ADA Angel. The loss of eyesight due to congenital Retinitis Pigmentosa brings inconvenience to his practice and almost 10 % vision now remains, yet does not defeat his enthusiasm for arts and continuous music learning. Being a classical music lover, Lee Hin is also keen on singing and he is currently the leading singer of Happy Lutheran Band. Through the arrangements of ADA, Lee Hin has studied piano under the mentorship of renowned pianist, Ms Nancy Loo and Ms Michelle Kim. He was awarded the Most Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award of “Cross All Borders: A Mini Festival Showcasing New Performing Artists with Disabilities” in 2009.
In recent years, Lee Hin has participated in the public performances and cooperated with various music maestro and arts groups. He participated in the “Fundraising Pianothon at Olympian City with pop star Hins Cheung in 2009”. In 2010, he was invited by renowned musician Kung Chi-shing to Hong Kong Arts Centre's Street Music Series and also performed a duet with erhu maestro Mr Wong On-yuen on “Below the Lion Rock” at Shanghai Expo. He performed with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in the “Community in Harmony” and “Blossom with Music” in 2011 and 2015 respectively. He was the leading male character and composer of the theme song in an original local musical, “Love, Life and Music. A Story of Ups and Downs” in 2013. This inspired his interest and convidence on pop music production. In 2014 and 2015, Lee Hin participated in drama performance and creation again, he acted in the “Mozart and His Servant” Outreach Programme of International Arts Carnival and “Off Key Buddies” of iStage.
Apart from the local performances, he also had the opportunities to exchange with overseas artists including the 2010 International VSA Festival in Washington D.C., “The 8th International Abilympics (Seoul)” in 2011. He was invited by “International Day of People with Disability 2014” as a guest performer to perform in Macau SAR. Being obtained the “Artists with Disability Development Fund” by Lee Hysan Foundation in 2015, Lee Hin has started to learn music composition and arrangement from Anthony Lun to enhance his musical attainments and share music with more people.
