Siu Hei Lee

Piano

A London-based music event organiser, pianist, teacher, and scholar, Alvin/ Siu Hei is praised for his extraordinary performance virtuosity and impressive balance in collaborative piano playing (Paul Muller, Sequenza21). Equally at home with Western classical and contemporary music, he appeared as a soloist at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall and Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. He shared the same stage with the late maestro, violinist János Négyesy, collaborated extensively with award-winning vocalist Kirsten Ashley Wiest, and premiered compositions by James Erber, Josh Charney, and other composers. Siu Hei holds a PhD (music) from the University of California San Diego, MM (piano) degree from Eastman, and served as piano faculty at the Lyra Summer Music Festival and Workshop.

Siu Hei taught music courses of all university levels, and served as discussion leader and writing tutor at the Revelle College “Humanities” writing program. He also spearheaded the Intercultural Music Conference and Concerts at UC San Diego, presenting 80 musicians and scholars from 18 countries. As a musicologist, he presented papers at the International Musicological Society Congress and the Society for Ethnomusicology annual meeting.

He also plays soccer/football and basketball, and enjoys craft beer and home-made pizza.