Seunghee Lee
Founder and Owner, Musica Solis
Class of ̓90E
BIOGRAPHY
Clarinetist Seunghee Lee is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM ’90) where she studied with Charles Neidich and the Yale School of Music (MM ’92, AD ‘94) where she studied with David Shifrin. Ms. Lee joined the George Eastman Circle in 2014 and serves on the National Advisory Board of the Eastman School of Music. She also serves on the Board of Advisors at the Yale School of Music, the Board of Directors of the Concert Artists Guild, and as an active voting member of the Recording Academy since 2016; she serves on the Board of Governors of the Recording Academy’s New York Chapter.
Ms. Lee is a multi-faceted classical recording artist, TEDx speaker and music entrepreneur based in New York City. Ms. Lee recently recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, and Clarinet Magazine has recognized her as “an uncompromising soloist, destined to be an upcoming contender of top stature”. Mentored by multi-Grammy Award winning producer Joanna Nickrenz and legendary recording engineer Marc Aubort, Ms. Lee produced multiple solo albums and upon the release of her debut album Brava, she was included in the ‘Top 30 Under 30’ classical musicians list of the KDFC classical radio. Ms. Lee has collaborated with celebrities such as Deepak Chopra, and her long time passion for cinema music led to an unprecedented full-length concert as a soloist with Andrea Morricone, the world-renowned composer of the “Love Theme” from the film Cinema Paradiso, who especially arranged the “Love Theme” for clarinet and orchestra for Ms. Lee.
Ms. Lee is the founder of Musica Solis, an independent classical record label and sheet music publisher. She appeared as a guest speaker at Harvard Business School at the 2019 Asia Business Conference titled, “The Game Changers” and at the 2019 Yale Alumni Association Career Panel live stream “Careers in Music” among others. An advocate for mental health and through her artist consulting lecture series titled “You Are the Company”, Ms. Lee aims to guide and mentor emerging classical musicians to become independent entrepreneurial leaders of their generation.
Also a highly skilled golfer, known as “Sunny Kang” in the golf world, she was featured on Hong Kong Golfer Magazine and spoke at TEDx Hong Kong about the surprising similarities between golf and music and the mental challenges of viewing both skills through the lens of a perfectionist.