Born and raised in Hong Kong, LEE Kar Tai, Phoebus is an active composer, contemporary-music researcher and educator. His music and papers have been performed and presented at various significant occasions, international music festivals and university conferences: these include Arena Contemporary Music Festival, The Asian Composers League Conference and Festival, The Chinese Composers Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival, Hong Kong Week of Taiwan, International Rostrum of Composers, Musicarama, Hong Kong New Generation, Singapore Asian Composers Festival, SOUND-IMAGination, soundSCAPE Festival in Italy, Swiss Contemporary Music Festival, WASBE Conference, Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival. Numerous works were commissioned or performed by musicians and groups from France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Korea, Netherlands, Swiss, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the USA. 

He writes music for concerts, multimedia-staged performances, dances, galleries and exhibitions, short films and movies. His music has always been described as poetic and refined by listeners. His music often suggests inspirations from oriental aesthetics, philosophies, and classic literatures, and displays multicultural assimilations and contemporary visions through fine techniques and sophisticated musicality.

He attained the Doctor of Music degree (D. Mus.) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He passed the doctoral oral defense at the age of 25, and was awarded the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Scholarship during his postgraduate studies. Upon graduation, he once worked as a teaching assistant During this time, he established the New Music Ensemble for the department and served as the director and conductor. Recent years, he has been a part time lecturer at the CUHK and at the Baptist University of Hong Kong, a guest lecturer in the Education University of Hong Kong, as well as freelance presenter, editorial assistant and daily music programme director/researcher at RTHK Radio 4. He has been teaching music and conducting programmes at colleges and schools, and writing educational references. He has also been invited to teach at the Young Composers Workshop organised by Hong Kong Arts Festival and at the summer programme for gifted learners at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and for many times to be the speaker and adjudicator at seminars and music creativity programmes organised by the Hong Kong Education Bureau.  Academic subjects he taught include contemporary music, music appreciation, harmony and counterpoint, orchestration, composition, 20th-century composition techniques, aural skills and musicianship, creative musicking, and, ensemble coach for traditional and modern repertoire. At various occasions, he also performs as a choral, orchestral or chamber-music conductor, harpsichordist, organist, or pianist on both traditional and contemporary works.

In recently years, part form music, he devotes himself to kyudo (the way of bow), chado (the way of tea), and kado (the way of flowers) in pursuit of understanding the meaning of life, values, and aesthetics. 

李家泰是香港土生土長的作曲家。李氏亦熱衷於音樂創作、當代音樂研究、音樂教育與創意推廣。李氏的作品與論文多次於本地與國際平台發表，其中包括 Arena 當代音樂節、亞洲作曲家聯盟會議及音樂節、華人作曲家音樂節、香港藝術節、香港當代音樂節、台灣香港週、國際作曲家論壇、音樂新文化、音樂新一代、聲影集、新加坡亞洲作曲家音樂節、意大利 soundSCAPE 音樂節、瑞士當代音樂節、世界管樂協會論壇、日惹當代音樂節等等，不少作品被法國、德國、希臘、香港、韓國、荷蘭、瑞士、台灣、英國、美國等地的團體或演出者委約或演出。

他的作品除純音樂作品以外，亦有與多媒體演出、舞蹈、展覽、影片等合作的作品。他的音樂多時取材自東方美學、哲學與經典文學，不時融匯中西，並以當代手法細緻演繹。作品充滿詩意，素材處理細膩。 

李氏畢業於香港中文大學並取得音樂博士銜。他於二十五歲時通過博士辯論而隨後獲得學位，研究生期間獲得香港作曲家及作詞家協會獎學金。畢業後於母校出任全職教學助理，期間為學系創立新音樂合奏團並擔任總監及指揮。近年來，李氏曾出任香港中文大學兼職講師、香港浸會大學兼職講師、香港教育學院客席講師、及香港電台第四台音樂曲目編輯、兼職主持及編輯助理。他曾於不同學院、中學、小學授課及主導作曲培訓班，編註教材，為藝術節青年作曲家計劃及香港科技大學優材暑期課程擔任作曲導師，並屢次於教育局舉的工作坊及演藝活動中擔任講者或評審。教授過的音樂學科包括當代音樂、音樂賞析、和聲、對位、配器法、作曲、二十世紀寫作技巧、練耳與音樂感訓練、創意樂動，以及指導室樂小組演奏傳統古典曲目與現代曲目。其次，他亦以不同形式參與傳統古典音樂與當代音樂的演出，例如指揮、演奏古鍵琴、管風琴、鋼琴等。

近年，音樂以外，他亦修習弓道、茶道、花道。

Ensembles and Artistic Groups with Collaborations and Commissions

Bang On A Can All-Stars, USA

Chinese Music Virtuosi, Hong Kong

Chung Chi College Wind Orchestra, CUHK

​City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

Dawning Quartet, Hong Kong

dissonArt ensemble, Switzerland

Eclat Ensemble, Korea

​Ensemble Télémaque, France

Hong Kong Band Directors Association

HKEdU (HKIEd) Chorus

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble

Hong Kong New Music Ensemble Academy

Hong Kong Wind Kamerata

InTuition Creative Learning

InTuition Musiking

New Music Ensemble, CUHK

The Learners Chorus

RhapsoArts

Romer String Quartet

Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra

UMS n’ JIP, Switzerland

Yip's Children's Choir, Hong Kong

Participated Conferences, Festivals, and Music Event Series

Arena Contemporary Music Festival, Latvia

Asian Composers League Conference and Festival / Taiwan, Israel, Singapore, Tokyo

Chinese Composers Festival

CUHK and University of Toronto Exchange

CUHK and National University of Taiwan Exchange

Ensemble-in-Residence, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Art Festival

​Hong Kong Contemporary Music Festival

Hong Kong Week, Taiwan

​International Rostrum of Composers

Mongolia International Festival for Contemporary and Traditional Music

Musicarama, Hong Kong

New Generation, Hong Kong

​Singapore Asian Composers Festival

SOUND-IMAGination

soundSCAPE Festival, Italy

Swiss Contemporary Music Festival

Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival

Representing Delegate

International Rostrum of Composers, for Hong Kong Section, in Italy 2017

International Society for Contemporary Music, for Hong Kong Section, in South Africa 2023

Officials with collaborated/working experience

Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong

Education Bureau

Hong Kong Arts Festival

Hong Kong Composers' Guild

Hong Kong Palace Museum

Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Radio and Television of Hong Kong

Universities

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Baptist University of Hong Kong

The Education University of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Experienced Teaching Disciplines

University Level, Undergraduate to Postgraduate :

Advanced Harmonic Practice

Appreciation of Western Music

Aural Training

Composition

Composition Techniques

Counterpoint

Creative Musicking

Elastic Scoring

Fundamentals of Tonal Music

Music Analysis

Musicianship

Orchestration

Phenomenon of Music in Classical and Romantic Era

Phenomenon of Music in Renaissance and Baroque

Techniques and Styles of Contemporary Music

Tonal Music Analysis

Twentieth-Century Music Material and Structure

Ensemble Coach (Early music / Classical / Modern)

New Music Ensemble

Pre-university/College :

Composition Training

Classical Music of the Western Tradition

Listening Skills

Music in the Twentieth Century and Contemporary Era

Primary and Secondary School Extra-curriculum :

Composition Training Programme

Collaborative Projects

Composition Training, Enrich Programme for Gifted Learners, HKUST

Hong Kong Arts Festival

​InTuition/Creative Musicking

Landmark Compositions in Hong Kong

Music Composition Training Programme with Cultural Exploration, Quality Education Fund and HKCG

School Arts Animateur Scheme, LCSD and HKCG

Young Composers Showcase, HKAF

Affiliations

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Member, Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH)

Council Committee, Hong KongComposers' Guild (HKCG)

Board of Director, Hong Kong Kyudo Association