Grant for Young Artists is given to a group or institution that encourages the involvement of young people in the arts.
PRESS RELEASE
2016年7月1日
亞洲靑年管弦樂團創辦人龐信獲香港特區政府授勳
熱烈恭賀亞洲靑年管弦樂團（亞青）創辦人龐信獲香港特區政府頒授銀紫荊星章，以表揚其創辦及領導亞靑26年，並令樂團在國際舞台上享負盛名。
銀紫荊星章是香港授勳及嘉獎制度下第二最高級別勳章，頒授予長期擔任公共事務及志願工作的領導人。
龐信49年來一直致力為亞洲年青樂手提供學習及演出機會。龐氏在1967年開始在台北美國學校任教音樂，一年後於日本東京創立樂器課程，致今依然極受注目。1983至84年間，龐氏在上海音樂學院推動管弦樂，令學院於文化大革命過後得以蓬勃發展。自1987年起，龐氏植根香港，讓超過22,000名年青音樂家有機會成為亞洲青年管弦樂團一員，並提供巡迴演出機會。
龐氏於2000年已獲特區政府頒授銅紫荊星章。在龐氏領導下，亞青2010年榮獲日本「高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞」(年青藝術家) ，繼而在2015年榮獲「日經亞洲賞」(文化及藝術) 。
「紫荊星章」在1997年香港回歸中華人民共和國時設立，用以替代英國殖民時代所用的授勳制度(如大英帝國勳章) 。