Myong-Joo Lee

Dr. Myong-joo Lee began her solo career at the age of fourteen with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and since then made her successful New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall and other appearances such as recitals at the Frick Collection, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Flagler Museum of Art in Palm Beach, among others. In addition, her orchestra appearances include Rumanian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Chamber Orchestra, Sewanee Festival Orchestra among others throughout US and broadcasts on WQXR in New York and WCLV in Cleveland.

In addition, Dr. Lee has been a top prize winner of several national and international competitions including first prize winner at the Pro Piano Artist Series Competition in New York, Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition and has received prizes at the Guild International Piano Competition, Cleveland International Competition, Chopin Kosciuzko Piano Competition in New York among others.

Dr. Lee has been an active teacher for both pre-college and college students have consistently won top prizes at prestigious international and national piano competitions including Cooper International Piano Competition (Formerly known as Oberlin International Piano Competition), Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, Los Angeles Philharmonic Bronislaw Kaper Young Artist Award Competition, Blount Slawson Young Artist Competition, Mondavi Young Artist National Competition, Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, Peninsula International Piano Competition,Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Piano Competition among others. Dr. Lee regularly presents master classes and workshops in the U.S. Asia and Europe and is frequently invited to various music festivals and adjudicate for numerous competitions.

Dr. Lee received her BM and MM degree from Indiana University, where she received the Beechler Memorial Scholarship during her undergraduate studies and served as an assistant instructor while working on Master degree. In addition, she earned her DMA degree at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where she was a teaching assistant for professor John Perry. Her other teachers include Paul Schenly, Leonard Hokanson, Michel Block, Zadel Skolovsky. She has also worked with Sergei Babayan and Shigeo Neriki.

Dr. Lee has been a member of the piano faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music, an assistant professor of piano at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA and piano faculty member in the Colburn Music Academy at The Colburn School in Los Angeles.

Dr. Lee teaches privately both in Los Angeles and Orange County.