Yoonseo Lee
South Korea, 24
Yoonseo Lee was named Solo Winner of the 2026 Frances Walton Competition, a prizewinner at the 2026 Dorothy J. Bales Competition, and received Second Prize at the 2021 HKGNA International Music Competition. She has appeared as soloist with the State Philharmonic Sibiu, Tokyo Prime Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Seoul Orchestra, and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been featured in the Kumho Young Artist Concert Series and the PyeongChang Music Festival, and was invited to perform in a special concert hosted by the Queen of Belgium. She performs on a Tomasso Balestrieri violin.
Teachers:
Donald Weilerstein 2025 – present
Ju-Young Baek 2021 – 2025
Nam Yun Kim 2007 – 2023
Sunny Lee 2015 – 2018
Preliminaries
Sonata in C major, K. 303 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice Nos. 11 and 24, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Sonata No. 3 in D minor — E. Ysaÿe
Romance, Op. 78, No. 2a — J. Sibelius
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 — R. Strauss
Poème, Op. 25 — E. Chausson
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 — W. A. Mozart
Schön Rosmarin — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 — J. Brahms
