Kevin Takahide Lee
Kevin has a fascination with folk music and parallels between cultures
Kevin Takahide Lee has a Bachelor’s of Music in Opera Performance from the University of British Columbia and a Master’s of Music in Voice Performance from The University of Western Ontario.
A fourth generation Chinese Japanese Canadian, Kevin Takahide Lee descends from a family who experienced the head tax and the unconstitutional Internment of Japanese Canadians in WWII.
Growing up in BC’s Lower Mainland he witnessed the challenges immigrant families faced regarding accessibility to services and preservation of their culture. This has led Kevin to work in the performing arts and advocacy, including receipt of Richmond’s Heritage Award for fostering relationship to the social history of the Edwardian Cottage his families former home.
Performances include the Arts Club Theatre’s and Theatre Calgary’s joint production of Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto adapted by Hiro Kanagawa, the Alberta tour of Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata, and Surrey Archives Museum’s The Re-enactors.
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