Taos School of Music: Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee

Taos School of Music
Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
TUE, July 28, 7:30pm
 
Acclaimed pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, a distinguished Taos School of Music alumna and member of the Juilliard faculty, returns to Taos for her debut solo recital. Celebrated for her dazzling virtuosity, luminous sound, and searching musical intelligence, Lee brings extraordinary depth and electricity to every performance. This special recital offers a rare opportunity to hear an artist shaped in part by TSoM’s legacy, now returning as one of today’s most exceptional pianists. Join us for an unforgettable evening of brilliance, elegance, and expressive power.
 
Program
Debussy Selections from Préludes
Schumann Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Prokofiev (1891-1953) Selections from Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Prestini Mother Moon Songs (2022)
Scriabin Poème in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32, No.1
Scriabin Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28
 
About Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
'Huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style.' - The New York Times
First prize winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” and by the Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard.” As a Naxos recording artist, her discography spans a wide range of repertoire from two volumes of Scarlatti Sonatas, Liszt Opera Transcriptions, two volumes of Scriabin, and Clementi Sonatas. Ms. Lee’s recording of Re!nvented under the E1/Entertainment One (formerly Koch Classics) label garnered her a feature review in the Gramophone Magazine and the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year Award. A second prize and Mozart Prize winner of the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition and a laureate of the Santander International Piano Competition in Spain, she is a graduate of The Juilliard School where she was awarded the William Petschek Piano Debut Award at Lincoln Center and the Arthur Rubinstein Award upon graduation, and received her Doctor of Musical Arts from The Graduate Center, City University of New York. In 2022, Soyeon Kate Lee joined the piano faculty at the Juilliard School, and serves on the piano faculty at the Bowdoin International Music Festival during the summers. She resides in New York with her husband, pianist Ran Dank, and their two children, Noah and Ella.