Music

Yap Man-shan was born in Hong Kong and began her piano studies at the age of six. She studied at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Poon Tak and Gabriel Kwok and graduated with a first class honours Bachelor degree in Music. She received the Lady Fung Memorial Music Fellowship of the Asian Cultural Council in 2000 which enabled her to study with John Perry at the Aspen Music Summer Festival in the USA. In 2001, she furthered her postgraduate studies at the Eastman School of Music in the USA with Nelita True with the overseas scholarship from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund. She gained her Master of Music degree, Performer’s Certificate, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree. As the winner of several concerto competitions in Hong Kong and the USA, Yap has performed as soloist with various orchestras including The Hong Kong Academy Symphony Orchestra, Texas Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2011, she was invited to perform the ‘Temptations’ Piano Concerto by Dr. Yip Wai-hong with the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra. She is also an active chamber music player and has appeared in many concerts in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macao, Taipei, Tokyo and New York. Yap is currently on the piano faculty of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and a guest instructor at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has recorded several times for the Radio Television Hong Kong.