Colleen Lee

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Colleen Lee
Born (1980-10-11) 11 October 1980 (age 43)
Alma mater
International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition
2005 6th in place
Hong Kong International Piano Competition
2005 Finalist
Musical career
GenresClassical
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitehttps://www.colleen-lee.com/

Colleen Lee Ka-ling (李嘉齡; born 11 October 1980) is a Hong Kong pianist who won the 6th place prize in the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2005.

Biography

Lee began piano lessons when she was four, and started studying with Miss

Hannover
, Germany.

She has given recitals extensively on nearly every continent, in venues from

Casals”), Germany (Meissen, Goslar), Italy (Assisi
), Holland (Holland Music Sessions) and Poland (Antonin, Chopin Duszniki Zdroj), and has been heard on radio in Hong Kong, Poland, Germany, Italy, Scotland and the United States.

She is considered as a leading pianist in Hong Kong and has performed in the New Masters on Tour Series in

) among other prestigious venues, for the upcoming season.

In 2005, she received 6th prize in the

Home Affairs Bureau
in 2004 and the Commendation for Community Service by the Chief Executive in 2006, in recognition of her outstanding achievements in music.

Others

She has recorded regularly for RTHK Radio 4 for both recitals and chamber series. Also, she was one of the artists presented in the acclaimed Outstanding Young Chinese Musicians Series (2006), and was also one of the ten outstanding Hong Kong musicians featured in the CD and programme "Gifted" presented by RTHK 4 to celebrate the 10th years of the Establishment of the Hong Kong SAR. Her début CD, an all Chopin album, recorded in Warsaw with the Pleyel Piano was issued by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in 2006. In February 2008, she has recorded her second CD, including various Scarlatti Sonatas.

Lee was also the laureate of the

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References

  1. ^ "Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2010-06-14.