Sanghie Lee, D.M.A.

Dr. Sanghie Lee is an accomplished pianist. She recently won the Bronze winner of NTD International Piano Competition in 2019. She also has won first prizes in many other competitions, including the Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition in 2015, where she also won a special award for Best Interpretation of an American Composer’s Work. She won second prize at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition in 2014 performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1, which she also performed with the University of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2016. She has been invited to the Alaska e-Piano Competition and Beethoven International Piano Competition in Bonn, Germany. She also won numerous first prizes at major competitions in Korea such as the Beethoven Piano Competition of Korea, Haneum Piano Competition, and Korea Piano Duo Association Competition.

An active chamber musician, Dr. Lee is the leader of piano trio Canorus, which won second prize at the 2017 OSTA (Ohio String Teachers Association) Chamber Music Competition; the trio has also won first prize at the 2016 CCM Chamber Music Competition and second prize in 2015. With other chamber groups, she has performed over 50 chamber recitals since 2013. At the Korea Piano Duo Association Competition in Seoul, she won the Grand Prize for her piano duo recital performance.

Dr. Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea and started playing the piano at the age of 5. A musical prodigy, she won the first prize in competition at age 8 and went on to attend Yewon School & Seoul Arts High School. She studied with Prof. Shin at Yonsei University, receiving scholarships and earning both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music. Moving to the United States for further studies, she first earned her Performer Diploma at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University, under Prof. Emile Naoumoff. She then went to the College-Conservatory of Music of University of Cincinnati and earned her D.M.A. and Artist Diploma under the guidance of Prof. James Tocco, Eugene Pridonoff, and Elisabeth Pridonoff with full scholarship.

Dr. Lee has been invited to perform at music festivals and recitals in Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu in Korea, and Cincinnati, Kalamazoo, Bloomington, New York in the United States, including the Young Artist Musician’s Festival by Eumyoun, New Rising Star Debut Recital, and Young Artist Piano Recital. She performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Yonsei University Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the school’s Concerto Competition. She currently serves as a collaborative artist at the University of North Georgia.