Biography

Photographer: Aaron Chung

About Me…

Daniel Lik-chi Lau is a Hong Kong-born singer, composer, conductor, and vocal coach working across classical music, musical theatre, popular music, and gospel. He is the lead vocalist of HOLDS and a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH) and the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild (HKCG).

Daniel is currently a Doctor of Music candidate in Composition at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, studying under Prof. Chan Kai-Young. His research explores vocal, choral, and instrumental works that integrate the linguistic features of Cantonese. He has received the CASH Music Scholarship and the David Gwilt Composition Prize, and was a finalist for the Golden Sail Music Awards. His works have been performed and developed in collaboration with the BBC Singers, Psappha, Kantos Choir, Leeds Lieder, the Cong Quartet, the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. In 2025, he gave lectures at secondary schools across Hong Kong on contemporary Cantonese music composition.

His stage credits include The Impossible Trial, a musical presented by WestK x HKRep, as Young Ho Tam-Yu; RUBY, a musical by The Isle Theatre, in the title role; Men in the Bathhouse, a musical by Actors’ Family, as Adam; Cinematic Memories on Train No. 5; Resonating, Voices Unleashed, a choral-theatre production by SingFest; and Perished Blossom with the Gey Teal Girls’ Choir, for which he served as music director and conductor.

Daniel is the Music Director of the CUHK Gospel Choir. He has appeared as a guest singer with Manchester Inspirational Voices at Manchester Arena, performing for an audience of nearly 20,000. He teaches worship music at theological seminaries, churches, and Christian organisations, including the Alliance Bible Seminary School of Pastoral and Christian Leadership, The Methodist Church, Hong Kong, and the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Union of Hong Kong, with the hope of contributing to the development of Christian music in Hong Kong.

Daniel holds a Master of Music in Composition with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied with Prof. Adam Gorb and Prof. David Horne, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in vocal performance under Mr. Caleb Woo. He has completed Estill Voice Training Levels 1 and 2, and was champion of both the CUHK Singing Contest and the Chung Chi College Singing Contest.

關於我…

劉力致劉力致生於香港,是一位歌者、作曲家、指揮及歌唱指導,活躍於古典音樂、音樂劇、流行音樂及福音音樂等領域。現為HOLDS主音歌手,並為香港作曲家及作詞家協會(CASH)及香港作曲家聯會(HKCG)會員。

現為香港中文大學音樂博士候選人,師隨陳啟揚教授,研究以廣東話語言特色創作聲樂、合唱及器樂作品。曾獲CASH音樂獎學金、紀大衛創作獎,並入圍金帆音樂獎最後五強。作品曾與BBC Singers、Psappha、Kantos Choir、Leeds Lieder、Cong Quartet、香港城市室樂團及香港學校音樂節等團體合作。2025年,到多間中學主持講座,分享當代粵語音樂創作的理念與實踐。

舞台演出包括西九演藝 x 香港話劇團《大狀王》音樂劇(飾年輕何淡如)、一島劇場《RUBY》音樂劇(飾Ruby)、演戲家族《男湯》音樂劇(飾Adam)、《路比和嫲嫲的鐵路5號》、聲蜚合唱節《破土・撒時悸動》合唱劇場,以及Gey Teal Girls Choir《Perished Blossom》(任音樂總監及指揮)。

現任CUHK Gospel Choir音樂總監。曾以Manchester Inspirational Voices客席歌手身份,於曼徹斯特體育館為近二萬名觀眾獻唱。現於神學院、教會及基督教機構教授敬拜音樂,包括建道神學院信徒及領袖學院、香港基督教循道衛理聯合教會及基督教宣道會香港區聯會,盼望為香港基督教音樂發展略盡綿力。

畢業於英國皇家北方音樂學院,以優異成績獲音樂(作曲)碩士,師隨Adam Gorb教授及David Horne教授;並持有香港中文大學音樂文學士學位,主修聲樂,師隨胡永正先生。已修畢Estill Voice Training Levels 1及2,並曾奪得香港中文大學歌唱比賽及崇基學院歌唱比賽冠軍。