Gordon Lau | viola, Hong kong
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. He founded his own string quartet, the Viatores Quartet, in 2023. Within less than a year, the quartet achieved remarkable milestones, including winning the 1st prize and the special prize at the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin. They are currently receiving instruction from Tabea Zimmermann and Johanna Staemmler of the Armida Quartet. He also
studied Chamber music with Prof. Eberhard Feltz and the Artemis Quartet. 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 KammerAkademie 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. He was a member of the Hong Kong Children's Choir, which has given concerts worldwide. He has performed with the choir 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.