Conductor Cheung Chau is an associate conductor of University of Connecticut Symphony Orchestra and director of Central Pennsylvania Orchestra in USA, general and artistic director of Sinfonietta Polonia in Poland and permanent guest conductor of Inner Mongolia Opera Theater Orchestra in China. The Polish Gazeta Wyborcza praised Chau for his "air of freshness and uniqueness"; and for "his ability to create pastel landscapes of sound with very dynamic, poignant gestures";. His interpretations of Beethoven's Prometheus Overture and Mozart's Prague Symphony were "most convincing, persuasive", and the Xiamen Business News wrote that “[Chau] performed with strong resolution and courage.  He was full of enthusiasm, confidence, and determination, expressed his feelings and led the orchestra very efficiently, dedicating to the audience an exquisite performance”.

    Since winning the conducting fellow audition in 2004 for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Chau worked with the orchestra on many exciting occasions, including leading the Philharmonic in the 2007 world live broadcast opening ceremony of the 10th anniversary celebration of Hong Kong’s Handover, amongst guests and performers including pianist Lang Lang and Chinese President Hu Jintao. 

    Chau guest conducts orchestras on three continents, including  the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra (USA),  the Nordhausen Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany), the Moscow Symphony Orchestra (Russia), the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra (China), the Lublin, Bialystok, Olsztyn, Kielce and Sudettic Philharmonic Orchestras (Poland), the Gavle Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), the Vaasa City Orchestra and the Sibelius Academy Orchestra (Finland). 

    He served as music director of Georgia Southern Symphony for four years and appeared regularly as guest conductor and clinician of school orchestras throughout the state, especially in the Atlanta metro area. He has guest conducted the Fulton County Honors Orchestra, served as guest conductor and cello clinician for the Centennial High School Summer Orchestra Camp, and served as a judge for the Cobb County Orchestra Festival. Mr. Chau was also formerly faculty member at New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Bethany College and Phillips Exeter Academy and lately  visiting director of orchestra and chamber music program at Haverford College. 

    As cellist, Mr. Chau is currently member of the Atma Trio, with pianist Slawomir Dobrzanski.and violinist Blanka Bednarz. The ensemble performed in USA, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Lithuania, and toured a few times in Poland. They toured Kansas, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and performed and gave master-classes in China in 2009. (www.atmatrio.org)

    Cheung Chau began cello lessons at age seven and received top prizes at the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.  He was the youngest musician ever to receive the first prize in the Commercial Radio Prize Competition at age twelve.  At fourteen, Mr. Chau performed Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.  The Sing Tao Daily described him as “a rare gem in the musical field”.   Mr. Chau was a full scholarship recipient from the R.D.Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, the Harid Conservatory and also from Yale School of Music.  He won the first prize in the "Artist of Tomorrow" competition in  Los Angeles.  He holds the first double doctorate awarded from the New England Conservatory in Boston in wind ensemble conducting and cello performance.   Mr. Chau’s principle conducting teachers include Jorma Panula and Frank Battisti.  He participated in master-classes  with Edo de Waart, David Zinman, Alan Gilbert, Esa-Pekka Salonen.  His cello teachers include Colin Carr, Eleonore Schoenfeld, Aldo Parisot and Johanne Perrron.