“Simplicity is the final achievement.”
Yegee Lee had her solo debut at the age of 13 winning the Calgary Concerto Competition and performed the Mendelssohn Concerto with the Calgary Civic Symphony at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. A year later, she won the Canadian Music Competition and she performed the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Toronto Orchestra at the Gala concert. She played the Bach Double with the Calgary Philharmonic Baroque Orchestra, the Glazunov Concerto with the Tudor Orchestra in London, England and Carmen Fantasy with the Daegu Provincial Orchestra at the Daegu Opera House in South Korea.
As an avid chamber musician, she performed the Rebecca Clarke Trio at the Hadstock Music Festival in Cambridge, UK. She was chosen to represent the Guildhall School of Music & Drama at the Central Conservatory of Music and the National Centre of Performing Arts in Beijing where she lead the Clara Schumann Trio and the Robert Schumann Piano Quintet. During her years studying in London, England, she performed in major venues such as the Barbican Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall.
She has received many masterclasses from renowned musicians such as Sherban Lupu, Belcea Quartet, and Pekka Kuusisto. She received lessons from Sergiu Schwartz at the Bowdin International Music Festival, Andras Keller at the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove, Mayumi Seiler at the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg, and from Levon Chilingirian at the Lake District Summer Music International Summer Music Academy where she was performed the Ravel Sonata at the LDSM Academy Artists’ concert.
Currently, she regularly performs with orchestras around the GTA including Toronto Concert Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Niagara Symphony Orchestra, Ontario Philharmonic, Pax Chorale, Korean Canadian Chamber Concerts. She has her own private teaching studio and has collaborated with non-profit organizations Sistema Toronto, performed at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Concerts in Care.
She has obtained her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, England under the tutelage of David Takeno and Levon Chilingirian.