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Chi Chung Wong
Dr Chi Chung Wong is a veteran DJ on Commercial Radio 2 for 30 years promoting international and local indie music and Head of General Education of the University of Hong Kong. Chi Chung has curated a wide array of cross-cultural projects, such as David Bowie’s Mandarin song (1997), Gen-S Concert of Shanghai Expo (2010), HK Week @ Taipei (2012), collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto on async (2017) etc.
Alan Kwan
Alan Kwan is a Jazz guitarist, composer and producer. He studied with Eugene Pao and Ted Lo, and graduated from Queens College, City University of New York and the University of North Texas. In 2019, Alan’s first album, Petrichor, received three nominations for the 31st Golden Melody Awards including best album, best album producer, and best composition. In 2021 with the album Between Now and Never, he won Best Instrumental Album Producer at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards.
Ram Cheung
Ram Cheung is an enthusiastic blues guitarist and lead vocalist. He has set up his own 4-piece electric blues band Then You Suffer, acoustic blues duo JR Blues Line, and also blues sextet Shake That Thing, widely infused with his diverse taste of experimental flavours. He also enjoyed performing with numerous celebrated blues and jazz musicians, including Henry Chung, Eugene Pao, Tommy Chung, Sybil Thomas, Alan Kwan, etc.
Gold Mountain
Gold Mountain is a rapper, composer and producer. He has made a name for himself in the Hong Kong underground scene, and is known for supporting like-minded musicians who share his passion for authentic work. He has collaborated in multiple cross-disciplinary projects with local and international artists, dance troupes, musicians, and currently performs as lead vocalist for the free jazz band Fountain Collective. He also creates music for VTubers under the pen name Nobuo Uwumatsu.
Eugene Pao
Eugene Pao is Hong Kong’s most publicly recognised jazz musician. He has been at the vanguard of promoting jazz in the territory since his return from studies in the US in the mid-1980s. As Hong Kong’s premier jazz guitarist, Pao has performed at international jazz festivals, concert halls and jazz clubs around the world, playing and recording with various jazz greats. He has composed for TV commercials and film soundtracks, and in 2008 was featured on the cover of Esquire HK’s 20th anniversary issue as one of the city’s 20 most influential men.
Justin Siu
Justin Siu is a multi-disciplinary musician. He started learning classical cello at the age of 9, and attended the University of Cambridge, from which he obtained his M.A. in computer science, ironically under a music award. Upon returning to Hong Kong, Justin put down the keyboard and picked up the double bass instead. His new course soon brought him acclaim as a jazz bassist, having collaborated with many renowned local and foreign jazz artists. In 2018, Justin released jazz album “SPIN”, under Universal Music, backed by the city’s premiere jazz pianist Ted Lo, Canadian vocalist Janaia Farrell and French drummer Laurent Robin. The album maintained the best-selling Jazz album spot at HMV in Hong Kong for 6 weeks upon release.