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Biography

Anne LAM (Organ) teaches organ performance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and serves as a Director of Music at Chung Chi College Chapel, CUHK. She has also been teaching for the Pipe Organ Education Series at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Her solo performances have been broadcast on Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 4, Metro Radio Hong Kong, and American Public Radio’s program “Pipedreams” in the United States. She won the Second Prize in the 6th Miami International Organ Competition and was named a semi-finalist in the National Young Artists Competition in Organ (NYACOP).

Lam has performed in many concert halls and cathedrals across the world. She appeared as a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the 2017 Hong Kong Arts Festival, as a guest organist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 2022, and performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Quintet in the 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival. Recently, she has given a sold-out Tuba and Organ Concert at Shenzhen Concert Hall and two solo recitals at Gulangyu Pipe Organ Art Center.

In frequent demand as an orchestral player and choir accompanist in Hong Kong, Lam has been performing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Bach Choir, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus for nearly a decade. She has recorded three CDs with choristers in Macao and performed with choirs from England, Germany, New Zealand, and the United States. She served as the Founding Dean of the Hong Kong Chapter and the American Guild of Organists (AGO) from 2014 to 2016. An avid board member of the Chapter, she takes on a role in initiating the Young Organist Competition, Organ Festival, and Summer Organ Academy with the local AGO Chapter.

Lam was awarded a prestigious full-tuition scholarship from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund for her sacred music diploma, master and doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music, New York. At Eastman, she studied with the legendary Professor David Higgs. She served as a Director of Music and Organist for Episcopal churches and Catholic parishes when she resided in upstate New York.

When away from music, Lam can be found reading, baking, or wandering in the woods with her super intelligent border collie Labrador mix.

林芍彬 (管風琴) 現為香港中文大學管風琴導師及崇基學院禮拜堂音樂總監,並一直擔任香港文化中心管風琴教育系列導師。她的獨奏演出曾在香港電台第四台、新城電台及美國全國公共廣播電台中播放。她曾獲第六屆邁阿密國際管風琴大賽亞軍,亦曾晉身全美青年藝術家管風琴比賽半總決賽。

林氏曾於世界各地多個音樂廳及大教堂演奏。她於2017年香港藝術節與美國辛辛那提交響樂團作獨奏演出,其後在2022年維也納愛樂樂團訪港期間擔任客席管風琴樂師,並於2023年香港藝術節與香港管弦樂團銅管五重奏合演專場音樂會。近日,她於深圳音樂廳演出的「大號與管風琴音樂會」座無虛席,獲得滿場迴響,並於鼓浪嶼管風琴藝術中心圓滿舉行兩場獨奏會。

林氏經常獲邀以樂團特約樂手或合唱團伴奏身份與香港多個藝術團體演出,她與香港管弦樂團、香港巴赫合唱團和香港中大合唱團合作演出已近十年。她與澳門女聲合唱團灌錄了三張唱片錄音,並曾與來自英國、德國、新西蘭和美國的合唱團合作演出。在2014年至2016年期間,她出任美國管風琴家協會香港分會的創會會長。她亦是分會董事會成員,致力與分會推動香港的青年管風琴家大賽、管風琴節及夏季管風琴學院。

林氏獲香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈信託基金頒發全額獎學金,前往美國紐約伊士曼音樂學院深造,取得聖樂文憑、管風琴演奏碩士及博士學位,授教於頂尖管風琴家大衛•希格斯教授。她在紐約上州居住期間,曾擔任上州聖公會教堂及天主教堂區的音樂總監及風琴師。

林氏在演奏音樂以外,還喜歡閱讀、烘焙,以及帶她那隻聰明絕頂的邊境牧羊與拉布拉多混血犬漫遊樹林。

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