A native of South Korea, Dr. Hyun-Kyung Lee has been studying piano since the age of four. She has performed extensively throughout the United States, South Korea, Italy, and Southeast Asia. She has performed in some of the world’s most important concert venues; including Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, and the Seoul Art Center.

Dr. Lee has been invited to perform contemporary music internationally and has had many arrangements written for her. In particular, her close musical relationship with the composer OckMi Han has led to several world premier concerts and recitals. A prize winner in the Artists International Piano Competition and the National Korean Young Adults Competition, Dr. Lee performs both as a soloist as a chamber musician. She is active as a member of the performance division of the Korean Piano Society and the SungSim Piano Quartet. She is also well-known as a collaborator with a variety of artists such as modern dancers and traditional Korean performance art. She has collaborated with the Modern Music and Dance Ensemble in Italy and as performed and created innovative electronic compositions with dancers, musicians and composers. She also performs regularly with the Grand Piano Concert series throughout Korea.

Dr. Lee has performed in the master classes of Martin Canin, Paul Posnak, and William Doppmann. She received her master’s degree from New York University and her doctoral degreee from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She has studied with YoungSook Kim, Sara Davis Buechner, Marilyn Neeley, and Jose Ramos Santana.

A dedicated teacher, Dr. Lee is a professor of music at Kangwon National University in Korea. She has worked in the past as a lecturer at the Catholic University of America and as a professor at the Catholic University of Korea. Additionally, Dr. Lee has taught piano at various art high schools in Korea.

*J. S. BACH

French Suite-BWV 816 &817

Partita-BWV 825&826

Toccata-BWV 910&916

Italian Concerto BWV 971

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903 Cantata BWV 208 “Sheep may safely graze”

*F. Haydn

Numerous Piano Sonatas

*W. A. Mozart

Numerous Piano Sonatas

Variation- KV.180, KV.265, KV.354, KV.455

*L.V.Beethoven

Sonata- Op.2, No.1 Op.2, No.2 Op.2, No.3 Op.7

Op.10, No.2 Op.10, No.3 Op.13 “Pathetique”

Op.27, No.1 Op.27, No.2 “Moonlight” Op.31, No.1 Op.31, No.2 “Tempest” Op.53 “Waldstein” Op.54 Op.109 Op.110 Op.111

Variation-WoO 70, WoO 78 “Rage over a Lost Penny ” Op.129 Piano Trio- Op.97 “Archduke”

*F. Schubert

Sonata- D.664, D.845, D.958

Impromptu- D. 899, No.1, No.3, No.4 D. 935, No.3

Wanderer Fantasy D. 760

Op.14, No.1

*F. Mendelssohn

Song without words Rondo Capriccioso Op.14 Variation Op.54

Piano Trio Op.49

*F. Chopin

Ballade- Op.23, Op.38, Op.47

Etude-Op.10 No.1, 4, 5,8,9,12, Op.25, no.2, 3,4,5,8, 9, 11, 12 Impromptus-Op.66

Scherzos-Op.20, Op.31, Op.54

Sonata- Op.35

Mazurkas

Waltzes

Polonaises -Op.53, Op.61

Bolero Op.19

*F.Liszt

Sposalizio

Sonetto 47, 104, 123 del Petrarca

2 Legends of St. Francis

Hungarian Rhapsody- No.2 f# minor, No.6 Db Major, No.12 Db Major Mephisto Waltze No.1

Sonata in B minor

Ballade No.2, S.171

Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto

Etude-Transecendentales etude No.8, 10

Paganini etude No.6

*R. Schumann

8 Fantasiestucke op. 12

Sonata Op.22

ABEGG-Variation Op.1

Etudes Symphoniques Op.13

Papillons Op.2

Piano Quintet-Op.44

*J. Brahms

Sonata Op.5

Klavierstucke Op.76, Op.118

Variations Op.24

Piano Quintet Op.34

Piano Trio Op.101

*A. Scriabin

Etude Op.8 No.2, 3, 12 Sonata Op.53