Angus Lee is a conductor with specialist focus in new music performance.

As a conductor, Lee has collaborated with major orgnisations in the region, including the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild, where he has twice led concerts as part of the Musicarama Festival. He has also worked closely with the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, premièring works by composers in the region in special projects organised by the West Kowloon Cultural District and the RTHK. In 2020, Lee was selected as one of the conducting fellows at the inaugural edition of Ensemble Modern’s International Composer & Conductor Seminar, where he studied under the guidance of conductor Stefan Asbury. He premiered new works composed for the occasion by Pyotr Peszat and Philipp Krebs at the 2023 edition of festival cresc... [Biennale for Current Music Frankfurt Rhein main]. He also made his debut at the 51st Hong Kong Arts Festival, conducting Dutch composer Michel van der Aa’s chamber music theatre work, The Book of Water (2021 - 22).

In June 2023, Lee will be conducting the renowned Ensemble Musikfabrik (De) at the International Young Composers Academy Ticino, where he would lead premièring 10 new works by course participants. In late 2023, Lee will also lead NOVA Ensemble in one of four concerts celebrating the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild’s 40th founding anniversary.

Lee is frequently the conductor of his own music. He has, in 2022, personally led the rehearsals and premières of his first opera Chasing Waterfalls at Semperoper Dresden and its subsequent tour to Hong Kong’s New Vision Arts Festival to critical acclaim.

Lee is currently assistant lecturer at the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Music. He directs the Department’s Performance Study programme, in which he teaches flute performance, chamber music and conducting.