Violinist Lee Moon-kyung releases Tchaikovsky recording
By Yun Suh-young
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Violinist Lee Moon-kyung released her first Tchaikovsky recording earlier this month on Navona Records.
The album, "Tchaikovsky Works for Violin & Orchestra," was recorded at Angel Studios in London with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miran Vaupotic and directed by double-Grammy winning sound engineer Steve Price.
The album includes recordings such as Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, Meditation in d minor from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42, and Serenade Melancolique in b-flat minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26.
Lee has a bachelor's degree from Boston's New England Conservatory, a master's from Yale University and a Ph.D. from New York University. She was the first classical string performer recipient of the NYU/Steinhardt Doctoral Fellowship. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Seoul.
She has performed in various global venues, such as Berlin Konzerthaus, Dvorak and Smetana Halls in Prague, and the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, as well as at music festivals such as the International Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and the Banff Center for the Arts in Banff, Canada. She has regularly been featured as a solo performer on KBS’ “Classic Odyssey.”
She debuted at the Merkin Concert Hall of the Kaufman Center in New York and frequently performs recitals in New York, Boston and Seoul.
She is an award recipient of the Luigi Zanuccoli International Competition and the Padova International Competition.
She plays a Vuillaume violin made in 1845 previously owned by Jack Benny.