Haerim (Liz) Lee

Korean violinist, Haerim Elizabeth Lee, captivates audiences by "leaving them breathless with impeccable phrasing and relevant musicality." (El Norte, Mexico). Elizabeth has developed a playing style indicative of the very essence of her personality: passionate, deliberate, and often witty. In 2015, Ms. Lee performed as concertmaster alongside Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center Honors concert in Washington, D.C., to recognize Maestro Seiji Ozawa, an event attended by former President Barack Obama. Following her solo debut with orchestra at nine years old, she has been a guest soloist with the Winston-Salem Symphony, Symphony of the Mountains, New Amsterdam Symphony, Chelsea Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Unal, Seoul Virtuosi, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Olimpia and Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinu. As a performing artist and scholar, Ms. Lee has established herself as a visionary and was the first recipient of the Tarisio Young Artist Grant, serving as the Artistic Director of MoKo Musik to promote and commission Korean music. She is also the Co-Artistic Director of the Innsbrook Music Festival in Missouri and is a co-founder of Texas Chamber Music Institute.

Performing within the intimate setting of chamber music is one of Ms. Lee's most cherished experiences. As part of Evita String Quartet, she received a Bronze Medal Award from the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and she has also collaborated with world-renowned artists such as Robert McDuffie, Stephan Picard, Barry Shiffman, David Halen, Christopher Rex, and Todd Palmer. Elizabeth has participated in numerous music venues and festivals, including the John F. Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Rackham Auditorium, Prussia Cove International Music Seminar, Banff Centre, Aspen Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, Heifetz International Music Festival, Spoleto Music Festival USA, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Sarasota Music Festival.

Ms. Lee possesses a progressive philosophy when it comes to exploring and premiering works by living composers. She has worked with Thomas Adès and has performed the Canadian premiere of Bright Sheng's piano quintet at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Ms. Lee recorded the premiere recording of pieces by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Michael Daugherty and has also performed the North American premiere of Unsuk Chin's Double Bind. Her deep-rooted love for collaboration has resulted in innovative collaborations with complementary, yet unconventional, art forms, including exhibits with the Boston Architecture School, the New York Fashion Show, and performances with choreographers and dancers. Ms. Lee immigrated from Deajeon, South Korea, at the age of eight to pursue a music scholarship at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts from the New England Conservatory and, subsequently, her Master of Music from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. While pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan, Elizabeth also studied at the Paris Conservatoire with support from the ERASMUS program.

Elizabeth's debut album, My Time is Now (INNOVA), is the first-ever recording to feature George Gershwin's recently restored Steinway piano from his New York apartment, and has received critical acclaim. "No one can do justice to this music without swagger and swing, and (Ms. Lee) has plenty of it. After three hearings, this album continues to enchant me; it's a keeper. (Performing Arts Monterey Bay). As a passionate educator, Ms. Lee mentors the faculty at an El Sistema-inspired program in New York, the Harmony Program and is currently the Director of Chamber Music and an Assistant Violin Professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

• Recording- “My Time Is Now”- Innova Label
• Co-Artistic Director- Innsbrook Music and Academy
• Artistic Director of MoKo Musik