Programme:
Gioachino Rossini (Arranged by Friedrich Berr)
Sonata for Wind Quartet No. 1 in F Major: 2nd & 3rd Movements
Angus Lee Yi-wei(Flute)
Johnny Fong Hiu-kai*(Clarinet)
Timothy Chan Ting-yuen(Bassoon)
Hermann Paw Man-hing*(Horn)
Opera
Georges Bizet's Carmen: “Nous avons en tête une affaire”
Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata: “Brindisi”
Yuki Ip Po-Ching, Colette Lam Wing-wing, Jasmine Law Hiu-ching and Phoebe Tam Lok-hin(Soprano)
Melody Sze Siu-wan(Mezzo-soprano)
Alex Tam Tin-lok(Tenor)
Amy Sze Man-lun and Cherry Tsang Chit-lai(Piano)
Hippocrates Cheng Ching-nam The Ancient Voice No.2(2016, 2018)
Hippocrates Cheng Ching-nam(Overtone Singing)
Jensen Lung Heung-fai(Violin)
Gordon Lee Chun-lok(Harmonica)
Hui Cheung-wai Vigorous Winds & Tough Strings
Jensen Lung Heung-fai(Violin)
Angus Lee Yi-wei(Flute)
Johnny Fong Hiu-kai*(Clarinet)
Stephen Chau Kai-leung(Guitar)
Flamenco: Cantiñas
Betty Paige Wong Lai-hung(Choreography and Dance)
Ashley Chan Shek-ming(Guitar)
Kelleigh Poon Wai-yee(Singing)
Joyce Chiang Chiu-yee(Clipping)
Ballet: Konstellation
So Hon-wah(Choreography)
Christiana de Blank(Dance)
Cheryl Heung(Dance)
Eugene Pang(Dance)
Chloe Si-Qi Petermann(Dance)
James Yan(Dance)
Contemporary Music and Dance: Pulsars between Infinity and Nothingness
Helen Cha Hoi-lun(Piano)
Allen Lam Wai-yuen(Choreography and Dance)
Sonata for Wind Quartet No. 1 in F Major: 2nd & 3rd Movements
Rossini composed six sonatas in 1804 when he was only twelve years old. Originally written for two violins, a cello and a double bass, the sonatas were published in an arrangement for a string quartet. This wind quartet edition was arranged by clarinettist Friedrich Berr in 1828 and 1829. Instead of the more common wind instrumentation (flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon), Berr arranged the quartet for flute, clarinet, bassoon and horn, which enhances the bass line as the lower strings do in the original composition, producing unique colours to the arrangement. As a clarinettist, Berr is familiar with the timbre and characters of various woodwind instruments. His multi-layered arrangement of the beautiful tones of the four instruments adds richness to the sonata while retaining the delightful spirit of Rossini’s work.
Sonata No.1 was initially written in G major but was transposed by Berr to F major that suits better the range and tone colour of the wind instruments. The second movement “Andante” features an expressive melody played by the flute that leads to a lively middle section and followed by a conversation-like section between the instruments. The third movement “Rondo” starts off with a theme played by the flute, which recurs throughout the movement, alternating with virtuosic passages played by each instrument.
Angus Lee Yi-wei
Clarinet
Johnny Fong Hiu-kai*
Bassoon
Timothy Chan Ting-yuen
Horn
Hermann Paw Man-hing*
Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata: “Brindisi”
Bizet's Carmen premiered at the Paris Opera House in Paris on 3 March 1875 and became one of the most-performed operas in the world. The rich and charming story, coupled with beautiful and passionate melodies, lingers in your mind forever.
Verdi's La Traviata, was first performed at La Fenice Opera House in Venice on 6 March 1853, is also one of the world's favourites. Confronted by life challenges, La Traviata is an attack on hypocrisy, but also a toast to human dignity and life. The opera is known for featuring some of the most challenging soprano arias.
Presented by our incredibly talented local opera singers are famous excerpts that showcase the beauty of human voice and the tale of enduring love, with four-hand piano accompaniment.
Yuki Ip Po-Ching
Colette Lam Wing-wing
Jasmine Law Hiu-ching
Phoebe Tam Lok-hin
Mezzo-soprano
Melody Sze Siu-wan
Tenor
Alex Tam Tin-lok
Piano
Amy Sze Man-lun
Cherry Tsang Chit-lai
Overtone singing is a vocal technique originated from Mongolia in which the singer could sing two notes (fundamental and its overtones) at the same time by manipulating his/her resonant cavities. As a composer and overtone singer, Hippocrates Cheng Ching-nam explores the new possibilities of the application of overtone singing in contemporary compositions.
Written for violin, chromatic harmonica and overtone singing/jaw harp, The Ancient Voice No.2 (2016, 2018) explores and superimposes both Ancient and Contemporary, Eastern and Western music elements. The last section of the piece provides a platform in which all three musicians could improvise and interact with their voices to make the piece alive.
This piece is also suggested to be performed on the street for its great sense of freedom.
Composition & Overtone Singing
Hippocrates Cheng Ching-nam
Violin
Jensen Lung Heung-fai
Harmonica
Gordon Lee Chun-lok
Written by Hui Cheung-wai, a local famous composer, in 2013 and rearranged specially for this performance, Vigorous Winds & Tough Strings is tonight's theme composition which pays tribute to local musicians for their perseverance and wholehearted devotion to music.
The basic progression of this chamber music composition is a perpetual movement, displaying the tight interplay between voices as well as flourished passages in leading role for each instrument of the quartet. But the ensemble performance in sheer balance and precision with perfect harmony and interrelation shows the more important value of sturdiness and courage derived from the title. Symbolically, sustaining pitch class and repetitive patterns form the backbone of its structure. The music is gradual and with composure in its development like a metamorphosis from youth to maturity, flowing continuously with high spirit, with a down-to-earth approach but not without brave invention.
Inspired by the sounds of the wind, this single-movement piece begins with all the instruments projecting interesting timbres, followed by tightly connected segments of diverse musical languages from neoclassical to minimal and free tonality with delightful transformation.
Violin
Jensen Lung Heung-fai
Flute
Angus Lee Yi-wei
Clarinet
Johnny Fong Hiu-kai*
Guitar
Stephen Chau Kai-leung
Four souls connected by dance and music strike sparks off each other and infuse sentimentality and passion into this performance.
Cantiñas is a group of flamenco palos, originated in Cadiz in the Andalucía region of southern Spain. This style is played in a major mode and creates a festive and vibrant mood. Choreographer and dancer Betty Paige Wong Lai-hung's impeccable dance skills, coupled with the vigorous guitar, rhythmic clapping and thrilling singing, connect the audience to the charm and energy of the dancer and musicians.
Choreography and Dance
Betty Paige Wong Lai-hung
Guitar
Ashley Chan Shek-ming
Singing
Kelleigh Poon Wai-yee
Clipping
Joyce Chiang Chiu-yee
Konstellationis a piece re-choreographed by So Hon-wah. Five young ballet talents create the imaginary outlines and beautiful patterns like the constellation and take the audience into the infinite space of imagination.
The relationship between composition and choreography would commonly be described as a ‘marriage’ of music and dance. The collaboration of the musician and dancer is to find the emotional and physical connection of this ‘marriage’. Through this collaborative work, the pianist and dancer will not lose oneself but will fuse with each other while maintaining a sense of individuality. They have to take an active interest in learning about each other as individuals and connect together through sharing. This metaphor says much more about the emotional experience of the collaboration on an interpersonal level, in addition to the artistic result.
Alexander Timofeev
Choreography and Dance
Allen Lam Wai-yuen
Piano
Helen Cha Hoi-lun
Music
Lonely Journey and Rainbow

Graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with first-class honours in 2014, and from Royal Academy of Music in London with distinction in 2016, Angus Lee Yi-wei has been a regular freelance musician with Hong Kong Sinfonietta since 2011 and is currently a member of Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.
As an advocate of new music and a composer, Lee has premiered works by numerous local composers in his capacity as a flautist and conductor. Between 2013 and 2017, he was invited to participate in the international summer academies for new music, such as Modern Academy with Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, London Sinfonietta Academy, IMPULS Akademie with Klangforum Wien, and the renowned Lucerne Festival Academy. He has worked closely with soloists of Ensemble InterContemporain, as well as conductors including Matthias Pintscher, Alan Gilbert and Susanna Mälkki. He also performed as a soloist at Pierre Boulez's 90th birthday celebration concert series and his memorial concert in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
His recent commissioned works included Aeolian Scriptures for the opening ceremony of the Sound and Image Challenge International Festival (Macau), sous rature (for violin and viola) for the Ciclo de Música Contemporánea de Oviedo (Spain) and an electronic music piece Midnight Sun for local artist Kingsley Ng's work moon.gate in the CYCLE Music and Art Festival (Iceland).

Johnny Fong Hiu-kai obtained his Bachelor of Music degree from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2006 where he studied with Andrew Simon. He pursued further studies with Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima at the Mannes School of Music, The New School in New York and received his Master of Music degree in 2008.
Fong joined the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in 2008 as its Principal Clarinet. With the orchestra he performed Lutosławski's Dance Preludes at the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2009 and made his Carnegie Hall debut in the same year. He was a featured soloist in the orchestra's concert (Hong Kong Week's Closing Performance), namely A Soldier's Story, at the Shanghai Expo 2010.
Fong worked with a number of orchestras including Asian Youth Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Macao Orchestra, etc. Apart from the Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, he also performed throughout the world including the USA, Canada, France, Italy, South America, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia.

Timothy Chan Ting-yuen received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with first-class honours under the tutelage of Kam Shui, former Principal Bassoonist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014, Chan pursued a master's degree at the University of the Arts in Berlin where he studied with Professor Eckart Hübner.
Apart from solo playing, Chan performed in many different orchestras, including Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia, etc. He won the title of Young Music Makers 2011 organised by the Radio Television Hong Kong and was crowned Adjudicator's Choice. In 2012, he was awarded a full scholarship from the Asian Cultural Council to participate in the prestigious Aspen Music Festival and School.
Chan was the Chairman of The Bassoonion, a registered organisation which is committed to promoting bassoon to the general public. In 2017, he joined the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bassoonist.

Hermann Paw Man-hing studied music under the tutelage of Joe Kirtley and obtained his Bachelor of Music degree with first-class honours from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2011. Later, he pursued a Master of Music degree under William Caballero at the Carnegie Mellon University.
Paw joined the Asian Youth Orchestra from 2007 to 2009 and toured the Mainland China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. In 2010, he played as the guest principal horn with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, touring Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina in South America. He also performed in Pacific Music Festival (Japan) and National Orchestral Institute (USA) under the baton of Fabio Luisi, Asher Fisch, Leonard Slatkin and Daniel Hege.
Paw joined the Hong Kong Sinfonietta as its Principal Horn in 2013.

Yuki Ip Po-ching obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and her Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory in Boston, USA.
Ip has rich performance experience. Her major performances included being the featured soloist with José Carreras for the inaugural season of the National Centre of the Performing Arts, Beijing, China; Cio-Cio San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly with Musica Viva, Hong Kong; a soprano soloist in her European debut at the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; and a soprano soloist in J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Haydn's Die Schöpfung under the baton of Maestro Helmuth Rilling in 2011 and 2013 respectively.
Recently Ip performed Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas McGegan and H. Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 in Verona and Cremona, Italy. She was also a guest soloist at the Expo Shanghai 2010 with Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra and Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen with Le French May in Hong Kong.

Colette Lam Wing-wing obtained a Master of Music degree in Voice at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and a Master of Arts degree in Advanced Vocal Studies with distinction at The Wales International Academy of Voice, Cardiff on the Li Po Chun Professional Training Scholarship.
Lam performed in Asia and the UK and appeared in operatic roles such as Micaëla in Carmen, Violetta in La Traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto, Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte, Amina in La Sonnambula and Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Her major concert credits included Mahler's Symphony No.2 in Colston Hall, Bristol, Shostakovich's Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok in the Royal Academy of Music, London, Orff's Carmina Burana with Hong Kong Bach Choir, and Opera Gala in Millennium Centre, Cardiff. She was also a soloist in Concert Tour with Kent Sinfonia, the UK and debuted numerous new compositions in Sadler's Wells Theatre, Westminster Abbey, and Zeist, the Netherlands.

Jasmine Law Hiu-ching began her vocal training under the tutelage of Ms Katusha Tsui-Fraser at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In 2006, she pursued further studies under the tutelage of Joy Mammen at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Law demonstrated her versatility as a singer in the various genres of music, ranging from Baroque, art songs, operas to modern music in Hong Kong and abroad. In 2012, she made her debut at the Hong Kong Arts Festival performing Angel Lam's new composition June Lovers, conducted by Perry So and was the first Hong Kong soprano to perform Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire under the baton of contemporary music maverick Paul Zukofsky. In 2014, she made her debut as a soprano soloist and performed with the Grammy Award winner David Russell in the world premiere of Fausto Tuscano's Due volte è iniziata la mia vita in Italy. In the same year, she participated as a soprano soloist/actress in a fully staged version of Kafka Fragments by György Kurtág in New Vision Arts Festival in collaboration with Alice Theatre Laboratory.
She is currently the Artistic Director of RapsoVoce Performance Collective.

Phoebe Tam Lok-hin obtained her Bachelor of Music degree and Professional Diploma from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and a Master of Music degree from the Mannes College of Music in New York.
Tam won the regional round of the 32nd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition and advanced to the final round in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She was one of the semi-finalists in the Mondial Chinese Vocalist Concours in Taipei. Her operatic roles included Mimì and Musetta in La Bohème, Violetta in La Traviata, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Despina in Così fan tutte, Micaëla in Carmen, Cupidon in Orphée aux enfers and Metella in La Vie Parisienne among others.

Melody Sze Siu-wan obtained her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Michigan State University.
Sze took principal operatic roles in Rossini's Cinderella (La Cenerentola) as Cinderella, De Falla's El retablo de maese Pedro as The Boy, and Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas as Paula to name a few. Her engagements with opera companies included Mercedes in Bizet's Carmen with Opera Grand Rapids (US), Flora in Verdi's La Traviata and Stephano in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette with Opera Hong Kong as well as The Nursing Sister in Puccini's Suor Angelica at the Macao International Music Festival.
Sze also performed actively as a concert soloist, such as Mahler's Song of a Wayfarer, Bach's Magnificat, Haydn's Harmoniemesse, Beethoven's Symphony No.9, Vivaldi's Gloria (RV 588 and RV 589) and Schubert's Mass in Ab and Magnificat in C.
Apart from her singing career, Sze teaches at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Macao Polytechnic Institute and the Macau University of Science and Technology.

Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London and The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), Alex Tam Tin-lok has performed over 30 operatic roles and taken leading roles in concerts and other productions worldwide. He played his first leading role at the age of 19 as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, followed by Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore, Tonio in La Fille du Règiment, Pong in Turandot, Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, Goro in Madama Butterfly, Remendado in Carmen and many others.
Tam led The Hong Kong Children's Choir as a chorus master in collaboration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Symphony with Christmas Angels in 2011 and Sinfonia Antarctica by Vaughan Williams in 2013. In 2014, Tam was appointed as the Chorus Master of a Guinness World Record-breaking event, ODE TO JOY – Concert of Ten Thousand, co-presented by the Radio Television Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and Opera Hong Kong. He is also active in the field of pop music, working as an arranger, composer and performer.
Tam is currently the chorus director of the Opera Hong Kong Chorus and the conductor of the HKAPA Choir. He is also a voice teacher at the HKAPA, the Hong Kong Baptist University and The Hong Kong Children's Choir.

Amy Sze Man-lun holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. As a winner of the Eastman Concerto Competition (2001) and finalist of the MTNA Steinway Competition (2003), Sze performed as a soloist with many orchestras including Texas Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, Eastman Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. She is particularly active in chamber music and keen on promoting new music. She frequently appears in the recitals of the Radio 4 of the Radio Television Hong Kong and was featured in festivals including Le French May and ISCM World Music Days. Sze is currently on the faculty of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Cherry Tsang Chit-lai earned her master’s degree and doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, where she served as teaching assistant to Barry Snyder from 2008 to 2011.
Tsang is active on the world stage and has given recitals and performed chamber music throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2009 and collaborated with Eastman Symphony Orchestra, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra and conductors such as Neil Varon, Alan Cumberland and Christoph Campestrini. In 2015, she was invited by Leisure and Cultural Services Department to participate in the “Our Music Talent” series and give a piano recital.
As a dedicated chamber musician, Tsang performed in the Sanibel Music Festival in Florida and venues such as Kneisel Hall in Maine, Symphony Space in New York and the George Eastman House in New York City. She also made a recording with James Thompson, featuring the arias from Bach’s cantatas on the International Trumpet Guild label.
Tsang is currently an adjunct lecturer for piano performance at the Hong Kong Baptist University and teaches chamber music and collaborative piano at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Hippocrates Cheng Ching-nam is currently studying for a master's degree in music composition at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His compositions cover a broad spectrum, ranging from instrumental to scores for large-scale multimedia productions. His works have been performed around the world such as Vienna, Mexico, Macau and Shenzhen.
In 2016, Cheng's work Fragment was selected by ABLAZE Records for inclusion in the SINFONIA Series CD album. His Gather and Scatter and The Walled City were also selected and presented by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra at the Music from the Heart concert in 2016 and 2017 respectively. His Fission, written for flute, clarinet and piano, premiered at the Hong Kong Vienna Music Festival in Vienna while his electronic music Time and Earth was selected and broadcast by MUSLAB. At the Academy Festival 2017, he took up the roles of artistic director and composer of the multimedia production The Cityscape which was awarded the Best Interdisciplinary Project.
Cheng is also a pianist and overtone singer. He was selected as one of the Young Music Makers of the Radio Television Hong Kong with his overtone singing.

During the past three decades, Hui Cheung-wai wrote more than 200 compositions, and many have been performed in major cities of the world including the Carnegie Hall in New York, ISCM World Music Days, World Harmonica Festival, Manhattan-Hong Kong Music Festival and Shanghai World Expo. He repeatedly received commissions to write for Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Radio Television of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Arts Festival among others. Hui was also featured in a number of books on local music, including Hong Kong Composers: 1930s to 1990s, The Development of Hong Kong Music and 30 Years of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hui was the Director of the Hong Kong Composers' Guild for more than 20 years, and represented Hong Kong at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers. In 2012, he was selected as the Featured Composer at Musicarama. He is currently the Honorary Composer-in-Residence of Hong Kong Harmonica Association and Hong Kong Guitar Orchestra.

Jensen Lung Heung-fai studied at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland in 1980, where he studied with Alberto Lysy, Sandor Vegh, and Yehudi Menuhin and performed with the Chamber Orchestra of the Camerata Lysy Gstaad in Switzerland, the UK and Portugal. In 1981, he moved to Vienna of Austria and later graduated with distinction from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He won the first runner-up title in the Hong Kong Young String Player Competition in 1985 and was invited to give a recital at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. From 1988 to 1994, Lung was the first violinist of Theater an der Wien and Raimund Theater in Vienna, and the acting concertmaster of Theater der Landeshauptstadt St. Pölten in Lower Austria.
In 1994, he joined the Hong Kong Sinfonietta as the assistant concertmaster and later the acting concertmaster until 2009. He was invited to perform as a soloist with the Academia Concertante Chamber Orchestra in Salzburg, Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta. He also participated in Mui Kwong-chiu's multimedia performances and recorded performances on radio. As an avid musician, Lung also conducted masterclasses and lectures on violin performance and served many times as an adjudicator for various music competitions. He is currently an instructor at the Department of Music of the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Gordon Lee Chun-lok obtained his Bachelor's degree in Creative Arts and Culture (Music) from The Education University of Hong Kong. He studied under chromatic harmonica soloist Franz Chmel in Austria and ten-hole harmonica under Howard Levy in Chicago. He is perfecting his performance techniques under the tutelage of sheng soloist Cheng Tak-wai. He is a versatile musician in classical music, pop music, blues as well as jazz.
In 2011, Lee was elected as one of the Young Music Makers of the Radio Television Hong Kong at the age of 19, and awarded the champion of the Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival in the following year. He won the first prize at the 2014 International Concerto Competition in New York. In the same year, he was invited to perform a solo at the Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2017, he won the championship of the World Harmonica Festival held in Germany.
Lee released an album titled Gordon Lee and his Encore Trio in 2018 and won critical acclaim.

Veteran guitarist Stephen Chau Kai-leung began studying classical guitar at the age of 14 and won the first prize (Classical Section) at the Hong Kong Guitar Festival in 1982. In 1984, he pursued studies in Spanish guitar music performance with Professor José Luís Rodrigo in Spain. In 1987, he participated in the Festival Internacional de la Guitarra organised by Paco Peña in Córdoba, Spain, and studied with Manuel Barrueco and Benjamin Verdery. He was admitted to the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain, and studied under the tutelage of Jorge Ariza and Demetrio Ballerstero.
In addition to giving solo and chamber music performances in Europe and Asia, Chau continued to create and rearrange guitar works, and premiered more than 30 guitar works by Hong Kong composers. He also recorded four albums including 24 Guitar Selections (1989–1990), Duet, New Six-string New World and Lollipops.

Betty Paige Wong Lai-hung graduated from the School of Dance of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2002 with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts. In 2012, Wong studied flamenco at Fundación Cristina Heeren de Arte Flamenco in Spain.
Wong participated in the Second Taiwan International Dance Festival in 2001 and the World Dance Alliance Festival - Global Dance in Germany in 2002. Her past performances included Forever Teresa Teng's Legendary Musical in Taiwan, Three Colours' The Flying Sportsman, City Contemporary Dance Company's The Journey to the Lion Rock, Miranda Chin Dance Company's The Chinese Martial Arts Dance Series: Episode III and renowned Hong Kong choreographer Pun Siu-fai's environmental dance series Rice, Spices, Zen & Colour. She also choreographed Chan Pei Mui for the Dance Platform of the Hong Kong Dance Alliance.
Wong is currently a flamenco tutor, freelance dancer and choreographer. She also works as a dance tutor in primary and secondary schools as well as special education institutions.

Ashley Chan Shek-ming studied flamenco guitar under Penny Wong, Carl Marin and Gerardo Alcala, and classical guitar under Su Long-ming. In 2012, Chan gave a solo performance as well as provided live accompaniment for flamenco dance performance at Y Studio of Youth Square in Chai Wan. Since 2014, he has offered live guitar accompaniment for various flamenco workshops conducted by overseas artists including Oscar Nieto, Manuel Liñan, Omayra Amaya, Marco Flores, Olga Pericet, Maria Bermudez and Maribel Ramos. In June 2015, he acted as the arranger, soloist and accompanist for Betty Paige Wong Lai-hung's flamenco performance Alma y Raices. He is a member of the local flamenco group Sentido Flamenco HK.

Kelleigh Poon Wai-yee began learning flamenco in 2008. Since 2015, Poon has been studying flamenco singing with Karina Feal Silva, a professional flamenco singer in Sevilla, Spain. She has played an active role in the flamenco dance scene.
With knowledge in Spanish and flamenco dancing, Poon is adept at expressing the meanings and imagery of the lyrics, as well as at grasping the rhythm of different forms or styles of flamenco songs, especially when singing for flamenco dancers. She performed flamenco singing both as a soloist and an accompanist for dancers in the annual Flamenco Recital of Club de Estrellas in 2016 and 2017, where she was also in charge of the musical arrangement of flamenco singing. She also performed in Spanish Chamber of Commerce Gala Dinner in 2016, in collaboration with Esencia Flamenca HK; and various flamenco shows or events organised by Flamingo Flamenco, Clara Ramona Danza Flamenca, Hong Kong Flamenco Art Centre and Pro Guitar.

Joyce Chiang Chiu-yee started her flamenco journey in Edinburgh. She loves flamenco and her journey continues today.

So Hon-wah began learning ballet with Ms Tania Tang and studied at the Beijing Dance Academy in 1986. In 1995, he was awarded the Natasha Wilson Scholarship to receive dancer teacher training at The Royal Ballet School in London and obtained one of the highest qualifications in ballet teaching.
So won a gold medal in the Asia Pacific Competition in Japan in 1989 and joined the Hong Kong Ballet in the same year. He was promoted to the principal dancer in 1991, being the first Hong Kong-born male dancer to reach the top rank.
During his 11 years with the Hong Kong Ballet, he performed many leading roles including Puyi in the world premiere of The Last Emperor, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Albrecht in Giselle, James in La Sylphide, Peter Pan in Peter Pan, the prince in The Nutcracker and Cinderella, and danced in Balanchine's Who Cares? and Kenneth MacMillan's Pavane.
Since retiring from the stage in 2002, So has founded the Hong Kong Youth Ballet Academy and has been committed to passing his knowledge and experience to the younger generation. In 2011, he also co-founded the Asian Grand Prix to support and nurture talented young dancers.

Helen Cha Hoi-lun obtained the Performer's Certificate (2007) and her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree (2010) under the tutelage of Professor Nelita True at the Eastman School of Music. She won the top prizes at the 12th Hong Kong (Asia) Piano Open Competition Open Class (2002), Piano Texas Concerto Competition (2006), Eastman School of Music Concerto Competition (2007), and Thousand Islands International Chopin Competition (2009). She has given concerts in North America, the UK, Italy, Austria, Moldova, South Korea and Mainland China, and performed under the baton of Yip Wai-hong, Yip Wing-sie, Mikhail Sechkin, Takuo Yuasa, Neil Varon, Emil de Cou and Patrick Souillot among others. She also performed at various festivals, including ISCM World Music Days, Le French May, HKS ArtisTree Residency, and the Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival.
Cha was the presenter of Radio Television Hong Kong 4 programmes Chamber Fragrance, Debussy Recollection and Non-Stop Classics, and a regular juror of local and international piano competitions. She was a guest faculty at the Hong Kong International Piano Conference (2013–2015) and is currently the Music Director of Musica del Cuore and the Artist-In-Residence at Academia de Musica S. Pio X.

Allen Lam Wai-yuen is a graduate of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He is an accomplished choreographer and performer with a broad-reaching talent covering classical ballet, contemporary and experimental dance.
Lam performed with several major dance companies in Hong Kong and the United States. In 2005 and 2014, he won the Hong Kong Dance Awards for organising theatre and educational dance projects respectively.
In 1995, Lam co-founded DanceArt, and received the Asia Cultural Council Fellowship to conduct dance research programmes in New York in the same year. In 2004, he founded Muse Motion where he continues to produce outstanding works in collaboration with artists from different disciplines and cultural backgrounds.

Christiana is the winner of Gold Medal and Best Performance Award at Asian Ballet Competition 2017 (Junior B Division), Bronze Medal and Best Hong Kong Candidate Award at Asian Grand Prix 2017 (Junior B Division) and Best Student Award at Asian Grand Prix Summer Intensive Programme 2017.
Recently, she was selected as Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals 2018 Top 12 Dancers in Senior Women Division.

Cheryl is a finalist of Asian Grand Prix 2017 (Junior B Division) and graduate of Asian Grand Prix Summer Intensive Programme. She also won New Zealand School of Dance Short Term Scholarship.

Eugene won Silver Medal and Houston Ballet Academy Summer School Scholarship Award at Asian Grand Prix 2017 (Junior A Division), Gold Medal and Asian Grand Prix Summer Intensive Programme Scholarship Award at Asian Ballet Competition 2017 (Junior A Division).

A graduate of Asian Grand Prix Summer Intensive Programme, Chloe is the Gold Medal winner of Asian Ballet Competition 2017 (Junior A Division) and Hong Kong Challenge Cup Dance Competition 2017.

James is awarded Gold Medal & Best Hong Kong Candidate Award at Asian Grand Prix 2017 (Junior A Division), Gold Medal & Best Performance Award at Asian Ballet Competition 2017 (Junior A Division), Gold Medal and Best Performance Award at Hong Kong Challenge Cup Dance Competition (Senior Division) and Best Student Award at Asian Grand Prix Ballet Intensive Programme 2017.
He also received scholarships from The Joffrey Academy of Dance and Rock School for Dance Education at Youth America Grand Prix New York Finals 2018.