Press

REVIEWS

South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) on Illumination

“It’s a slowly morphing, 12-minute piece that, in most young composers’ hands, would sound as if it was wandering around a room with no exit, but Lam shows an instinctive feel for when to nudge things along.  Using minimal harmonic and melodic material, the elemental shifts came right on cue to sustain attention.”

CASHFLOW, Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong on Inner Light - Homage to Mark Rothko

“... Lam’s Inner Light, however, provides an added dimension of the expression of emotions from a symphonic wind orchestra ...  Though barely noticeable, the layers of tone colours create huge tensions, while the piano contribution represents the suppressed and struggled character throughout the piece …  Unlike most works for symphonic wind orchestra, Inner Light expresses the most sophisticated emotion which is the pressure that inescapably originates from the trivialities of modern life ...  Inner Light illustrated the fact that a symphonic wind orchestra can express inner and deep emotions and is not restricted to merely creating sensational and superficial sounds and emotions.”

Asian Music Festival Final Report, Chou Wen-Chung, composer, on Inner Light - Homage to Mark Rothko

“There were some excellent scores, including ... Inner Light by Fung Lam ... (a) thoughtful and effective piece ...”

The Independent (London) on Caged

“Fung Lam used a backing track that sounded like crowds in a subway station in pursuit of his successful evocation of claustrophobia, which had the cello alternating a nagging main idea with dreamlike withdrawals.”

Sydney Morning Herald on Amitabha

“Fung Lam's Amitabha was a still pentatonic meditation, like a morning breeze over quiet water.”

INTERVIEWS/ARTICLES

Fung featured in Cathay Pacific’s club magazine Quarter 3, 2009

An article on commissioning music

Interview in Hong Kong Economics Times on 27 December 2008

An article on Fung - READ

Interview in South China Morning Post (HK) on 16 December 2008

An article on Fung - READ (subscription required)

Fung’s online composition diary for BBC

Composition diary for the BBC Radio 3 website, on his orchestral work Unlocking - READ

Interview in Ming Pao Weekly magazine (HK) in 2007

An article on Fung - READ

Interview in Wen Wei Po newspaper (HK) on in 2007

An article on Fung - READ

Fung featured in Campaign magazine (UK) in 2006

Fung was included in Campaign magazine’s “Brand New Sound” feature, as a media composer - READ

Fung featured in CASHFLOW magazine (HK) in 2005

Fung's article in CASHFLOW Issue 46 on his Israel trip in 2004 (p.44) - READ

Fung featured in CASHFLOW magazine (HK) in 2004

Fung was featured in issue 43 of the magazine CASHFLOW published by Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH).  The article was inspired by the Hong Kong performance of his Inner Light in 2003.  You may view the article (on page 34-35) here - READ

MEDIA APPEARANCES

BBC Radio 3’s Discovering Music - Featured composer (2009)

BBC World News’s Visionaries TV series - Contributor on Toru Takemitsu episode (2008)

BBC Radio 3’s Twenty Minutes - Contributor on Publish and Be Damned? (2006)

Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 4 - Guest-presenter on a classical music programme (8 episodes), presenting some of his favourite contemporary pieces as well as his own compositions. (2005)