About Us

Born and raised in a Cantonese Opera family in Ipoh, Malaysia, Choo’s father Choo Kah-lok, as well as two elder brothers Choo Ngai-kong and Choo Siew-cheong were renowned musicians of Cantonese Opera and regarded as Three Hero of Choo’s Family.   His sister Choo Sau-ying was also a Cantonese Opera female and comic roles performer. When he was a child, he learned various musical instruments and percussion and was especially good at playing violin, gongs and drums.  At the age of nine, he made his debut and became the percussion leader when he was thirteen, cooperating with numerous famous Cantonese Opera veterans.  Choo moved to Hong Kong in 1959 and practiced accompaniment for “The Reincarnation of Red Plum” staged by Sin Fung Ming Troupe.  He was the music leader and oversaw the recording for Yam Kim Fai and Pak Suet Sin’s timeless albums “The Flower Princess”, “Legend of the Purple Hairpin” and “The Reincarnation of the Red Plum”.  He was also involved in the production of more than a hundred albums of Cantonese opera while working as a music leader for many record companies including Crown and Tien Shing.  Starting from 1966, Choo became the music leader and mentor of Chor Fung Ming Troupe members and professionalized operatic dramas with his newly-designed tunes, until 1992 when the troupe was disbanded.  In the meantime, he was also appointed music leader of other opera troupes including Tai Lung Fung, Hing Sun Sing, Chung Sun Sing and Sun Ma.  In 1993, Choo was again invited to take up the role of music leader by the newly-founded Hing Fung Ming Opera Troupe.