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

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originally from

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Biography

Lee Kum-Sing studied with Gerhard Puchelt and Hans Richter-Haaser in Berlin and with

Julius Katchen Julius Katchen (August 15, 1926 – April 29, 1969) was an American concert pianist, possibly best known for his recordings of Johannes Brahms's solo piano works. Early career Katchen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and debuted at age ...

and

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in Paris. He debuted in New York's

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in 1963 and in London's Wigmore Hall 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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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