Music Prize Winner 2009
May Kay Yau, from Hong Kong, with Vernarrtheit
Born in Hong Kong, May Kay Yau entered the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts to study at the age of 17. There she was the winner of the Concerto Trial and had her first orchestral piece presented in the concert of the 5th Anniversary of the Establishment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Following that she was awarded a scholarship to pursue a masters degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Paul Patterson. Her compositions have been performed in various music festivals in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Israel, Portugal, Greece and UK. She has also collaborated with the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Singers, National Theatre, RAM Harp Ensemble, and the Gemini Ensemble. She is the composer-in residence with the Wuji Ensemble.
May Kay is currently a third year PhD student at the University of Bristol, funded by the ORS and the University Research Studentship.
