Dr. Lesley Chan

陳家曦博士

Lesley is a devoted music educator, composer and conductor. Prior to his current position, he has been an advocate for arts education among schools, professional art groups and arts-supporting organisations.

  After completing his undergraduate studies at the HKU, Lesley researched on the Russian composer - Prokofiev’s piano transcriptions and attained MMus (Historical Musicology) from the University of London. Upon returning to HK, he extended his interest in music composition at HKAPA and CUHK. His doctorate thesis focused on Chinese choral compositions.

  In the choral music scene, Lesley has been conducting youth and amateur choirs for more than 20 years. He led his choirs winning the Overall Championships in several major international choral competitions – the International Choral Kathaumixw, BC Canada (2016) and 34th Takarazuka International Chamber Choir Contest. Japan (2018). Besides, he led several opera choruses with Musica Viva under Prof. LO King-man’s production, including Carmen, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly and Norma. He is currently leading several alumni choirs of his alma mater voluntarily to express his gratitude.

陳家曦博士獻身於教育、作曲與指揮領域。他履新現職以前，已於學校、專業藝術團體和支持藝術的機構致力推動藝術教育。

陳博士於香港大學修畢本科學業後，於倫敦大學研究俄羅斯作曲家普羅高菲夫鋼琴改編樂曲，取得音樂碩士 (歷史音樂學)資格。回港以後，相繼於香港演藝學院和香港中文大學修讀作曲，筆下博士論文專門鑽研中國合唱樂曲創作。

在合唱領域中，陳博士擔任青年與業餘合唱團指揮20多年，帶領合唱團隊於一些主要國際合唱大賽 — 加拿大卑斯省國際合唱音樂節 (2016年) 及第三十四屆日本寶塚國際室內合唱比賽 (2018年) 中摘取總冠軍。此外，他曾領導數齣由盧景文教授製作、「非凡美樂」的歌劇合唱團，包括《卡門》、《波希米亞人》、《蝴蝶夫人》、《風流寡婦》和《諾瑪》等。現時他義務指導數個校友合唱團，以表示對於母校的謝意。