George Tsz-Kwan Lam

Hong Kong-born composer George Tsz-Kwan Lam grew up in Hong Kong and Massachusetts. Lam is the assistant director of Nevada Humanities. Recent works include Family Association (2022), co-commissioned by University Settlement and Music At The Anthology, Kiyoshi Kuromiya: Critical Path (2024), and The Emigrants (2018). Lam is working on a two-year oral history and music project that focuses on Hong Kong’s minoritized communities, supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. Lam is also working on a new violin concerto supported by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council. Lam’s music has been featured at the 2019 Re:Sound Festival in Cleveland, the 2020 New Music Gathering, the 2021 Hot Air Music Festival, and the 2021–22 MATA Presents season. Lam served as a composer-in-residence at the Chautauqua Opera Company and an artist-in-residence at University Settlement. Lam is a founding member of the new opera ensemble Rhymes With Opera, and served as associate professor of music at Hong Kong Baptist University and assistant professor of music at York College, The City University of New York. Lam is one of Creative West’s 2024–25 National Leaders of Color Fellows.