LAM Chun-hei Matthew
林俊熹
Matthew Chun-hei Lam is currently a music undergraduate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, specialising in composition. He is now studying composition with Prof. Wendy Lee and he had also studied with Prof. Chan Kai-young, Dr. Lo Hau-man, and Dr. Phoebus Lee Kar-tai. He is also studying piano under Dr. Timothy Kwok Ka Ho.
He is an active composer and an enthusiast of contemporary music style, with his goal being exploring and experimenting on a wide array of sounds and timbre, especially with contemporary instrumental techniques. Lam is the winner of Toolbox Percussion International Composition Competition 2019 (TPICC 2019), the finalist of New Generation 2020, and awarded honourable mentions of Hong Kong New Music Ensemble call-for-scores 2020 and 2019 Ensemble Ibis Composition Competition.
As an active composer, his works were featured in various events and were selected by various call-for-scores, most notably including Musical Convergence concert held by Hong Kong Composers Guild, Music from the Heart concerts held by Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and Toolbox International Creative Academy 2020 opening concert.
His works were played and read by various groups, including the Mivos Quartet (USA), Mise-en Ensemble (USA), Cong Quartet (HK), Music-joint Association (HK), Stellar Trio (Beijing), Toolbox Percussion (HK), and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.
林俊熹現為香港中文大學音樂系本科生,專攻作曲。他現正跟隨李允琪教授修讀作曲,並曾跟隨陳啟揚教授,盧厚敏博士和李家泰博士。他現在亦跟隨郭家豪博士修讀鋼琴。林氏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。
林氏贏得了敲擊襄國際作曲比賽2019的冠軍,2019 Ensemble Ibis Composition Competition和香港創樂團call-for-scores 2020的Honourable Mention,並入圍了香港作曲家聯會主辦音樂新一代2020的決賽。他的作品曾於香港作曲家聯會主辦琴緣飛渡音樂會,心樂集,國際共襄創意學院開幕匯演等多個不同場合演出。而他的作品亦被不同團體演出,如香港中樂團,米費斯弦樂四重奏(美國),紐約室樂團(美國),CONG四重奏(香港),凝音樂坊(香港),史黛拉三重奏(北京),和敲擊襄(香港)。
MAJOR WORKS 主要作品
Orchestral
Death is What You Embrace With (2020), for wind orchestra
Garden Sketch (2018), for string orchestra, vibraphone and percussion
Chamber (Western)
Antithesis (2021), for 2 violins
Acrimonies (2020), for clarinet in B♭ and viola
Undine (2020), for clarinet in B♭, violin, cello and percussion
When Light Vanishes (2020), for string quartet
Elements Garden (2019), for 3 percussionists
They are at Rest (2019), for flute, horn, vibraphone, percussion, piano, and string quartet
Drunken Dance (2019), for clarinet in B♭, piano and cello
Silent Spring (2018), for clarinet in B♭, flute, violin, cello, vibraphone and piano
Shōrin-zu (松林図) (2018), for string quartet
Anemoi (2017), for piano, violin and cello
Chamber (Chinese and mixed)
獨步雪原 (Walking Alone in Snowfield) (2020-21), for chamber Chinese orchestra
幻蜃 (Mirage) (2020), for sheng, pipa, zhongruan, percussion, erhu, gehu
Windchaser (2019), for Sheng, Violin and Cello
夢醒之時 (Awakening from Dream) (2019), for qudi, yangqin, erhu and gehu
A Night Between Woods…and Melancholy (2019), for (western) Flute, Yangqin, Liuqin, Zhongruan and Guzheng
Vocal
還有行李要帶走嗎?(Are There Still Luggages to be Brought?) (2021), for SATB choir and piano
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d (2021), for SATB choir, piano and media
Solo
Freesia (香雪蘭) (2021), for solo erhu
Meditation - Clear Mirror Still Water (2021), for solo flute
Shimmering Tides (2020), for solo cello