“Meticulous execution with a charming stage presence”
The Straits Times, Singapore

“The group’s charismatic conductor, Yan Huichang, directed the afternoon with sophisticated elan.”
Bruce Hodges, MusicWeb International

President of the Cimbalom World Association

President of the Cimbalom World Association and a Hungarian cimbalom virtuoso. This fervent ambassador of the Hungarian hammered dulcimer appears in concerts of classical, and popular music throughout the world, both as a soloist and with large symphony and chamber orchestras (Berliner Symphonies, Hessischer Rundfunk, Spain National Symphony, Barcelona Symphony, Dresdner Philharmonics, Radio-Symphony of Stockholm, Kempens Symphony, Wurtzburger Philharmonic, Philharmonic of Stuttgart, RAI Symphony, Singaporean Chinese Orchestra, etc.)

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President of the China Yang-qin Society

Huang He is the President of the China Yangqin Society. He was trained at the Central Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of the famous yangqin maestro, Xiang Zuhua. Upon graduation, he stayed on at the Conservatory and became a member of the teaching staff. He came to fame when he participated in the Tanglewood Music Festival in the United States and was praised by Seiji Ozawa as "a talented dulcimer performer". He has toured half the globe, sending the wonderful sounds of the Chinese dulcimer to millions in many countries and regions and was a sensation wherever he went.

Vice President of the China Yang-qin Society

Li Lingling is the Vice President of the China Yangqin Society. She was trained under the famous yangqin virtuoso, Xiang Zuhua, and the music theorist, Li Xi'an. After completing a post-graduate programme at the China Conservatory, she became the first female holder of a Master's degree in yangqin in China, and joined the teaching staff of the Conservatory. She won an Outstanding Performance Award (the highest honour) at the All China Ethnic Instrument Competition in 1982. She has also given highly successful solo yangqin recitals in Beijing, Hungary, Switzerland, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Her refreshingly diverse ways of presenting yangqin music and introducing new models of the Chinese dulcimer to the stage have won highly positive comments, which were regarded as "a new departure for the development of the art of Chinese dulcimer music".

Johannes Fuchs has been a board member of the Cimbalom World Association (CWA) since 2003. Born in Appenzell, Switzerland, he took his first Hackbrett lesson from the famous Hackbrett teacher, Jakob Alder, who taught him the traditional Appenzell folk music. Now he plays as a soloist and has given concerts in major cities in Europe, the US and China. He has developed the Hackbrett family and given lectures on building the instrument.

Li Tak-kong joined the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in 1972, when it was still an amateur ensemble. After the Orchestra was professionalised in 1977, he became a full-time member and currently the Yangqin Principal. In recent years, he had been invited to give performances overseas which have earned him critical acclaim. In 1988, he collaborated with Macao Chinese Orchestra in the performance of two concertos for yangqin, namely Sketches of the Li River and Recollections. He was also invited by Taipei Municipal Chinese Classical Orchestra in 1991 and premiered Liu Xing's Yangqin Concerto of Two Movements, dedicate to him, and won rave reviews. In recent years, Li had devoted to study yangqin technique of the northern school with Wei Tiezhu, a yangqin master in China. Further progress in his artistry has thus been made.

Currently a yangqin musician with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and a member of the Chinese Musicians' Association, Yu teaches at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University. Yu Mei-lai joined the Literature and Art Troupes of the Nanjing Squadron in 1982, then enrolled in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1984 where she received training in yangqin under Professor Gui Xili and guqin under Professor Li Xiangting. She graduated in 1988 and was awarded a Bachelor's degree. After resettling in Hong Kong in 1989, Yu began a busy career that involved performing, recording and teaching. She was involved in the record production under the EMI and BMG labels. She has given performances in Japan, Macao, Europe, the USA and Canada. Yu has been appointed an adjudicator of the Macao Young Musicians Competition since 2001.