VC YOUNG ARTIST | Anna Lee – Sion-Valais, Menuhin and Indianapolis Comp Prizes

24-year-old Korean-American violinist Anna Lee is establishing an international reputation a rising young virtuoso of outstanding potential

24-year-old Korean-American violinist Anna Lee is establishing an international reputation a rising young virtuoso of outstanding potential.

A graduate of the Kronberg Academy and Juilliard Pre-College program, where she studied with Ana Chumachenco, Masao Kawasaki and Cho-Liang Lin, and current Comparative Literature student at Harvard College and private violin student of Miriam Fried and Don Weilerstein, Anna is a former major prize winner at the Sion-Valais, Menuhin and Indianapolis International Violin Competitions.

She recently made solo debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Hessische Rundfunk Radio Orchestra - and has collaborated with eminent musicians including Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Steven Isserlis.

Anna currently performs on a 1690 Giovanni Tononi violin - on a generous loan from the Ravinia Steans Music Institute.

 

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE | MENDELSSOHN | VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR | LEONARD SLATKIN & INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2018 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & BORIS KUSNEZOW | HUBAY | CARMEN FANTASY | 2018 JOSEPH JOACHIM VIOLIN COMPETITION HANNOVER

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & PHILIP CHIU | BEETHOVEN | SONATA NO. 7 IN C MINOR | 2019 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION 

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & CHIH-YI CHEN | SAINT-SAËNS | VIOLIN SONATA IN D MINOR | 2018 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION 

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & PHILIP CHIU | TCHAIKOVSKY | VALSE-SCHERZO | 2019 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION 

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & PHILIP CHIU | SZYMANOWSKI | NOCTURNE & TARANTELLE | 2019 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION 

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & CHIH-YI CHEN | BEETHOVEN | VIOLIN SONATA NO.6 IN A MAJOR | 2018 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST ANNA LEE & CHEN CHUAN | PIAZZOLLA | CAFE 1930 & NIGHTCLUB 1960 | 2012 MENUHIN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

 

Violin: 1690 Giovanni Tononi violin - on loan from the Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Strings: Thomastik Peter Infeld

Teachers: Miriam Fried | Don Weilerstein | Ana Chumachenco | Cho-Liang Lin | Masao Kawasaki | Alexander Souptel

Schools: Harvard College | Kronberg Academy | Juilliard School Pre-College Division

Website: www.annalee.info

Instagram: thevialeensjngs