Chow Jun Yan Jun Yan (Malaysia) started his composition studies with Mr. Yii Kah Hoe. He graduated with First Class Honours in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM), Singapore and was studying under Professor Ho Chee Kong, Head of Composition Faculty and Computer Music under Professor Steven Miller. Jun Yan won the 2nd Prize for the Malaysia Modern Poem Composition Competition 2015, Winner of Society of Malaysia Contemporary Composer’s “Call for Score – Organ solo” 2013, and the 3rd Prize for the category B in the Singapore International Competition for Chinese Music Composition 2012. Besides that he was also acclaimed as one of the finalists in the Eighth Thailand International Composer Festival (2012), Young Composer in Southeast Asia Competition and Festival 2011, Kuala Lumpur Contemporary Music Festival (KLCMF) 2009 and Malaysia’s inaugural HSBC Classics Festival Young Composer Workshop 2008. Furthermore, he had his student exchange program in Peobody Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Dr. Oscar Bettison and attended master classes with Chaya Czernowin, Liza Lim, Hans Thomalla, Mark Andre, Manos Tsangaris and Yuval Shaked. Jun Yan has also attended private composition lessons with Mr. Chong Kee Yong in the past few years. Jun Yan is a PhD holder at National University of Singapore under Professor Lonce Wyse, focusing on cross-collaboration interactive between music and visual arts.