Kelvin H. F. Lee
music theorist / conductor / writer
I am a music theorist, conductor and writer of art music in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. My areas of specialism include Austro-German music at the turn of the twentieth century (especially by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss), as well as its musical entanglements across the globe (especially Japan).
On this website you can find information about my ongoing projects, research publications and upcoming events. I have also included the more accessible concert notes I have written for different orchestras (alongside selected recordings) as listening guides to facilitate the general appreciation of art music.
Projects in Progress
The Sonata Moment
Monograph developing a dialectical theory of nineteenth-century symphonic sonata form
Formenlehre and the Challenge of History
Edited volume exploring the intricate relationship between Formenlehre and history
Interculturality in Japanese Symphonic Forms
Corpus study considering the impact of German-Japanese musical relations on Japanese symphonic forms