Andrew Tuason was born on 30 November 1962 and is a Hong Kong musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and musical director.
18 Facts About Andrew Tuason
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Andrew Tuason has been a producer and musical director for notable artists including Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Alan Tam and Coco Lee.
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In 1982, Andrew Tuason became assistant to Joseph Koo, known as the Godfather of Cantopop.
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Andrew Tuason became arranger, keyboardist, or composer for artists including: Jacky Cheung, Sam Hui, Alan Tam, Paula Tsui, Michael Kwan, Roman Tam, Jenny Tsang, Shirley Kwan, Sandy Lam, Cass Pang, Eason Chan, Coco Lee, Faye Wong, Andy Lau, among others.
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Andrew Tuason first met with Andy Lau in the late 80s when he was hired as a musical director and pianist for Lau for his North America concert tour, at the time Lau was a newcomer in singing career but he was already popular and famous in TVs and movies, the two work closely together after their US tour and Andrew Tuason began to produce Lau recording albums since then.
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From 1992 to 1996, Andrew Tuason produced 7 solo albums for Lau and composed Lau's hit track "Ai Bu Wan".
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The song reached number one on all major pop charts in HK both on radio and TVs Of the 7 albums Andrew Tuason produced for Lau, more than half became top-selling Cantopop albums in the 90s.
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In 1997, Andrew Tuason was appointed by Television Broadcast Ltd as Musical Director for the ceremony of Hong Kong Reunification to China where he arranged and conducted the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Chinese Orchestra combined, performing the China classical masterpiece "The Yellow River Piano Concerto".
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Andrew Tuason invited his classical piano teacher, the well-known concert pianist in HK Cai Chong Li to play on the Piano Concerto.
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Cheung and Andrew Tuason toured together with some 80 crew members in China and Hong Kong for more than 50 musical shows.
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Cheung and Andrew Tuason continued working closely together on Snow, Wolf, Lake followed by two world tours of over 250 concerts.
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Andrew Tuason produced Jacky Cheung's albums Private Corner in 2009 and Wake up Dreaming in 2014.
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In 2023, Andrew Tuason performed with his jazz ensemble at the Guangzhou Jazz Festival in Guangdong Province.
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Andrew Tuason began producing Andy Lau of The Four Heavenly Kings in 1988.
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Andrew Tuason continued producing, arranging and composing for seven albums by Andy Lau from 1988 - 1996.
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Andrew Tuason began arranging for Jacky Cheung in 1985 until the present.
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In 2004, Andrew Tuason conducted Jacky Cheung's musical production "Snow, Wolf, Lake".
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In 2009, Andrew Tuason produced Jacky Cheung's "Private Corner" album, Cheung's first jazz album for which he coined the phrase "Canto-jazz".