Trey Lee

Lee was born in Hong Kong into a musical family. His mother attended the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing for piano and his two sisters attended the Juilliard School in New York City to study piano and violin. Lee spent much of his youth studying in the United States.

Lee first graduated from the Juilliard School Pre-College Division and then went on to graduate from Harvard with an AB in Economics. He continued his musical studies at New England Conservatory for his master's degree, later furthering his education in Europe at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid and the Cologne Musikhochschule in Germany. His teachers include Frans Helmerson, Laurence Lesser, and Ardyth Alton.

After graduating from Harvard University with an AB in Economics, Lee spent one year working as a management consultant at Parthenon (now EY) before continuing his musical education in Europe and pursuing a musical career.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1644392/my-life-trey-lee-chui-yee |title=My life: Trey Lee Chui-yee |website=scmp.com |first=Oliver |last=Chou |date=November 22, 2014 |accessdate=December 16, 2020}}

Lee has worked with well-known conductors, composers and orchestras worldwide, such as Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Dima Slobodeniouk, Leonard Slatkin, Vassily Sinaisky, Hannu Lintu, Osmo Vänskä, Jun Märkl, Bright Sheng, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, and Trondheim Soloists.{{cite web |last1=Vincent |first1=Michael |title=The Scoop – Ensemble Made In Canada Welcomes New Cello |url=https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2020/06/19/the-scoop-ensemble-made-in-canada-welcomes-new-cello |website=Ludwig van Toronto |access-date=9 February 2023}}

He is often invited as a featured artist at major events around the world including: a concert initiated by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, alongside Maestro Lu Jia, composer Tan Dun, and coloratura soprano Sumi Jo; Phoenix Television's global live broadcast concert with the China Symphony Orchestra at the Beijing National Center for Performing Arts; and both Beethoven Orchestra Bonn's inaugural tour to China under Maestro Stefan Blunier and Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s first China tour under Leonard Slatkin.{{cite web |title=Trey Lee |url=https://www.hkahf.org.hk/moh/2018-winners/winners.php?id=22 |website=Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation |access-date=9 February 2023}}

Lee gave the world premiere in October 2012 of Bright Sheng's latest cello concerto inspired by Dunhuang, one of China's cultural treasures.

In 2014, he was invited for the launch of the IMAGINE Project at the UN General Assembly Hall with Yoko Ono, Hugh Jackman and ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.{{cite web |last1=Blundy |first1=Rachel |title=Hong Kong-born cellist brings cultural diversity to classical music festival |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2047298/hong-kong-born-cellist-brings-cultural-diversity |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=9 February 2023}}

Lee also performed in a fundraising concert for well-known anti-apartheid and human rights activist Denis Goldberg and his House of Hope Foundation in South Africa.{{cite web|access-date=9 February 2023|title=Help the Denis Goldberg House of Hope!|url=https://gogetfunding.com/help-the-denis-goldberg-house-of-hope-2|website=Go Get Funding}}

Since 2020 he has performed with the Canadian piano quartet Ensemble Made in Canada.

Lee plays on the 1703 “Comte de Gabriac” cello by Venetian master maker Matteo Goffriller.

In 2004, Lee was featured in Radio Television Hong Kong's TV documentary Outstanding Young Chinese Musicians alongside pianists Lang Lang and Yundi Li.{{cite web |last1=Tse |first1=Sunny |title=Strings to his bow |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/663298/strings-his-bow |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=9 February 2023}} Lee also appeared on a Phoenix Television global live broadcast concert with the China Symphony Orchestra at the Beijing National Center for Performing Arts.

Lee has won major international competitions, including First Prize at the 2004 International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition. Prior to winning the Antonio Janigro competition, he won major prizes at New York's Naumburg Competition and Helsinki's International Paulo Competition.{{cite web |title=Cultural feast at Concert Hall |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2016-05/09/content_13327418.htm |website=Shenzhen Daily |access-date=9 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=Hong Kong Cellist Chui-Yee Lee Becomes the First Chinese to Win 1st Prize at the International Antonio JanigroCompetition |url=https://www.hk.artsfestival.org/en/press/press-release/press-release-20040211-01.html |website=HK Arts Festival |access-date=9 February 2023}}

Collaborating with EMI, Lee has released several albums and was a featured soloist on the original EMI-released sound track recording for the German-Taiwan-Hong Kong co-produced film The Drummer, which was in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.{{cite web |last1=Farber |first1=Stephen |title=The Drummer |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/drummer-103064/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=9 February 2023}}{{cite web |title=The Drummer Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831386/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |website=IMDB |access-date=9 February 2023}}

Lee's discography includes:

Lee co-founded Musicus Society in 2010 with his sister Chui-Inn Lee, a charitable organization based in Hong Kong with the mission of promoting cross cultural collaboration through music.

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• [https://www.trey-lee.com/ Lee's Official Website]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqkVhlh6wck/ Lee performing with Eugene Pao and the Trondheim Sololists (Musicus Fest 2018 Festival Opening)]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL91x0EH4b0&t=1s/ Lee performing with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major)]

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