Chris Lam Sam
Presenter
Chris Lam Sam is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading musical entertainers and educators for young audiences. A former primary teacher, he co-founded the nationally touring children’s group The Funky Monkeys in 2003, performing to more than 1.7 million people and releasing four albums.
An award-winning author and songwriter, Chris’s picture book Inspector Brunswick: Case of the Missing Eyebrow received a Storylines Notable Book Award, while his music has been recognised with multiple NZ On Air awards and a Tūī award nomination.
Passionate about making the arts accessible to all children, Chris has co-founded two music charities and has presented more than a thousand performances in early childhood centres and over 800 schools across New Zealand. Since 2023, Chris has been the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s full-time Music Education Animateur, inspiring audiences of all ages to build lifelong connections with orchestral music.
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
One Thousand and One Nights
NZSO Chamber Strings
Mozart's Gran Partita
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
ENZSO Celebrates
Elouan String Quartet
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Madeleine Pierard Masterclass
Pre-concert Dinner - Beethoven 9
Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital
Emerging Artists '27
Emerging Artists '26
Dvořák and Sibelius
Beethoven and Mozart
Summer Tour
Serenade
Rhythm & Dance
Messiah
Four Last Songs
Enigma
Elegance
Beethoven 9
Verdi Requiem
Todd Young Composer Awards
Tchaikovsky 5
Reverberate
Resurrection
Peter and the Wolf
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Moonlit Brahms
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
London Portraits
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
From the Canyon to the Stars
Fantastique
Electrify
Christmas Concert
Celtic Connections
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
A Space Odyssey
