Man-Ching Donald Yu (b. 1980), Hong Kong born award-winning contemporary classical music composer and pianist. His orchestral piece "Unraveling" was awarded gold double medal (Awards of Excellence) in two categories-Best Contemporary Classical and Composition of the 2022 Global Music Awards. His album "Surrealistic Soundscapes" (2012) was awarded the "Best Contemporary Classical Album" of the Clouzine International Music Awards in 2023 spring. His music is described by Fanfare Magazine as "forming an arresting and personal intermixing of tonal and atonal languages, with the musical colors and gestures of his native country infiltrating the mix." (2012) Yu is quite prolific and his nearly two hundred compositions have been extensively performed at various international festivals in more than 20 countries with 50 cities throughout the North and South America, Europe, and Asia such as the 2022 Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival, the International Review of Composers. His music has been performed by Lviv National Philharmonic, Uzhgorod Philharmonic with chorus, Opera Hong Kong Chorus and many others. His music is published by Universal Edition (Wien) and Donemus (Holland); recordings are released on Phasma Music, Ablaze, Albany Records. He earned a BM degree from Baylor University in 2004. In 2010, he was awarded PhD in composition and music theory at Hong Kong Baptist University. For contact and more information, please visit: https://www.manchingdonaldyu.com/