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The twin sister Lok Ping and Lok Ting Chau have gained a wide recognition of their finest musicality and the fascinating matches of sound.
“Duo Ping & Ting reacted precisely and harmonically together with a matching of sound in an unbelievable manner” (South German Post).
They are the most recent bronze medalists of the 64th ARD International Music Competition Munich 2015. Their performance also exalted by the South West Post of Germany: “There is no trace of showing off, instead a deep immersion in the content of the work, a charming change between rhythmic sharpening and soft sliding.”
The duo was also top prize winners of several international competitions, including the first prize and two best interpretation prizes in the Fourth International Piano Duo Competition, Bialystok in Poland 2008, second prize in the Fourth San Marino International Piano Duo Competition 2010 and Grieg A Deux Two Piano Competition in Norway together with an audience prize 2014. In addition, they were awarded the “André Hoffmann” prize at the renowned “Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad” International Music Festival in Switzerland 2014. The Secretary for Home Affairs has awarded commendations to the Chau sister for making outstanding contribution in international arts and culture activities in 2009.
They performed extensively at international music festivals, including the renowned Dranoff Two Piano Foundation’s project in Miami, U.S. : “Piano Salm”, the “Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad” in Switzerland, the “Young Professionals” series organized by C.Bechstein in Germany, the ‘Vacations with Music’ and the Gedánsk Piano Duo Festival in Poland, the Joy of Music Festival in Hong Kong, the 40th Hong Kong Arts Festival and the Fifth Gulangyu Piano Festival in Xiamen, China. They have collaborated with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the New Zurich Orchestra and the Bialystok Symphony Orchestra respectively with the conductors Jun Märkl, Martin Studer and François-Xavier Roth. In 2017, the duo is invited to perform in the Chamber music Festival Liesborner in Germany and will have their debut with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
The twin sister began their musical education at the age of five with Professor Eleanor Wong at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where they received their Masters Degree with first-class honor. In 2015, they gained another Masters degree specialized in piano duo with the piano duo Genova and Dimitrov at the “Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien” Hannover in Germany, with the supports from the German DAAD Scholarship and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship. They are currently appointed as the artistic directors at the Hong Kong Chamber Music for Life.
