Testimonials

“Perfect! Both as composer and performer.”
– Leonardo Martin Candelaria, guitarist, Mexico

 

“For me, Stephen is number one!”
– Grigory Novikov, guitarist, Russia

 

“I would like to congratulate Stephen as my student, for his accomplishments in music, both performing and composing.”
“…, in next few years, he becomes world’s best.”
(spoken in 2009)
– Alessio Monti, composer and performer, Italy

“Sounds amazing”
“Love it”
– Beau Diakowicz, electric guitarist, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

 

“Wow great man!”
“Great work!”
“Yeah, he’s pretty incredible”
– Sam Blakelock, electric guitarist, New York City, New York, USA

“The best of his generations.”
“Stephen plays three times better …”
– Nutavut Ratanakarn, guitarist, Thailand

 

“His nails successfully make beautiful tones.”
“He must be very talented!”
“Congratulations for your accomplishments on music!”
“Perfect!”
“Great music!”
“… the fact that you are a great guitarist, I know.”
– Yasuaki Hiura, guitarist, Japan

“Sweet”
– Kerry Marshall Jr. (Kerry2Smooth), electric guitarist, Los Angeles, USA

 

“… Congratulations …”
– Adam Cohen, singer and songwriter, Canada

 

“I really enjoy your playing. You move so musically with your left hand, it’s beautiful to watch and hear.”
– Andrew Taylor, guitarist, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

“Cunning ideas!”
– Slamet Abdul Sjukur, composer, Indonesia

 

“I see so many good ideas on your composition. You also play very well.”
“You are so good in both hands.”
– Shin-ichi Fukuda, guitarist, Japan

 

“You have extremely fast hands.”
– Thomas Müller-Pering, guitarist, Germany

 

“Bravo!”
– Thibault Momper, composer and performer, France

 

“…, little brat!”
– Toshifumi Iida, guitarist, Japan

 

“My students usually reach this level in six to seven years, but Stephen needs less than two years to master the guitar. What a talent!”
– Iwan Irawan, guitarist, Indonesia

 

“You play nylon string guitar really well. Your guitar playing on nylon string guitar sounds like telecaster. Your guitar playing both on electric and acoustic guitar, either nylon string or steel string guitar, is exceptionally clean and extremely excellent though. You did what is impossible on nylon string guitar!”
– Noyz, guitar shopkeeper, Indonesia

“Congratulation! That was wonderful performance of you.”
– Robert Miller and Christopher Mallet, guitarists of duoSF, California, USA

 

“Yes, he is Stephen Lee, I know him and had meet him in past. His playing is so amazing, impressed me like he did in past. He is wonderful.”
– Paul Cesarzyk, guitarist, Poland

 

“Regarding music, you are number one!”
– Xu Bao, guitarist, China

 

“It’s awesome! You are so good!”
– Xu Ying, guitarist, China

 

“You play really good!”
– Peter Fang, guitarist, China

 

“You have very good and balance posture, and also great degree of concentration.”
– Marco Meloni, guitarist, Italy

 

“I really like your way of playing!”
“Thanks for your playing, I enjoy a lot!”
“It’s a beautiful piece.”
“This is great too!”
– Yifang Ko, guitarist, Taiwan

“Stephen has bright future in guitar world.”
– Gan, guitar dealer, Malaysia

“Sure! I will learn to Stephen. I choose to learn from the best.”
– Medical Student

 

“His tone colour on guitar is so beautiful.”
– Pansaeng Chantarangkul, luthier, Thailand

 

“Wonderful! Stephen has a great talent!”
– Narongsak Visesnut, businessman and luthier, Thailand

 

“He successfully gives astonishing music for us.”
– Angela Caldersmith, luthier, Australia

 

“This is true music!”
– Rod Capper, luthier, New Zealand

 

“Congratulations! Stephen plays really well.”
“Deer running!”
– Kim Hee Hong, luthier, Korea

 

“He plays really good!”
– Jeffrey Yong, luthier, Malaysia

 

“That is wonderful. I am expecting to hear more music of you.”
– Yoshi Hayashi, owner of S.I.E. guitar shop and collection, Japan

 

“Man, [Constellation] V is unplayable, bars 154 to 160. You are crazy.”
“Concert went very well, your piece went very well.”
“Congratulations with your new piece. [It] is awesome!”
“Red Deer is a very beautiful piece with beautiful resonances.”
– Ögmundur Þór Jóhannesson, guitarist, Iceland

 

“I like the music. It sounds like there’s a magical thing going on, something like a fantasy thing. It’s very mystical, besides the galloping deer.”
“…technically…it can’t be doubted ..you’ve mastered it well.”
“You are a great composer…”
– pianist, Australia

 

“You play really well!”
– Martin Chien, composer and performer, Taiwan

 

“…, it’s great, really! Congratulations!”
“Wow, majestic!”
– Radu Valcu, guitarist, Romania

 

“Amazing!”
“Your piece is really nice. Congratulations!”
– Jacopo Lazzaretti, guitarist, Italy

 

“It’s a beautiful beautiful piece! Congratulations!”
– Luis Juarez Quixtan, guitarist, Guatemala

 

“Congratulations!! Beautiful music.”
– Marcelino Echeverria, guitarist, Argentina

 

“I like it a lot! Nice colour!”
– Jeffrey Cheah, guitarist, Australia

 

“You are the best man behind the guitar whom I ever met in my life.”
– Joe, guitar shopkeeper, Malaysia

“Yes, I see them clearly, those impressions on your ‘Red Deer’. Those deer, herd of deer, are gazing on spanning plateau, accompanied by scatters of sunshine, purple reflective sky which changes into green, yellow and orange, with peaceful surroundings, velvety land of bush and hills nearby. They are then crossing shallow pool and splashing water out of it, and coming to magical garden, where those are filled by trees and shrubs with purple leaves. Then, the predators, tiger and tigress are coming, chasing them and the deer are running away, passing underneath on a tunnel, then seeing pinhole light, which eventually leads to exit. And they are out of tunnel now, on open field, while they are still running. They run, they feel freedom, run to the mountain and freak out on mountain. They are passing valley now, struggling hard to get out of chase, with their spirit inside. Then they manage to escape with the help of their tricky movements. They still run, now on country road, with yellow-leaf trees on its left and right sides. Then they arrive on another plateau, which other herd of deer has waited for them. They feel safe, and they rest and reside there.”

“I could see those scenes, acts and secquenses clearly and specifically. It is just like a movie, with the other tangible senses besides visual perceptions, and those perceptions are precisely exact. It means that those perceptions can’t deviate much, so when other people listen to, and feel it, people will perceive those senses, the similar perceptions, not far from what each other senses. So they will agree that they truly perceive those real senses in your music, since what oneself perceives is the same as what the other people perceive.”
– 10 years old boy

“No one can handle guitar better than you. There is no one who can play guitar except you. I don’t have any desire to listen other ‘guitarists’, except you.”
– superior and legend in guitar, music, art and culture societies

“Your playing on acoustic nylon string guitar could changes in certain way so it sounds like an electric guitar.”
“You handle those risky parts, which cover almost the whole piece, with ease.”
– electric guitarist

“Stephen’s playing on acoustic nylon string guitar covers really widely so it reaches tones and qualities which once were said belong exclusively to electric guitar, while he – at the same time – shows qualities that are unique to acoustic nylon string guitar.”
– member of the House of Representatives, electric guitarist