Tzu-En Lee

Violinist Tzu-En Lee has began studying violin at the age of five. Since then, she has performed extensively in her native Taiwan and has won numerous competitions, including Taiwan National Violin Competition. Since coming to the United States, Tzu-En Lee studied violin performance at Mannes College of Music. She graduated with a diploma in the Spring of 2012 and is currently pursuing further studies in the graduate program at Mannes under the tutelage of violinist Yuri Vodovoz. In addition to her studies, Ms. Lee has enjoyed taking part in the musical life of NYC as a free-lance musician. Since 2009 she has performed with the Pocket Opera of NY. Tzu-En Lee has also sought out opportunities to perform the music of contemporary composers. She has participated in the Second and Third Annual Social Networking Concerts, produced by composer Douglas Townsend at Saint Peter’s Church in Manhattan, where she has performed a world premiere of the work by Australian composer Houston Dunleavy. Ms. Lee performed in New York as a soloist, alongside violinists Muneyoshi Takahashi and Kinga Augustyn, with the Broadway Bach Ensemble, conducted by Arkady Leytush, in the New York premiere of Douglas Townsend's Concerto "in the old style" for Three Solo Violins and String Orchestra (1994)."

15 One-minute solo violin scores based on Taiwanese Folk Music

This Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame for Tzu-En Lee is to be premiered on March 8, 2015 for the Composer’s Voice concert Series at the Jan Hus Church in New York City. The theme “Taiwanese Folk Music” serves as an inspiration for the composers. Ms. Lee wishes to inspire the composers to write original music to exemplify her love for Taiwanese music.

  • Works selected for this Fifteen Minutes of Fame include:
    Sketched in Soft Hues by Daniel Arnold,
    Folk Shade by Rodrigo Baggio,
    The Dragon Bridge by Roger Blanc,
    In A Boat Upon A Sea As Smooth As Jade by Erik Branch,
    Cut-off by Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann,
    Moon Mistress-Mistress Water by Fermino Gomes,
    Desire to the Spring Breeze by Shigeru Kan-no,
    Bloom by Damon Lee,
    Rainy Night of Flowers by Feng-Hsu Lee,
    Parapharse of U-ia-hue by Daniel Mihai,
    You Light Up My Star by Yan Pang,
    Jasmin des montagnes by Louis Sauter,
    Contrasts by Richard G Smith,
    Begin The Beiguan by Nolan Stolz, and
    April Is The Sweetest Month by Christopher M. Wicks