Music Events
Guest Artist Masterclass: Dr. EunAe Lee
Date and Time
Sunday, February 2, 2020 4:00 PM
Description
Described by renowned pianist Richard Goode as “a performer of great
communicative power,”
and hailed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as
“a pianist with bold intensity,” EunAe Lee is, without
a doubt,
among the most decorated, critically-acclaimed Korean pianists of our
time.
Beginning her journey in Korea, Ms. Lee received her music
instruction at Yewon Arts School
and Seoul Arts High School before
moving to the United States in 2004. While in Korea, she
presented
her solo debut at age 14, performing Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2
with the Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Bong
Kim. She went on to place in several
prestigious national
competitions in Korea, including Korea Times National Piano
Competition
and Music Journal National Piano Competition, among
several others.
Ms. Lee’s critical success in Korea brought her to the United
States, where she enrolled in
Juilliard’s highly selective, joint
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree program, and studied under the
tutelage of Martin Canin. Following her residence at Julliard, she
worked with renowned pianist
Richard Goode at Mannes College in
the New School of Music, where she received her Artist
Diploma. As
a student, Ms. Lee has worked extensively with legendary pianist
Cécile Oussét, and
performed in the masterclasses of Emanuel Ax,
Alfred Brendel, Stephen Hough, Lang Lang,
Garrick Ohlsson, Murray
Perahia, and Mitsuko Uchida.
Throughout her distinguished career, Ms. Lee has been selected as
a top prize-winner in numerous
competitions, including ARD
International Music Competition in Munich, Hilton Head
International Piano Competition, Bösendorfer International Piano
Competition, Juilliard Concerto
Competition, Vienna International
Music Competition, World Piano Teachers Association
International
Piano Competition, Dover Quartet Chamber Music Competition, and
Karlfied
Normann Scholarship Competition in New York City, amongst
others. Ms. Lee was also honored
as a semi-finalist in Cleveland
International Piano Competition, Gina Bachauer International
Piano
Competition and Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition in
Belgium. In 2017, she
was recognized as one of the thirty
finalists at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
In
addition to receiving honors in both national and international
competitions, Ms. Lee has given
numerous solo recitals upon
invitation at a variety of venues. These include solo recitals at
the
Dame Myra Hess recital and the Pianoforte Foundation Series,
both of which were broadcasted
live on Radio WFMT 98.7 FM. She was
also featured as a soloist on Radio Classical
89.1 and 89.5 FM,
and was interviewed by the host Steven Kapp Perry. Her performance
highlights include solo and chamber appearances in Musikverein,
Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully
Hall, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre,
Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and Merkin Hall, to name a
select few.
A long-time participant and performing associate at the Bowdoin
International Music Festival,
Ms. Lee also participated in Music
Academy of the West, Pianofest in the Hamptons, and Yellow
Barn
Chamber Music Festival, and was a guest artist in Gijon International
Piano Festival in
Spain. She has collaborated in concerts with
artists including William Sharp, Michael Kannen,
Jean-Michel
Fonteneau, Katherine Murdock, and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein.
Contact
Dr. Sookkyung Cho
[email protected]