Nathan Lee
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| genre = Classical music
| occupation = Classical pianist
| instrument = Piano
| years_active = 2007–present
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Nathan Hongwon Lee (born September 26, 2001) is a Korean-American pianist. Described by The New York Times as a "prodigiously talented" pianist with "musical insight and sensitivity",{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/arts/music/classical-music-youtube-spotify.html |title=A Label in Need: The Week in Classical Music |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=May 18, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 24, 2019 |author-link=Anthony Tommasini |url-access=limited}} Lee was a winner of the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
Career
Lee was born in 2001 and began playing the piano at the age of six.{{Cite web |url=https://www.yca.org/artist/nathan-lee/ |title=Nathan Lee, piano |website=Young Concert Artists |access-date=November 21, 2018}} At the age of 15, Lee was one of four winners in the 2016 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and won a record fourteen additional concert prizes (opportunities to perform).{{Cite web |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/10/24/NATHAN-LEE-0830PM |title=Nathan Lee, Piano – Tuesday, October 24, 2017 8:30 PM Zankel Hall |website=Carnegie Hall |access-date=December 22, 2018}} 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 Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic.{{Cite web |url=http://artseditor.com/site/nathan-lees-kennedy-center-debut/ |title=Nathan Lee's Kennedy Center Debut |date=January 21, 2018 |website=ArtsEditor.com |access-date=December 22, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://coolcleveland.com/2016/07/music-review-cooper-international-piano-competition-by-kelly-ferjutz/ |title=Music Review: Cooper International Piano Competition |last=Ferjutz |first=Kelly |date=July 26, 2016 |website=Cool Cleveland |access-date=December 22, 2018}}
Lee has collaborated with such conductors as Jorge Mester, JoAnn Falletta, Teddy Abrams, Jahja Ling, and Ludovic Morlot.{{Cite web |url=https://seattlesymphony.org/about/meetthemusicians/theorchestra/artists/i-p/lee-nathan |title=Meet The Musicians, Nathan Lee |website=Seattle Symphony |access-date=December 22, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://clevelandclassical.com/cooper-international-piano-competition-final-round-with-jahja-ling-the-cleveland-orchestra-july-22/ |title=Cooper International Piano Competition: final round with Jahja Ling & The Cleveland Orchestra (July 22) |last=Hathaway |first=Daniel |website=Cleveland Classical |access-date=December 22, 2018}}
References
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Category:American classical pianists
Category:Male classical pianists
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