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Dr. LEUNG Chi-cheung

Music Director/Principal Conductor, Yao Yueh Chinese Music Association Limited
Dr. LEUNG Chi-cheung

Composer, conductor and educator, Dr. LEUNG studied music in US, Hong Kong and Australia. He won the First Prize in the Hong Kong Young Musicians’ Award in 1985 and received the Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award in 1989. His music compositions have been performed in various cities around the world. He was invited to present in concerts featuring solely his compositions respectively in the Asian Arts Festival 2009 (USA) and the Aomori Museum of Art (Japan) 2010. He was the founding conductor of the Yao Yueh Chinese Music Orchestra (1974) and was appointed Music Director in 2007. Dr. LEUNG has wide research interests which cover creative industries, music education and Chinese music. Dr. LEUNG has been the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and Professor in the Cultural and Creative Department at The Education University of Hong Kong.