Lee Kwok Ki Joseph graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and later pursued his performance studies at Northwestern University in the US. He was given life membership of Pi Kappa Lambda in acknowledgement of his excellent academic results and trombone performance and received a commendation of honour upon graduation of his master’s studies.

After returning to Hong Kong, Joseph has dedicated himself to the establishment of a number of school bands, orchestras and recorder bands. In addition, he has organised courses and taught at the Chinese University School of Continuous Education, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Education University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Art Centre.

Other than teaching, Joseph has also taken up jobs that contribute to the promotion of music education in the city. He is a popular speaker in music appreciation and has given numerous talks for the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Music Office, Hong Kong Arts Library, Hong Kong Museum of History and many local primary and secondary schools. Other jobs of Joseph’s include producing and conducting radio programmes on music appreciation for RTHK Radio 4 and editing classical CDs and writing listening guides for bestselling classical compilation titles, including “Why”, “Why Klavier” and “Passport to Music”.

In addition to giving lectures and lessons, Joseph also possesses an impressive repertoire in performance. He regularly holds solo trombone performances throughout Hong Kong and has been playing with local and international groups, including the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In the 1990s, he established the T-Bone Party, a trombone quartet, and later, the Joseph Lee Brass Ensemble, with which he gave performances in various venues in the city.

Since the Millennium, Joseph has dedicated himself to the performance of the recorder, and has been awarded the LRSM. In 2005, he established the recorder ensemble L’Art du Bois, hoping to contribute in bringing the instrument and its music to the public, especially the young generations, by giving concerts and recitals in schools and various venues in the territory.

For the past ten years, Joseph has sought every opportunity to enrich his knowledge in early music through attending early music festivals, masterclasses and courses every summer. As he explored more and more about the music from the Medieval to Renaissance Period, he felt the urge to introduce these underappreciated repertories to the audience of Hong Kong. In 2013, Joseph established the L’Artiste, hoping to present to the local music lovers the wonders of early western music and the early music instruments rarely seen in the local scene.

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Fiona Kizzie Lee

MMus., King's College London
Master of Arts in Music Performance, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Specialised Master of Arts in Music Performance, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
B.A. in Music (Hons., Class 1), CUHK
FRSM (Dist.), LRSM (Dist.), LTCL (Dist.)

Based in Basel and Hong Kong, recorder and early keyboard player Fiona Kizzie Lee performs internationally as a soloist and co-directs award-winning ensembles. Her recent appearances at early music festivals include the London International Early Music Festival (2023, GB), Seviqc Brezice (2023, SI), Salzburger Festtage Alter und Neuer Musik (2023, AT), Muzyka w Raju (2023, PL), and Utrecht Early Music Festival Fringe (2023, NL). Her ensembles won first prize at the London Early Music Young Ensemble Competition (2022) and became finalists at the Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci in Germany (2023) and the International Young Artists Competition in York, England (2019).

Fiona is also a researcher and educator of early music and is frequently invited to teach and lecture at international events such as the Renaissancemusikwoche in Sondershausen (2022, DE) and the International Summer School of Early Music in Valtice (2023, CZ). She devotes herself particularly in organizing concerts and lectures in Hong Kong to raise the interest and awareness of the public in early music. As a co-director of the ensemble L'Artiste, she spoke and perform at HKUST Center for the Arts as the Artist-in-residence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong Baptist University, The Education University of Hong Kong, etc. and also in Macau and Japan.

As a Jockey Club Music and Dance Scholarship awardee, Fiona studied at King's College London and attained Masters in Musiocology (Distinction). She then studied for two more Masters in Recorder and Early Keyboard Performance with Corina Marti at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Switzerland. She is now a doctoral candidate in Musicology at the University of Zurich, her project being funded by the UZH Candoc Grant and the Start-Up Grant of the UZH Graduate School.