Dr. Kai Young Chan

Kai-Young Chan has taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) since 2016. Through compositions and digital platforms, his research on Cantonese contemporary music explores compositional approaches beyond Western paradigms and challenges the stereotypical perception of Asian musics.

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Chan's music has been performed over 200 times in more than 20 countries by renowned ensembles including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Daedalus Quartet, and Mivos Quartet. His ongoing collaborations with violinist Patrick Yim (University of Notre Dame) have produced works of cross-cultural themes and instrumentations performed by Yim and such esteemed artists as Natalie Douglas (MIT), Joel Smirnoff (Juilliard), and sheng virtuoso Loo Sze-wang. His works are released globally by leading record labels including Ablaze, innova, and PARMA, with scores published by Edition ICOT (Japan), Edition Peters (UK), and Universal Edition (Austria). His hour-long portrait album (Navona Records, 2025) is the first Cantonese choral album published by a classical label.