Lee Huei Min (also known as Min Lee; born ) is a Singaporean classical

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ist. She has been dubbed as "Singapore's poster girl of classical music".

Career

Lee started playing violin at the age of two, and gave her first public performance at five at the Victoria Concert Hall. She went to the United States at the age of nine to study music at the

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and later at

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's Conservatory of Music. At the age of 14, Min she was accepted to the Masters program at

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. She was tutored by the late, eminent violinist Erick Friedman. Erick himself was a protégé of

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and

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. Lee has performed with renowned orchestras including Prague Chamber Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra,

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, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and

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. She recorded an album ''Debut'' with the

. She was given the Singapore Youth Award in 2004. In April 2011 she became brand ambassador for

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in Singapore. She is the Program Director of the Wolfgang Violin Studio.

Personal life

She has three sisters Lee Huei Tjin, Lee Huey Yuan and Lee Huei Sheen. She is married to Loh Lik Peng and has a son Conor Loh and a daughter Cassie Loh.

References

External links

Min Lee
- Official homepage
Wolfgang Violin Studio
- About Us 1980s births Living people Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean classical violinists University of Michigan alumni Yale School of Music alumni Oberlin College alumni 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Violinist-stub