Sean Lee
Sean Lee, violinist, was recently awarded the 2nd Prize of the 2008 Young Concert Artists, Inc. International Auditions and 3rd Prize at the 52nd "Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition in 2008.
Mr. Lee has performed throughout the United States as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician. As a recitalist, he has performed at Neue Galerie in New York and on the Artists Ascending series in Memphis, Tennessee. He has also appeard as a soloist with the Orchestra Del Teatro Carlo Felice, Westchester Symphony, Peninsula Symphony, Torrance Symphony, and Redlands Symphony.
A recipient of many awards, Mr. Lee was one of 130 artists who received the young ARTS Award from the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts. Mr. Lee received the 2005 Emerging Young Artist Award in Music from the California Alliance for Arts Education.
He performs with the LK String Quartet, and recently collaborated in chamber music performances with violinist Miriam Fried at Ravinia Festival, cellist Ronald Leonard and pianist/composer Lukas Foss at Festival of the Hamptons, and with other distinguished artists including Vivian Weilerstein, Paul Katz, and Itzhak Perlman.
Mr. Lee has appeared at the Sarasota Music Festival and Ravinia Music Festival. He is faculty member with the LK String Quartet at the summer educational program Chamber Music at the Rockies, and also performed, taught and conducted at the Montecito Summer Music Festival's inaugural season.
Cellist Susannah Chapman is well-established as a chamber musician, soloist, contemporary music interpreter, and performer in leading cham-ber orchestras. The principal cellist of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, she is a former member of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and currently performs regularly with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Ms. Chapman performs with the Bang-on-a-Can All-Stars, the cello quartet "Cello", and is a member of Cygnus, a contemporary music sex-tet with its own series at Merkin Hall, and residencies at both Sarah Lawrence College and City University of New York.
Ms. Chapman is a founding member of the string trio Trigon and spent several summers at the Marlboro Music Festival. She holds a Doctorate of Music from SUNY Stony Brook, and is the cello instructor at Sarah Lawrence College.
Bedford Chamber Concerts Season 2011-2012
