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Tee Hong Chu

Adjunct Lecturer

Biography

Malaysia's premier classical guitarist, Hong Tee (Tee Hong Chu), performs extensively throughout Malaysia as a solo artist as well as chamber musician. She also performed in Wales, England, Singapore, Taiwan and has been invited to conduct masterclasses and adjudicating competitions at the world prestigious XVIII International Guitar Art Festival in Serbia. In 2017, she released her debut solo album <Evocation>. In the same year, she presented the world premier of a new work, Fantasia over a Bornean Folksong, written for Malaysia and dedicated to her by the famous Italian composer, Maestro Carlo Domeniconi. In 2018, she has been invited twice by the Taiwan's Ensemble Los Seis to give her debut solo recital in Taipei, under the Asian Classical Guitarist Recommended Series, and to conduct masterclasses at the Music Faculty of ShiJian University, Taipei and Taiwan International Guitar Summer Seminar, Kaohsiung.

Hong is a sought after soloist and adjudicator in the major concert series and international music festivals held in Malaysia. Since 2013, she has initiated a classical guitar charity concert series, Love Music, which aims to extend the outreach of guitar music to the local community. 

Hong is the first Malaysian female guitarist to obtain the FTCL qualifications, as well as a Master degree in classical guitar performance. She received her Master of Music with Distinction at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, UK, under the guidance of two leading UK classical guitarists, Professor John Mills and Professor Graham Anthony Devine.  
(www.hongtee.webs.com)