Lam Manyee

{{Short description|Chinese music composer from Hong Kong}} {{family name hatnote|Lam|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person |name = Lam Manyee |image = |native_name = {{zh|t=林敏怡}} |other_names = Lam Man-Yi, Violet Lam, Violet Lam Man Yee |birth_date = {{birth date and age |1950|09|10}} |birth_place = Hong Kong |alma_mater = University of Hong Kong, Santa Cecilia Conservatory |occupation = Music composer }} '''Lam Manyee''' ({{zh|t=林敏怡}}) is a Chinese composer and music producer from Hong Kong.

== Early life == On 10 September 1950, Lam was born in Hong Kong.<ref name="hkmdb_lam"/>

== Education == Lam graduated from the University of Hong Kong in psychology and sociology. Later she studied piano at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome from 1973 until 1976 with Franco Evangelisti and composition at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Brian Ferneyhough.<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|volume=14|last=Tyrrell|first=John|authorlink=John Tyrrell (professor of music)|year=2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Dangerous Tunes: The Politics of Chinese Music in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China Since 1949|series=Volume 3 of ''Opera sinologica''|last=Mittler|first=Barbara|authorlink=Barbara Mittler|publisher=Otto Harrasowitz|year=1997|accessdate=15 December 2018|pages=251ff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwviqczggmkC&pg=PA251|isbn=9783447039208}}</ref> In 2009, she also gained qualification as a naturopathic practitioner.

== Career == Lam is a composer in Hong Kong and the United States. Lam has composed for orchestra, ballet and solo instrument. Lam has also composed over 50 film scores, music for TV and over 150 pop songs.<ref name="hkmdb_lam">{{cite web |url=http://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5843&display_set=eng |title=Violet Lam Man Yee |website=hkmdb.com |accessdate=October 9, 2020}}</ref>

==Works== This is a partial list of Lam's works. *''Interludes'' for prepared piano, 1977 *''Journey'' for chamber ensemble, 1977–78 *''Monologo II'' for cello, piano and tapes, 1980 *''Die Meng'' (Butterfly Dream), Chinese orchestra, 1978 *''Ceng Die'', 1981 *''Double Triangle'', ballet, 1976 *''Bamboo Suite'', ballet, 1983 *''Mixed Visions'', ballet, 1983 *''Chinese Historical Myths'', ballet, 1985 *''ID Shuffle'', ballet, 1985 *''Kwaidan/Emaki'', ballet, 1986 *''Diary'', ballet, 1988 *''Hell Screen'', ballet, 1990 *''Stories of Aung San Suu Kyi'', ballet, 1992 *''Open Party'', ballet, 1994 *''Is there Life on Mars?'', ballet, 1997 *''Dream City'', ballet, 1998 *''Beauty and the Beast'', ballet, 1999

== Filmography == * A Kid from Tibet (1992) - Music * All’s Well, Ends Well (1982) - Music * All’s Well, Ends Well ’97 (1997) - Music * The Dragon from Russia (1990) - Music * Esprit D’amour (1983) - Music * Happy Together (1989) - Music * Heart of Dragon (1985) - Music * Hong Kong 1941 (1984) - Music * Love Unto Wastes (1986) - Music * On the Run (1988) - Music * Once a Thief (1991) - Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101020/fullcredits |title=Once a Thief (1991) |website=imdb.com |date=February 2, 1991 |accessdate=October 9, 2020}}</ref> * Witch from Nepal (1986) - Music

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{official|http://www.manyeelam.com/ENG_index1.html}} (in English) *{{YouTube|UEXYhPUoBD0|"Kaleidoscope" by Man-Yee Lam 林敏怡．萬花筒}} * [https://www.allmovie.com/artist/violet-lam-p181510 Violet Lam at allmovie.com] *{{IMDb name |id=0482657 |name=Man-Yee Lam}} *{{Hkmdb name|5843 |name=Violet Lam Man Yee}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, Manyee}} Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Chinese classical composers Category:Hong Kong classical composers Category:Hong Kong women classical composers Category:Hong Kong film score composers Category:Women film score composers Category:Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Category:Hochschule für Musik Freiburg alumni Category:20th-century women composers