Brightmusic Society of Oklahoma presents:
 

Gregory Lee

An outstanding violinist with virtuosic brilliance, Gregory Lee made his debut winning the title of “Most Promising Violinist” at the age of 13 in the Victoria League Competition.  Soon after, he won first prize at the Geelong Advertiser National Instrumental Competition.  He was the winner of numerous competitions, including the Special Jury Commendation Award of  Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Corpus Christi Competition, Dorcas McClean Competition, Wenkart Orchestral Competition.

The Sydney-born violinist was accepted to study with the renown pedagogue, Dorothy DeLay in New York at the age of seventeen.  Upon graduating from The Juilliard School, he received a fellowship to the University of Michigan, where he completed his Masters and Doctorate studies in Violin Performance with Professor Paul Kantor.  

Dr. Lee has collaborated with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, David Robertson, John Williams and Placido Domingo.  In addition to being an active member of the Rosseels Quartet he took part in the Aspen Music Festival (as a fellowship recipient) and Schleswig-Holstein Orchestra in Germany.  In masterclasses, he has played for Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin, Igor Oistrakh, Ivry Gitlis and Oleh Krysa. 

During his three years in Los Angeles, Lee was a regular member of the Pacific Symphony and Long Beach Symphony Orchestras.  He has also worked with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, California Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and Australian Chamber Orchestra.  He has also recorded for many Hollywood motion pictures scores at 20^th Century Fox, Sony/MGM, Warner Bros, Paramount and Capital Records.

As Assistant Professor of Violin at Tunghai University Taiwan from 2004 to 2007, Dr. Lee established himself to be a highly sought after performer and teacher.  In addition to frequent solo and chamber music performances around the island, he has judged numerous national competitions and the National University Entrance auditions. 

Gregory Lee’s frequent solo performances include a recent joint performance of the Bach “Double” Violin Concerto with violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and ABC’s “Sunday Live" Recital radio broadcast in Australia. He has performed concertos by Dvorak, Paganini, Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky and Bruch with various orchestras and gives regular recital tours in the U.S., Asia and Australia.  

Gregory Lee is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of Okalahoma and has recently been appointed concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.