Lee Ying

Lee Ying (Chinese: 李英, born July 20, 1955) is a Taiwanese composer and conductor. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan.
==Life==
Lee was exposed to various types of music and dance from a young age, because his parents, Lee Tian-min and Yu Guo-fang both were involved in dance education, he also had opportunity to learn music recording and editing in professional recording studio, which paved the way for his career in music. In 1973, Lee entered the National Taiwan Academy of Arts (now known as National Taiwan University of Arts), majoring in double bass, erhu, and cello in the Chinese music department. His first work Through Thick and Thin was being composed during this period. 
After graduating from college in 1980, Lee joined the Taipei Chinese Orchestra as a bass gehu player, where he composed two pieces, Dance of Heavenly Mountain and Spring Lantern Suite. In 1984, he left the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and became the head of the music department at Da Juan Culture Limited Company.
In 1987, Lee pursued further studies in the music graduate program at the University of Missouri- Kansas City (UMKC). He learned double bass from Prof. John Lane and Prof. Ken Mitchell, and modern composition, orchestration, electronic music composition, arrangement, jazz music, and audio engineering from Dr. Gerald Kemner, Dr. Merton Shatskin, and Dr. James Mobberley. In 1989, he finished his Master of Music in double bass performance and continued to study modern composition, orchestration, and music arrangement in the United States.
In 1991, Lee returned to Taiwan and became the associate conductor of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO), also handling administrative duties and music composition. In 1993, he became a formal member of the International Society for Contemporary Music (Composition category) and subsequently taught at various music departments, including those at the Chinese Culture University, Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School, National Taiwan University of Arts, National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, and Fu Jen Catholic University. Lee has served as the music review committee member for the National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei from 1996, and for National Cultural and Arts Foundation and the Council for Cultural Affairs in 2002.
In July 2004, he took on the role of conductor for the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO). In 2006, he was named an outstanding alumnus of the National Taiwan University of Arts and became the second president of the alumni association for the Department of Chinese Music. In 2008, Lee also hold the position of the conductor for the Second TCO Civic Orchestra. He retired from the Taipei Chinese Orchestra in 2011 but continued to work as a guest conductor, music reviewer, guest lecturer, and jury member. Lee has been the music director of the ZhongHua Chinese Orchestra and the conductor of the KCO Youth Chinese Orchestra from 2015 onward and has been a guest associate professor at the Department of Chinese Music at National Taiwan University of Arts since 2019.
==Awards and Recognitions==
Lee Ying's conducting style is succinct and spontaneous, and his process focuses on the fusion of rationality and sensibility of the music. 
With Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO):
* 2005, 16th Golden Melody Awards for Best Performance Award with the Chinese Music for the New Era album (modern Chinese chamber music section)
* 2006, the Taipei City Government Publication Awards with the album The Butterfly Lovers
* 2009, nominated for the 8th Taishin Arts Award as conductor for Science Fiction of TCO
With National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan (NCO):
* 2010 nominated for the 9th Taishin Arts Award with Variety Music Impression: Mandolin, Mandola & Chinese Music.
* 2018 nominated for the 29th Golden Melody Awards in Traditional arts and music with his composition Quiet Mountain Path, which was included in the album Listen to the Soundscape of Taiwan<ref>第29屆傳藝金曲獎入圍暨得獎名單 
==Works==
Lee Ying's works include two categories: large-scale traditional Chinese orchestral music and modern Chinese chamber music.
Works for traditional Chinese orchestral music:
* Yi-Jing Capriccio (易之隨想)
* Heavenly Drum (天鼓)
* Quiet Mountain Path (寂靜山徑)
Works for modern Chinese chamber music:
* Layers (層疊)
* Drinking Alone under the Moon (月下獨酌)
* Dance of the Clowns (小丑之舞)
Category:1955 births
Category:Taiwanese people
Category:University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni
Category:Taiwanese composers
Category:Conductors