Matthew Lam - Composer

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Matthew Lam is an active composer and an enthusiast of contemporary music style. His goal is to explore and experiment on a wide array of sounds and timbre, especially with contemporary instrumental techniques and live electronics. 

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Winning multiple awards, his works were featured in numerous festivals and events across 4 continents, including June in Buffalo (USA), International Rostrum of Composers (2023: Netherlands), MUSLAB (2023: Ecuador), Nanhua University International Symposium of Contemporary Music Research (Taiwan), soundSCAPE Festival (Italy), Connecticut Summerfest (USA), SCI National Conference (USA), Toolbox International Creative Academy (HK), Electroacoustic Music Studios at Eastman (EMuSE) Concerts (USA), and Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival (HK).

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Groups such as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Eastman Graduate Composers Sinfonietta, Mivos Quartet, Del Sol Quartet, [Switch~ Ensemble], Mise-en Ensemble, Du.0, Cong Quartet, NEXUS Ensemble, and Toolbox Percussion are among the many who have presented Lam’s music over the years.

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Lam is also an active arranger, recent engagements include brass octet arrangements of songs from anime “Hibike! Euphonium” for 8Brass All-Stars and an orchestral arrangement of Zelda Medley for Hong Kong Doujin Philharmonia.

 

Lam earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music with highest honours from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he had worked with Prof. Wendy Lee, Prof. Kai-Young Chan and Dr Hau-Man Lo, and completed his master’s studies in composition with Dr Mikel Kuehn, Dr Marilyn Shrude, and Dr Christopher Dietz at Bowling Green State University. He is currently pursuing is doctoral studies at Eastman School of Music with Dr Elizabeth Ogonek, supported by the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Music Scholarship for Overseas Studies. 

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林俊熹是一位活躍的作曲家，他熱衷於現代古典音樂，且經常發掘及實驗新風格和技巧，尤其現代樂器技巧和現場電子音樂。

林氏贏得了不同獎項，而他的作品曾於多世界各地各個不同場合演出，其中包括June in Buffalo (美國)、International Rostrum of Composers (2023:荷蘭)、MUSLAB (2023:厄瓜多爾)、南華大學當代音樂研討會與座談 (台灣)、soundSCAPE Festival (意大利)、Connecticut Summerfest (美國)、SCI National Conference (美國)、國際共襄創意學院 (香港)與香港當代音樂節 (香港) 等。

他的作品亦被香港管弦樂團、香港中樂團、Toledo Symphony、Mivos Quartet、Del Sol Quartet、[Switch~ Ensemble]、Mise-en Ensemble、Du.0、Cong Quartet、滙·亞洲室樂團和敲擊襄等不同團體演奏。

林氏於香港中文大學取得學士學位（甲等榮譽），師隨陳啟揚教授、盧厚敏博士和李允琪教授，並於鮑林格林州立大學修畢作曲碩士，師隨Mikel Kuehn、Marilyn Shrude和Christopher Dietz。他現於伊士曼音樂學院隨Elizabeth Ogonek修讀作曲博士，並為香港作曲家及作詞家協會音樂獎學金得主。