Biography

Chun-Ping  

Lee  

(1971-  

),  

born  

in  

Xihu  

township  

in  

Miaoli  

County,  

Taiwan,  

is  

a  

Hakka  

com

-

poser,  

conductor,  

and  

Chinese  

music  

educator.  

Mr.  

Lee  

received  

his  

music  

education  

in  

Chinese

Music  

Department,  

Chinese  

Cultural  

University;  

thereafter  

he  

acquired  

a  

master  

degree  

of  

mu

-

sical  

composition  

from  

the  

Chinese  

Music  

Institute  

of  

National  

Taiwan  

University  

of  

Arts.  

He

has  

been  

devoting  

himself  

to  

music  

education  

since  

1995,  

when  

he  

finished  

his  

military  

service

in  

the  

Ministry  

of  

National  

Defense  

Symphony  

Orchestra.  

In  

1996,  

with  

the  

assistance  

of  

en

-

couragement  

from  

local  

people,  

Mr.  

Lee  

founded  

the  

Union  

of  

Chinese  

Music  

Ensemble,  

to

promote  

Chinese  

music  

and  

music  

education.  

During  

the  

past  

decades,  

he  

has  

done  

a  

thorough

and  

profound  

research  

in  

Hakka  

music  

and  

created  

several  

series  

of  

Hakka  

musical  

works.  

At

present,  

he  

serves  

as  

the  

leader  

of  

the  

Union  

of  

Chinese  

Music  

Ensemble  

and  

the  

music  

director

of Miaoli Chinese Orchestra.

Career

Leader of Union of Chinese Music Ensemble (1996-present)

Musician in Residence of National United University (1998-1999)

Conductor of Miaoli Music Orchestra (2001-present)

Musical Director of Miaoli Youth Chinese Orchestra (2001-present)

Executive Secretary of the Chinese Music Development Institute, Miao-Li (2008-present)

Music Director of Miaoli Chinese Orchestra (2010-present)

Jury Member of National Taiwan Arts Education Center (2011-2015)

Musical Director of Miaobei Youth Chinese Orchestra (2013-present)

Committee Member of Hakka Affairs of Miaoli City Office (2015-2017)

Instructor of Chinese Music Club in National Tsing Hua University (2015-2016)

Visiting Lecturer in Music Department of Zhejiang Normal University (2016)

Director of Miaoli Culture and Arts Foundation (2017-2020)

Literary Works

2018, "Hakka Ballad Collection by Chun-Ping Lee"

1996, "Fundamental National Orchestra Score, Vol. 1"

2015, "Fundamental National Orchestra Score, Vol. 2"

1998, "Fundamental National Orchestra Score, Vol. 3"

1995, "Fundamental National Orchestra Score, Starter Level"

National Musical Works

2017, "Lang Jiao Moonlight", commissioned by Chinese Music Association, Taiwan, R.O.C

2017,  

"Cloud  

and  

Fire  

Ritual",  

commissioned  

by  

Kaohsiung  

Philharmonic  

Cultural  

and  

Arts

Foundation

2017,   

"Sparrowhawk  

Wind   

in   

Lanyang".   

commissioned   

by   

Cultural  

Affairs   

Bureau,  

Yilan

County

2012, "Cold Night Trilogy", a Hakka musical epic

2011, "Farewell My Concubine", a Beijing opera symphonic poem

2010,  

"Into  

Hakka  

Country  

with  

the  

Sound  

of  

Music",  

commissioned  

by  

National  

Culture  

and

Arts Foundation

Concerto Works

2016, "Thirty-Six Reed Pipes Concerto, No. 1"

2015, "Folk Songs and Whirl"

2012, "Cold Night", a piano concerto

2012, "Homecoming", a cello concerto

Chamber Music Works

2016, "Floral Festival Tetralogy"

Ensemble Works

2016, "Pavilion"

2016, "Mountains with Birds Chirping"

2016, "String Dance"

Vocal Music Works

2017, "Put On a Play", a Hakka ballade

2017, "A Tripping Duck", a Hakka ballade

2017, "A Small Sparrow", a Hakka ballade

2017, "A Black Drongo", a Hakka ballade

2017, "Lullaby", a Hakka ballade

2012, "An elegy for the Earth"

2012, "The Years in Sugar Cane Garden"

2006, "The moon and a scholar"

2006, "Song of Counting"

2006, "Shepherd Boy"

2006, "Hope Induction"