Nathan Lee
| Nathan Lee | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 September 2001 |
| 💼 Occupation | Classical pianist |
| 📆 Years active | 2007-present |
Nathan Lee (born September 26, 2001) is a Korean-American pianist. He won first prize in the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Early life and education
Lee was born in 2001 and began playing the piano at the age of six.[1] In 2015, Lee placed first prize at the Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition[2] and later won top prizes in the junior division of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition[3] and the Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition.[4]
Career
At the age of 15, Nathan Lee won First Prize in the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, as well as fourteen additional special prizes.[5] Lee was later named to the Mortimer Levitt Piano Chair of Young Concert Artists and has since appeared as soloist with major American orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic.[6][7] Lee has collaborated with such conductors as Jorge Mester, JoAnn Falletta, Jahja Ling, and Ludovic Morlot.[8][9]
Reception
Lee has received mixed reviews in the media.
The New York Times and The SunBreak were enthusiastic about Lee's performances, while The Washington Post was slightly critical.
Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times described one of Lee's performances as "fearless" and described Lee as a pianist with "fluid technique and good musical instincts."[10][11]
The Washington Post described Lee as being "immensely self-assured, his relaxed demeanor at the piano due no doubt to the ample technical resources at his disposal. His playing is virtually note perfect. What was less discernible in Lee’s playing Sunday afternoon was the nascent sense of an original voice, that quality that lifts a performance from a simulacrum of the music to an authentic utterance, born of necessity."[12]
The SunBreak described another one of Lee's performances as "authoritative and decisive, sharp-edged, clearly delineated in the fastest runs, in all of which every note had its appropriate dynamic, the whole youthfully ebullient and fun."[13]
References
- ↑ "Nathan Lee Young Concert Artists". Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Piano prodigy Nathan Lee wins e-Piano Junior Competition". Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Lee Nathan". Gina Bachauer. 2016-05-19. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Cooper International Piano Competition: final round with Jahja Ling & The Cleveland Orchestra (July 22)". 2016-07-25. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Nathan Lee, Piano". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Nathan Lee's Kennedy Center Debut". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ↑ "MUSIC REVIEW: Cooper International Piano Competition". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Meet The Musicians, Nathan Lee". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Cooper International Piano Competition: final round with Jahja Ling & The Cleveland Orchestra (July 22)". Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ↑ "More Monteverdi: The Week's 8 Best Classical Music Moments on YouTube". The New York Times. 2017-10-27. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ "The New York Debut Recital of Nathan Lee" (PDF). Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Nathan Lee makes ambitious debut". Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Lee, Hagen, and Tao Shine in Prokofiev Fest's First Night at Seattle Symphony". 2018-01-20. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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