Sungil Lee

Sungil Lee, first violinist with the American Sinfonietta, is a graduate of the Juilliard School and received his Master Degree at the Mannes School of Music in New York. He studied with a number of distinguished artists including, Oscar Shumsky, Felix Galimir, Nathan Milstein, George Kast, Eudice Shapiro, and Ljerko Spiller and has appeared as soloist with the Charlotte Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

A prizewinner at the Paganini International Violin Competition, the Washington International Competition, the Bach International Competition, and the Grand Prize winner in the Orange County Young Musicians Competition in California, Mr. Lee went on to take top honors in the Jukia Klumpkey Scholarship Competition in San Francisco, California.

Sungil Lee has been Artist in Residence at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Concertmaster of the Charlotte Symphony. His chamber music experience includes playing in the Shadyside Chamber Series (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and the Carnegie Mellon Art Institute Chamber Series, with the Meliora Quartet and with the Collegium Musicum in Buenos Aires.