Early education, career and awards
Hua-Hsuan is a mulitple-side musician. She began her piano studies at the age of five when she studied in the young talent class with Taiwanese pianist Wei-Lung Li and his wife Chun-Ju Yen. After finishing her bachelor degree in Tainan National University of the Arts, Hua-Hsuan continued her studies in Germany with the esteemed Russian pianist Stepan Simonian at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theatre Hamburg where she graduated from her master with distinction. During her studies, Hua-Hsuan took masterclasses with worldwide maestros such as Boris Slutsky, Vladimir Tropp, Natalia Troull, Sergei Glavatskikh ,Victor Rausenbau,David kuyken,Paul Komen and also with Igor Roma, Enrico Pace and Piero Rattalino in the International Imola Piano Academy.
As a talented pianist, Hua-Hsuan Lee has been awarded prizes in numerous national and international competitions in her young age, including the first prize of International Cross-Strait International Music Competition(2015), the first prize of International Violin & Piano Competition of Vienna (2011), the first prize of Taiwan Music Competition (2007) , the second prize of Taiwan National Student Competition(2007) and awarded as 3ème Prix à l'unanimité of International Music Competition in 2022.
Follows that , her unique music talent and soulful playing was discovered by Dutch cellist Jeroen den Herder.
Since 2016 they have formed together as piano/cello duo and have been invited give concerts in numerous international festivals, for instance International Beethoven festival Zutphen (2018), International GümüÅŸlük Classical Music Festival (2019,Turkey) and Festival Lluc Mallorca(2019).
They created own concert series "Den Herder op Zondag" in 2020, where the diverse music has been provided to the public.
The repertoire amounts virtuoso classical music to contemporary music. ​​
With her extensive experience, she has worked with many prominent musicians and teachers, such as Leonid Gorokhov, Jakob Koranyi,
Gavriel Lipkind, Pieter Wispelwey. She has been collaborating as pianist in residence of Cellofestival Zutphen for masterclassesand concerts since 2017.
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Toy piano playing
As a highly sensitive and enthusiastic artist, Hua-Hsuan has an extraordinary and deep desire, seeking different forms of artistic self-expression. Her curious and challenging heart leads her to toy piano playing.
Since 2022, she has entered the charming world of toy pianos and owns 8 variety collections. With her strong experimental spirit, she works on various projects with composers and musicians, creating the colorful new forms of music.
She continued to acquire many others, including 1940s rare typatune.
In 2023 Hua-Hsuan has made her first toypiano debut at the opening concert of Cellofestival Zutphen.
Her fascinated and unique way of performance gained positive reviews from audience and NCR (Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant), one of main dutch news paper in Netherlands.
NRC (Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant)
Composer, Xiaoyong Chen
Hua-Hsuan is an excellent pianist with a high level of dynamism and dedication to music in unusual forms and content.
Fortepianist, Megumi Tanno
Ms. Lee has been working with many prominent musicians and recognized with numerous international competition prizes.
It goes without saying that she is the one of the most promising young pianists as her career already shows. Her brilliant technique commits to deepen musicality, which is rare to see among the young pianists.
