Mr. Choi Sown Le/ ​Piano Director

Mr. Choi Chung Lik has been deeply influenced by his artist parents since childhood and began studying piano with Guo Yueji and Xia Lico at a young age. He received scholarships from the Royal Academy of Music in the UK and the Lady Tennant Scholarship. He studied in Europe for eleven years and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He was awarded the First Prize and Distinction Prize at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He studied under Kruse, Hillen, and Ashkenazy (a disciple of Sviatoslav Richter). He later received a scholarship from Radio Lugano in Switzerland, which provided him with the opportunity to study with the renowned Italian pianist Michele Campanella.

Mr. Choi Chung Lik has collaborated with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, and Yan-Pascal Tortelier, as well as orchestras including the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Czech Chamber Orchestra of Prague, former Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed at the Pittsburgh Music Festival in the USA, the D'Automne Festival in France, the Bach Festival in Switzerland, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

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Mr. Choi Chung Lik was awarded the "Musician of the Year" by the Hong Kong Artists' Union in 1990, the "Contemporary Performer Golden Dragon Award" by the Hong Kong Overseas Literature and Art Association in 1998, and won first place in the Pino International Piano Competition held in New York in 1999. He served as a judge for the Leeds International Piano Competition in the UK in 2006. The 14th Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition, founded by Mr. Choi Chung Lik and the Hong Kong Piano Association, has been successfully held for thirteen editions and has had a significant impact in Asia, Hong Kong, and mainland China, making positive contributions to the popularization and improvement of piano art in these regions.

Mr. Choi Chung Lik is currently the Chairman of the Hong Kong Piano Music Association. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Geneva Conservatory of Music, receiving the First Prize and Distinction Prize. He studied under masters Igor Astrov and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. He has performed in many countries in Europe and America. He is the planner of the Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition and served as a judge for the 2006 and 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition and the All Japan Piano Competition. Over the years, he has taught at the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and the Macau Polytechnic Institute. He also served as the Resident Artist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He has given over 150 piano performance lectures on more than 50 different topics at the Hong Kong City Hall and has recorded laser discs of the repertoire for the Royal Academy of Music exams.

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He has collaborated with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, and Yan-Pascal Tortelier, as well as the Romande Orchestra of Switzerland, the Czech Chamber Orchestra of Prague, the former Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed at the Pittsburgh Asian Music Festival, the D'Automne Festival in France, the Bach Festival in Switzerland, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Mr. Choi Chung Lik has taught at the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and the Macau Polytechnic Institute, and served as the Resident Artist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.