Pianist-scholar-curator Mike Cheng-Yu Lee is one of a new generation of performers on historical pianos that span the 18th to early 20th centuries. His performances have garnered attention for their fresh perspectives and boldness of ideas. For his debut recital in Australia he received a coveted five-star review in Limelight Magazine: “Try as one might, it was hard to avoid cliché responses like ‘stunning’, even ‘electrifying’...I heard things in Mozart’s music I had never thought possible and certainly had never encountered before.” Awarded Second and Audience prizes at the inaugural Westfield International Fortepiano Competition by a jury that included the late Christopher Hogwood and Robert Levin, Mike has performed in notable venues across the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan. Integrating performance traditions, he has collaborated equally with modern and historical performers such as Michael Tilson Thomas, musicians from the Juilliard, Formosa, and Aizuri quartets, Francisco Fullana (recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant), Clancy Newman (winner of the Walter W. Naumburg Competition…