Chan Hing-yan
Hing-yan Chan is a composer and music educator. He is the chair of University of Hong Kong's Department of Music.
Biography
Hing-yan Chan received his D.M.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, majoring in composition and minoring in ethnomusicology. He was Visiting Scholar of the composition faculty of that University for the academic year 1995-96. As a composer, he has represented Hong Kong on different occasions, including the recent performance of his Madame Cadavre in the Year of China in France by l’Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and John Nelson (2004), UNESCO’s International Rostrum of Composers (2000 & 2003) and the Conference and Festival of Asian Composers’ League (1998).
Chan’s diverse output, which includes solo, chamber, choral and orchestral, often subtly incorporates Chinese elements. More than half of Chan’s compositions are written for a mixed ensemble consisting of Chinese and Western instruments. His works have been heard around the world in Europe, North and South America, China and Southeast Asia, at festivals such as the Beijing Modern Festival (2004), Festival Internacional Encuentros in Buenos Aires (2004), International Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam (2003), Melbourne Festival (2002), Singapore Arts Festival (2002), Budapest Music Week (2001), Musica Nova Festival in Estonia (2001) and Sydney Spring International Festival of New Music (2001).