Samson Young was born in Hong Kong. After completing his studies in music and philosophy at the University of Sydney, he went on to earn his Masters degree in composition at the University of Hong Kong under the guidance of Chan Hing-yan. Since 2005, he has lived and worked in New York city, while pursuing a doctorate degree in composition at Princeton University. In addition, he has studied composition privately and in master classes with George Crumb, Toshio Hosokawa, Helmut Lachenmann and Steve Reich, among others. In June 2007, Samson Young became the first Hong Kong artist to receive the Bloomberg Emerging Artist Award. In the 2008 - 2009 season, Young will serve as Hong Kong Sinfonietta's Artist Assoicate, a collaboration that will result in several new compositions for the orchestra. Since the early 2000, Samson Young has collaborated with artists from a wide range of disciplines including video art, contemporary dance, installation art and poetry. He has been the co-director of multi-disciplinary artist collective EmergencyLab since 2004. Informed by this cross-disciplinary interest, Young's compositions are marked by their consistent use of multi-media and new technology as means of enriching the concert hall experience. His works have been presented in such festival as the Sydney Springs International New Music Festival (Australia 2001) and Canberra International Music Festival (Australia 2008); Bowdoin International Music Festival (US 2004) and Bang on a Can Music Summer Music Festival (US 2005); Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (Germany 2006); Dark Music Days (Iceland 2008); Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (HK 2004) and October Contemporary (HK 2007). His music have been performed by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Bang on a Can and Summer Institute Fellows, Network for New Music, New Millennium Ensemble, So Percussion, the Sydney Song Company and Grenzenlos, among others.

The 11th Sydney Springs International Music Festival, Australia (2000) Cattle Depot Arts Festival, Hong Kong (2003) Le French May Arts Festival, Hong Kong (2004) Bowdoin International Music Festival, Maine USA (2004) Microwave International New Media Festival, Hong Kong (2004) Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, USA (2005) Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Germany (2006) October Contemporary, Hong Kong (2007) Dark Music Days Contemporary Music Festival, Iceland (2008) Canberra International Music Festival, Australia (2008)

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute (2005) Sydney Song Company and Australian Music Center, ModART05 (2005) Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida (2006)

2007 Bloomberg Emerging Artists Exhibition: 2-person show with Christopher Lau. Hollywood Center Sino Gallery, Hong Kong.

2008 Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win: Emerging Artists from the Chinese Diaspora. Deutschebank, New York. 2007 October Contemporary Hong Kong: Siren. Osage Art Foundation Gallery, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. 2007 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture. OCT, Shenzhen, China and Victoria Prison, Hong Kong. 2007 14QKs: Many People Show. Para/site, Hong Kong. 2005 Gong-Tormented Sea. Habitus, Hong Kong. 2004 Microwave International Media Art Festival Exhibition. City Hall, Hong Kong. 1997 Art Express: HSC Selected Works Exhibition. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia.