The pianist Soyeon Lee has been equally praised by audiences and presenters for performances of rare passion and grace. Her rapturous playing has brought numerous accolades and successes including top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, Cleveland International Piano Competition, and the Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition. At 26, having already worked with conductors such as Jahja Ling, Otto-Werner Mueller and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra and London Symphony, she continues to bring her unique power and sensitivity to audiences around the world. She has performed in recital throughout the United States and abroad, appearing in such notable venues as Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Auditorio de Música de Nacional in Madrid, and Baek-Am Art Hall in Seoul, with, in the 2003-04 season, a thirteen-city recital tour of Spain. As a concerto soloist, she has been heard with the San Diego Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (Dominican Republic), Shreveport Symphony, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and the Juilliard Orchestra, among others. Soyeon Lee began studying the piano at the age of five in Korea. She moved to the United States at the age of nine and attended the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, graduating with highest honours in music. Her early teachers included Victoria Mushkatkol and Marina di Pretoro. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, studying with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald. Most recently she earned Juilliard’s distinguished Artist Diploma, and continues her studies in master-classes with Lev Natochenny. In the spring of 2004 Soyeon Lee made her Lincoln Center recital début at Alice Tully Hall as the recipient of the Juilliard School’s prestigious William Petschek Piano Début Award. While at Juilliard, she won the Rachmaninoff Concerto Competition as well as two consecutive Gina Bachauer Scholarship Competitions, and was awarded the Helen Fay Prize, Arthur Rubinstein Prize, and the Susan Rose Career Grant.
