Matthew Lam - Composer
Performances and activities
2027:
[Bergen, Norway]
I will be attending Echoes in Hybrid Space from 23-28 Feb at University of Bergen.
Subjugation for flute, saxophone, violin, and electronics will be premiered by Marie-Bernadette Charrier, Sylvain Millepied, and Alicja Pilarczyk.
2026:
[Online]
Playper has been selected as part of Spatial Audio Gathering 2026 playlist on soundingfuture.com.
Link to playlist: https://audiospace.soundingfuture.com/curated/spatial-audio-gathering/collections/spatial-audio-gathering-2026
[Bangkok, Thailand]
I will be attending International Composition Institute of Thailand from 14-21 Dec.
Destabilization II for flute, clarinet, and cello will be premiered by TACETi Ensemble.
[Milan, Italy]
Last Beer, I Swear (stereo version) will be featured NOIS//E Festival & Symposium
TBD Nov 13-15
[Hong Kong]
Arrangements of 萬里長城永不倒、兩忘煙水裡、萬水千山縱橫、世間始終你好、黎明不要來 for Chinese Orchestra
武俠春俠 俠骨柔情
Nov 8, 8:00pm [HKT] at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall performed by Yao Yueh Chinese Music Association
[Hong Kong]
Evocation for wind ensemble
Aeolian Delights: HKCG x Chung Chi Wind Orchestra
Nov 1, 8:00pm [HKT] at Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium, premiered by Chung Chi Wind Orchestra
[Berkeley, CA]
Fragments of Rain I for solo piano
E4TT: Solo Piano: Call for Scores, Vol. 3 in BERKELEY
Oct 25, 3:00pm [PT] at Berkeley Piano Club, performed by Dale Tsang
[Rochester, NY]
Last Beer, I Swear, 5th-order ambisonics fixed media
EMuSE Concert
Oct 23, 7:30pm [ET] at Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
[Rochester, NY]
Destabilization for violin, viola, and cello
OSSIA Mainstage Concert #1
Oct 19, 7:30pm [ET] at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
[San Francisco]
Fragments of Rain I for solo piano
E4TT: Solo Piano: Call for Scores, Vol. 3 in SAN FRANCISCO
Oct 18, 3:00pm [PT] at Community Music Center, performed by Dale Tsang
[Eugene, OR]
Of Decaying Concrete and Deteriorating Urbanscapes for bassoon and live electronics
Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble New Music Festival
Oct 2, 7:00pm by Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble
[Grenoble, France]
Last Beer, I Swear (8-channel version)
6th PASAGES | COMPOSÉS
Sep 27, 5:30pm at Auditorium de l’ancien CCA, 40 avenue Marcelin Berthelot, 38100 Grenoble
[Hangzhou, China]
Last Beer, I Swear, fixed media
Musicacoustica-Hangzhou 2026
Sep 25, 8:00pm at Zhejiang Conservatory of Music
[San Francisco]
Witchcraft II: Sacrificial Ritual for sinfonietta
ARTZenter Institute Emerging Composer World Premiere Concert I
Sep 8, 7:30pm at Brava Theater by San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
[NYC]
Destabilization, for violin, viola, and cello
Locrian Chamber Players Concert
Aug 20, 8:00pm at Riverside Church, by Locrian Chamber Players
[NYC]
Overcast Skies, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano
Contemporaneous Open Mic Vol. 4
Jun 16, 7:00pm at BRIC, by Contemporaneous
[Seoul, South Korea]
Playper, fixed media (4-channel version)
Bangdo Tape Music Festival 2026
June 5-7 at The Space: Bangdo
[San Antonio, TX]
Playper, fixed media (8-channel version)
SEAMUS 2026
May 23, 4:00pm at UT San Antonio Arts Building Gallery
[NYC]
Gave a presentation of Witchcraft to IS 229 Dr. Roland Patterson Middle School in the Bronx
[Rochester, NY]
Evocation for Wind Ensemble will be read by the Eastman Wind Ensemble
May 1 at Eastman School of Music
[Bangkok, Thailand]
Playper, fixed media
TagTEAMS Festival Concert 2
Apr 18, 7:00pm at Bangkok Kunsthalle
[Leeds, UK]
Playper, fixed media
Spatial Audio Gathering 2026 Concert 2
Apr 1, 11:30am at Leeds Beckett School of Arts, Theatre
[Rochester, NY]
Scream for solo violin
Composers Concert
Mar 30, 7:30pm [EST] at Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, by Zihua Ma
[Mexico City, Mexico]
Beyond 88, fixed media
Planeta Complejo Exhibition
Mar 20 - May 10, 2026 at Centro de Cultura Digital
[Rochester, NY]
Playper for ambisonics fixed media
TinyTEAMS: BEASTs from the East
Mar 27, 7:30pm [EST] at EMuSE Studios, Eastman School of Music
[Hong Kong]
Arrangements of 天楽、letter song、心拍数#0822、夕日坂、歌に形はないけれど (duet version)、Henceforth、贖罪、初めての恋が終わる時 for orchestra
Vocaloid Essentials On Stage III
Mar 18-19, 8:00pm [HKT] at Queen Elizabeth Stadium by Hong Kong Doujin Philharmonia feat. 花たん、nayuta、秋絵akie、ぽこた、杏仁ミル、キズナアイ
[Ogden, UT]
Fragments of Rain I & II for solo piano
New Year New Music 2026 – solo piano works featuring Esther Ahn
Jan 23, 7:30pm [MST] at Weber State University
[Hong Kong]
Arrangements of 凛として咲く花の如く ,「你常聽到的」古典音樂組曲 for orchestra
Yomii-Mania II
Jan 11, 8:00pm [HKT] Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall by Hong Kong Doujin Philharmonia
In Extremis was accepted as part of the newest issue of SCI Journal of Music Scores
Publishing date TBD
