Elliot Leung

Elliot Ho Yat Leung (Chinese: 梁皓一; pinyin: Liang Haoyi) (born August 3, 1995) is a Hong Kong composer working in both China and Hollywood.

Leung was born and raised in British Hong Kong, the eldest of two children to a father who had dreams to be a visual artist and a mother who wanted to pursue a musical career.

[5] He received early music education in St. Paul's Co-educational College and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and transferred to International Christian School in his secondary years.

When he was fifteen, Leung made his debut appearance on CCTV's "Asian Art Festival · Charming China (亞洲藝術盛典 · 魅力中國)" show.

In an interview, Leung commented that his original post-college intentions were to follow O'Donnell's footsteps and pursue graduate studies in music at the University of Southern California until he was scouted and named the composer of Operation Red Sea.

His arrangement of "Descendants of the Dragon" (龍的傳人) was also performed in "同心耀中華 — 紫荊花開," held in Shenzhen as the concert finale as a part of the Hong Kong SAR's 20th Anniversary celebrations.

[13] Leung's work on Operation Red Sea was highly acclaimed and was broadly praised by critics for elevating Chinese film music to a world class standard.

Alex Lines from Film Inquiry called it "a score that invigorates life" [14] while Jonathan Broxton of Movie Music UK wrote a positive review.

[3] After writing for Disney+ series Anita, Leung decided to return to his classical roots and began a yearlong journey composing his Symphony No.

1 "The Metaverse" and "Through the Fog, Into the Darkness," an overture to the video game Six Days in Fallujah on May 5th, 2023 under the baton of conductor Gerard Salonga in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre concert hall with a full house audience.

Following the premiere, classical music critic Tina Fu of the South China Morning Post wrote:Symphony No.1, "The Metaverse" celebrates different technological advancements and have different characters from each other in the four movements.

Citing traditional influences such as Jean Sibelius, Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff, Leung's music has flair and romance, and the players were impressive with their sensitive treatment of the materials.

The balance of the orchestra's sound in the triumphant coda was nicely controlled, and bar some uneven harmonics among the violins in the ending, Salonga and the players interpreted the colourful piece with deep feeling.

On July 15th, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra premiered "Wuxia - Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Jin Yong ," to an in-house and online audience of 40,000 people.

The silhouettes of landscapes, scabbards and flying knives make people feel as if they are in the martial arts world, and can resonate with the characters in the novel.

What's worth mentioning is that Leung’s musical talent and profound exploration of Chinese culture makes him a unique representative among contemporary composers, as seen in both his film and concert works.