LEE SU MIN
BIOGRAPHY
Green-room nominee Lee Su Min is a multidisciplinary artist, interested in exploring the intersections between sound and movement. With deeply-rooted passions in music and dance, Su Min constantly seeks to push interdisciplinary artistic boundaries, challenging the connections between artforms as a composer, harpist, improviser, dancer, and pianist.
After graduating as the 2022 Prime Minister's Valedictorian from School of the Arts, Singapore, Su Min furthered her music studies at Monash University in Australia, where she was awarded the 2025 Sir John Monash Medal, 2025 University Medal for Academic Undergraduate Excellence, and the 2025 Prize for Best Overall Student in the Bachelor of Music upon graduation, amongst other awards. She also won the 2024 Allan Zavod Performers' Award, 2024 ANZCA Composition Scholarship, 2022 Composition and Music Technology Prize, and 2019 Outstanding Harp Creative Composition Award and Jury's Choice Award. Additionally, she received a Green Room nomination for Outstanding Sound Design in Independent Theatre for Beowulf: Reforged (2024) at Melbourne Fringe Festival, for which she was described as "an incredible harpist... who seemed to spin golden spiels of tune from her strings" (Sheather-Reid, 2024).
As a composer, Su Min's solo piano composition, Fly High, Butterfly (2025), has been published by ANZCA Music Examinations in the Associate Performer Diploma (Classical Pianoforte) 2025-2027 syllabus. Su Min was also commissioned by Syzygy Ensemble to write Chasing Shadows, an "entrancing new work" (Welch, 2023) that premiered at the Melbourne Recital Centre in 2023. It is described as having "a child-like instinct, an inner life of little threads that danced with an easy impulsiveness" (Laing, 2023).
As a harpist, Su Min has performed with the Monash Academy Orchestra and Monash Art Ensemble (2023-2025), and alongside artists including Paul Grabowsky, Nat Bartsch, Ngaiire, Sandy Evans, Raymond MacDonald, Mindy Meng Wang, and Robert Burke. She also clinched First Place in the 2020 Vienna Virtuoso Festival Season II Competition (Advanced Category).
Photography by Mr Woon
Underpinning Su Min's artistic journey is the interdependency between music and dance. She has collaborated with dancers to write music for 6 choreographies and 1 pre-show segment in dACADEMY Singapore's annual dance production, BREATH (2022-2025), and co-directed and co-composed Chrysalis, a new hour-long devised Contemporary dance show by Monash Uni Student Theatre. As a harpist and dancer, Su Min has also been invited to perform at events, including the AJIRN 7 2024 Conference.
With a heart for community, Su Min is passionate about creating opportunities to champion local music and encourage collective art participation. She initiated and produced Interwoven (2025), an hour-long music concert that provided a platform for composers to premiere original music and collaborate with performers. The concert featured compositions by 9 students from Monash University's Composition and Music Technology stream, who workshopped and performed music with instrumentalists from the School of Music. A strong believer in making dance accessible to everyone, Su Min also creatively produced and facilitated Monday Contemporary Dance Workshops (2025) at Monash Uni Student Theatre - a series of weekly hour-long dance workshops open to anyone within the Monash student community. She also created opportunities for Monash students interested in sharing their movement practice to run their own workshops in selected weeks, and provided support and mentorship to them in the lead up to their workshops, encouraging a culture of learning, sharing, and growing together.
Su Min also enjoys independently writing and releasing albums revolving around the theme of “journeys”, drawing inspiration from her personal experiences of growing up. She has released 8 albums, 9 dance films, and multiple singles, and hopes to keep expanding her creative output.
Su Min is excited to continue diving deeper into the niche intersection between sound and movement and embark on further collaborations, while pursuing creative projects that connect with communities, to make art that brings people together and connects with you.
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
Please refer to my LinkedIn profile for the full list of awards.
Sir John Monash Medal (Faculty of Arts) - Monash University
Awarded to one student per year in an Arts faculty Bachelor’s degree who has an excellent academic record and demonstrated, while at Monash, a significant commitment to advancing one or more of the University’s goals of social justice, human rights or a sustainable environment. (Extracted from https://www.monash.edu/arts/current-students/sir-john-monash-medal)
University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence (Faculty of Arts) - Monash University
Awarded to students with the highest record of academic achievement within the Faculty of Arts.
Prize for Best Overall Student in The Bachelor of Music (Faculty of Arts) - Monash University
Awarded to the top student in the Bachelor of Music.
Dean's Honour Award (Faculty of Business and Economics) - Monash University
Awarded to students who completed a Faculty of Business and Economics degree in 2025 with a weighted average mark in the top 2 percentile and all students completing an honours degree with first class (H1) Honours.
Green Room Nomination: Outstanding Sound Design in Independent Theatre for Beowulf: Reforged
Nominated for a Green Room award for Beowulf: Reforged, presented at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024.
Harpist in APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards 2025 Nominated Work of the Year: Jazz
Harpist in The Rhythms of Autumn Leaves by Paul Grabowsky, performed as part of the Monash Art Ensemble.
2024 ANZCA Composition Scholarship
Awarded by Monash University. Commissioned to compose a 3-5 minute solo piano piece. The piece, Fly High, Butterfly, has been published by ANZCA Music Examinations and listed in the Associate Performer Diploma (Classical Pianoforte) 2025-2027 syllabus. https://anzca.com.au/university-prizes/.
2024 Allan Zavod Perfomers' Award - Winner
Awarded by Monash University, generously supported by the Noel and Carmel O'Brien Family Foundation. Awarded to "musicians who demonstrate excellence in composition, performance and improvisation" (extracted from Monash University's webpage).
Monash International Merit Scholarship
Awarded by Monash University.
2023 Prize for best 2nd year student in Music Specialist Study
Awarded by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Monash University.
2022 Prize for best 1st year student in Music Specialist Study
Awarded by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Monash University.
2022 Composition and Music Technology (CMT) Prize
Awarded by the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Monash University. Commissioned by the Syzygy Ensemble.
Prime Minister's Valedictorian Award (2021)
Awarded by School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA). Awarded to "a graduate who has demonstrated growth and resilience to achieve all-round excellence in the academic disciplines, the arts, leadership, and service to the community through his or her six years of education in SOTA" (extracted from SOTA Awards Day Booklet, 2022).
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Excellence Award (2021)
This award is presented to "SOTA graduates who have achieved excellent results in the 2021 IBDP November Examinations" (extracted from SOTA Awards Day Booklet 2022).
Dr Lee Boon Yang Student of the Year Award (2016, 2020)
Awarded by SOTA. "The pinnacle Dr Lee Boon Yang Student of the Year Award commends students with exceptional scholastic achievement and outstanding performance in the arts, leadership, community service, and Experiential Education. The awardees are also exemplary role models to their peers. They are selected from the top 5% of the cohort based on their overall score in 2020." (extracted from SOTA Awards Day Booklet 2021).
Excellence Arts Award - Music (2016, 2019, 2021)
Awarded by SOTA as the "student with the best overall achievement in his or her art form" in the respective years (extracted from SOTA Level Awards Booklet 2021).
H.I.P.P. Leader Award (2016, 2020, 2021)
Awarded by SOTA. "This award acknowledges students who lead with humility and integrity, and are people-centred with passion. Every SOTA student is a H.I.P. Leader with Passion." (extracted from SOTA Level Awards Booklet 2021).
Academic Excellence Award (2017, 2020)
Awarded by SOTA to "students who have achieved the best overall academic performance" in the respective years (extracted from SOTA Level Awards Booklet 2020).
David Marshall Scholar (2016 - 2021)
Recipient of the David Marshall Scholarship, which is presented to "selected students who demonstrate artistic talents and excellent academic standing" (extracted from SOTA Level Awards Booklet 2021).
Singapore Ministry Of Education EESIS (Edusave Entrance Scholarships for Independent Schools) (2016-2021)
Recipient of the EESIS scholarship, which is presented to "academically strong students attending independent schools in Singapore" (extracted from MOE website).