Karen Yu

A percussionist, sound artist and curator based in Hong Kong, Karen Yu enjoys exploring the intersection of sound-making, audience engagement, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Deriving from her background as a percussionist, her creative practice revolves around sound object and bodily movement improvisation, and weaving people together through collaborative experiences. She is currently the Artistic Director of Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong, a co-founder of the chamber percussion group, The Up:Strike Project, and an Associate Musician of Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.

She was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Seoul Dance Center, and commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Centre & Castlefield Gallery, Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, and Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District Freespace. Karen Yu obtained a Bachelor and a Master of Music from McGill University. She is a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Theatre & Entertainment Arts.