Johan Famaey, is a Belgian pianist, award winning composer and yangqin player. 
 Since 2023 he is the music director of the World Piano Day Festival in Amuz Antwerp, Belgium. 
 Johan has performed in China and Europe. Highlights include in 2008 in the then newly-built Grand Theater in Beijing and recently in 2023 with conductor Dirk Brossé in Amuz, Antwerp. 
 Famaey is an award-winning composer, whose works include musical, song cycli, piano solo, chamber music and symphonic pieces. Famaey masters many composition styles but throughout his compositions shine Chinese elements. His repertoire includes works for Chinese instruments such as erhu, pipa, yangqin, guzheng and xiao. 
 This has led to commissions by Silk String Quartet (UK), Tangram (UK) and the Embassy of China in Belgium (China) with his works being performed in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Chongqing, … 
 Johan Famaey composes mainly classical, neo-classical music in a cinematic atmosophere. Famaey has collaborated for his music with Helen Grant (UK), Mariana Roque (BR) , Cheng Yu (UK - CH) , Charlotte Campion (BE), Victoria Moré (MX), Budapest Scoring Orchestra (HG), Juan Ceballos (SP) ,Marina Martín Maldonado and Dirk Brossé (BE). 
 Johan Famaey views it as his mission to bring people together from different cultures and walks of life through music. On 3 February 2025 Johan will perform in the prestigious Palau de la Música in Barcelona.