Soyeon Kate Lee (이소연) is a

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classical pianist, who currently lives in New York, US. She is on the College and Pre-College piano faculty at the

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Early life and education

Born in

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, Soyeon Kate Lee moved to the United States at the age of 9. Lee's early studies were with Romanian teacher Marina di Pretoro and at the

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with Victoria Mushkatkol. She graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy with the highest honors in music. She continued her studies at

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with

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and Robert McDonald, earning her Bachelors, Masters, and Artist Diploma degrees. During her studies at Juilliard, she won the school's concerto competition, Gina Bachauer piano competition, Helen Fay Prize, Arthur Rubinstein Prize, and the Petschek Piano Debut Award. She received her Doctorate from The Graduate Center at CUNY where she worked with Ursula Oppens and Richard Goode.

Professional career

Lee gave her New York debut recital at

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as the winner of Juilliard's Petschek Award in April 2004. The following year, Lee gave a recital at New York's Weill Hall to critical acclaim under the auspices of

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. This concert propelled her career with engagements throughout the United States. Lee received media attention for her eco-awareness concert at

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's Zankel Hall in 2008 wearing a dress made of 5,000 juice pouches. In 2012, Lee joined the roster of

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Two. Ms. Lee is currently represented by Colbert Artists Management in New York City.

Teaching

Lee was Associate Professor of Music in Piano at the

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Awards

Discography

Ms. Lee is a

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recording artist. In 2008, Naxos released Lee's debut album of

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Sonatas to critical acclaim. Lee's next album released in 2013 featured

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's opera transcriptions. She released two further Naxos CDs of

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's piano music. Ms. Lee has also released an album titled "Re!nvented" under

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, formerly

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records which garnered the Young Artist Award from the Classical Recording Foundation and further industry acclaim.

Personal life

She married Israeli-American pianist

Ran Dank Ran Dank (; born 3 April 1982) is an American-Israeli classical pianist, who currently lives in New York and teaches at the Eastman School of Music. Early life Dank started playing the piano at the age of seven with Yaakov Krantz. He went on t ...

on September 7, 2013. As of 2021 she resides in Cincinnati, teaching at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.September 5, 2013 New York Times – 4 Hands and 2 Hearts Beating as 1: Bound by Piano and, Soon, by Matrimony – Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee Performed Days Before Marriage
/ref> Her younger sister, Soeun Nikole Lee 이소은 is a Korean pop singer, lawyer, and author.

References

External links

official website
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Colbert Artists Management, Inc.
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