JOYCE CHEUNG

Joyce is a jazz pianist, arranger and composer based in Hong Kong. She is a co-artistic director at Music Lab, an emerging festival organiser for different genres in Hong Kong.

Her debut album, Set Loose, was released in September 2020 under Ginger Muse, a recording label under Music Lab that presents local instrumentalists on the global stage.

Joyce’s latest performances include the opening performance of Freespace Jazz Fest 2021 - Jazzical Collection in Oct 2021 and Gingers’ Tonic, organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in July 2021, where Joyce and her 14-piece big band showcased jazz arrangements of classical music. In the same year, she also played for Chan Fai Young x Women’s Choir at the Hong Kong Coliseum as well as Our Jazz Pianist curated by the Jazz World Live Series.

Joyce spent her formative years at the Berklee College of Music, having graduated with first honors in Film Scoring as well as Contemporary Writing and Production in 2014 and obtained her Master’s degree in Contemporary Performance in 2017.

Joyce is a frequent collaborator with Hong Kong musicians, including Chan Fai Young, Joey Yung, Alfred Hui, On Chan and the Grasshoppers, and she maintains an active role in the Pop and Jazz scene of Hong Kong.