David Lee

Strings

Korean American Cellist David Lee was born in LA, United States, and later in South
Korea, he studied with Cellists Domzal Jaroslaw, John Koen, and Kyung-suk Park. He
was selected for membership in the Daegu Genius Youth Orchestra and participated in
its concert tour with performances at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and in New York
City at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. He has participated in numerous young artist
music competitions, taking first prizes in the competition of the Gyeongbuk Arts, the
Junior Cello Competition of the Music Association of Korea, and the Junior Competition
of Eumak-Chunchu in Seoul.

Mr. Lee won first prize at the TBC Concours, earning a performance with the Daegu
Philharmonic Orchestra. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory studying with Darrett Adkins. In the United States and abroad, Lee has continued to enter music competitions. He was invited to the Czech Republic to participate and perform in the first round of the Prague Spring International Music Competition, and he took home the gold prize and Agnew Bach Prize from the Cleveland Cello Society Competition.

Mr. Lee also won the Oberlin Conservatory Concerto Competition, presenting him the opportunity to perform the Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante with Oberlin Orchestra conducted by Raphael Jimenez in 2022. Mr. Lee was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Juilliard School for a Master of Music degree studying with Joel Krosnick. He won Frist Prize at the 16th LISMA
Competition, New York International Young Musician Competition and Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition. In addition he won Grand Prize at the Prodigy International Music Competition, and the Second prize in the American Virtuoso International Competition.