Praised as “exceptional” by South Wales Evening Post, Mari has performed extensively throughout the UK, Europe, and the United States in such prominent venues as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Le Fesitival de Radio France Montpellier, Centrum Kultury Zamek Poland, West Road Concert Hall, and the Jordan Hall. Winner of Werner-Stiefel Prize at the Carl Flesch Academy Baden-Baden and the youngest semifinalist at the 2008 Long-Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris, she has appeared as a soloist with the London Mozart Players and Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Pavel Baleff.
An avid chamber musician, Mari was a fellow at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute in 2010 and 2011. Artists she has collaborated with include Kim Kashkashian, Atar Arad, Lawrence Lesser, and James Galway.
Mari’s interest in musical community engagement has led her to participate in numerous outreach programs in the UK, as well as performing in benefit of BBC’s Children in Need, Prince’s Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and Music for Food in Boston. In 2012, she was a participant at the Institute for Musicianship and Public Service, a program aimed to unite artistry and public service offered by Community Musicworks in Rhode Island.
Born in Japan in 1990, Mari was accepted into the Yehudi Menuhin School at the age of 11 where she studied with Natasha Boyarsky. She currently studies with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory of Music where she holds a full scholarship and is the recipient of Irene M. Stare Presidential Scholarship. Mari plays on 1764 Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi kindly provided by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.
Mari Lee, Violin
Biography
Praised as “exceptional” by South Wales Evening Post, Mari has performed extensively throughout the UK, Europe, and the United States in such prominent venues as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Le Fesitival de Radio France Montpellier, Centrum Kultury Zamek Poland, West Road Concert Hall, and the Jordan Hall. Winner of Werner-Stiefel Prize at the Carl Flesch Academy Baden-Baden and the youngest semifinalist at the 2008 Long-Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris, she has appeared as a soloist with the London Mozart Players and Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Pavel Baleff.
An avid chamber musician, Mari was a fellow at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute in 2010 and 2011. Artists she has collaborated with include Kim Kashkashian, Atar Arad, Lawrence Lesser, and James Galway.
Mari’s interest in musical community engagement has led her to participate in numerous outreach programs in the UK, as well as performing in benefit of BBC’s Children in Need, Prince’s Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and Music for Food in Boston. In 2012, she was a participant at the Institute for Musicianship and Public Service, a program aimed to unite artistry and public service offered by Community Musicworks in Rhode Island.
Born in Japan in 1990, Mari was accepted into the Yehudi Menuhin School at the age of 11 where she studied with Natasha Boyarsky. She currently studies with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory of Music where she holds a full scholarship and is the recipient of Irene M. Stare Presidential Scholarship. Mari plays on 1764 Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi kindly provided by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.