Man with long dark hair, glasses, and a black vest over a blue shirt, holding sheet music against a dark background.

Angus Lee is a Hongkong-based performer-composer and researcher.

BIOGRAPHY

UPCOMING APPEARANCES

  • 27/3: Chamber Music by Philippe Manoury

    The Hong Kong New Music Ensemble will present a portrait concert of chamber music by Philippe Manoury as part of the HKU MUSE concert series. In his capacities as both flautist and conductor, Angus Lee will present the Hongkong premières of Manoury’s Soubresauts (2020) for solo flute, as well as his Hypothèse du sextuor (2011) for ensemble.

  • 31/1: "Ivory Tower" by Jing Wang

    Angus Lee will be part of the world première of composer Jing Wang’s theatrical piece, Ivory Tower, commissioned by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble as part of the ‘MUSIC\GAMING’ platform. Tickets now available via Art-Mate.

  • 22/1: Recital at Saint Francis University

    Alongside pianist Mark Hui, Angus Lee will present flute sonatas by Carl Reinecke and César Franck as part of Vantage Music’s lunchtime recital series at Saint Francis University. Free admission.

LATEST NEWS

WATCH & LISTEN

  • "Frontispiece after two Murakami-fragments."

    A work of quiet, unrelenting tension, Angus Lee’s Hypomorphologia (2006/2025) for solo piano received its première performances by Luca Lavuri in September 2025. Watch the work’s presentation at CUHK Shenzhen’s « SOUND-CRAFT » concert season 2025-26.

  • "A work of dramatic intensities and existential risks."

    Listen to the première recording of Angus Lee’s orchestral work, aux cendres (2024), presented at the 71st International Rostrum of Composers in Ljubljana, Slovenia in May 2025. The performance was delivered by the Hong Kong Philharmonic under the direction of Elim Chan.

  • "A virulent portrait of the Hongkong megalopolis."

    Watch here the Spanish première of Angus Lee’s hic / nunc (2024-25) by musicians of Ensemble Vertixe Sonora (ES) and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, under the composer’s direction. Read here the review of the performance by Spanish music critic, Paco Yáñez.

  • “Right from the beginning, we spoke the same language."

    In this exclusive post-concert interview at the beautiful Museo do Mar de Galicia, Angus Lee talks about his new commissioned work by the Music Biennale Zagreb, hic / nunc (2024-25), as well as reflecting on his experience as a conductor working on new pieces by Sonja Mutić and Camilo Mendez alongside the musicians of Ensemble Vertixe Sonora (ES) and the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble.