French Music Project at CUHK brings together its talented students and performance faculty for collaboration and exploration of French music. Together with students from the Department of Music, faculty pianist Poon Kiu Tung and guest violinist Patrick Yim will perform French chamber music from 19th to 21st century greats.
Young Steinway Artist Kiu Tung Poon has performed worldwide as recitalist and collaborative pianist, with appearances at Tanglewood,
Aspen, Wiener Konzerthaus, St Martin‑in‑the‑Fields, and the Great Wall in Beijing. Her solo playing has been praised for lyricism and
virtuosity, and her world premiere of Barber’s Excursions with the Mark Morris Dance Group at Tanglewood received acclaim in The New York
Times. Her Naxos recordings of American and Chinese composers have been described as lively, sensitive, and adventurous. A graduate of
Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin with a DMA in piano performance, she now teaches at The Chinese University of Hong
Kong as Senior Lecturer and Performance Stream Coordinator.
Young Steinway Artist Kiu Tung Poon has performed worldwide as recitalist and collaborative pianist, with appearances at Tanglewood,
Aspen, Wiener Konzerthaus, St Martin‑in‑the‑Fields, and the Great Wall in Beijing. Her solo playing has been praised for lyricism and
virtuosity, and her world premiere of Barber’s Excursions with the Mark Morris Dance Group at Tanglewood received acclaim in The New York
Times. Her Naxos recordings of American and Chinese composers have been described as lively, sensitive, and adventurous. A graduate of
Indiana University and the University of Texas at Austin with a DMA in piano performance, she now teaches at The Chinese University of Hong
Kong as Senior Lecturer and Performance Stream Coordinator.
Honolulu‑born violinist Patrick Yim has been praised for “deeply expressive, finely nuanced playing” (The Strad), “dazzling technique” (The Whole Note), and “vivid imagination” (Fanfare). He debuted with the Honolulu Symphony and has performed chamber music with members of the Juilliard, Emerson, St. Lawrence, Pacifica, and Ying Quartets, as well as musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He toured with the Cleveland Orchestra in the US and Europe and played at Carnegie Hall with Emerson Quartet violinists. His recordings, including many premieres, appear on Albany, Naxos, Navona, New Focus, Ravello, and Acis. A champion of contemporary music, Yim has commissioned over 50 works, including Zhou Long’s Bamboo Grove (2024) and an upcoming violin concerto (2026). He holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Stony Brook University, and is Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Notre Dame.
Project Director：Poon Kiu Tung
Performers︰Poon Kiu Tung, Patrick Yim, and students from CUHK Music Department
