Join us to hear a performance by violinist SooBeen Lee. Ms. Lee is appearing by arrangement with Young Concert Artists, Inc.
Program
The program will be announced soon.
About the Artist
SooBeen Lee
Violinist SooBeen Lee has been praised by The Washington Post for her “poised presence, a luxurious sound, spot-on intonation, and a bow arm that surely will be the envy of her peers”. She has already appeared as soloist with every major Korean orchestra, including the Seoul and Busan Philharmonics and KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) Symphony Orchestra. Other distinctions include performances for former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, at the Blue House for the King and Queen of Malaysia, with China’s Wuhan Philharmonic at the Seoul Arts Center, and for many state guests in Korea.
As First Prize Winner of the 2014 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, SooBeen was also honored with The Slomovic Soloist Prize for support for her Washington, DC recital debut at the Kennedy Center, the Michaels Award, which provided support for her New York recital debut, and three performance prizes including the Korean Concert Society Prize. SooBeen made her New York concerto debut performing the Chausson Poème with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Alice Tully Hall.
SooBeen’s concerto appearances include the Detroit Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Plymouth Philharmonic, Longwood Symphony (Boston), Palm Beach Symphony, and the Aiken Symphony. She has presented recitals for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Buffalo Chamber Music Society, and the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC.
SooBeen began studying the violin at the age of four. At the 2022 Indianapolis Competition she was awarded the Special Prize “Best Performance of a Work by Paganini, Ernst or Milstein” for her performance of Milstein’s ‘Paganiniana Variations’. Following this success, SooBeen was a 3rd place laureate in the Concours musical international de Montréal. SooBeen was a student of Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory, where she performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto as winner of their Concerto Competition.
SooBeen plays a Giuseppe Guadagnini Cremona 1794 on loan from Kumho Cultural Foundation.
About the Concert
This performance begins at 3:00 pm. Join us an hour earlier for a pre-concert discussion about the music on the program. After the performance, you’ll have an opportunity to meet the artist(s) and learn about their backgrounds, interests, and career plans.
The suggested contribution for this concert is $40 per person, collected at the door. We accept cash, personal checks, and credit cards. Checks should be payable to “Core Memory Music”. All contributions go directly to our performing artists. Children under 18 are welcome to join us free of charge.
The address of the venue is 103 North Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Driving time from Providence, Newport, Westerly, and southeastern Connecticut is under an hour, and Kingston Station is only five miles away.
Reservations
If you’d like to attend this concert, send us an email with the full name of each person in your party. If seating is still available, we’ll confirm your reservation.
If you can’t attend the concert in person, we invite you to listen to the audio livestream (no reservation required).