The Special Prize winner of the Anton G. Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Dr. Yoon Lee, is a concert pianist, educator, and director active in the New York metropolitan area.

Yoon’s performance of Beethoven has been described as “equal to Beethoven’s virtuosic demands” by the New York Concert Review. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Greene Space, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Château de Fontainebleau, the Schumann-Haus Museum in Leipzig, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, and Seoul Arts Center in addition to many other stages in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her live performances have been featured on WQXR, New York’s leading classical radio station, and KBS, the national television station of South Korea. Yoon has appeared as a soloist with the Carl Maria von Weber Orchestra of Dresden, Germany, the Camerata Forum Internacional in Spain, the Prime Philharmonic of South Korea, and the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra of New York City.

A champion of the repertoire for strings and piano, Yoon Lee collaborates with many international artists, including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Astrid Schween, Timothy Eddy, Colin Carr, Catherine Cho, Laurie Smukler, Zlatomir Fung, Stella Chen, and Timothy Choi, as well as members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet, and Orion String Quartet. She has also been the pianist for master classes by Hilary Hahn, Leonidas Kavakos, Steven Isserlis, and Frans Helmerson, among many others.

Yoon has taught chamber music at The Juilliard School’s Precollege, Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege, Heifetz International Music Institute, and Kneisel Hall’s ACMI, and has served as a jury member at the Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege Piano Concerto Competition, the Chamber Music Competition, the YMF Festival by Schubert Club, and the NFMC Junior Music Festival. In sharing her passion and love for chamber music, she serves as the Board of Trustee of the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival, as well as a co-Artistic Director of Noree Chamber Soloists, an ensemble she co-founded in 2017. Yoon received her Doctor of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music and a Graduate Diploma from The Juilliard School. She is currently on the faculty of SUNY Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music and the Heifetz International Music Festival, as well as a staff pianist at The Juilliard School.

Outside of her musical pursuits, Yoon enjoys spending time in her pottery studio (www.instagram.com/yoonscreativestudio), running in Central Park, and cherishing moments with her Havanese pup, Cookie.

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Pianist Yoon Lee is the Special Prize winner of the Anton G. Rubinstein International Piano Competition. Her performance of Beethoven has been described as "equal to Beethoven’s virtuosic demands" by the New York Concert Review. As an international concert pianist, she has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Greene Space, Château de Fontainebleau, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall, and Seoul Arts Center, and has been featured on WQXR-FM. Yoon frequently collaborates with international artists, including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Astrid Schween, Timothy Eddy, Colin Carr, Catherine Cho, Laurie Smukler, Zlatomir Fung, Stella Chen, and Timothy Choi, as well as members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet, and Orion String Quartet. She has also served as the pianist for master classes by Hilary Hahn, Leonidas Kavakos, Steven Isserlis, and Frans Helmerson. Yoon has taught at The Juilliard School’s Precollege, Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege, Heifetz Institute, and Kneisel Hall’s ACMI. She has also served as a judge for competitions at the Manhattan School of Music, YMF by the Schubert Club, and NFMC Junior Music Festival. Yoon received a doctorate degree from Manhattan School of Music and a Graduate Diploma from The Juilliard School. Currently, she serves as the Board of Trustee of the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, as well as a co-Artistic Director of Noree Chamber Soloists, an ensemble co-founded in 2017. Yoon is a faculty member of SUNY Purchase College and Heifetz International Music Institute, as well as a staff pianist at The Juilliard School.

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The Prize winner of the Anton G. Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Dr. Yoon Lee is a concert pianist, educator, and director active in the NYC area. Yoon is a faculty member of SUNY Purchase College, Heifetz International Music Institute, and a staff pianist at Juilliard. Her performance has been described as “equal to Beethoven’s virtuosic demands” by the New York Concert Review, and has been heard on stages of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Château de Fontainebleau, and Seoul Arts Center and featured on WQXR-FM. Yoon has collaborated with international artists including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Astrid Schween, Laurie Smukler, Timothy Eddy, Colin Carr, Catherine Cho, and members of the Juilliard, Borromeo, and Orion String Quartets, to name a few. Yoon has taught chamber music at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege programs, and she is a co-Artistic Director of Noree Chamber Soloists.

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The Prize winner of the Anton Rubinstein International Competition, Dr. Yoon Lee, is a concert pianist, educator, and director, serving as a faculty member of SUNY Purchase College, the Heifetz International Music Institute, and staff pianist at The Juilliard School. Yoon is the co-Artistic Director of Noree Chamber Soloists.