Bridge Records Management: Mihae Lee

Mihae Lee

pianist

Pianist Mihae Lee has been captivating the audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Asia in solo recitals and chamber music concerts. She has appeared frequently as a soloist with das Symphonie Berlin in the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Berlin and in recitals in Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, and the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. An active chamber musician, Ms. Lee is an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, appearing regularly both in Boston and on tour in this country and abroad. Her recordings of Brahms, Shostakovich, Bartok, and Stravinsky with the members of BCMS were critically acclaimed by High Fidelity, CD Review, and Fanfare magazines, the reviews calling her sound "as warm as Rubinstein, yet virile as Toscanini."

In addition to forming a new ensemble, the Triton Horn Trio, along with violinist Ani Kavafian and French hornist William Purvis, Ms. Lee appears frequently at numerous international festivals, including Dubrovnik, Amsterdam, Groningen, Great Woods, OK Mozart, Mainly Mozart, Chestnut Hill, Rockport, Sebago-Long Lake, Bard, and the Seattle Chamber Music Festivals. She has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, has performed regularly at Bargemusic in New York, and has collaborated with the Muir, Cassatt, and Manhattan string quartets. She is often heard over the airwaves on National Public Radio’s "Performance Today," and on WNYC and WQXR in New York City, and WGBH in Boston.

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. In the same year, she came to the United States on a scholarship from The Juilliard School Pre-College, and subsequently won many further awards including First Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. Ms. Lee received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory studying with Martin Canin and Russell Sherman. She has released compact discs on the Etcetera, Bridge, Northeastern, and BCMS labels.

Romances: Music of Robert and Clara Schumann
BRIDGE 9164

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