NATCHITOCHES – Dr. Yunjung Lee and Dr. Dong Yeol Hong of Indiana State University will present a recital at Northwestern State University on Monday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. The concert is open to the public. There is no admission charge. A livestream will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capalivestream.
Lee and Hong will play works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Reinhold Gliére, Isang Yun and Erwin Shulhoff.
Lee, a Korean violinist and conductor, is an active performer, appearing as a soloist with many orchestras, such as the Greece Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Korean Symphony Orchestra, and many others, as well as in international music festivals participating in the Music Academy of the West, the Brevard Music Festival, the Orford Art Center and the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico.
Lee was the first artist-in-residence at Valley Manor, a senior living facility in Rochester, New York. She was selected for the position by the Eastman School of Music and Valley Manor. In 2018, she has also appeared as a speaker/performer in “The Sound of Connection,” a presentation of TEDxRochester series of events, and in “Outreach activities carry the beauty of Music to everywhere,” a presentation of 2022 American String Teachers Association National Conference.
Lee earned her Bachelor in violin performance, and Master’s and Doctoral degrees in violin performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Zvi Zeitlin and Federico Agostini. Currently, Yunjung Lee is an Assistant Professor and Director of String Activities at Indiana State, where she teaches violin, viola and directs the ISU Symphony Orchestra.
Hong is a string chamber ensemble Instructor and also teaches privately in Terre Haute. He was previously a cello instructor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a graduate teaching assistant. Hong also instructed cello at the Moscow Conservatory Pre-College as a cello teaching assistant.
As a guest artist, he has performed and taught at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Indiana State University, Delta State University and Mississippi University for Women. Hong has appeared as a soloist with the Korea National Orchestra and Moscow Pre-college Chamber Orchestra. As a dedicated chamber musician, Hong has performed with many faculty members from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music among others.
This summer Hong will join the faculty of the Montecito International Music Festival. Previous festival appearances have included the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Moscow Conservatory Chamber Music Festival, American Choral Directors Association Festival, New Music on the Bayou and Classical Music Festival in Austria. Hong has claimed top prizes in the Korea National Symphony Orchestra International Competition, Korea Youth Competition, Second Prize of the Moscow Pre Conservatory Ensemble Competition, Moscow Conservatory International Competition, Moscow Contemporary Music Competition and CBS Korea Broadcast International Competition.
