Jinsang Lee

Who is Jinsang Lee?

Jinsang Lee is a South Korean classical pianist.

Born in Seoul, Lee began his education at Korea National University of Arts, where he attended the classes of Professor Daejin Kim. He graduated in 2003. Subsequently he journeyed to Europe to pursue further studies: from 2003 to 2006 at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg as a pupil of Professors Wolfgang Manz and Julia Goldstein, and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and under guidance of Professor Pavel Gililov.

Lee won first prizes at the International Piano Competition Cologne in 2005 and at the Hong Kong International Piano Competition in August 2008. In Zurich he not only walked off with the winner's prize at the Concours Géza Anda 2009, but the Audience Prize as well, in addition to winning the Mozart Prize and the Schumann Prize for the best interpretation of his work.

Jinsang Lee has performed concerts with renowned conductors, such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christopher Warren-Green, Peter Gülke, Heinz Holliger, Eivind Gullberg-Jensen, Michail Jurowski, Roman Kofman, Ola Rudner and Muhai Tang. He has performed with famous orchestras, e.g. the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. His concert activity has taken him to various countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, France, Italy, Russia, as well as North and South America and Asia. He presents at the several festivals, such as Busoni Festival, International Chamber Music Festival of Cervo, Lucerne Festival, Menuhin Festival, Montreux Festival, Piano Festival Ruhr his impressive, profound music world. Numerous invitations led him on the international concert stage, e.g. Konzerthaus Berlin, Louvre Museum, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Meistersingerhalle Nuremberg, Tonhalle Zurich and Konzerthaus Vienna.