Lee Kum-Sing () is a Canadian classical pianist and piano

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originally from Sumatra.

Biography

Lee Kum-Sing studied with

Gerhard Puchelt Gerhard Puchelt (18 February 1913 – August 1987) was a German pianist. Life Born in Stettin, Puchelt studied from 1931 to 1935 at the Akademie für Kirchen- und Schulmusik with Else C. Kraus and Eduard Erdmann and at the Humboldt Universit ...

and Hans Richter-Haaser in Berlin and with Julius Katchen and

Magda Tagliaferro Magdalena Maria Yvonne Tagliaferro (19 January 18939 September 1986) was a Brazilian-born pianist of French parentage. Magdalena Tagliaferro was born in Petrópolis, Brazil. Her father, who had studied piano with Raoul Pugno in Paris, was a vo ...

in Paris. He debuted in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1963 and in London's

Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadi ...

in 1969 and has since received international recognition. Professor Lee had been the department head of the piano program at

Vancouver Academy of Music The Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM) is a Canadian music conservatory located in Vancouver, British Columbia. The school was founded as the Community Music School of Greater Vancouver in 1969 through efforts made by the Vancouver Community Arts C ...

since 1971 until 2010s and was a long-time faculty member (senior lecturer ) at the University of British Columbia from 1972 to 2005. He also served as a visiting professor since 1980s at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China. 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 prestigious international competitions including Chopin (Warsaw, Poland)

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(the first Canadian invited as a jury member), Queen Elizabeth (Brussels, Belgium)

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China (Beijing)

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References

External links

Vancouver Academy of Music
Living people Canadian musicians of Hong Kong descent Canadian people of Indonesian descent Indonesian people of Chinese descent Vancouver Academy of Music faculty 21st-century Canadian pianists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-classical-musician-stub