SO Ka-wai, Hong Kong composer

SO Ka-wai obtained both undergraduate and M.Phil degree at Hong Kong Baptist University, majoring in music composition under Christopher Keyes and Christopher Coleman. His works have been premiered local and overseas, including Asian Composers League Conference and Festival (2011 in Taipei, 2015 in Philippines), Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival (Indonesia), the XVI World Saxophone Congress (Scotland) and the Kagoshima Asian Youth Arts Festival (Japan). 

Influenced by his musical training, SO Ka-wai is one of the local composers who focuses on composing and arranging music for wind bands. SO has received commissions for writing new works, such as saxophone concerto “Infatuazione” (2013), symphonic cycle "Mythical Beasts" (2010-19) and concert suite based on Hong Kong Band History, "Historical Images" (2023).

Apart from working as a composer, he is an active clarinetist.