Korean leading violinist Kyung Sun Lee has captured numerous prizes including Tchaikovsky Competition(1994), Queen Elizabeth Competition(1993), Washington International Competition(1991) and the Montreal International Competition(1991).
After becoming Assistant Professor of Violin at the Oberlin Conservatory in the fall of 2001, then Associate Professor at the University of Houston in the fall of 2006, she has been Professor at Seoul National University since 2009 to 2022. She has taught for two summers at the Aspen Music Festival, and has been invited to play the Seattle and the Marlboro Chamber Music Festivals. Lee has been invited as a faculty at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Heifetz International Institute in 2022. Lee is a former member of the acclaimed KumHo/Asiana String Quartet, with whom she toured worldwide. In recent years she has also been in demand as a judge of violin competitions including the International Tibor Junior Competition in Switzerland, Singapore International Competition and the Johaim International Competition in Hannover, Germany.
Kyung Sun Lee studied at Seoul National University, Peabody Conservatory, and Juilliard. Her teachers have included Sylvia Rosenberg, Robert Mann and Dorothy Delay.
She plays a Joseph Guarnerius violin dating from 1723 and she is the artistic director of Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.
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