Doming Lam

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Doming Lam

Doming Lam ( Chinese  林樂培  /  林乐培 , born August 5, 1926 in Macau ) is a Chinese composer , conductor and music producer . He was chairman of the Hong Kong section of the Asian Composers League and is considered one of the pioneers of new music in Hong Kong.

Life

Lam sang in the church choir when he was a child and received musical education from Salesian missionaries. From 1954 to 1958 he studied composition at the University of Toronto and at the Royal Conservatory of Music. From 1960 to 1963 he studied film music and film production with Miklós Rózsa at the University of Southern California . In 1965 he graduated from Hong Kong. In 1980 he also attended the Darmstadt summer courses .

From 1965 to 1971 he worked as a television producer and television director for Rediffusion Television. He was a co-founder of the Asian Composers League (ACL). From 1973 to 1983 he was chairman of the Hong Kong section of the ACL and from 1980 to 1990 he was general secretary under Lucrecia Kasilag . In 1983 he was entrusted with the founding of the Hong Kong Composers' Guild , of which he became honorary chairman in 1983. He also founded the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH) in 1977 and served as its president until 1994. From 1979 to 1993 he was an advisor to the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. Between 1981 and 1985 he produced for Radio Television Hong Kong . From 1983 to 1989 he was music director of the Macau Cultural Institute. In 1988 he organized the ISCM World Music Days in Hong Kong. He was a jury made up of Tōru Takemitsu , Brian Ferneyhough and Wen-chung Chou . In 2004 he was made an honorary member of the ISCM.

From 1986 to 1994 he taught New Music and Composition at the University of Hong Kong . In 1994 he moved to Toronto. In 1995 his work Three Night Songs of LiPo was performed in the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. It was included in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians in 2001. In 2007 he became an honorary member of the International Society for New Music.

Awards

  • 1976: Urban Council Award
  • 1988: Medal for the Distinction
  • 1988: Composer of the Year
  • 1991: Best Teacher Award
  • 1993: 20th Century Masterpiece Award
  • 1999: One of Five Asian Composition Masters

literature

  • Harrison Ryker: Doming Lam. In: Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. August 21, 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honorary members. ISCM , accessed June 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lam, doming
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 林乐培 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese composer, conductor and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Macau