Noah Lee

Founder & President

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Noah captured first prize at the 7th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Montreux, Switzerland and grand prize at the 10th International Antonio Janigro Cello Competition in Porec, Croatia, becoming the first and only US cellist to be given these distinctions. Noah is the 2016 Davidson fellow, an award given by the Davidson institute for talent development for demonstration of an extraordinary accomplishment. He was selected as a 2017 YoungArts finalist by the National Foundation of the Advancement of the Arts. He participated in 36th annual YoungArts week in Miami, where he was awarded their highest $10,000 gold award. He is a US 2018 US Presidential Scholar in the Arts, selected by The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and Department of Education. Moreover, he was awarded the 2018 Korean Honors Scholarship given by the Korean Consulate of Washington DC. Additionally, he was named a 2017 nominee of the International Classical Music Awards in Europe. He was invited as a soloist to perform with the Ensemble Esperanza at the 2017 Next Generation Festival in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. Recently, invited by the renown conductor, Kumnanse, he had his orchestral debut in South Korea with the Seongnam Phillharmonic Orchestra. He studied with Richard Aaron at the Juilliard School, pre-college division. Other influential teachers include Soo Lee, Hans Jensen and Julie Albers. Noah is pursuing undergraduate studies at Harvard University and graduate studies at New England Conservatory studying with Larry Lesser.