Basic
First Name:
Sujin
Last Name:
Lee
City:
New York
State:
New York
Country:
USA
First Year:
2013
Last Year:
2016
Biography
Birthday:
10/16/1991
About:
Cellist Sujin Lee has established herself as a versatile young artist and performed at world-renowned venues including Carnegie’s Zankel and Weill Halls, the Kennedy Center, the Louvre, Mechanics Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum. In demand as a soloist and chamber musician, she has been a frequent artist at the Caramoor, Marlboro, Music@Menlo, Perlman, Ravinia, Yellow Barn, and Verbier festivals. First prizewinner of the 2017 National Federation of Music Clubs Competition, Ms. Lee also won top prizes at the 2016 Schadt, 2015 Hudson Valley, 2009 Klein, and 2006 Johansen International competitions. She has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as Leon Fleisher, Pamela Frank, Miriam Fried, Nobuko Imai, and Itzhak Perlman. From Newton, MA, she holds a Master’s in Music from the New England Conservatory, where she was a Presidential Scholar and on faculty at the NEC Preparatory School. She has a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University and completed her undergraduate music studies at the Juilliard School and Paris Conservatoire as a recipient of the Carla-Bruni Sarkozy Foundation Scholarship. Her principal cello mentors include Laurence Lesser, Paul Katz, Timothy Eddy, and Laura Blustein. Sujin is featured in the documentary, “Talent Has Hunger,” and plays on a 1790 William Forster II cello.
Current Primary Activity(ies):
Freelancer
Education:
NEC
Degree:
MM
Other Teachers:
Timothy Eddy, Paul Katz, Laura Blustein