The Global
Experience Directors
The Global Experience
Student at Hitmaker Global Academy has the privilege to learn from our Global Experience Directors as part of our blended learning method through the intensive REAL practical experience workshop (GEX). The Global Experience Directors are the creative industry experts with rich and in-depth experience. They are also award-winning music producers, engineers, songwriters, from the GRAMMY, Golden Melody, and many other international awards. At Hitmaker, we are connected globally by working with international musicians from orchestras, conservatories and industry practitioners offering masterclasses and judging of our music events.
Jeff Miyahara
Chief Creative Officer & Global Experience Director
In addition to his numerous collaborations with mega-hit artists in Japan. Jeff also continues to work with top-tier international artists. In 2009, Jeff signed on with UM360 (a management division of Universal Music Japan) to further solidify his position as a major player in the global music market. He currently has projects in the works in the US, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Australia, while continuing his work in Japan. Evidence that having a powerhouse like Universal behind him is helping extend his international reach even further.
Jeff has been called a ‘Rosetta stone’ of record making, as it seems that regardless of the language and cultural elements of the artist’s input, an acclaimed hit-song comes out the other end. Jeff’s multi-cultural and multi-lingual background (LA-raised, half Korean, half Japanese) forms the foundation for his unique approach to songwriting and production. He has an unparalleled ability to craft songs that resonate across cultural and linguistic boundaries, genres, and even generations
As his international profile grows and his workload on the Japanese side redefines the word ‘prolific’ (he had over 50 CD releases in 2009), Jeff Miyahara, is poised to become a global production phenomenon.
The Global Experience Directors
Jon Rezin
Grammy Nominated Mix Engineer & Producer
Miles Walker
Grammy Award Winning Engineer
Darrell Ang
Grammy Award Nominee for Best Orchestral Performance |
Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of The Sichuan Orchestra of China
Alex Sypsomos
Soul | pop singer | songwriter | producer | Golden Melody Award Winner
Kevin Woo
Music Artist | Actor | Television Host
Olly Wood
Hollaphonic
Deanna Woo
Professional Artist Manager
Tat Tong
Head of A&R for Sony Music Greater China | Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer | COMPASS Awards for Wings of Excellence & Best English Pop Song
Christine Sham
Composer | Keyboardist | Educator
Visiting Masterclass Artists & Adjudicators
Alexander Souptel
Assoc. Prof. Alice Waten
Australian National Academy of Music, Melbourne
Dr Annie Wong
Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada
Charmian Gadd
Central Coast Conservatorium, Australia
Chen Xi
Central Conservatory of Music
Duan Yi Ke
Han Jiang Conservatory of Music
Elena Budinstein
Trainer & Coach, Intercultural Competence
Gao Jiasi
Xinghai Conservatory of Music
Georg Pedersen
University of Sydney
Guennadi Mouzyka
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Dr Hardy Mertens
He Lanqing
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Huang Yuanfu
Igor Budinstein
Dr Jason Guo
Jeremy Monteiro
Jin Ta
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Keiichi Kurokawa
Kuraaki Hori
Music Producer & Songwriter
Lu Xi
Xinghai Conservatory of Music
Michael Bardon
Australian Institute of Music
Ning Fangliang
Tutor at the Central Conservatory of Music
Phillip Shovk
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Qi Wang
Central Conservatory of Music
Shui Bing
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Wang Chongwu
Central Conservatory of Music
Wang Peng
Yunnan University of Art
Dr Wojciech W. Wisniewski
Australian Institute of Music
Yang Dazhi
Yang Yichen
Central Conservatory of Music
Cellist, Chamber Musician