Chan Kam-biu

Born in Hong Kong in 1962, Joshua Chan is a retired professor of the Music Department of the University of Hong Kong. He studied music composition and electronic music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with a scholarship awarded by the Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, then completed his PhD studies at HKU. During his teaching career from 1990 to 2023, Prof. Chan has trained dozens of PhD and MPhil candidates and numerous undergraduate students and was the former Department Chairperson. As a composer, he has written more than 200 compositions, including over 70 orchestral works, 80 chamber pieces, and music for music theatre, ballet, drama, jazz, live electronics, choral, etc.