Episode 020 - Matthew Lau - Contemporary Percussion

Sounds of the World

Today’s guest comes to us from Hong Kong. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Contemporary Percussion Performance from Stony Brook University in New York where he studied with Eduardo Leandro, and a Master of Music degree from NYU where he studied with Jonathan Haas, Simon Boyar, and James Saporito. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Hong Kong Baptist University and maintains a private teaching studio. He was also the winner of the 2018 Hong Kong Arts Development Award for Young Artist and a finalist in the 2016 Italy Percussive Arts Society Competition in the Vibraphone Category. He has performed around the world with performances in Moscow, Russia, Perth, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Buenos Aires, New York City, and so many more. When he isn’t traveling the world performing, he is promoting new music as the co-founder and artistic director of the contemporary percussion group The Up:Strike Project. When he isn’t swamped with these obligations and travel, he is an avid knitter and certified as a Level 1 Master Knitter by The Knitting Guild Association.

Guest:

Matthew Lau

Matthew’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/casiohk

Music Included in this Episode:

Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor by J.S. Bach. Performed by Matthew Lau. Marimba Literature Library – Vic Firth © Vic Firth July 2018

YI (1973) 6 Short Images for Marimba Four Hands by Tona Scherchen-Hsiao. Performed by Abby Fisher and Matthew Lau © Tona Scherchen-Hsiao 1973

Requiem Op. 48 by Gabriel Faure. Performed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Judith Blegen (soprano), James Morris (baritone), and conducted by Robert Shaw © Telarc 1990

Vermont Counterpoint arr. for vibraphone and glockenspiel by Steve Reich. Performed by Matthew Lau © Steve Reich 1982

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