#  Chihchun Chi-sun Lee 

 

 



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 [(This composer has multiple commissions - click here to view all)](/people/chihchun-chi-sun-lee)

 Title: *KQMIT*, Concerto for saxophone quartet and saxophone choir  
Commission: 2018  
Completed: 2019  
Instrumentation: saxophone quartet and saxophone choir  
Premiere Location: August 4, 2019 at Lee Theater, NAFA, Singapore  
Premiere Ensemble: Keuris Quartet and MIT Saxophone Ensemble, Philippe Geiss, conductor  
Notes:

 Title: Concerto  
Commission: 2001  
Completed: 2003  
Instrumentation: Zheng and Chamber Ensemble  
Premiere Location: Weil Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall  
Premiere Ensemble: Florida State University  
Notes:

 Taiwanese-American composer Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, winner of the 1st Biennial Brandenburg Symphony International Composition Competition in Germany and 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She has received numerous honors; these include commissions from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University (2018 and 2001), Barlow Endowment, the Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO), National Orchestra of Korea (NOK) and Taiwan National Chinese Orchestra, Theodore Front Prize from International Alliance for Women in Music, ISCM/ League of Composers Competition, International Festival of Women Composers Composition Prize, ARKO Contemporary Orchestra Music Festival Composition Awards (2016 and 2015), Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Gugak Fellowship, and the Golden Melody Awards nomination for “best composer.” In 2017, she is honored with Alumni Achievement Award in Music in Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to Music at Ohio University’s 100th anniversary of music department. Some of her most significant performances have included Carnegie Hall and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers, Muzički Biennale Zagreb, Tage Für Aktuelle Musik, ISCM-Musicarama, Beijing Modern Music Festival, Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival and Shanghai New Music Week, as well as with Förderverein Brandenburger Symphoniker (Germany), Philharmonia Bulgalica, Kiev Philharmonic, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, NeoQuartet (Poland), Les Temps Modernes (France), Ensemble Phorminx (Germany), just to name a few. In addition, her music has had numerous performances and broadcasts worldwide in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, and around the continental United States (including Hawaii).



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [2001](/commissiondate/2001) [2018](/commission-date/2018)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [2003](/completiondate/2003) [2019](/completion-date/2019)
- ## Composer
    
     [Lee, Chihchun Chi-sun](/composer/lee-chihchun-chi-sun)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)