HUI, Tak-Cheung, a composer born in Hong Kong, has a diverse portfolio that spans chamber and orchestral compositions, electronic and multi-disciplinary pieces, and sound installations. His collaborative approach often involves working with artists and scholars from various disciplines. Utilizing immersive and spatial audio, physical model sound synthesis, and other music technologies, he reconstructs soundscapes from both the present and the past. His work weaves tales and stories that resonate across different eras and regions, employing human voices, musical and specially-made instruments, and loudspeakers. 

His recent interdisciplinary projects include The Unknown Journey of Sound, and I Saw You in the Void, featured at the C-lab Sound Festival in 2022 at their 44.4 channel sound lab, respectively. His sound installation, Diachronic Apparatuses, was the sound design for the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023. There is another Capital beneath the Waves, for which he served as the music director and composer, which was showcased at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media in 2023. He was the composer in residence at the EstOvest Festival 2023 in Turin.

Hui has been recognized with numerous international prizes, including the 38th Irino Prize, Chaosflöte Commission Competition 2019、Flex Ensemble Commission Competiton 2017、Leibniz Harmonien International Composition Competition 2016、ACC International Composition Competition 2016、2014 Atlas Ensemble Composer’s Competition. His compositions have been showcased at various festivals, including the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, ManiFeste Festival, ISCM Taipei New Music Festival, EstOvest Festival, and Goethe Institut Asian Composers’ Showcase. 

Hui studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, earned his master’s degree in Composition at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and received his DMA from Boston University. During his academic years, he was awarded numerous grants and fellowships, such as the Boston University Center of New Music fellowship, Kahn Career Entry Award, and Design Trust Seed Grant. In 2017-18, he furthered his studies at IRCAM Cursus, supported by Boston University Graduate Research Grants. He is currently a faculty member at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University School of Arts and Social Sciences.