Mihae Lee

Piano

Pianist Mihae Lee has performed extensively in solo and chamber music concerts throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, in concert halls including Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Jordan Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Academia Nationale de Santa Cecilia (Rome), Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, and National Concert Hall (Taipei). Ms. Lee is an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, a founding member of the Tempest Trio, and has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the New Jersey Chamber Music Society. She has been a frequent participant at numerous international festivals, including Dubrovnik, Groningen (Holland), Amsterdam, Great Woods, OK Mozart, Mainly Mozart, Chestnut Hill, Rockport, Bowdoin, and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival. In addition to performing regularly at Bargemusic, she has been heard on National Public Radio's "Performance Today," WNYC, WQXR, and WGBH.

A native of Korea, Mihae Lee gave her professional debut at the age of fourteen with the Korean National Orchestra after becoming the youngest grand prize winner at the prestigious National Competition held by the President of Korea. In 1972, she came to the U.S. on a scholarship to The Juilliard School Pre-College, and subsequently won many awards including the First Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition in New York. 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 and has released compact discs on Etcetera, Northeastern, and BCMS labels.