User:Mm5521/Warren Lee (pianist)
Warren Wai On Lee is a Hong Kong-born pianist, Steinway artist[1], an artist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra[2], and a music educator.
At the age of six, he made his début with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the winner of the 1995 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition and the Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich[3]. In 2000, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and Yale School of Music with the highest of honors[4].
As a music educator, he released in 2008 his educational CD album, “From Bach To Gershwin: A Musical Journey” (Universal Music Hong Kong 480102-0). He has also been appointed a Guest Professor by the Central Conservatory of Music EOS Orchestra Academy and an Honorary Artist-in-Residence by the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is also co-currently serving as the Music Director of his alma mater, St. Paul's Co-educational College in Hong Kong.[5]
As a renowned pianist, Warren was hailed by critics as a pianist:
"With technique to burn, an extraordinary intellect, and a Horowitzian colour of romanticism, he left us all quite stunned."