In 2022, Lee established Musicus Soloists Hong Kong (MSHK), a chamber music ensemble consisting of soloists from Hong Kong, in particular to bridge the gap between Hong Kong and Europe. As well as performing locally, the ensemble has also embarked on two overseas tours, performing in concert halls including the Konzerthaus Berlin, in Germany, and Budapest’s House of Music Hungary. [...] "What was really important to me, from the very beginning, was that we show the world that young Hong Kong artists are just as good, if not better, than all of the other [artists] that they are going to play with." [...] In May, Lee released his latest album Seasons Interrupted, which addresses the climate crisis through rearrangements of season-themed works originally by Franz Schubert and Astor Piazzolla, and includes another by Kirmo Lintinen.
"What’s the point of just putting out yet another album of standard music that’s been done 1,000 times already, if not more? I thought there needed to be a purpose," Lee says.
"This project, for me, is a really good example of how not just Hong Kong artists, but artists in general today, need to go outside of our practice room and the concert hall, to do something that really makes people think."
Read the full interview on the South China Morning Post website
