Friends
Tony Lee Recital

The President The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop AO and the Friends Council have great pleasure in inviting you to a Recital by Tony Lee on Sunday 4 August 2024 at 3pm at the Goethe Institut 90 Ocean Street, Woollahra.

Members $45.00,

Non-Members $50.00.

Book on line at www.pianoplus.com.au/friends or phone Terry Mackin 02 9972 3556.

Sydney born pianist, Tony Lee, has gained a reputation as one of Australia’s finest young pianists, who seeks to transmit the essence of music and his understanding of it through his playing. Tony was artist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium from 2014 to 2016, and is a protege of the renowned Portuguese-Swiss pianist, Maria-João Pires.

Tony has performed across the Asia Pacific, Europe, the USA and has appeared as soloist with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Ballet Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra, Chengdu Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangxi Symphony Orchestra, Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. 

In 2022, Tony successfully embarked on a tour in Australia as soloist in the Yellow River Piano Concerto with the Queensland Symphony and Adelaide Symphony Orchestras, performing at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Adelaide Town Hall and the Llewellyn Hall of the Australian National University in Canberra. Upcoming performances include recitals at the Beijing Concert Hall, Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall, as well as concerto appearances with the Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Jilin Symphony Orchestra. 

As the most highly awarded pianist in Australia, he is the First Prizewinner of the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, Australian National Piano Award, Australian Youth Classical Music Competition, John Allison & Henderson Award, and the Melbourne Great Romantics Competition. He was also named the Best Australian Pianist at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2016. Internationally he is a top prize winner of the Louise Henriette international Piano Competition, Scriabin International Piano Competition, Keri Keri International Piano Competition, Adilia Alieva International Piano Competition, Euterpe International Competition and the Nordic International Competition.