Our Vision
A Voice Onstage, A Message Offstage.
Music evokes our emotions and conveys sounds of thoughts. The performer is the reader, listener the thinker, music the book of thoughts.
Founded in 2013, Music Lab is a non-profit organisation that believes in the value of performance, of its power to connect with people and its influence by sharing ideas and thoughts. Music Lab values and promotes local artists who strive for artistic excellence and follow their passion. Serving as a collaborative platform, Music Lab unites artists and adds diversity to our city's arts scene by pouring old wine into new bottles.
Music Lab insists on the relevance of music to our society on and off the stage. On stage, Music Lab is dedicated to provide enriching concert experiences. Off stage, Music Lab intends to convey messages to our society via the exploration of societal issues and cultural meaning through our innovative productions.
Board and Management
Music Lab is incorporated as a non-profit making company. It is governed by the Board of Directors which comprises professionals from diverse disciplines, such as arts and culture, social innovation, education and business, on a voluntary basis.
Board of Directors
Chairperson
Ms WONG Ying-kay
board members
Mr Chet LAM
Ms Nancy LOO
Dr David TSUI
Mr YU Kwok-lit
Artistic Directors
KaJeng WONG
Praised for his originality and exceptional musicianship, KaJeng was the winner at the Alaska International Piano E-Competition 2018, and was recently awarded Third Prize at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition 2019.
Previously, KaJeng achieved success at Los Angeles IPC and Young Concert Artist Audition in New York. He received a commendation by the Hong Kong government and has been selected to represent Hong Kong at multiple international platforms, performing at Esplanade in Singapore, Shanghai Concert Hall, Palau de la Musica Catalana and participated in festivals such as PianoTexas, Verbier Festival and Hong Kong Arts Festival. The featured documentary about his growth, “KJ: Music & Life”, was awarded Best Documentary at the Golden Horse Awards.
Besides his activities as a performer, he is involved in collaborative projects involving modern dance and theatres. Recently serving as Artist-in-residence at Zuni Icosahedron, they forged an ongoing relationship experimenting various productions crossing classical music. He also writes prolifically about music and was featured at the Pianist Magazine. Lately he hosted several TV/online programs promoting music in Asia. In the past 4 years, he has also curated the annual Music Lab Festival.
After studies with Nancy Loo and Gabriel Kwok in Hong Kong, KaJeng further his training under Prof. Emile Naoumoff at the Indiana University. He is currently pursuing Artistic Diploma at Guildhall School of Music & Drama under Prof. Ronan O’Hora, and with Prof. Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist at the Ingesund School of Music.
CY Leo
Leo is an emerging chromatic harmonica virtuosic player and singer-song writer. He has accumulated 17 international championships since 2006. In October 2013, Leo made his debut in the World Harmonica Festival, and excelled among all contestants by seizing the championship in the Test Piece Chromatic Harmonica Solo category, which is renowned as the highest honour for a chromatic harmonica player.
Under the tuition of Mr. Lee Sheung-ching, Leo has gained exposure to classical harmonica training since 6. He then went on the study with Watani Yasuo from Japan, Sigmund Groven from Norway and Willi Burger from Italy respectively, during his exploration on classical music.
Only at the age of nineteen, Leo has already been invited to be the adjudicator in various international harmonica festivals. His performance reveals extraordinary flexibility, ranging from classical, jazz, R&B, to rock music. The talent has sparkled off both local and international recognition. He was invited to perform in the two most renowned international festivals in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Art Festival 2010 and on the main stage of Clockenflap 2015. Meanwhile, he is often performing in numerous countries within Asia, Europe and North America, receiving high acclaim on his virtuosic technique and unique musical interpretation. He is also currently the international endorser at the Honher Music.
Joyce CHEUNG
Joyce Cheung received an early classical musical training in both piano and cello, obtaining diplomas from ABRSM and Trinity College at a young age. She spent her early years studying piano performance and electronic composition at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. During which she performed with the world class pianist Lang Lang in Time Square in Hong Kong.
She studied in St. Paul’s Co-educational College where she was the first recipient of the Young Talent Scholarship. She spent the summer of 2008 at Berklee College of Music, participating in a 5-week music programme where she received a full scholarship for the programme in the following year. In the summer of 2009, she participated in the Music Horizons programme hosted by Eastman School of Music, where she received the Alumni Achievement Award.
She was awarded the Berklee Entrance Scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in 2011. During her time there, she received the Robert Share Award, Berklee Music Preparation Award and the Berklee Piano Department Scholarship. She graduated with first honor in Film Scoring and Contemporary Writing and Production in 2014.
As an arranger, she has worked on a variety of arranging projects from pop string quartet to a 100-piece orchestra and choir ensemble. She has showcased her talents in Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Boston, Valencia and Madrid.
She recently received her Masters Degree from Berklee College of Music, Valencia in Contemporary Performance, in which she produced 4 contemporary arrangements of famous classical repertoire with a title of “Jazzical”.
She is currently the Managing Director of Ritzy Live, where she participates in various music performances and creative arranging projects. On top of that she is also an active performer in the jazz scene of Hong Kong.