Chaeyeon Lee
South Korea, 22
Chaeyeon Lee is the Third Prize winner at the Jascha Heifetz International Violin Competition and First Prize winner at the Incheon International Violin Competition. She made her solo debut at Kumho Art Hall through the Kumho Prodigy Concert. As a soloist, she performed with the Euro Sinfonietta Wien Orchestra and was invited to the Mantova Music Festival in Italy. She graduated from Seoul National University and will begin her master’s studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Fall 2026.
Teachers:
Erin Keefe 2026 – present
Dami Kim 2022 – 2025
Bonju Koo 2014 – 2021
Preliminaries
Sonata in G major, K. 301 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice Nos. 2 and 11, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Sonata No. 3 in D minor — E. Ysaÿe
Sérénade espagnole — C. Chaminade (arr. F. Kreisler)
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Poème, Op. 25 — E. Chausson
Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 — B. Bartók
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 — J. Sibelius
