Seughee
Lee
Seunghee
Lee, a
native of Seoul, Korea, is professor of Violin/Viola at Central
Michigan University. She has performed extensively as a soloist and
as a chamber musician. Music critics have described her concert
performance as … "stunning performance. Lee left a lasting
impression with her marvelous playing,” "Seunghee Lee was
spectacular … her tone was liquid and lovely, and she sang out her
story with vivid emotion,” and "Lee’s sensitive phrasing … glowed
with confidence and adroit technical range." As a soloist and a
chamber musician, she has performed throughout the United States,
Korea, Ukraine, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Russia, Bulgaria,
Bosnia, and China. She has appeared as a soloist with the Sophia
Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria, the Sarajevo National
Philharmonic Orchestra in Bosnia, the Seoul National Symphony
Orchestra in Korea, the Kharkov Symphony Orchestra in Ukraine, the
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, the Renaud Chamber Orchestra, and
the Michigan Chamber Symphony Orchestra. Her chamber recital
experience includes a performance at Lincoln Center, New York, as
well as performances with the Fontana Concert Society, the Renaud
Chamber Music Society, the Orpheus Trio, and the Westbrook String
Quartet. Currently she is the concertmaster of the Greater Lansing
Symphony Orchestra, and she has served as the concertmaster of the
Midland Symphony Orchestra and the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra.
As a member of the Korean National Philharmonic Orchestra, she
toured Southeast Asia. She has won several competitions and awards,
both in the United States and in Korea. Also, she has given master
classes at many universities in the United States and abroad and was
a faculty member of the Interlochen International Summer Camp. She
is a resident artist faculty at the Bay View Music Festival, during
the summer. Dr. Lee received her degrees from Seoul National
University, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Michigan State
University. Her major studies were with Walter Verdehr, Paul
Statsky, and David Cerone and additional studies with Charles
Castleman, Max Rostal in Switzerland, Viktor Liberman in Luxembourg,
Nicolas Chumachenco in Italy, and Jean Fournier in Austria. In
master classes she worked with the Orion String Quartet, Donald
Weilerstein, Joseph Fuchs, Dorothy Delay.
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