Lee Kum-Sing (Chinese: 李金星) is a Canadian classical pianist and piano pedagogue originally from Sumatra.
[1] Lee Kum-Sing studied with Gerhard Puchelt and Hans Richter-Haaser in Berlin and with Julius Katchen and Magda Tagliaferro in Paris.
Professor Lee had been the department head of the piano program at Vancouver Academy of Music since 1971 until 2010s and was a long-time faculty member[3] (senior lecturer [4]) at the University of British Columbia from 1972 to 2005.
For decades Professor Lee has been conducting master classes and has been on the faculty at international summer schools and festivals in the Netherlands, Poland, France, Belgium, Italy, Japan, China, U.S.A., and Canada.
Lee sits on the jury of prestigious international competitions including Chopin (Warsaw, Poland) [1995] (the first Canadian invited as a jury member),[6] Queen Elizabeth (Brussels, Belgium) [2003], China (Beijing) [2003], Rachmaninov (Moscow), Gina Bachauer (Salt Lake City), Dublin, Toronto International [2014].