Alan Lau

Alan, an architect by profession, is a native of Kuching, Malaysia. Having caught the choral singing bug through his secondary school choir, he went on to perform with various vocal ensembles throughout his university and working life. In Perth, Western Australia, he performed with leading vocal groups such as Collegium Musicum Choir, the University Chapel Choir, and St George’s Baroque Consort. He was also a founding member of the Giovanni Consort, an ensemble comprising some of Perth’s best young singers, and performed a wide range of vocal works from the renaissance to 20th century repertoire.

On relocating to Singapore, he appeared with various groups such as early-music ensembles Musica Obscura and Ab Oriente, Artyfakt Studio, the Celebration Chorus, and OperaStudio. Under the tutelage of the late tenor Lim Shieh Yih, he also performed solo roles in opera scenes and art songs as part of Mr Lim’s Vocé concert series. In his capacity as secretary of the Singapore Classical Singers’ Association, Alan also helped to organize the 2005 Festa Canzone art song festival and competition. He has performed regularly in recitals with Singapore group SPOT Pocket Opera Theatre, with whom he will sing the role of Ramiro in their upcoming production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Esplanade Concourse in 2019.

In 2018 Alan was a participant in the Internationale Sächsisches Sängerakademie in Torgau, Germany, where he studied and performed German repertoire under Roland Schubert and Berthold Schmid. He was also a participant in Cambridge Early Music’s Baroque Week Summer School, held at Girton College, Cambridge, where he studied and performed works by various English baroque composers.