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Winner, 2004 Concert Artists Guild International CompetitionLauded by The Washington Post for her “…stunning command of the keyboard,” pianist Soyeon Lee is a winner of the 2004 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Her rapturous playing has brought numerous other successes including top prizes at the 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, Ms. Lee continues to bring her unique power and sensitivity to audiences around the world. Recently described by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” highlights of Ms. Lee’s 2007-08 season include her recital debut at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on the CAG series and the opening recital of Merkin Concert Hall’s Tuesday matinee series, as well as performances with the Louisiana Philharmonic, Scottsdale Symphony and with the Napa Valley Symphony. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Lee collaborates with the Parker String Quartet in fall 2007, with concerts for the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, CA, and Music in the Park in St. Paul, MN. Last season she participated in a residency at the Laguna Beach Chamber Music Festival, featuring concerts with bassist Edgar Meyer and a critically acclaimed Mozart concerto for piano and strings. She has also performed at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival and the Taos Chamber Music Festival. Among Ms. Lee’s most recent collaborative projects are joint performances in Seoul with her pop-star sister, Soeun Lee. Soyeon Lee’s past concert appearances include her Lincoln Center recital debut at Alice Tully Hall as the recipient of The Juilliard School’s prestigious William Petschek Piano Debut Award, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on the CAG/Winners Series, the Kennedy Center, Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Auditorio de Musica de Nacional in Madrid and Baek-Am Art Hall in Seoul. As a concerto soloist, she has been heard with the San Diego Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Dominican Republic), Shreveport Symphony, Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Ms. Lee was featured on the January 2006 cover of SYMPHONY Magazine’s annual Emerging Artists issue and her debut CD for Naxos, featuring sonatas of Scarlatti, was released in February 2007. Ms. Lee has been heard live on WQXR New York’s McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase and WNYC’s Soundbytes with John Schaefer, as well as recorded performances on NPR and WGMS in Washington DC and WCLV in Cleveland. A classical music documentary featuring Ms. Lee, called “Classic Club,” has been aired nationally in Japan on NHK. Soyeon Lee began studying piano at age five in Korea. She moved to the US at age nine and attended the Interlochen Arts Academy, graduating with highest honors in music. Her early teachers included Victoria Mushkatkol and Marina di Pretoro. Ms. Lee earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, studying with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald. While at Juilliard she earned the distinguished Artist Diploma, won the Rachmaninoff Concerto Competition, two consecutive Gina Bachauer Scholarship Competitions and was awarded the Helen Fay Prize, Arthur Rubinstein Prize and the Susan Rose Career Grant.
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Soyeon
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