Jung-min Amy Lee
violin

Violinist Amy Lee has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Amy made her solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fifteen at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. Three years later, she appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra again at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Following her debut, she has performed with orchestras including Germany's Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Curtis Chamber Orchestra, National Gallery Orchestra (Washington DC), Peninsula Symphony(San Francisco), Kennett Square Symphony(PA), Lower Merion Symphony(PA), Temple University Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra(NM) among many others, and was heard in a concert broadcast on Philadelphia public radio as both soloist and concertmaster with the Temple Youth Chamber Orchestra. Amy has achieved notable success at competitions both in America and abroad, most recently capturing first prize at San Francisco's prestigious Irving M. Klein International String Competition and at Corpus Christi International Competition for piano and strings.

In addition to her solo career, Amy has received widespread critical acclaim as a chamber musician, performing frequently on both violin and viola. She serves as first violinist in the Koryo String Quartet, an ensemble formed with three fellow Curtis students in 2001 which has performed to enthusiastic audiences across the country, has been featured at Music from Angel Fire (NM), and most recently was signed to the roster of Astral Artistic Services, Philadelphia's premiere artist management company. As both a chamber and orchestral musician, Amy has traveled the world, participating in celebrated music festivals and programs including the Marlboro Music Festival (VT), Aspen Music Festival (CO), Kneisel Hall (ME), Sarasota Festival (FL), Verbier Academy (Switzerland), the Library of Congress Juilliard Quartet Seminar (Washington DC), Carl Flesch Akademie (Germany), Mozarteum Summer Academy (Salzburg), and Jaime Laredo's New York String Orchestra Seminar.

She served as concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and, in 2004, toured Japan's Hyogo prefecture as soloist with the Curtis Chamber Orchestra, led by Joseph Silverstein. In addition to performing, Amy has participated in masterclasses in America and Europe, has studied with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, including Yumi Scott and Choong Jin Chang (principal violist).

Amy graduated in May 2005 with a Bachelor's degree in violin from Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with renowned violinist Ida Kavafian. She is currently studying at The Juilliard School as a Maters of Music candidate under Ronald Copes and Donald Weilerstein.