Save the Date! ACMF 2026- August 12th-16th 2026
Save the Date! ACMF 2026- August 12th-16th 2026
Kwan Hon Gordon Lau, born in Hong Kong in 1999, is a versatile musician now based in Berlin. He graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and is currently pursuing a master's degree in chamber music under the mentorship of Professor Tabea Zimmerman at HfMDK Frankfurt. Gordon is an active chamber musician.
His chamber music partners include Torleif Thedéen, Sayaka Shoji, Rainer Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Peter Bruns, Bruno Delepelaire, Roland Glassl and many other well-known artists. He also had successful experiences as a guest principal violist in orchestras at a very high level such as Kammer-Akademie Potsdam and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra.
During Corona time in 2020, he and his brother were invited by violinist Daniel Hope and ARTE.tv to the renowned TV show "Hope@Home" , and the performance was a sensational success.
He had various opportunities to attend master classes with viola masters such as Nobuko Imai, Nils Mönkemeyer, Lars Anders Tomter etc. He has often been invited to various music festivals, such as the Seiji Ozawa Academy Switzerland, Zermatt Music Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Villars Music Institute and many others. Gordon has been a scholarship holder of the "Villa Musica" Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2019/20 season, and was awarded as “Star of Villa Musica 2023”.
In addition to playing the viola, Gordon is also a passionate singer. As a member of the Hong Kong Children's Choir, he has performed in Germany, Finland, Italy, England, Japan, Korea, China, etc. In the semester 2015/2016 he had singing lessons with Prof. Kai Wessel in Cologne, a well-known countertenor in Germany.