JINSANG LEE
(1st Prize winner of the Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2008)

“…Jinsang Lee is an intelligent musician with charisma…” (A. Zimmerlin, NZZ) “

…We not only found a big talent, but also encountered a mature independent artist…” (T. Meyer, Tagesanzeiger)

Jinsang Lee has been making clear footprints in the classical music world by winning first prizes at numerous piano competitions including the 1st Prize, Scarlatti Prize and Orchestra Prize at the International Pianoforte Competition in Cologne in 2005 and the 1st Prize at the 2nd Hong Kong International Piano Competition 2008, an event organized by the Chopin Society of Hong Kong. Following this success, Jinsang won the 1st Prize at the 2009 Concours Géza Anda (Zurich) including the Mozart, Schumann and the public prizes.

Jinsang has performed concerts with renowned conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Michael Border, Douglas Bostock, Michael Brousseau, David Effron, Heiko Mathias Förster, Eivind Gullberg-Jensen, Peter Gülke, Theodor Guschlbauer, Antony Hermus, Michail Jurowski, Roman Kofman, Mark Laycock, Christian Ludwig, Jonathan Nott, Ola Rudner, Si Yeon Sung, Muhai Tang, Umeda Toshiaki, Mario Venzago, Christopher Warren-Green and Nikolaj Znaider. He has performed with famous orchestras including Argovia Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, New Philharmonic Westfalen, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne, Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen and Zurich Chamber Orchestra across different continents.

He also appeared in a number of world’s most prestigious music festivals, including Busoni Festival, International Chamber Music Festival of Cervo, Musikdorf Ernen, Lucerne Festival, Menton Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Montreux Festival, Murten Classics, Piano Festival Ruhr, Seoul Art Center Orchestra Festival and the Joy of Music Festival Hong Kong, displaying his impressive and profound musical philosophy. Numerous invitations led him on the international concert stages, including the Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Louvre Museum, KKL Lucerne, Meistersingerhalle Nuremberg, Tonhalle Zurich, and Konzerthaus Vienna.

In addition to his extraordinary musical talent as a pianist, Jinsang’s passion in searching for the perfect sound has led him to the world of piano manufacturing and tuning. He embarked upon this interesting journey by working at Steinway Austria for 2 years under the guidance of master piano technician Stefan Knüpfer (star of the docu-movie “Pianomania”) and then moved to Hamburg Germany to learn the piano manufacturing process himself at the Steinway main factory. Jinsang has sought to take part in every step of creating the perfect piano sound, from selecting and processing the right wood to auditioning the final completed piano, and playing with the very piano that he chose for the audience. With these special insights and experience, he continues a rich concert career across different continents, most actively in Europe and Asia, to share his journey to find the perfect piano sound with the audience.

Jinsang started his musical education with Daejin Kim in Seoul, and continued his studies in Germany with support of Wolfgang Manz and Julia Goldstein, before completed his studies under the guidance of Pavel Gililov.

李振尚 - ( 2008香港國際鋼琴大賽冠軍)

「……充滿魅力﹑才華橫溢的音樂家……」，(A. Zimmerlin, NZZ)

「……天才洋溢，成熟獨立的藝術家……」， (T. Meyer, Tagesanzeiger)

本地古典音樂界知名人物！振尚於各項國際大賽中屢獲殊榮，包括：2005年「科隆國際鋼琴大賽」冠軍﹑2008年蕭邦社舉辦的「香港國際鋼琴大賽」冠軍﹑2009年「蓋紮安達國際鋼琴大賽」莫扎特和舒曼作品冠軍及其它各大公開賽事獎項。

振尚曾與各大樂團合作演出，包括有：香港城市室樂團﹑上海愛樂樂團﹑紐倫堡交響樂團﹑仙台交響樂團﹑伯恩交響樂團﹑格拉茨愛樂樂團﹑柏林音樂廳管弦樂團﹑瑞士意大利語區樂團﹑ 維也納室樂團和科隆WDR廣播樂團。曾與振尚合作過的指揮有： 阿殊堅納亞﹑戴維·埃法朗﹑愛文德·加爾伯格·詹森﹑彼得·顧克﹑顧殊包亞﹑安東尼·赫姆斯﹑海因策·霍利格爾﹑米哈伊爾·尤羅夫斯基﹑寇夫曼﹑克里斯蒂安·路德維希﹑喬納森·諾特 ﹑魯德納﹑湯沐海和華倫-格林。

演出足跡遍及世界各地，包括有：德國，瑞士﹑澳洲﹑英國﹑法國﹑意大利﹑俄羅斯﹑希臘﹑西班牙﹑香港﹑韓國﹑日本﹑新加坡﹑北美和南美。振尚亦獲邀參加各大音樂節，深受世界樂迷喜愛，如：意大利保蘇尼音樂節﹑意大利切爾沃音樂節﹑瑞士盧塞恩音樂節﹑法國芒通音樂節﹑瑞士蒙特勒音樂節﹑德國魯爾鋼琴音樂節及香港美樂聚音樂節。

曾於全世界各大音樂廳如；柏林愛樂廳﹑羅浮宮﹑瑞士盧塞恩文化藝術中心﹑紐倫堡名歌手音樂大廳﹑蘇黎世市政廳和維也納音樂廳演出。

作為天賦聰慧的鋼琴家，振尚熱切追求完美聲樂，這股巨大的熱情帶領他進入鋼琴製造和調音領域。他曾於奧地利史坦威，跟隨史坦威首席調音師史戴芬.克努佛 (紀錄片「我為鋼琴狂」男主角)學習兩年，其後前往德國漢堡史坦威的主要工廠，瞭解及學習鋼琴製造過程的每一步驟，由樹木選材到鋼琴製成試音，直到最後挑選一架適合自己觀眾的鋼琴。擁有這些非凡的經歷和見聞，振尚於世界各地主要為歐洲和亞洲，開展其燦爛職業之旅，為聽眾呈獻完美鋼琴之樂。

振尚在金大晉教授師門下啟蒙音樂，繼而前往德國深造，先後師從大師沃爾夫岡·蒙茨和茱莉亞·戈爾斯坦-曼茨，最後在帕維爾·吉里洛夫教授指導下完成學業。