Hanna Lee_Violist

Violist Hanna Lee is one of the most spotlighted violinists of the generation. Hanna Lee has been invited to world-renown festivals such as Lavinia, Verbier, and Marlboro to play with famous musicians, including Kim Kashkashian, Colin Carr, Lucy Chapman and Charles Neidich. She was named “Young Artists to Lead the Next Generation” by Monthly Auditorium in 2015. She won the first prize at the New England Conservatory Concerto Competition, and also won at various international competitions, including International Young Artists’ Competition, Hellam Young Artists’ Competition and Osaka International Music Competition.

After making her debut through the Kumho Young Artist Concert in 2004, she gained attention as a rising violist through the Rising Star Series held at Kumho Art Hall in 2009. Since then she has been regularly invited to perform solo recitals at the Kumho Hall. In 2016, she performed the Walton’s Viola Concerto with Seongnam City Philharmonic and Nanse Gum at the Symphony Festival in 2016, played Bertok’s concerto with Alaska Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra at the Gumi Music Festival, and she also performed with KNUA Orchestra and NEC Philharmonia.

She performed with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Steven Isserlis at the “Chamber Music Connects the World” program in 2012. She is also regularly invited to Festival Musicalp, Busan Music Festival, and Gumi International Music Festival.

Currently, Hanna Lee is actively performing at regular concerts and tours as a member of Kumho Asiana Soloists, Olympus Ensemble, Ensemble Opus, Koreana Chamber Music Society, Roman Ensemble, and Ola Viola Sound. She also performed as a violist of the Kallaci String Quartet and she has been attempting various projects including performances of the entire quartet of Shostakovich and Africa tour. She is also teaching at the Korea National University of Arts Academy of Gifted, Yonsei University, Yewon School, Seoul Arts Highschool, Sunhwa Arts Middle and Highschool.