Hope Anne Keng-Wai Lee
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Hope Anne Keng-Wei Lee is a Canadian musician, music educator and composer of Chinese
birth.
, Taiwan
, of parents from mainland China
, and began studying piano at the age of five. In 1967 she moved to Canada
, intending to study medicine, but instead she decided on music and studied piano with Patrick Li at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She continued her studies at McGill University
with Rose Goldblatt and Louis-Philippe Pelletier
for piano, with Mariano Etkin
, Alcides Lanza
, and Bengt Hambraeus
for electronic music, and with Hambraeus, John Rea
, and Brian Cherney
for composition. Later she studied with Klaus Huber
at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg
, West Germany
, and computer music and Chinese traditional music and poetry in Berkeley
, California
.
Lee became a Canadian citizen in 1974, and married composer David Eagle in 1980. She participates in festivals, conferences and courses internationally, including Darmstadt
in 1989. She has researched and ancient Chinese poetry and the history and theory of Chinese music and learned to play qin
. She has served as guest composer and composer-in-residence at different venues and as guest lecturer at universities including Queen's University
, the University of Calgary
and the Wuhan Conservatory of Music in China.
Lee has published professional articles including:
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
birth.
Life
Hope Lee was born in TaipeiTaipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, of parents from mainland China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, and began studying piano at the age of five. In 1967 she moved to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, intending to study medicine, but instead she decided on music and studied piano with Patrick Li at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She continued her studies at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
with Rose Goldblatt and Louis-Philippe Pelletier
Louis-Philippe Pelletier
Louis-Philippe Pelletier, PC was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, newspaper owner, politician, professor, and judge.-Biography:...
for piano, with Mariano Etkin
Mariano Etkin
Mariano Etkin is a Argentinian composer.In 1968-1969, he studied at the Utrecht University with Gottfried Michael Koenig; in 1969-1970, he studied at Juilliard School with Luciano Berio under an Organization of American States fellowship.He was Main Professor of Composition and Director of a...
, Alcides Lanza
Alcides Lanza
Alcides Emigdio Lanza is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music...
, and Bengt Hambraeus
Bengt Hambraeus
Bengt Hambraeus was a Swedish organist, composer and musicologist.-Life:...
for electronic music, and with Hambraeus, John Rea
John Rea
John Rea may refer to:* John Rea , 19th century United States politician* John Rea , Scottish snooker player*Jackie Rea, Northern Iish snooker player* John Rea , Irish hammered dulcimer player...
, and Brian Cherney
Brian Cherney
Brian Cherney is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig, Samuel Dolin, and John Beckwith. In 1972 he joined Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he has taught analysis and...
for composition. Later she studied with Klaus Huber
Klaus Huber
Klaus Huber is a Swiss composer.Huber was born in Bern, Switzerland. One of the leading figures of his generation in Europe, he has written extensively for chamber ensembles, choirs, soloists and the orchestra as well as the theater...
at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, and computer music and Chinese traditional music and poetry in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Lee became a Canadian citizen in 1974, and married composer David Eagle in 1980. She participates in festivals, conferences and courses internationally, including Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
in 1989. She has researched and ancient Chinese poetry and the history and theory of Chinese music and learned to play qin
Qin
-Chinese dynasties and states:*Qin , a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty*Qin Dynasty , which followed Qin's unification of China in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC*Da Qin , Roman Empire, 202 BC to AD 220...
. She has served as guest composer and composer-in-residence at different venues and as guest lecturer at universities including Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
, the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
and the Wuhan Conservatory of Music in China.
Honors and awards
- First prize in PROCAN's Young Composers' Contest, 1979
- Two CAPAC William St Clair Low Awards, 1979, 1982
- Music Today Award, Japan, 1985
- First prize in the Scotia Festival of Music Boulez Year Composers' Competition, 1991
Works
Selected work include:- Ballade of Endless Woe. 1978-9 (rev 1987). Vocal quartet, percussion ensemble; version with piano, 1987
- Onomatopoeia. 1979-81. Comprising Chan Chan, chamber string orchestra; Jia Yuan children's choir, 15 instruments; Tiao Tiao, chamber orchestra
- Nabripamo. 1982. Piano, marimba
- Nohr. 1983. Brass sextet
- Dindle. 1979. Piano
- Melboac. 1983. Harpsichord
- Flake Upon Flake Upon ... 1989. Pieces for young pianists
- Four Winds from Heaven (poems in English and Chinese by Robert Louis Stevenson; Amy Lowell; Will. H. Ogilvie; Hope Lee; Bible). 2005. Women's choir
- This Song of Mine. 2007. Soprano
- In a Mirror of Light. 1988. Early-music ensemble, synthesizer/sampler, tape
- entends, entends le passé qui marche ... 1992. Piano, tape
- Tangram. 1992. Bass clarinet, harpsichord, tape. Contemporary Anthology of Music by Women (1997)
- March 3rd, 1911. 1993. Bass clarinet, piano with or without tape
- Voices in Time. 1992-4. Flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, horn, harp, percussion, accordion, strings, soundfiles, live electronics (version for chamber orchestra, accordion, soundfiles, live electronics, 1995)
Lee has published professional articles including:
- "A Time for Soul-Searching: A Composer Considers the Last ISCM World Music Days Festival," Musicanada 61, Spring/Summer 1988
- "Eine Tür, durch die wir gehen müssen," Positionen 63, May 2005
Discography
- Hope K. W. Lee: Musical Portrait: CAPAC Musical Portrait, Series 5/No. 21. 1986. AR731
- Melboac: New Music for Harpsichord from Canada and the Netherlands. 1988. Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord. SNE-542-CD
- ... I, Laika ... (excerpt). 1993. New Works Calgary Ensemble. Canadian Music Centre (Calgary) CD 359
- ... I, Laika ... and entends, entends le passé qui marche ...: e-motion: Acoustic/Electroacoustic Works [with David Eagle]. 1994. New Works Calgary Ensemble, Colleen Athparia piano. New Concert Discs NCD-0294
- entends, entends le passé qui marche ...: Polaris. 1996. Colleen Athparia piano. UNICAL UC CD9601
- Tangram. 1997. Contemporary Anthology of Music by Women, Bloomington, Indiana University Press
- Voices in Time (with Tim Brady). 1999. Musicworks 75, Fall 1999
- Flake Upon Flake Upon... (2 pieces). 2000. Elaine Keillor piano. Studea Musica, BR1336
- flashing into the dark: Namaste Suite. 2003. Aurait [Italy], Mnemes HCD/102
- Duo Solista (excerpt). 2005. Land's End Chamber Music Society, DMP-0182
- Fei Yang and Voices in Time: renew'd at ev'ry glance. 2008. Centrediscs CERE 13708
- Tangram: Ladder of Escape 10. 2008. Attacca Records 28120
- Rubbing Stone and Days Beyond: Rubbing Stone. 2009. Centrediscs CERE 14909
- In the Beginning Was the End: jalsaghar. 2010. Centrediscs