Paul Wee

Paul Wee has pursued an unusual combination of careers: he is both a concert pianist and a practicing lawyer. As a pianist, he is anything but a dilettante; his specialties include the works of Charles-Valentin Alkan, among the most difficult in the entire classical repertory. His concert career began early, and at age 12, he played a concerto at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Wee was called to the Bar in 2010 and maintains an office at London's Verulam Buildings. In 2015 and 2016, he gave a pair of recitals at the Alkan Society in London. The second of these was heard by producer Mike Spring, who sent a recording of the concert to Robert von Bahr, owner of the BIS label in Stockholm. The result, in 2019, was a release from Wee of Alkan's Symphony for Solo Piano and Concerto for Solo Piano.