Stephen Lee Music
Biography
Stephen Lee is a Hong Kong native who grew up in Seattle, Washington, USA. He began playing the flute at age 14 and was honored with numerous awards from his high school years. He was privileged to have live performances broadcasted at the KING FM classical radio station in Seattle and later received scholarships from the University of Washington to study with world-renowned wooden flute expert, Felix Skowronek and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Flute Performance in 2000. Stephen was awarded the Trinity Guildhall LTCL Flute Recital Diploma in 2010.
Relocated back to Hong Kong in 2007, Stephen has been busy teaching and performing. He is a faculty of the Hong Kong Flute Centre and Pure Orchestral Centre. Stephen is also a freelance flutist who has frequently collaborated with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, the Gustav Mahler Orchestra, the Le Gai Ensemble, and the LCSD Music Official Instructor’s Wind Ensemble. With his multi-talents, Stephen is much sought-after in different musical fields too. Recent collaborations include a Hong Kong original Broadway-style musical ‘The Impossible Trial’, ‘The Fairy Tales of Serrini’, ‘TWGHs E Major Ensemble 'The Giving Tree' Concert’ and ‘Anita Mui 10th Anniversary Concert’; as well as Hong Kong TV drama’s original soundtrack recordings include ‘Every Step You Take’, ‘The No No Girl’, ‘Heart and Greed 3’, ‘OMG, Your Honour’ and ‘The Man Who Kills Troubles’.
Stephen founded two chamber music groups, namely Hong Kong Chamber Flutes, and Project M0Ch3 to promote flute choir music and contemporary music. As a music producer, Stephen composed, arranged, and produced both Cantopop and Classical music. His original works include music for solo flute with piano, flute ensembles, and flute choir. His flute trio piece, “Tango for Three”, was one of the final listed works in the Flute View’s Contest for Composers 2015, where the piece was world-premiered by the Flute View Trio (US). In 2017, Stephen was the assistant music director and music arranger of the Hong Kong original musical drama, “Mencius Sings Around The World”.
One of Stephen’s pedagogic mottos is introducing Western flute culture to his students. He led his students to the National Flute Association Convention in the US, one of the largest in the World, in Las Vegas (2012), Washington DC (2015), Minneapolis (2017), Salt Lake City (2019), and San Antonio (2024).
香港長笛家李長豐早年隨家人移民美國西雅圖。雖然十四歲才開始學習長笛，但是高中時已經在不同比賽奪得不少獎項，並於當地古典音樂電台Classic King FM 作直播演出。李氏之後獲華盛頓大學頒發獎學金修讀長笛演奏，師隨著名木笛演奏家Felix Skowronek。李氏於2000年修畢學位課程，並於2010年考獲聖三一演奏文憑(LTCL)。
自07年回港後，李長豐全身投入教學及演奏事業 。他是香港長笛中心及純樂管弦中心之長笛導師，也是一位獨立長笛演奏家。他曾多次與香港城市室樂團、馬勒樂團、Le Gai Ensemble 及康文署音樂事務處導師管樂團合作，他亦也活躍於不同種類的音樂交流。 他曾參與之音樂項目包括香港大型原創音樂劇「大狀王」、「Serrini的童話世界」、東華三院E大調合奏團「樹與小孩音樂會」、「梅艷芳・10・思念・音樂・會」、香港電視劇「陪著你走」、「全職沒女」、「溏心風暴」、 「是咁的，法官閣下」以及「解決師」之幕後配樂演奏。
李氏分別創立了兩個不同的室樂演奏團體來推廣他喜愛的樂種： 長笛樂團及當代音樂。他是「香港長笛室樂團」的藝術總監及總指揮，而“Project M0Ch3”則是與鋼琴家鄭盛瑛組成的二重奏, 專門推廣及演奏當代音樂，以期一新香港觀眾的視野。創作方面，李氏除了為獨立流行曲擔任音樂製作及監製外，亦為他擅長的樂器長笛寫下不少獨奏、室樂及長笛樂團合奏作品，當中有原創，有改編，有流行也有古典風。他的長笛三重奏「Tango for Three 」就在2015年Flute View 作曲家比賽中入選成為決賽入圍作品之一，並由Flute View Trio（美國） 作世界首演。2017年，李氏又在香港原創音樂劇「孟子與虎媽唱遊大世界」擔任助理音樂總監及為音樂劇編曲。
李氏在教學上的其中一個抱負是讓學生認識西方的長笛文化。為此他在2012年開始組織學生遊學團前往美國參加拉斯維加斯(2012)、首都華盛頓(2015)、明尼蘇達(2017)、鹽湖城(2019)、以及聖安東尼(2024)舉辦之美國國家長笛協會長笛大會，而該長笛大會是全球其中一個最大型的同類活動。