Artists Showcase

Joyce Cheung

Joyce is a jazz pianist, performer, arranger and composer based in Hong Kong. She is a co-artistic director at Music Lab, an emerging festival organiser for different genres in Hong Kong.

Both of her albums, Set Loose (2020) and Jazzical Collection (2022), were released under Ginger Muse, a recording label under Music Lab that presents local instrumentalists on the global stage.

Joyce’s latest performances include Joyce Cheung & the Latin Experience, one of the main acts at Freespace Jazz Festival 2022, where Joyce and her 11-piece band showcased latin arrangements of popular tunes. In the same month, her jazz trio also performed at the Tone Musical Festival 2022 at Asia World Expo.

Earlier in the summer, Joyce was the featured pianist at Mirror.We.Are Live Concert 2022 and she also played at Terence Lam Summer Blues Concert, both held at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Joyce spent her formative years at the Berklee College of Music, having graduated with first honours in Film Scoring as well as Contemporary Writing and Production in 2014 and obtained her Master’s degree in Contemporary Performance in 2017.

Joyce is a frequent collaborator with Hong Kong musicians, including Janice Vidal, Yoyo Sham, Kiri T, Moon Tang, Chan Fai Young, Joey Yung, On Chan, etc.
Joyce maintains an active presence in Hong Kong’s jazz and pop music scene, and has had the pleasure of sharing her music with live audiences across the world, including in China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Boston, Spain, Germany, Belgium and France.

An active soloist and chamber musician, Hong Kong born Steinway Artist Cindy Ho performs internationally. Highlights in recent years include the grand opening concert of a fourteen concert series, Viennese Legacy at Wiener Konzerthaus, concerts at Carnegie Hall as part of the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

In 2016, she was awarded the Associate of Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for her contribution in music. She also received the Paul Creston Award 2017 in New York.

As the music director of Vantage Music, Cindy organised and performed in recital series since 2015. They are “A splendid Wintry Carpet”, “Viennese Legacy” , “Inspirational Liaisons” and “Opus Medtner” respectively in Hong Kong and overseas. Programmes spanned a wide range of chamber music works which included Medtner’s complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano. Further engagement includes a Czech series on solo and chamber music by Dvorak and Janacek; and a solo piano series on works by Chopin and Ravel.

A graduate of Royal Academy of Music and King’s College London, Cindy is currently the Chairperson of the Royal Academy of Music HK Alumni Association. She founded Young Musicians Series, a concert series providing young and outstanding soloists and chamber ensembles more performing opportunities. She also founded Vantage Music and magazine Vantage in promoting classical music in Hong Kong and the surrounding regions, especially for the new generation of Asia-based international artists.

Cindy’s teachers include Choi Sown Le, Ruth Nye, Aaron Shorr and Alfred Lee.

Having completed an unrelated degree in Architecture at the university of hk, Ashley has yet to receive a formal education in music. Despite her lack of training, her music has appeared in commercials for brands such as Chanel, fendi, tods, Ralph Lauren… etc. She also starred in films including the high acclaimed, upcoming Cannes festival feature film “Septet.

Jacqueline is in demand as a performer and teacher and is frequently engaged to serve as a jury member at competitions, such as the Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition, International Liszt Ferenc Competition, WPTA Portugal International Piano Competition, 2nd Thailand International Mozart Competition, Japan Piara International Piano Competition (Hong Kong), China Artists Association Competition and Hong Kong Open Piano Competition. As a lecturer, she represented Hong Kong at the World Piano Conference and has given masterclasses and lectures in many cities in Asia and also Central and South America.

Jacqueline studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Chuifun Poon and Prof. Eleanor Wong. She subsequently attended Wells Cathedral School, one of the four specialist music schools in England as a specialist piano student under the tutelage of Ms Hilary Coates. Upon graduation, she trained as a scholar at the Royal Academy of Music in London, obtaining the LRAM piano teaching diploma and BMus degree under the guidance of Prof. Patsy Toh. She completed her Master’s degree with Dr. Tamas Ungar, one of the best known pedagogues in the USA at Texas Christian University. Jacqueline served as the chairperson of the Royal Academy of Music HK Alumni Association for many years and in 2013, she was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), in recognition of her significant contribution in the musical field. She released her debut solo album ‘In Sunshine or in Shadow’ with the Vienna based Hello Stage label in 2017 and her second solo album, ‘That’s the Berries, New York Nights’ in 2020. As a passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Phoenix Piano Quartet. Apart from music, Jacqueline holds a Master of Arts degree from the Department of Comparative Literature from the University of Hong Kong.
Jacqueline taught piano and chamber music at BNU-HKBU United International College in Zhuhai, China as Senior Lecturer of Music from 2017-2020 and she is currently a music diploma examiner for Trinity College London. She will be releasing her third solo album, ‘Snow’ on the Karma Classics label very soon.

Zach was awarded First Prize and the Special Excellence Prize in the prestigious 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA (Japan, 2018), and First Prize in the 81st Steinway and Sons International Youth Piano Competition (China, 2017), which resulted in a return engagement to perform a recital at the Beijing Steinway Hall. He was also a winner of the 2017 Hilton Head International Piano Competition. He has given many successful performances, including the 30th Macau International Music Festival, 4th Shenzhen Piano Music Festival, and was also featured on David Kiser’s “On the Keys” on South Carolina Public Radio, and several other radio programmes, including Radio Television Hong Kong, and Teledifusão de Macau. His other awards include: Felix

Mendelssohn Award in the ICoM Piano Award 2016 International Competition Hamburg Composers (Germany), First Prize in HKGNA Music Competition (Hong Kong), First Prizes in Gold Medal Award and Tom Lee Music Scholarship Award of the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, and several First Prizes in the Macao Young Musicians Competition. To recognize his outstanding performances, he was awarded the “Most Talented Prize” by the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau for several times.

Zach made his orchestral debut with the Macao Orchestra at the age of 9, and continued to collaborate with other orchestras, including Hilton Head Symphony, Macao Youth Symphony (Macau, Paris, Marseille), Trondheim Soloists (Norway), Shanghai Conservatory of Music Youth Orchestra and St. Paul’s Co-educational College Alumni Orchestra (Hong Kong). Apart from orchestral appearances, Zach is also a fervent chamber musician. He has appeared in numerous performances with the St. Paul’s Co-educational College Piano Quintet. Receiving awards and recognition, they went on to organize a charity concert for the Music Children Foundation, “Quintessentially Chamber”, in September 2016.

Last summer, Zach attended the KUHMO Chamber Music Festival (Finland) and held a solo recital at the Horowitz Concert Hall of Beijing Steinway House. He performed with the Trondheim Soloists in Musicus International Music Festival (Hong Kong 2018) and in Norway (2019).

Besides playing piano, Zach is also frequently involved in composition, conducting, and music production. He was a Year 5 Composition & Electronic Music student at the HKAPA, studying with Ms. Karyee Li. His compositions have won First and Second Prizes in the Open Class of the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival in 2015 and 2014. In 2016, Zach was appointed Assistant Conductor of the St. Paul’s Co-educational College Senior Mixed Voice Choir, and led the school choir and orchestra in several performances.

He began his piano studies at the age of four with Ms. Lilik Sutiono. A Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music and Fellowship Diploma holder of the London Trinity College, he has been studying at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Professor Gabriel Kwok for eight years under a scholarship from the Academy.

Andy Leung

A native of Hong Kong, pianist Mr.Andy Leung has been studying the piano since he was four. He made enormous improvements after intensive training under Professor You Dachun from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and won the second prize for Beethoven’s piano sonata in the HKSMF competition and was the champion of the advanced group in the Hong Kong Youth Piano Competition. He was invited to make broadcast recordings on Radio Television HK and invited to perform in Hong Kong philharmonic orchestra events.

Andy graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he trained intensively under Professor Gabriel Kwok and Professor Li Mingqiang. Further postgraduate studies at the London College of Music, he read music and trained under Professor Robert Langston and Professor Michael Ryan for the Master’s degree in piano performance. Andy has achieved the Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music, Fellow of the London College of Music and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

After graduation, Andy worked intensively as a piano teacher, collaborative pianist and choir conductor. He has performed in many masterclasses, concert venues and schools. His students have achieved many major prizes in competitions and scholarships. Andy was invited to perform as an accompanist at the Heifetz International music institute, USA in 2021. He has been a music judge in various competitions in Hong Kong.

Lorrie Leung

Lorrie Leung, a 9-year-old oboist, is currently studying with Mr Kwan Sheung Fung at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She was born in a musical family and started to learn the piano with her father at the age of four. At the age of 7, she found interest in oboe. After two years of training, she achieved a number of honours in various competitions; First prize in the HKSMF oboe Junior, First prize in the international Global music contest woodwind primary section , Champion in HK music talent and awards etc. Lorrie was elected as an oboist of the symphony orchestra and senior band in Alliance primary school, Kowloon Tong

Nguyen made her debut appearance with the Hanoi Conservatory Orchestra performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488. She has since appeared at venues worldwide, including Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall, Tokyo Opera City, Hong Kong City Hall and Ho Chi Minh City Opera House. Her imaginative and acclaimed programming balances core repertoire with lesser-known works, with her recent concert repertoire exploring Schubert’s complete piano sonatas, Liszt’s Grandes études, S.137 and a large number of piano concertos.

Her discography, which has received airplay on major classical music radio networks around the world, also includes many world premiere recordings of neglected pieces. Her series of recordings of Raff’s piano music, released on Grand Piano, has garnered wide critical acclaim, and was named ‘Album of the Week’ by The Independent. Nguyen has also given live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, Hong Kong Radio Four and Vietnam National Television. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with baritone Benjamin Appl and clarinetist. She is currently working with British-French-Israeli composer Nimrod Borenstein to release his world-premiere recording of 12 Piano Etudes on Grand Piano label.

Nguyen studied with Lev Naumov at the Moscow Conservatory and Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, where she received the highest award for her final recital. She was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2013.