Ga-Yeon Lee

"Born in Seoul, Korea in 1992, Ga-Yeon Lee began her music studies at age four. Ms. Lee has performed as a soloist with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Cincinnati Orchestra, the American Academy of Conducting Orchestra of Aspen Music Festival, and the Summit Symphony, among others. She has performed internationally as a soloist with the Starling Chamber Orchestra and on the Kumho Prodigy Recital in Korea. She was winner of the Stravinsky Violin Concerto Competition at the Aspen Music Festival in 2003, first prize winner at the Dayton Philharmonic Violin Solo Competition, the special-prize winner of the Henri Marteau International Violin Competition, and the scholarship winner of the Cincinnati Symphony Women's Club Annual Scholarship Competition. She has performed in masterclasses given by Joseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank, and Gil Shaham. Recently, she was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)’s From the Top where she collaborated with Christopher O’Riley. Ms. Lee has participated in Aspen Music Festival and Great Mountains Music Festival. She has served as the concertmaster for Juilliard Pre-College Symphony and principal second violinist of the Aspen Concert Orchestra. Ms. Lee studies with Cho-Liang Lin and Naoko Tanaka and chamber music with Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division as a scholarship student."¹ - Ga-Yeon Lee