Doming Ngok-pui Lam (; 5 August 1926 – 11 January 2023) was a music composer born in

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. He was named as "the father of Hong Kong modern music" for his contribution to the music industry of Hong Kong.

Background

Lam studied music in Toronto (

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1954-1958) and Los Angeles (

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1960-1963). He travelled extensively around the world to international conferences, seminars, workshops, festivals and Rostrums, in order to maintain his sensitivity and knowledge in the music world. From 1964 to 1994, Lam served actively in Hong Kong as a composer, conductor, lecturer, journalist, protector of performing rights, promoter of music exchanges in Asia and around the globe. His objective in writing music was to create modern Chinese music by applying avant garde technique on traditional roots. Lam died on 11 January 2023, at the age of 96.

Honours and awards

In the 1999

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, Lam was named one of the five Asian composing masters by the music circle in Tokyo. Lam is the first Macau-born composer to be included in the prestigious

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. Lam was named Honorary Member of the

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(ISCM) at its World Music Days in Hong Kong in 2007.

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* 1926 births 2023 deaths 20th-century classical composers Macau people Hong Kong composers Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong RTHK {{Macau-bio-stub