Priscila Chu

Priscila Chu is a composer and a multi-disciplinary artist with a passion for researching different aspects of her craft through collaboration. A lifelong lover of the arts, she began studying piano and dance at a young age, graduating from York University and later obtaining her PhD from Hong Kong Baptist University studying Collaborative Arts and Music Composition.

Chu works towards analysing musical moments to create transformative experiences that are unique to the context she works in. She works to explore space, time and collaboration in new and interesting ways. Past reviews have described her work as “ever-changing”. The evolutionary quality to Chu’s  work is inspired by her love of creating bonds between the ideas, performers, the time and the space they create in. Always humble, she believes in the continual evolution and improvement of the artist over their career.

In addition as a trained and experienced educator, Chu received a teaching diploma and a Master’s degree Researching Music for Autism at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chu has devoted herself to educational projects, using arts as a tool to benefit students and the community.  She is passionate about making the arts accessible for everyone and creating meaningful moments in non-traditional spaces.

Chu believes the arts are a tool for manifesting her beliefs. Her recent creative works are known for being diverse, interactive and for bringing cultures together through collaboration. Chu is the founder of AlpPla and Arts Platform, which are committed to researching, curating and producing arts programs worldwide.