Ensemble Fioritura
About the musicians
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Kwan-Lam Lau
Kwan-lam (violin) obtained her Professional Diploma, Master of Arts in Performance, and Licentiate Diploma in Teaching (LRAM) from the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of HU Kun and Jonathan Stone. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied with Arisa Fujita. She studied improvisation with David Dolan.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Kwan-lam performs regularly in the UK, Europe, and Hong Kong. She is a winner of many awards and international competitions and a recipient of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme, presented by the HKSAR, granting her the title of Hong Kong Scholar. She was also awarded a tuition fee scholarship from the Guildhall School and the Henry Wood Accommodation Trust, and the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrument Purchase Grants 2016, supported by the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation. Kwan-lam was invited to serve as a jury member and taught masterclasses at the 2024 and 2023 Hong Kong International String Competition.
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Alvin Wong
Internationally, Alvin is winner of solo prizes including Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition (Brussels), Illinois MTNA Young Artist Woodwind Competition (USA) and Evanston Music Club and North Shore Musicians Club Competition (USA). He is also one of the very few Hongkongers who has qualified to the prestigious Adolphe Sax Competition held quadrennially in Dinant, Belgium. In addition to the performances he has given recently in the UK, Belgium and Hong Kong, in 2023 he got selected and invited to give a solo recital at the World Saxophone Congress in Gran Canaria, Spain.
Having performed in Asia’s major venues including the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tokyo Opera City, Taipei National Concert Hall, Beijing National Centre for Performing Arts, etc, Alvin has a diverse profile of performance experience in solo, ensemble, orchestra; traditional, contemporary and commercial.
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Lance Mok
Lance is a Hong Kong-born pianist and composer based in London. His versatile performance career has brought him around the UK and Hong Kong, and to the Netherlands, Finland, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau, and the US. He is noted for his mastery of a wide repertoire of diverse styles and advocacy for under-performed composers and works. His performances have been broadcast by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and Television Broadcasts Ltd and used in films and documentaries.
Lance’s music has been performed in the UK, Netherlands, Hong Kong, and the USA, recently at such renowned venues and occasions as St John’s Smith Square (London), O. Festival (Rotterdam), and French May Arts Festival (Hong Kong). His works have been broadcast by RTHK. Some main sources of inspiration have included classical English literature, Buddhist philosophy and LGBTQ+ issues. He also has a strong interest in setting Cantonese texts to music.
Lance obtained his master’s degree from the Royal College of Music in 2018. Having graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a First in 2016, he was granted a full-tuition scholarship for his postgraduate studies under the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. Lance became a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music in 2017. He has been appointed an ABRSM examiner since 2023.
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