Lee Kum-Sing

Lee Kum-Sing
Lee Kum-Sing
Birth name	Lee Kum-Sing
Born	Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Genres	Classic
Occupation(s)	Pianist, Professor
Instruments	Piano

Lee Kum-Sing (Chinese: 李金星) is a Canadian classical pianist and piano pedagogue originally from Sumatra.^[1]

Biography[]

Lee Kum-Sing studied with Gerhard Puchelt and Hans Richter-Haaser in Berlin and with Julius Katchen and Magda Tagliaferro in Paris. He debuted in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1963^[2] and in London's Wigmore Hall in 1969 and has since received international recognition. Since 1985 he has been visiting professor to the Beijing Conservatory of Music and was a professor of the University of British Columbia piano faculty from 1972 - 2005. Many of his students have been prize winners in major national and international competitions and are now actively concertizing and recording. For decades Professor Lee has been conducting master classes and has been on the faculty at international summer schools and festivals in the Netherlands, Poland, France, Belgium, Italy, Japan, China, U.S.A. and Canada.

Lee sits on the jury of many international competitions including Chopin (Warsaw, Poland), Queen Elizabeth (Brussels, Belgium), China (Beijing), Rachmaninov (Moscow), Gina Bachauer (Salt Lake City) and Dublin.

References[]

^ Magocsi, Paul R., ed. (1999). Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. University of Toronto Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-8020-2938-6. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
^ "Lee Kum Sing, Malayan, Makes Piano Debut Here". The New York Times. 5 May 1963. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

External links[]

Vancouver Academy of Music

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[MagocsiOntario1999-1] Magocsi, Paul R., ed. (1999). Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples. University of Toronto Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-8020-2938-6. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

[2] "Lee Kum Sing, Malayan, Makes Piano Debut Here". The New York Times. 5 May 1963. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

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