BIO
"Anthony Cheng's Trio No.1 is smooth and well-written, and its expressive Lento's are especially sweet."
- Chan Ming-chi, CASH Flow No.35, 2001
"Filmmaker Alan Lau, choreographer Jordann de Santis, composer Anthony Cheng and a troupe of fearless, expressive dancers have created a thrilling, visceral pop/art tribute to the power of Hong Kong's indomitable people."
- Alan Lau, International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2020
"In combination with Wong Shek-keung and Jordann De Santis impressive cinematography and Anthony Cheng’s engaging music, “The Cube Phantom” ends up as a very entertaining spectacle, that actually manages to retain interest for the whole of its 73 minutes, particularly to those who love dancing."
- Panos Kotzathanasis, Asian Movie Pulse, 2020
Anthony Cheng is a renowned cross-genre composer based in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. He sets his music career in multi-talented way: as a songwriter, contemporary and film music composer, sound engineer and producer in various music productions and concerts. His debut on the music scene was as a pianist and an organist. As a frequent-awarded composer in multidisciplinary fields of music composition, Cheng’s music consists of an eclectic inspiration of a variety of Western and Eastern influenced musical styles.
Cheng completed his master's degree (M.Mus) in music at King's College London and Ph.D. at The University of Hong Kong. His former composition mentors include Joshua Chan, Silvina Milstein and the late British composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle. He also studied orchestral conducting at Royal Academy of Music.
Cheng is the recipient of the 28th RTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award, and the Best Serious Composition of CASH Golden Sail Music Awards with his compositions Lost and Regain (2015) and Dark Side of the City: II - Trapped (2018) respectively. Cheng has been invited to attend international conferences and music festivals such as International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), International Rostrum of Composers (IRC), International Double Reed Society (IDRS), Composers Summit Prague, The International Congress on Archeo and Ethnomusicology, Classical:NEXT, Asia Ocarina Festival, Musicacoustica-Beijing, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Le French May Arts Festival, Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival, Hong Kong Hymnos Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), International Catholic Film Festival, KSF Niepokalana, Filmart, Hong Kong Week in Taipei, Design Inspire and Trondheim Song:Expo, etc. His compositions have also been performed throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and South America.