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Harvard Business School Presents: Asia Business Conference 2019 Women in Business: The Game Changers

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Becoming a Founder: From the Female Entrepreneurs of Asia

Each founder has a different story and approach to starting their company. What was the vision and how do you stay committed to it while creating a sustainable business out of it? What were some of the personal challenges, sacrifices, and regrets from this journey? Hear from successful female entrepreneurs based in Asia who started their companies across various industries ranging from healthcare, transportation, music, and investing.

EDITOR'S CHOICE! Clarinet & Saxophone Magazine!

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Hidden Treasures Sheet Music Book (CD included) was selected as Editor's Choice on Clarinet & Saxophone Magazine in England! Thank You so much!
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REVIEW! THE CLARINET Magazine / September 2018 Issue

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"This recording is a series of beautiful works in which the star recordings are not the standards of the repertoire, but the more modern original works that are sure to be a delight to clarinetists looking for something new to perform. Lee's approach to the clarinet is unique and uncompromising, and her love for lyricism and romanticism is clear."  Amanda McCandless

WFMT features FULL CIRCLE in Lisa Fynn's New Releases

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Incredibly honored to be featured on WFMT Classic FM, Chicago's biggest classical radio station!! Thank you!

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"Last night, Seunghee Lee opened Charles R. Hale’s 2018 series “Thoroughly New York.” She was an unequivocal success.... I’d never experienced a classically trained musician of Seunghee Lee’s talent, combine superior musicality and riveting storytelling. A novel concept, superbly crafted.  It was an exceptional evening..." Review by Vincent Nauheimer

REVIEW! AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE May/June 2018 Issue

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Lee also offers some tuneful contemporary contributions, namely ‘Executive’ by Italian composer Michele Mangani, ‘Romance’ by Danish composer Bent Sorensen, ‘Coming Home’ by American composer Augusta Gross, and the Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden by the late British composer Paul Reade. The concert is well played. Lee has a pleasant, woody sound, expressive phrasing, and reliable fingers and articulation, and Gislinge adds great skill, clarity, and sensitivity… American Record Guide – May/June 2018, p.182

WQXR features FULL CIRCLE on "New at Two"

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So honored to have my latest album FULL CIRCLE with Katrine Gislinge be featured at WQXR’s “New at Two”!! It’s a dream come true moment!

REVIEW! THE WHOLE NOTE MAGAZINE

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"She is a player with indisputable technical strength and expressive tone..." The Whole Note

FULL CIRCLE is Featured on Diane Jones On The Air

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Diane Jones On The Air from Classic FM. 91.3 WCNY-FM Syracuse, featured my newest album, FULL CIRCLE in her weekly CD picks! 

Yale.NYC Interview

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Getting to Carnegie Hall after Years of Practice, Practice, Practice

SOLD OUT Debut Concert at Carnegie Hall

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Sold-Out Debut Concert at Carnegie Hall on December 4th, 2017! 

FULL CIRCLE | 60th GRAMMY AWARDS | FYC

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FULL CIRCLE album is on the BILLBOARD Magazine for 60th Grammy FYC!

Seunghee Lee and Friends CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT

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Come and join me as I celebrate my debut concert performing at Carnegie Hall! As life is never a straight arrow, I am so thankful and blessed to have found my way back to fully embrace my love for music once again! 

Newest Album~FULL CIRCLE

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Newest Album Full Circle is launched on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon!!"

Life’s journey is never a straight arrow but a set of continuous circles. Just as we are full of anticipation embarking on a new journey, we often find ourselves looking forward to coming back home with more gratitude, appreciation and a deeper understanding of what was already there…." excerpt from Full Circle program notes. 

HIDDEN TREASURES Sheet Music Book (CD Included) is NOW AVAILABLE in EUROPE! 💕​

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Edizioni Musicali "Eufonia" in Italy is now the exclusive distributor for Seunghee Lee's HIDDEN TREASURES Sheet Music Book (CD Included) throughout Europe!

CARL FISCHER MUSIC PUBLISHES_LUKAS FOSS_THREE AMERICAN PIECES (Edited by Seunghee Lee)

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"This edition of the beautiful Three American Pieces by Lukas Foss offers revisions by acclaimed clarinetist Seunghee Lee. As a student, Lee fell in love with clarinet icon Richard Stoltzman's original arrangement and would later work directly with Lukas Foss to improve the piece's playability for performance on the clarinet. Lee has been performing her version for years and in tandem with the release of this edition, she is also releasing the world-premiere recording of the piece on her album, Full Circle."

WFMT features SOLACE on Lisa Flynn's New Releases!

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SOLACE is featured on WFMT Chicago's Classical Radio as part of "New Releases" by Lisa Flynn! "Growing up in Chicago area, I used to fall asleep at night listening to WFMT radio, dreaming of someday hearing my own music on this radio station..." Seunghee Lee 

CLARINET MAGAZINE FEATURE REVIEW

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"Lee performs each work with the utmost sensitivity and musical conviction....Her activities as a recording artist have gained her critical acclaim in the pages of this publication and Fanfare, as well as consistently high rankings by classical radio stations on a global scale. Lee’s true passions lie in using the power of music to shed light on humanitarian issues and inspire philanthropy to counter them, which motivated her to found the recital series Concert for Cause...."

DELIGHT OF THE WEEK_WSCL RADIO

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"My Delight of the Week!  One of the difficult pleasures of my job is having to listen to many, many new releases, and then choosing a delight from amongst a selection of wonderful and often incredibly varied CDs.  Seunghee Lee is an artist whose work I simply enjoy.  She simply gets out of the way and makes beautiful music for us (amply aided by pianist Evan Solomon).  Her previous CD has been a staple of our playlist, and this CD, with a continuation of well-loved, "timeless classic" works is simply more of the same, in the best possible way.  While many of our listeners enjoy a challenge from time to time, the majority of our listeners simply want to hear and enjoy beautiful music.  Here it is - again!"

SOLACE-HEALING THROUGH MUSIC

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"When tragedy strikes our lives, time doesn’t heal wounds. Words of condolence are not enough to alleviate the painful heart, but once we start surrendering our wounded hearts to the magical beauty of music, we may just be able to find solace from within…Structured around 5 stages of grieving ( Denial, Depression, Anger, Bargaining, Acceptance), SOLACE is a personal musical healing project I created to pay tribute to my father, whose life was taken away in senseless gun violence on the south side of Chicago. May the power of music bring us comfort and healing and enable us to seek compassion, forgiveness, appreciation, and love for one another. Let's spread MUSIC and LOVE, not bullets and hatred, and make this world a better place..."

SOLACE on CLASSIC FM ALBUM TOP 20

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SOLACE was featured on Classic FM Nederland's Album Top 20! Click to see who else made it on the list...

SOLACE is ALBUM OF THE WEEK at Classic FM Netherland

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REVIEW: CLARINET MAGAZINE (SEPT. ISSUE 2016)

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1989 ICA Young Artist Competition winner Seunghee Lee has made a name for herself transcribing and recording operatic and orchestral works for clarinet and piano. Her 2014 CD Hidden Treasures was the third in her series. With encouragement from her former Yale professor David Shifrin, and the desire to help young clarinetists develop the vocal side of their playing, Lee has produced a combination set of the Hidden Treasures CD and the sheet music of the selections....CLICK TO READ MORE

AUDIOPHILE AUDITION CLASSICAL CD REVIEW

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"Lovely and mostly rewarding collection of “easy listening” clarinet....Korean born Seunghee Lee is a very refined and talented artist with a pleasant tone and facile technique. There is much to admire in her playing and in looking at her training resume this is not a surprise. Lee grew up in Chicago and studied with many of the country’s great clarinetists including David Shifrin, Charles Neidich, George Silfies and John Bruce Yeh, to name but a few..."

FROM COMPETITION TO COMPASSION Competition to Compassion by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold

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“I’ve gone from competitive to compassionate,” acclaimed clarinetist Seunghee Lee says simply.  When I was young it was all about winning competitions and pushing myself always to do better than I had done yesterday. I felt that I needed to prove again and again my musical abilities. And by doing that, I was getting in the way of the music and not letting it flow through me. By taking some time off, I was able to realize what it is I really want in life...."

HISTORIC CONCERT WITH MAESTRO ANDREA MORRICONE

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Andrea Morricone conducts "Timeless Masterpieces of Cinema Music" with internationally acclaimed clarinetist Seunghee Lee in a groundbreaking, philanthropic "Concert for Cause Gala" on Friday, May 29, 2015, 8pm HKT, his first concert ever in Asia. This unique concert features special arrangements by Maestro Andrea Morricone for clarinet and orchestra including a new arrangement of the "Love Theme" from Academy Award-winning film Cinema Paradiso.  This masterful new arrangement is in celebration of the film's 25th Anniversary and the score that earned Andrea and his father Ennio the coveted BAFTA award for Best Original Film Score.

MEETING OF TRUE MINDS

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Andrea Morricone, the co-creator of the immortal love theme from Cinema Paradiso, will conduct a concert featuring clarinetist Seunghee Lee tonight, in aid of distressed and disadvantaged people. Chitralekha Basu reports.

A LIFE FOR ART – In conversation with Seunghee Lee by Lucia Maruzzelli

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"There is a hidden place in our soul where the deepest desires lie. The dreams, that maybe have not yet taken shape, nor an idea of direction, but nonetheless, they are there, pushing to take flight. To give wings to these dreams, one “must persevere, believe in them and work hard, so that they will materialize.” -BY LUCIA MARUZELLI/Mind the Gap HK 

FANFARE REVIEW: HIDDEN TREASURE CD

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"Her tone is unabashedly romantic and expressive at the same time that her choice of styles varies sufficiently to demonstrate the incredible range of her clarinet, as well as her own dazzling technique. Lee is able to coax from her instrument a vast palette of emotions and voices and to imbue her sound with a human timbre. She possesses a lush, velvety tone, a breathtaking legato, an unerring feel for cantabile phrasing, at the same time that she is the master of clarity of articulation and virtuosic ornamentations..."

CD OF THE WEEK

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Hidden Treasures is featured as CD of the Week at Fine Music Radio in South Africa!

CD OF THE WEEK- HIDDEN TREASURES

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Seunghee Lee's CD#3 Hidden Treasures was featured as "CD of the Week" at KDFC Classical Radio Stations.

COMBINING TALENTS| HK GOLFER MAGAZINE

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"Some people are lucky enough to take to golf like a duck to water but even so, Sunny Kang's rise is by anyone's reckoning little short of amazing. Setting foot on a course for the first time in 2006, Sunny reached a single-figure handicap at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club within the space of just two years, winning numerous tournaments along the way. Such has been her progress and commitment to the game that she is now the club's lady captain..."

 

KDFC 30 Under 30

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Top 30 Classical Stars under 30! 

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