In the early 90's he allocated from Hong Kong to Taiwan and again established himself in the Taiwan Mandarin market. During the past 30 years Chris has arranged more than 3,000 songs in which about half of them are his original compositions. In addition to being a prominent Music Director, Chris has been known also as a renowned record producer, composer and arranger. It was considered to be recognition to his professional success as well as his continuous contributions for the music industry. In 1997, he was the music director of the celebration ceremony for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the "Change Over") which was the major program officially organized by the Hong Kong Government. Over the years Chris has led bands in different sizes and styles to perform in more than 1000 shows. With over 20 years of live-stage experience Chris quickly became one of the most popular music directors mostly collaborated with first class singers like Sam Hui, Leslie Cheung, Paula Tsui, Sally Yeh.etc. In 1978, he pursued further studies and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, majoring "Jazz Composition and Arrangement" and later he enrolled in Dick Grove's Workshop where he completed a course of "Film Scoring and Music Business".Īfter accomplishing his further music studies in the United States in Boston Berklee College of Music, Chris returned to Hong Kong in the early 80's in which that the time the pop music market started to soar. In the early 70's, Chris first burst onto the pop scene in Hong Kong he became the music director of EMI Records in which he started to participate in various kinds of music productions including record producing, film scoring, pop concerts, special events organized by TV and Radio Station.etc. When he was 20 years old, his unusual experience made him the youngest topmost bandleader of the leading hotels, pubs and nightclubs in different Asian countries. He played frequently with a lot of professional jazz musicians in those days in Asia. As a teenager, he was also a self-taught guitar, bass and saxophone player and turned professional as early as the age of 15 in 1965 and joined Tony Carpio who was a leading professional jazz Guitarist. He began to study piano at the age of 5 and he started to perform in hotels and nightclubs as a percussionist at the early age of 7. He has been performing in a wide variety of musical situations ranging from pop, jazz, classical, alternative, new age, oriental cross-over, Chinese instrumental.etc.Ĭhris has been known to be an outstanding pianist. Because of his versatile ability in music, he was sometimes called the 'Godfather of Pop and Cross-over Music'. He has been considered to be one of the most senior music directors, producers, composers, arrangers and performing artists in S.E Asia. Chris Babida was born and raised in Hong Kong.
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