Matthew Lam

Technical Director

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Matthew Lam is an active composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music 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 electronics. His recent interests include saturationist music and ambisonics.

Winning multiple awards, his works were featured in numerous festivals and events across 4 continents, including June in Buffalo (USA), American Composers Orchestra Earshot, International Computer Music Conference (2025: Boston), International Rostrum of Composers (2023: Netherlands), International Review of Composers in Belgrade (Serbia), Paysages | Composés (France), Midwest Graduate Music Consortium (USA), Ignite the Arts Festival (Canada), MUSLAB (Ecuador), Nanhua University International Symposium of Contemporary Music Research (Taiwan), soundSCAPE Festival (Italy), Connecticut Summerfest (USA), SCI National Conference (USA), and Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival (HK), among others.

Groups such as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, 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.

Lam earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music with highest honours from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and completed his master’s studies in composition at Bowling Green State University. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at Eastman School of Music, and serves as a teaching assistant at Electroacoustic Music Studios at Eastman (EMuSE), supported by the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Music Scholarship for Overseas Studies.

Visit Matthew’s website to learn more: Matthew Lam Composer