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An Interview with Angel Lam |
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Earlier this year, we received an invitation from our alumna, Angel Lam, to watch “June Lovers”, a new full length original musical production composed by her for the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2012. We were very delighted to be reconnected with her and learned more about her since she graduated from American International School. She now resides in New York City and has returned to Hong Kong this month for the staging and rehearsal of “June Lovers”.
We took the opportunity to invite her for a personal interview on our campus and invited her to share her experiences and words of encouragement to some of our music students. |
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About Angel:
 | Angel with Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Spano and
the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
Angel grew up in Hong Kong and the United States. After completed her high school and university education in Hong Kong, she went on to the States and received a Henry and Lucy Moses Full Scholarship Artist Diploma from Yale University in 2010, a Doctorate degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University in 2011. She is the recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Scholarship, Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Scholarship for Overseas Studies, and the Peabody Conservatory Graduate Assistant Full scholarship. In 2010, she is interviewed and featured on Best Buy Inc.'s "Creative Minds", which filmed her orchestral work “In Search of Seasons” performed by the Minnesota Orchestra. In 2009, she was voted "Artist of the Month" by Musical America and "Yalie of the Week" by Yale University Yale Alumni Magazine.
Her compositions have been performed in major cities around the world. Her composition “Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain”, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, has been performed on Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble’s worldwide tours since 2007; the work was also featured on the CD “Off the Map”, which was nominated for a 2011 Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album award. |
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T-Teresa Wong, Development and Community Relations Officer
A-Angel Lam, Composer, Librettist and Artistic Director for “June Lovers”
T: How is your musical production “June Lovers” different from all of your previous work?
A: My previous works have mainly been written for orchestras and chamber ensembles, but almost always I find myself telling a musical story. It was natural for me to work with theater. I wrote an original script, libretto and music for “June Lovers”; it took almost two years to conceptualize and complete. Together with mood and scene/costume design, I experimented with writing in different music and vocal styles, including rap and rock, to tell a 21st century story on marriage attitudes and love…
The characters are inspired by my friends, and friends of friends of mine, who are also metropolitan city dwellers with transnational cultural backgrounds. |
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