A graduate of the Guangdong Arts School with a specialism in music, Yu Lun is a veteran practitioner in Hong Kong films since 1953, with scores of films to his credit. He was an adjudicator for the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival and guest conductor of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

Yu has also written the songs and themes of many television drama series in Hong Kong. The theme song he wrote for the Hong Kong film, The Story Between Hong Kong and Macau, topped the chart for the “100 Golden Oldies - Hong Kong Classic Selections” of Radio Television Hong Kong.

Solomon Bard spent his childhood in northern China where he began learning the violin at the age of ten. Later he entered the Harbin Music Academy to study violin, harmony and orchestration. He played regularly with the Harbin Symphony Orchestra while also conducting at the music academy where he was studying.

In 1947, Bard became conductor of the newly formed Sino-British Orchestra (later 'the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra'). He relinquished his post in1953 to become concertmaster and deputy conductor, two positions which he held until 1974. Bard's long-standing interest in Chinese music and Chinese instruments was recognized by his appointment in 1983 as Assistant Music Director of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, a post he held until 1987.

Chen Ning-chi graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in 1964 and had worked with the Central Song and Dance Troupe, the Central Ballet of China and Central Philharmonic Orchestra. He was Resident Conductor of the Kaohsiung City Chinese Orchestra, and was Assistant Music Director, Resident Composer and Head of Research and Development with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. He was a Guest Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in 2002 and 2003.

As a prolific and versatile composer, Chen has written many types of Western and Chinese music. His original epic opera, The Legend of Yao Ji, was highly acclaimed when it was premiered in the Legends of China Festival 2003. He has also composed extensively for children and youth.

Kwok Dick-yeung studied Music Theory, Composition and Instrumentation at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where he was trained by Professors Jiang Wenya and Xu Yong. He also trained in violin under Sui Keqiang at the same time. He had worked with the Children's Art Theatre, Youth Theatre and the Central ballet in China before moving to Hong Kong in 1974.

His music career in Hong Kong since 1974 includes writing several choral works for choruses, and conducting the Kong Sing Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra before it turned professional. Between 1979 and 1991, he guest conducted the HKCO in many concerts. He wrote the symphonic poem, Meng Jiang Nu Crying at the Great Wall, the Chinese symphonic piece, Zheng He's Expeditions and the vocal fantasia – Overture Red Camellia.

Tong Chor is a seasoned conductor of Chinese music, composer and music critic in Hong Kong. He attended the Chung Hwa Academy of Music of Hong Kong, and later took up composition studies under Fan Hei-yin. He became conductor of the Chinese orchestra of the South China Film Industry Workers Union in 1958. He transcribed The Butterfly Lovers Concerto for violin into a concerto for gaohu and Chinese orchestra, which was premiered in 1963 at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall.

Between 1965 and 1982, he was conductor of the Chinese orchestra of the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association. More recently, he has been writing music reviews and notes on recording releases for newspapers in Hong Kong. He is currently conductor of the Hong Kong Senior Education Workers Chorus.

Yip Wai-hong studied Music at the Yen-Ching University in Beijing and later at the Central Conservatory of Music, majoring in Music Theory and Composition. He was awarded a Master's Degree in Church Music by the Southern Baptist Theological Seminray in Kentucky, the United States, in 1970, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts by the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas in 1979.

Dr. Yip founded the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra in 1976, of which he has been its Music Director and Conductor ever since. Also, as the founder of the Hong Kong Children's Choir in 1969, the Yip's Children's Choir in 1983 and the Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra in 1996, he has been acclaimed as 'the father of children's choirs in Hong Kong'.

A local famous soprano vocalist well-known for her contributions to music, Fei was invited on many occasions to perform in New Zealand, the United States, and Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China. She is dedicated to the promotion of choral arts in Hong Kong and has presented and hosted many choral seminars and conferences in recent years.

She is currently a member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council; Music Director and Conductor of the Allegro Singers; Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Choral Societies; Senior Music Advisor of Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Ltd and Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Ethnomusicology Society. Fei was also awarded the Bronze Bauhinia star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 2002.

“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