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The Hong Kong Chinese mezzo-soprano, Ruth Lau, started her vocal training with Ella Kiang and Brian Montgomery at young age. She later obtained her Master of Music degree from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2016 under the tutelage of renowned soprano Nancy Yuen.
An active performer both as chorister and soloist, Ruth Lau has sung with SingFest Choral Academy in concerts featuring J.S. Bach's Magnificat in D Major (BWV 243), Mass in B minor (BWV 232), Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), selected church cantatas, and George Frideric Handel's Messiah. She has also collaborated with Hong Kong Youth Choir as alto soloist in the Asia premiere of Cecilia MacDowall’s Magnificat; with Hong Kong Voices in Camille Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio; with Die Konzertisten (both as chorister and alto soloist) in concert featuring J.S. Bach's Advent cantatas and with Hong Kong Oratorio Society in G.F. Handel's Dettingen Te Deum, Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah and Fanny Hansel-Mendelssohn’s oratorio Scenes from the Bible. Ruth made her operatic debut as Prince Athamas in the Academy’s opera production of G.F. Handel's Semele and also sang the role of Mallika in Lakmé and third lady in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in the Academy’s opera scenes. Last year, she sang the role of Sandmännchen in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel and Gretel presented by the HKU Black Box.
Apart from performing locally, Ruth Lau has worked with renowned artists in master-classes across Europe, including Peter Phillips (Tallis Scholars Summer School), Helmuth Rilling (Weimar Bach Cantata Academy), Emma Kirkby (Bel Canto Summer School), and Edith Mathis (Ticino Musica Festival). |
