First prize winner of International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition, cellist Trey Lee has been making a sensation around the world in venues such as Moscow's Kremlin, Madrid's Auditorio Nacional, Helsinki's Finlandia Hall, Forbidden City Concert Hall Beijing, Marlboro Music Festival, and Dubrovnik Festival. In his recent performance with renowned Maestro Jun Markl at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Trey received a standing ovation with the North Holland Daily hailing him "A Star Musician". Trey Lee has received immediate invitation to appear in recitals and orchestras across continents, including the Israel Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Zehetmair's Northern Sinfornia, Neue Westfalen Symphonie, Brandenburger State Orchestra, Würzburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Lubeck, the Loh-Nodhausen Symphonie, Neubrandenburg Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, and recitals in London, Berlin, Helsinki, Beijing, Shanghai and the Samobor Festival of Croatia. Collaborating with EMI, Trey has launched several albums with huge popularity which topped the classical charts. His latest Schumann, Mendelssohn, Chopin was enthusiastically received by audiences and critics, as Gramophone hailed him "A Miracle". In June 2009, Trey Lee was launching the first Annual Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival as its Artistic Director. Avanti! Chamber Orchestra The Avanti! Chamber Orchestra was formed in 1983 by conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen, Olli Pohjola and Jukka-Pekka Saraste. An ensemble that varies in size from a string quartet to a symphony orchestra, it specializes in no particular genre. Rather, it is proud to be a specialist in all styles with a strong sense of responsibility for the music of today. The Avanti! has had a tremendous influence on music in Finland. As the Finnish national daily Helsingin Sanomat once said, "Avanti! is like King Midas: anything it touches immediately turns to gold." The Orchestra's first record was awarded the Gramophone Prize of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). Since then, Avanti! has featured on many CDs (for BIS, Ondine and Finlandia) conducted mainly by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Sakari Oramo. Avanti! tours regularly in Finland and Europe. Since 1986 it has also had a festival of its own called Suvisoitto (Summer Sounds) in the little Finnish town of Porvoo.