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Composer, overtone singer and multi-instrumentalist Hippocrates Cheng Ching-nam graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Master of Music). He is currently a doctoral candidate at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University (majoring in composition and minoring in ethnomusicology and music theory) and an associate instructor in music theory.
During his studies, Cheng has been the recipient of a number of scholarships, including the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, the Won-Joon Yoon Scholarship (2020/21), and the Irving and Lena Lo Scholarship (2021/22). Cheng has recently participated in several cross-disciplinary productions, including the virtual pandemic opera In the midst of..., the multimedia exhibition Cave Whispers, and When Puppets Meet Music.
