Doming Ngok-pui Lam (Chinese: 林樂培) is a music composer born in Macau in 1926.[1] He was named as "the father of Hong Kong modern music" for his contribution to the music industry of Hong Kong.[2]

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Doming Lam
Born	(1926-08-05) August 5, 1926 (age 95) Macau
Occupation	Composer
Known for	Contribution to Hong Kong music industry
Title	Honorary President of Hong Kong Composers' Guild

Background

He studied music in Toronto and Los Angeles. He travels extensively around the world for all sorts of international conferences, seminars, workshops, festivals and Rostrums, in order to maintain his sensitivity and knowledge in the music world.

During 1964-1994, he served actively in Hong Kong as a composer, conductor, lecturer, journalist, protector of performing rights, promoter of music exchanges in both Asia and around the globe.

His objective in writing music is to create modern Chinese music by applying avantgarde technique on traditional roots. His thoughts have influenced many of his contemporaries and young composers.

Honors and awards

In the 1999 Culture Day, 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 Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Lam was named Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) at its World Music Days in Hong Kong in 2007.[3]

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