VIOLIN 2019 : Fourth Prize
Shannon Lee
is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, where she studied under Ida Kavafian and Arnold Steinhardt before going on to study information science at Columbia University. She has followed masterclasses given by, among others, Miriam Fried, Boris Kushnir, and Rainer Schmidt and has begun to study for a master’s at the Cleveland Institute under Jaime Laredo. She has impressed at the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation, Indianapolis, and Naumburg competitions. Shannon Lee has played with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony, the Lewisville Lake Symphony, the Arkansas Symphony, the West Virginia Symphony, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the Fresno Philharmonic, and the Phoenix Symphony. She is a founder member of the Bicycle String Trio, which has played at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
Teachers
2018 - : Jan Sloman
2018 - : Jaime Laredo
2013 - 2016: Ida Kavafian
2013 - 2016: Arnold Steinhardt
2009 - 2013: David Nadien
Degrees
2018 - : Master of Music, Cleveland Institute
2013 - 2016: Performance Diploma, Curtis Institute
2009 - 2013: Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University
Concerts
2019: Kulas Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute Orchestra, Stefan Sanderling
2017: Festival Tent, Purgatory, Music in the Mountains Festival, Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra, Guillermo Figueroa
Competitions
2018: 6th, Indianapolis
2018: 2nd, Naumburg