Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Seungho Lee | 3rd Prize | Violin | 5th Edition | ENKOR Int'l Music Competition



Seungho Lee, Age 16
USA
Score: 83.01

Seungho Lee is in 10th grade at a High School in US and a student of Elizabeth Faidley. Seungho has performed in masterclasses for Ray Chen, Weigang Li, Vadim Gluzman, Lisa Batiashvili, Roger Tapping, and Cyrus Forough. He has placed in many competitions such as as United States Classical International Strings Competition, National Young Musicians Showcase Competition, National Young Maestro Competition, Russian Music Competition, Young Artists Competition, Camerata Artists International Solo Competition, International Grande Music Competition, and many more. Seungho has performed in Carnegie Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium, and at the Manhattan School of Music. In his freshman year, Seungho was the concertmaster for the New Jersey All-State Honors Chamber Orchestra, and was also selected to the All State Orchestra. In addition, as a member of New Jersey Youth Symphony, he won the 1st place in Symphonic Orchestra category in Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival and Competition in Vienna in the summer of 2017, and performed at Golden Hall of Musikverein, Great Hall of Wiener Konzerthaus, and Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest. In addition to violin, he has competitively played piano and trumpet. Besides music, Seungho aspires to study engineering and contribute to climate justice one day. He is a member of Robotics Club, Environmental Club, as well as the Sierra Club. He also enjoys ice hockey and movies, and plays tennis.

Violin concerto in E minor Op. 64 1st movement, Mendelssohn, 12:11,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx0qjIzpJ4g