Lam Manyee () is a Chinese composer and music producer from Hong Kong.
Early life
On 10 September 1950, Lam was born in Hong Kong.
Education
Lam graduated from the
University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...
in psychology and sociology. Later she studied piano at the
Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome from 1973 until 1976 with
Franco Evangelisti and composition at the
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with
Brian Ferneyhough
Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer. Ferneyhough is typically considered the central figure of the New Complexity movement. Ferneyhough has taught composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and ...
.
Career
Lam is a composer in Hong Kong and the United States. Lam has composed for orchestra, ballet and solo instrument. Lam has also composed over 50 film scores, music for TV and over 150 pop songs.
Works
This is a partial list of Lam's works.
*''Interludes'' for
prepared piano, 1977
*''Journey'' for
chamber ensemble, 1977–78
*''Monologo II'' for
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
,
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
and
tapes
Tape or Tapes may refer to:
Material
A long, narrow, thin strip of material (see also Ribbon (disambiguation):
Adhesive tapes
* Adhesive tape, any of many varieties of backing materials coated with an adhesive
* Athletic tape, pressure-sensiti ...
, 1980
*''Die Meng'' (Butterfly Dream),
Chinese orchestra, 1978
*''Ceng Die'', 1981
*''Double Triangle'', ballet, 1976
*''Bamboo Suite, ballet, 1983
*''Mixed Visions'', ballet, 1983
*''Chinese Historical Myths'', ballet, 1985
*''ID Shuffle'', ballet, 1985
*''Kwaidan/Emaki'', ballet, 1986
*''Diary'', ballet, 1988
*''Hell Screen'', ballet, 1990
*''Stories of Aung San Suu Kyi'', ballet, 1992
*''Open Party'', ballet, 1994
*''Is there Life on Mars?'', ballet, 1997
*''Dream City'', ballet, 1998
*''Beauty and the Beast'', ballet, 1999
Filmography
*
Once a Thief - Music.
References
External links
* (in English)
*
Violet Lam at allmovie.com*
*
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1950 births
Living people
20th-century classical composers
Hong Kong classical composers
Hong Kong women classical composers
Hong Kong film score composers
Women film score composers
Alumni of the University of Hong Kong
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg alumni
20th-century women composers