Eugene Leung is a Hong Kong musician graduated from the University of Cambridge and obtained a Master of music in ethnomusicology from Goldsmiths, University of London. He is active in the promotion, performance and education of traditional music from Central and West Asia. Having studied with musical pioneers like Alisher Alimatov and Guzal Muminova, Eugene can play multiple instruments from the region with a specialty in the two-stringed lute dutar from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Leung took part in numerous performances and exhibitions as curator and music director, including a concert-exhibition for the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2022), the exhibition and concert series Between Europe and Asia: Traditional Music and Costumes from Central Asia, Caucasus and the Middle East at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2021), and the music event Cartographic counterpoint #1 – From Persia, the sounds of Central Asia/ West Asia/the Western Regions (2021) funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Eugene co-founded The Nur Collective, a musician collective promoting and exploring musical traditions and cultures across Eurasia and North Africa.