ERIC CHAN
Concert Organist
Eric Chan is a Hong Kong concert organist with an international career spanning Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. His performances combine a wide-ranging solo repertoire with the distinctive musical collaborations of his award-winning project, Pipe Organ Through East and West.
Recent highlights include a sold-out debut at the Prague International Organ Festival and a full-house performance at Hong Kong Cultural Centre in 2026. More than 2,000 tickets were taken up for the Hong Kong concert, reflecting some of the strongest demand for an organ concert in the venue’s history.
His festival appearances include the International Düsseldorf Organ Festival and the Settimana Organistica Internazionale in Piacenza, Italy, alongside festivals in Altenberg, Svendborg, Stuttgart and Madrid. His recital venues include Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, Auckland Town Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou and Shenzhen Concert Hall.
Pipe Organ Through East and West
In 2023, Eric co-founded Pipe Organ Through East and West with suona performer and programme director Chrysoberyl Chan. The project pairs the pipe organ with traditional Chinese wind instruments, particularly the suona, a double-reed instrument. Following its premiere in Madrid, the project toured Europe in 2024 with support from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Later that year, it received the Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion’s Best Music Production/Performance Award, sponsored by the Clare C. & Friends Fellowship.
In 2025, Eric began collaborating with internationally renowned suona virtuoso Guo Yazhi at the 20th International Düsseldorf Organ Festival. Their collaboration continued in May 2026 at Auckland Town Hall, where they performed before an audience of nearly 1,200. The project has been featured in the South China Morning Post and the Italian newspaper Libertà.
Eric has performed under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano in Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3, “Organ”, with the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, in a concert broadcast on Medici.tv.
In 2014, he became the first Hong Kong organist to perform at the Royal Albert Hall, appearing at the Last Night of the School Proms.
Musical Background
A graduate of the Royal College of Music in London, Eric holds an Artist Diploma, a Master of Performance with distinction and a Bachelor of Music with first-class honours. He studied with David Graham and Andrew Dewar (organ), Kathron Sturrock (piano), and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin (improvisation). During his studies, he received the Harold Darke Memorial Prize in 2019 and scholarships from the Royal College of Organists.
Alongside his performance career, Eric teaches at Hong Kong Baptist University, St Paul’s Co-educational College and Shenzhen Concert Hall.
