Pianist Yejin Lee is an active soloist and chamber musician based in the United States. Dr. Lee’s performances have been praised for her “coloristic and poetic expressions” and “compelling and thrilling rhythmic senses,” and she has been invited to perform in many prestigious venues around the world. Dr. Lee had her solo debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York City as an invitation from the internationally recognized Annual Velia International Music Festival. 

Dr. Lee is a top prize winner at a number of national and international competitions, including the Dallas International Piano Competition, Kingsville International Piano Competition, Wideman International Piano Competition, Oberlin International Piano Competition, and Korean Chopin Piano Competition. Her performances have also been broadcasted live on WCLV from the Cleveland Play House, held at the Cultural Art Center in Jaen, Spain and the Tyler Recital Hall in Florida, and YongSan Art Hall in Seoul, Korea. She was also featured as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center, where she gave a number of collaborative recitals. Dr. Lee has also performed at various music festivals and masterclasses, including the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria, Piano Texas International Academy & Festival, and Banff Music Festival, where she shared musical inspiration with great pedagogues and pianists in this century like Richard Goode, Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Hough, John O’Conor, John Perry, and Karl-Heinz Kammering. She continues to frequently give community recitals in the greater DC area. 

Dr. Lee was granted a full scholarship for the entirety of her musical studies. She graduated with honors, being the second recipient since its inception, from the Oberlin Conservatory under Haewon Song. While enrolled in the Honors Program, Ms Lee recorded Schubert’s entire Impromptus and three Schubert-Lizst song transcriptions, all under Oberlin Conservatory’s sponsorship. Her passion for ensemble music led her to pursue a double major in Vocal Accompanying under Philip Highfill. She also worked as a graduate assistant in accompanying while earning her Masters and Doctorate degrees at the Peabody Conservatory under Boris Slutsky. 

Dr. Lee currently resides in Northern Virginia, and is a faculty member at the Washington Conservatory of Music as well as a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University. She is also a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association (NVMTA), where she manages a private studio. Her students have been awarded and participated in recitals and competitions, and Dr. Lee has been invited to judge Elizabeth R. Davis Memorial Competition, MSMTA Concerto Competition and High School Competition.

Not only a pianist, Yejin is also the founder and artistic director of the house music concert series Matinee-M, where she organizes a series of diverse concert programs. She continues to engage with audiences and students in the community.

D.M.A. and M.M., Piano Performance, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

B.M., Piano Performance and Vocal Accompanying, Oberlin Conservatory, honors recipient, 2nd person in history