Johnny Yim Lai Hang

Biography

Johnny Yim Lai Hang, known professionally as Johnny Yim, is a Hong Kong pop song composer, arranger, record producer, and concert music director. Born on August 12, 1977, he studied at St. Joseph's Primary School and St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong before being sent to Canada to attend Senator O'Connor College School. He later graduated from York University in Canada, majoring in mathematics. He began learning piano and playing classical music at age six and became a self-taught pop music producer. His first arranging experience came in 1996 when he and friends participated in a Chinese songwriting competition on Canadian Chinese Radio, winning third place with the song "是我". After returning to Hong Kong, through singer Ernestine Cheng's recommendation, he sold two songs including "是我" to Warner Music Hong Kong for Aaron Kwok to perform. In 2004, he won the CASH Popular Song Composition Competition with "黑洞", which gave him the opportunity to become a full-time musician. Nicknamed "The Arranging Knight" for arranging hundreds of songs, he has expanded his work to composing, producing, and concert music directing. He first collaborated with singer Hins Cheung in 2008 and has remained his concert music director ever since. He won the Best Arrangement Award at the 2009 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards for arranging "如果時間來到" for Raymond Lam. In 2012, he won Best Composition and Best Song Producer awards. He served as arranging director for the musical "爱上邓丽君" in Beijing in 2014 and produced Alan Tam's album "銀河歲月". He won the Best Arranger award at the 2014 Ultimate Song Chart Awards. In 2017, he founded "Gsus Music Ministry" to train and develop new musicians. In 2021, he served as music director for TVB's talent show "Stars Academy" and its related musical drama "Young At Heart".