Yesong Sophie Lee
United States, 22
After winning First Prize at the 2016 Menuhin International Violin Competition, Yesong Sophie Lee gained international recognition as a leading young artist of her generation. She is a prize winner of the Sibelius, Seoul and Montreal international violin competitions, where she received the Prize for Best Virtuoso Work. She is a recipient of Salon de Virtuosi’s Charlotte White Career Grant. Lee has appeared as soloist with the Helsinki Philharmonic, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Orchestra dei Cameristi Della Scala, and others throughout Europe and North America.
Teachers:
Kolja Blacher 2024 – present
Shmuel Ashkenasi 2018 – 2023
Preliminaries
Sonata No. 6 in E major — E. Ysaÿe
Caprice No. 5, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Grand Caprice on Schubert’s Der Erlkönig, Op. 26 — H. W. Ernst
Sonata in E minor, K. 304 — W. A. Mozart
Albumblatt — R. Wagner (arr. A. Wilhelmj)
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 — L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 2, WV 91 — E. Schulhoff
Caprice d’après l’Étude en forme de Valse, Op. 52 — C. Saint-Saëns/Ysaÿe
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112 — B. Bartók
