Chihchun Chi-sun Lee (李志純)
Identity Snapshot
- English: Chihchun Chi-sun Lee
- Chinese: 李志純
- Era: Birth Place
- Geography: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Core roles: professor, artist, educator
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, winner of the 1st Brandenburg Biennial Composers Competition, is an US citizen originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She received a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, two masters’ degrees from Ohio University, and a bachelor’s degree from Soochow University in Taiwan. Her teachers included William Albright, William Bolcom, Bright Sheng and Loong-Hsing Wen. In 2009, she became only the fourth women in history to receive the nomination of “best composer” from the Golden Melody Awards (Taiwan’s version of the Grammys) for her debut CD “Elegance”. Ms. Lee served as the composer-in-residence with Chai Found Music Workshop in 2009-2011, funded by the Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation. Currently she is the board member of Korea-China Art Association, teaches at Ewha Womans University and SangMyung University, Seoul, Korea.
Education
- Soochow University — B.M. Music
- Ohio University — M.M. 音樂作曲及藝術系雙碩士
- University of Michigan — Ph.D. 音樂系作曲博士
Employment
- Composor
- Chai Found Music Workshop — 2009-2011 — composer-in-residence
- Ewha Womans University — Professor
- SangMyung University — Professor
Family
No filled family fields on the TAH profile.
Sources
- TAH #107 encyclopedia: 107. Chihchun Chi-sun Lee 李志純, Composer/2014/12
- TAH #186 encyclopedia: 186. Chihchun Chi-sun Lee 李志純
- TAH Who’s Who
In-vault source pages
Her TAH encyclopedia entries are archived in the vault:
- [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/107-chihchun-chi-sun-lee-e6-9d-8e-e5-bf-97-e7-b4-94-composer||TAH #107 — Chihchun Chi-sun Lee 李志純, Composer (2014/12)]]
- [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/186-chihchun-chi-sun-lee-e6-9d-8e-e5-bf-97-e7-b4-94||TAH #186 — Chihchun Chi-sun Lee 李志純]]
Timeline (absorbed from on-page TAH biography)
- B.M. Soochow University, Taiwan
- M.M. ×2 Ohio University — double master’s in composition and arts
- Ph.D. University of Michigan — composition; teachers included William Albright, William Bolcom, Bright Sheng, and |Loong-Hsing Wen (溫隆信)
- 1st prize Brandenburg Biennial Composers Competition (inaugural winner)
- 2009 — nominated “best composer” at the Golden Melody Awards for debut CD Elegance — only the fourth woman ever nominated in that category
- 2009–2011 — composer-in-residence, Chai Found Music Workshop (funded by the Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation)
- Current (at TAH profile date) — board member, Korea-China Art Association; professor at Ewha Womans University and SangMyung University, Seoul, Korea
- 2014-12-31 — both TAH encyclopedia records published: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/107-chihchun-chi-sun-lee-e6-9d-8e-e5-bf-97-e7-b4-94-composer||#107, Composer]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/186-chihchun-chi-sun-lee-e6-9d-8e-e5-bf-97-e7-b4-94||#186]] (deepen pass 2026-09-10)
Connected in the Vault
- Her composition teacher Loong-Hsing Wen (溫隆信), named in her TAH biography alongside William Albright, William Bolcom, and Bright Sheng, has a vault page: |David Loong-Hsing Wen (溫隆信).
- Her 2009–2011 residency ensemble Chai Found Music Workshop appears in the vault: |Chai Found Music Workshop in Wilmington, DE
Deepen-X09112100-13 check (2026-09-11)
- On-page TAH facts (Soochow B.M., Ohio U. double M.M., Michigan Ph.D., Brandenburg prize, 2009 Golden Melody nomination for Elegance, Chai Found residency, Seoul professorships) already fully absorbed; records 186 verified in vault. Context link for her doctoral years in Ann Arbor: |Taiwan Student Association at the University of Michigan — Taiwanese student community where she studied for her Ph.D. (no vault page exists for Ohio University, distinct from the Ohio State TSA page, so no link there).