The Learners Chorus

Music Director: Apollo Wong
Assistant Conductor: Jason Liu
Pianist: Alexander Wong

The Learners Chorus was founded in 1979 by former members of the Hong Kong University Students’ Union Choir, and is today one of Hong Kong’s leading independent choirs, presenting large-scale choral repertoire with its orchestral partner, The Learners Orchestra, under Music Director Apollo Wong. Throughout its history the Chorus has commissioned new works from Hong Kong composers, helping to expand the local choral repertoire.

Learners last performed Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in 2016 at the Hong Kong-Vienna Music Festival, alongside the Arnold Schoenberg Choir and the Vienna Boys’ Choir. It made its London debut the same year at St John’s Smith Square.

Further afield, Learners made its North American debut in 2019 at the Los Angeles International Choir Festival, performing Verdi’s Requiem with the Dream Orchestra of Los Angeles, and closed the Shenzhen Belt & Road International Music Festival with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra the same year. The Chorus has also appeared as a guest with the Macao Orchestra, in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Recent seasons have included Walton’s Belshazzar's Feast, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Bach’s Mass in B minor, and the Chorus’s 2026 season includes Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with Martin’s Mass for Double Choir.

Learners is committed to nurturing young musicians: since 2006 its Student Ticket Sponsorship Programme has brought almost 7,000 students to its concerts. Net ticket proceeds from the concerts it presents are donated to charity, supporting clean water, school-building and education projects in the region.