Musical Snapshots:
YCA Violinist SooBeen Lee
Video Release: Tuesday, June 16
Presented in Partnership with Young Concerts Artists
Program
Violinist Interview & Home Concert
Etudes-Caprices Op. 18 No. 4 by Henryk Wieniawski
Caprice No. 24 by Niccolò Paganini
Violinist SooBeen Lee has been called “Korea’s hottest violin prodigy” and has already appeared as soloist with every major Korean orchestra, including the Seoul and Busan Philharmonics and KBS Symphony Orchestra. Her distinctions also include performances for former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the Korean presidential residence (Blue House) for the King and Queen of Malaysia, with China’s Wuhan Philharmonic, at the prestigious Seoul Arts Center, and for numerous other diplomatic state guests in Korea.
Highlights of Ms. Lee's current U.S. season include Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy with the Detroit Symphony, Sibelius Concerto at the Brevard Music Festival, Carmen Fantasy and James Newton Howard’s The Village Romance with the Bangor Symphony, and Mozart Concerto No. 4 with the Sinfonia Gulf Coast. She also performs for the Artists Series Concerts of Sarasota, Jupiter Chamber Players in New York City, and Young Concert Artists Gala at Alice Tully Hall. Ms. Lee is the First Prize Winner of the 2014 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, YCA’s Slomovic Prize, and the Michaels Award in support of her New York recital debut, among other performance prizes. Her festival engagements include the Usedom Music Festival in Germany and appearances at the Heifetz Music Festival, Chopin Music Festival in Poland, City of London Festival, Busan International Music Festival, Great Mountains International Music Festival, Seoul Spring Festival, and Japan’s Ishikawa Summer Music Academy.
SooBeen Lee began studying violin at age four. At age eight she won the National Competition of the Korean Chamber Orchestra, and the following year took First Prize at the Russia International Youth Violin Competition and First Prize at the 2013 Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition. Ms. Lee currently studies with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory, where she performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto as winner of their Concerto Competition. For more visit her YCA profile.
SooBeen Lee's Musical Snapshots video releases Tuesday, June 16. To watch, click below, or find us on social media:
