Founded in 2008 by William Lane, the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble (HKNME) is Asia’s leading new music group, dedicated to presenting contemporary music to the highest possible standard. Renowned for its exciting performances, the HKNME’s productions extend beyond the concert stage to educational outreach events, interdisciplinary collaborations and research projects with a global network of artistic associates.

The Ensemble has led numerous world and regional premieres of important contemporary works—a number of which commissioned by the HKNME—at prestigious music festivals and venues around the world, including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Vision Arts Festival (HK), Tongyeong International Music Festival / ISCM (South Korea), ECHOFLUXX Festival of New Media (Czech Republic), CYCLE Music and Art Festival (Iceland), Shanghai New Music Week (CN), Beijing Music Festival (CN), Hong Kong Week (TW), MONA FOMA (Australia), Hong Kong Music Series (London), Angel Orensanz Center (New York City), and Wilsey Center for Opera (San Francisco).

The Ensemble has collaborated with renowned organisations such as Zuni Icosahedron, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Guangdong Modern Dance Company, soundpocket, Studio Acht and Alice Theatre Laboratory. The HKNME has also been invited to organise events in partnership with the Hong Kong Arts Centre, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Spring Workshop, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Osage Gallery and the Goethe-Institut Hongkong. The HKNME is also a regular collaborator with music departments of many tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Ensemble-in-Residence, 2023-24) and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (Resident Company, 2015-16).

The HKNME has been annually funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council since 2012.