Sanders Lau is a conductor and tenor working between Hong Kong and the UK. Currently pursuing the MA programme in Solo-Voice Ensemble Singing at the University of York under Robert Hollingworth and Alex Ashworth, he remains active as Artistic Director of NOĒMA, Hong Kong’s professional chamber choir, which he founded in 2022.
A leading choral conductor in Hong Kong, Sanders has led NOĒMA in collaborations with internationally acclaimed ensembles including Tenebrae, Vox Luminis, and VOCES8, as well as eminent local organisations and artists including the University of Hong Kong MUSE, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Cong Quartet, and composers such as Prof. Kai-Young Chan and Adrian Wong. NOĒMA also performed in Hong Kong Arts Festival’s cross-disciplinary production Garden of Repose, which was shortlisted for the 2024 Classical:NEXT Innovation Award. The choir was the demonstration choir at a presentation at the World Symposium on Choral Music 2026.
Sanders is sought after as a choral educator, and has guest-conducted, adjudicated, and led masterclasses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, England, and Italy, including the Voices of Singapore Festival, the Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod, and the Barnsley Youth Choir. He works closely with the Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival, where he has conducted its Teachers’ Choir and Inter-School Choir.
As a singer, Sanders’s 2026/27 season includes his first tour with Vox Luminis XL, with Camerata Salzburg across Europe, and the Evangelist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion at Hong Kong’s St John’s Cathedral. He has previously performed at Musikfest Bremen, Collegium Vocale Crete Senesi, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, studying in masterclasses with Lionel Meunier, Florian Sievers, and Alex Potter, among others.
In 2023, Sanders won First Prize and two Special Awards at the Romano Gandolfi International Competition for Choral Conductors in Italy. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
