Violin Teacher
Notably known for her diverse musical style, Dr. Yena Lee received numerous prizes universally in competitions ranging from classical to modern competitions: Wolfgang Marschner International Competition, Shean Competition, Young Texas Artist Competition, Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, Oneppo chamber music competition, Boston University Bach Competition, Canadian Music Competition, and Young Korean Music Competition of Canada. She was awarded the “Most Promising Musician Award” from district of British Columbia and was youngest recipient in the history of the prestigious JGU-Preis from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.Dr.
Lee frequently features with Adrian Ensemble Italy, Casalmaggiore International Music Festival Orchestra, Mainzer Virtuosi Kammerorchester, Neumeyer Consort Frankfurt, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Pilgrim Orchestra, and West Coast Symphony. She concertizes worldwide in venues such as Cadogan Hall, Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Museo del violino, Orpheum Theatre, and Symphony Hall. She has played under John Adams, Valery Gergiev, Ken-David Masur, Peter Oundjian, Kryzstof Penderecki, Larry Rachleff, and Bramwell Tovey. She was resident artist for the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, Eckelhauser Musikfestival, and Norfolk Festival in UK.
As a strong advocate in music education, Dr. Lee served as an assistant at the Hochschule fur Musik Mainz, Yale School of Music, Boston University, and Rice University. She was a teaching artist at Yale University as part of Music Initiative Program which was designed to teach music education to underserved communities in New Haven, CT. She has taught string method class at Boston University, and music fundamentals and chamber music at Rice University. Since 2018, she has been appointed as assistant artistic director and faculty at the Musitakge am Rhein Festival in Germany and Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Italy. As an assistant artistic director, she led the administrative team of the festival. She is currently assistant professor of violin at University of Oklahoma. In addition, she is co-concertmaster of Mainzer Virtuosi, associate concertmaster of New Mexico Philharmonic and assistant concertmaster of Annapolis Symphony.
Her mentors include Taras Gabora, Lawrie Hill, Hyo Kang, Cho-liang Lin, Anne Shih, and Peter Zazofsky. She completed her studies at Hochschule fuer Musik Mainz, Yale School of Music, and Rice University.
