Mihae Lee (piano)

Praised by The Boston Globe as “simply dazzling,” Korean-born pianist Mihae Lee maintains a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, and artistic director. She has been captivating audiences worldwide in solo and chamber music concerts, in such venues as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Jordan Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Academia Nationale de Santa Cecilia in Rome, Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall, and Taipei National Hall.

A passionate chamber musician, Mihae is a founding member of the Triton Horn Trio and was an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society for three decades. In addition, she has appeared frequently at numerous international chamber music festivals including Dubrovnik, Amsterdam, Groningen, Medellin Festicamara, Seattle, OK Mozart, Mainly Mozart, Music from Angel Fire, El Paso, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Chamber Music Northwest, Rockport, Bard, Norfolk, Mostly Music, Music Mountain, and Chestnut Hill Concerts. She has also collaborated with the Brentano, Juilliard, Tokyo, Muir, Cassatt, and Manhattan string quartets; has been a guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, and Bargemusic; and has premiered and recorded solo and chamber works by such composers as Gunther Schuller, Ned Rorem, Paul Lansky, Henri Lazarof, Michael Daugherty, and Ezra Laderman.

Mihae made her professional debut at the age of fourteen with the Korean National Orchestra after winning the prestigious May 16th National Competition. In the same year, she came to the United States on a scholarship from The Juilliard School Pre-College, and subsequently won many further awards, including First Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition, the Juilliard Concerto Competition, and the New England Conservatory Concerto Competition. Mihae received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, studying with Martin Canin, and her artist diploma from the New England Conservatory with Russell Sherman.

Mihae is often heard over the airwaves on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” and on other stations around the country. Her recordings include Paul Lansky’s “Notes to Self,” a solo piano work written for her, as well as Lansky’s “Etudes and Parodies” and “Pieces of Advice.” She has released compact discs on the Bridge, Etcetera, EDI, Northeastern, and BCMS labels. Since 2016, Mihae serves as music director of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival. She is also artistic director of Chestnut Hill Concerts and artistic director emerita of the Essex Winter Series, both in Connecticut.

She has performed at the Festival since 1995.

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