Shaun Lee-Chen

Shaun Lee-Chen is an internationally celebrated performer with a special interest in historical performance and 19th-century violin pedagogy.

In addition to his role as Artist in Residence and Associate Lecturer at the UWA Conservatorium of Music, Shaun is the Concertmaster of the Award winning Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. He was the most outstanding student to complete a Bachelor of Music in his year at UWA in 2000 and the recipient of numerous prizes upon graduation. He was a student of Emeritus Professor Paul Wright, who himself held the position of Concertmaster for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in its formative years.

In 2007, he was the winner of the prestigious ABC Young Performer of the Year Award. Shaun is at home on both modern and period instruments and has appeared as soloist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO), Queensland Orchestra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO). Shaun is the featured soloist in the Brandenburg’s ARIA Nominated Brandenburg Celebrates album from 2015.

He has been guest Assistant and Associate Concertmaster with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the TSO and WASO, and in 2016 was appointed as Concertmaster of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Shaun is a member of the Irwin Street Collective, a period chamber ensemble based at UWA Conservatorium.