Yvonne Lam Bio
Grammy Award–winning violinist Yvonne Lam has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, American Youth Symphony, and other leading ensembles. She served for eight years as violinist/violist and Co–Artistic Director of the contemporary super-ensemble Eighth Blackbird, commissioning and premiering more than one hundred works by composers including Steve Reich, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Nathalie Joachim, and Bryce Dessner Her debut solo album, Watch Over Us, features works for solo violin with electronics, and she has appeared as a guest artist on numerous new-music recordings A prizewinner at major international competitions, she also served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Washington National Opera Orchestra Lam is Associate Professor of Violin and Coordinator of Chamber Music at Michigan State University, and holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School