Scott Lee,
viola
Scott
Lee has established himself as one of the most exciting and
unique violists. His exceptional musicality and virtuositic
playing distinguish him as one of this generation's
quintessential artists. New York Times described his playing as
“flawless technical resources combines them with an assured
sense of musicianship, a remarkable and auspicious talent.”
Also, hailed as “the superstar of his generation” by the String
Magazine.
Winner of the 1996 Concert Artists Guild Competition, he became
the youngest winner in the Competition’s 50 year history. Mr.
Lee has been a top prize winner in the Lionel Tertis
International Viola Competition, the William Primrose Viola
Competition, and the Corpus Christi (TX) Young Artists
Competition. Scott Lee has appeared as soloist with numerous
orchestras, including, the Kansas City Symphony, San Diego
Symphony and L.A Chamber Orchestra. Other orchestral
performances include the Longmont Philharmonic, and the
International Sejong Soloists. In recital, he has performed at
Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in New York,
Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Scott Lee has been a featured
soloist at the International Hindemith Viola Festival and at the
22nd and 24th International Viola Congresses.
Scott Lee is also an extremely active chamber musician. Recent
highlights of Mr. Lee’s chamber music concert schedule include
performances at the El Paso Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber
Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, OK Mozart Festival,
Newport Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, Ravinia
Festival, Savannah Music Festival, New York City’s Bargemusic,
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Musicians from
Marlboro, Merkin Concert Hall, and Taiwan’s National Concert
Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Gardner Museum in Boston and the
Metropolitan Museum, the Marlboro Festival and in numerous
chamber music venues across the United States. He has also
collaborated with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, and
Miami String Quartets, and performed with members of the Beaux
Arts and Mannes Piano Trios. His chamber music partners have
included such renowned artists as Cho-Liang Lin, Nai-Yuan Hu,
Gil Shaham, Hilary Hahn, Ralph Kirshbaum, David Soyer, Peter
Wiley, and Gary Hoffman.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Mr. Lee began his music studies on the
violin at age eight studying with Chia-Rong Lin. He took up the
viola at age thirteen, and came to the United States the next
year to study at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, where
his viola teacher was Donald McInnes and his violin teacher was
Alice Schoenfield. He has studied with Michael Tree at the
Curtis Institute of Music and at The Juilliard School where he
studied with Paul Neubauer.
He is now Professor of Viola at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music and a faculty
member at the Idyllwild Chamber Music Festival and Workshop in
California. Besides performing and teaching, Scott is also an
obsessed golfer, he is always looking for a game, carrying his
clubs.
(2012) |
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your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
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中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts |
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