Artists

Mihae Lee

For more than two decades pianist Mihae Lee has been captivating audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Asia in solo recitals and chamber music concerts, appearing in such venues as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Jordan Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Academia Nationale de Santa Cecilia in Rome, Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall, and Taipei National Hall. Praised by the Boston Globe, "Mihae Lee's playing was simply dazzling," she has been an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1987, is a member of the Triton Horn Trio with violinist Ani Kavafian and hornist William Purvis, and has premiered and recorded works by such composers as Gunther Schuller, Paul Lansky, Henri Lazarof, Michael Daugherty, and Ned Rorem. In addition, she has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Speculum Musicae; has performed regularly at Bargemusic in New York; and has collaborated with the Muir, Cassatt, and Manhattan string quartets. Ms. Lee appears frequently at numerous international festivals, including the Dubrovnik, Amsterdam, Groningen, Great Woods, Chestnut Hill Concerts, Norfolk, OK Mozart, Mainly Mozart, Music from Angel Fire, Rockport, Sebago-Long Lake, Bard, and Seattle chamber music festivals. Born in Seoul, Korea, Ms. Lee made her professional debut at the age of fourteen with the Korean National Orchestra after becoming the youngest grand prizewinner at the prestigious National Competition held by the President of Korea. Upon coming to the United States on a scholarship from The Juilliard School Pre-College in 1972, she subsequently won many further awards including First Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. Ms. Lee holds a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School and an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, studying with Martin Canin and Russell Sherman respectively and has released compact discs on the Bridge, Etcetera, EDI, Northeastern, and BCMS labels.