Shannon Lee (born 1992) is a

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violinist. She won fourth prize at the 2019

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, top prize at the

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in Sendai, Japan, and second prize at the

International Naumburg Competition The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation sponsors competitions and provides awards for young classical musicians in North America. Founded in 1925, it operates the prestigious Naumburg Competition. Foundation and concerts It was founded in 1925 by Wal ...

Biography

Born in

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to engineer parents, Lee started the violin at the age of 4 in

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. At age 8, she started studying with Jan Mark Sloman. Lee debuted at the age of 12 with the

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, and two years later performed with

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and the Nuremberg Philharmonic. In 2013, she earned a bachelor's degree in computer science at

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, where she also studied with

David Nadien David Nadien (March 12, 1926 – May 28, 2014) was an American virtuoso violinist and violin teacher. He was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1966 to 1970. His playing style, characterized by fast vibrato, audible shifting noise ...

, former concertmaster of the

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. In 2016 Lee earned a Performance Diploma at the

Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship. Hi ...

, where she studied with

Ida Kavafian Ida Kavafian ( hy, Այտա Գավաֆեան) (born October 29, 1952 in Istanbul) is an American classical violinist and violist. Biography Kavafian was born in Turkey to Armenian parents. She moved with her family to America in 1956, and began ...

and

Arnold Steinhardt Arnold Steinhardt (born 1937 in Los Angeles, California) is an American violinist, best known as the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet. Steinhardt made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 14. He studied ...

. During her time in Philadelphia, she worked under the mentorship of Mary Javian as a Curtis ArtistYear Fellow, helping to support music programs for Cramp Elementary and high school students with help from the All City Orchestra chamber music programs. Lee is a founding member of the Bicycle String Trio. In 2018, she entered the

Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1920 by Ernest Bloch, it enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing educatio ...

for a Master of Music degree, studying with Jan Sloman and

Jaime Laredo Jaime Laredo (born June 7, 1941) is a violinist and conductor. He was the conductor and Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and he began his musical career when he was five years old. Laredo was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In 1948 ...

. Lee has performed with the

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, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Fresno Philharmonic,

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, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra,

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, Nuremberg Philharmonic,

Colorado Music Festival The Colorado Music Festival is a classical music festival in Boulder, Colorado. It was founded in 1976 by the Vienna-born conductor and violinist, Giora Bernstein and presents an annual summer season of concerts in Boulder's Chautauqua Auditoriu ...

Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony, Lewisville Lake Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, and

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Awards and appearances

* 2018: First prize winner, Artists Series Concerts of Sarasota National Competition for Strings * 2018: Laureate, Best Performance of an Ysaÿe Sonata,

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) is a classical violin competition which takes place once every four years in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since its founding in 1982, "The Indianapolis" has been regarded as the Olympics of ...

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* 2018: Sixth prize winner,

* 2018: Second prize winner,

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* 2019: Fourth prize winner,

* 2019: Laureate, Audience award,

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* 2019: Second prize winner (no first prize awarded), violin category,

* 2021: Finalist (one of six), 2020

Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition The Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC) is a biennial violin competition in commemoration of violinist Isaac Stern, which takes place in Shanghai, China. The inaugural competition took place August–September 2016 offe ...

. Contestants were not ranked.

Discography

* ''Introducing Shannon Lee''. Music of Wieniawski, Kreisler, Debussy, Elgar, Scriabin, Brahms, Vitali, Engel, Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ernst, and Bazzini. With Pamela Mia Paul, piano. Telarc CD80695. (2008) * ''Shannon Lee''. The 7th Sendai International Music Competition. Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218. With the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. Fontek FOCD9824. (2019)Shannon Lee
Retrieved 2022-04-01.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Shannon Living people 1992 births Women classical violinists Curtis Institute of Music alumni