Joventino Couto Remotigue also known as Jun Kung is a drummer, singer and songwriter who resides in Hong Kong.
Biography
He is known as "the drummer" in Hong Kong. Also an accomplished singer-songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist and music producer. Born in Hong Kong, raised in Macau began his professional drumming career at the age of 14. A proud alumni of the "DRUMMERS COLLECTIVE" in NYC. Studied under such great drummers like Kim Plainfield, Ian Froman & Daduka Fonseca. In the summer of 1999, Signed to a major label and released a self produced album under Universal Music Group, which got multiple awards and Best Newcomer Award of 1999. In 2001 joined he joined with Guitar icon Paul Wong and formed the group HANN and the released 5 albums Under Universal Music Group. In 2007 he embarked on his first ever world tour "The Year Of Jacky Cheung World Tour ‘07" for all 105 shows over 60 cities. With multiple solo albums, countless production work and over 200 released songs, he will continue Touring/ Recording and Producing for major artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Greater China.
Awards
Jun Kung, known as "the drummer" of Hong Kong, is an accomplished singer songwriter and music producer. In 1999, he was signed to "Universal Music Group" and released his first EP Here & Now. The acclaimed singles "Shoe Size" and "Love Space" won him the first place of the "Best New Artist" award at the Hong Kong Commercial Radio Music Award in 2000 and "Voice of the 21st Century award" from Metro Radio. His original songs "Here to Stay" and "兩心花" has won "Best original film song" in the 30th and 31st Hong Kong Film Awards respectively. And in 2013 "Best Rock Artist" award from Chinese Music Media Awards. He continues to tour and record extensively as well as give lectures and master classes. He believes the only way to give back is to keep performing, sharing and giving young talented musicians a chance to make music their full time job - a chance that was once given to him 20 plus years ago.
Solo career
Jun has recorded and released multiple solo albums both released under major labels and also independently. Scored over 10 full length feature films and has held concerts as a solo artist yearly with audiences up to around 3–4 thousand audiences per show. Jun also is venturing into different facets in his career, venturing into new businesses like Noodles and Hot Sauces.
Discography
Awards
2000 Best New Artiste award from Commercial Radio Hong Kong 2000 Voice of the 21'st century award from Radio 104 FM Select 2011《Here To Stay》The 30th Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song 2012 《Leung Sam Fa》The 31st Hong Kong Film Award Best Original Film Song 2013 Best Rock Artiste award in 第十三届《华语音乐传媒大奖》
Tour and Shows
2004 Bobby McFerrin concert on Hong Kong Arts Festival 2005 Jacky Cheung 張學友 活出生命Live演唱會 2006 Coco Lee World Tour 2007 Jacky Cheung World Tour 2008 Khalil Fong Wonderland World Tour 2009 JustIn Lo -AIR JUSTIN World Tour 2011–2014 Eason Chan DUO World Tour 2012 Faye Wong World Tour 2012 Sandy Lam- World Tour 2015–present Sandy Lam- Pranava World Tour
Solo concert
2002 《My Live》solo concert 2002 《 Rock Affair 》Live @ Sydney Superdome 05/10/02 2010 《Jun on The Moon Live》solo concert 2012 《Playback》solo concert 2012 《Clockenflap》performed / 2013 《Clockenflap》 2015 《MOOV Live》Live @ Pacpherson Sytasium 2016 《Just A Concert》Live @ Queen Elizabeth Stadium 2016/2017《Wow + Flutter》 Music Festival 2018 《Free Space》performed
