As of September 2002

Patrick Jee, cello

Cellist Patrick Jee is hailed as a "gifted virtuoso" with "...lustrous suavity and a satin-smooth bowing and singing line" (Harris Goldsmith/New York Concert Review). He has garnered top prizes in many competitions including the Andre Navarra Cello Competition, the Holland-America Music Society Cello Competition and the Irving Klein International String Competition.

As a soloist, Mr. Jee's performances include the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse, the National Orchestra of Toulouse and the Orchestra de Chambre Regional D'Ile-de-France. His recital and chamber music engagements have taken him across the country to venues such as the Banff Centre for the Arts, Carnegie Hall, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and La Jolla's Summerfest. He has also participated in the Caramoor Music Festival's "Virtuosi" and "Rising Stars" series where he collaborated with Leon Fleisher, and Ani and Ida Kavafian.

Mr. Jee has worked with members of the Emerson, Orion, Tokyo, and Vermeer Quartets along with other distinguished artists such as Emanuel Ax, Claude Frank, Lynn Harrell, David Shifrin, Janos Starker, and Isaac Stern. He can be heard on the Albany Records label premiering a work by Ezra Laderman and has had radio broadcasts over WFMT Chicago and WXXI Rochester.

In May of 1999, Mr. Jee received his Masters of Music degree from the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Aldo Parisot with whom he continues to study at the Juilliard School.

Performance on September 21, 2002 at the Terrace Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

The Korean Concert Society (KCS) held its 23rd Annual Washington Debut Recital on September 21, 2002 at the Terrace Theatre of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. This year's recitalist was Patrick Jee (pictured, right), who was selected by an independent panel of judges in April of this year. Cellist Patrick Jee is hailed as a "gifted virtuoso" with "...lustrous suavity and a satin-smooth bowing and singing line" (Harris Goldsmith/New York Concert Review). He has garnered top prizes in many competitions including the Andre Navarra Cello Competition, the Holland-America Music Society Cello Competition and the Irving Klein International String Competition.

As a soloist, Mr. Jee's performances include the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse, the National Orchestra of Toulouse and the Orchestra de Chambre Regional D'Ile-de-France. His recital and chamber music engagements have taken him across the country to venues such as the Banff Centre for the Arts, Carnegie Hall, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and La Jolla's Summerfest. He has also participated in the Caramoor Music Festival's "Virtuosi" and "Rising Stars" series where he collaborated with Leon Fleisher, and Ani and Ida Kavafian.

Mr. Jee has worked with members of the Emerson, Orion, Tokyo, and Vermeer Quartets along with other distinguished artists such as Emanuel Ax, Claude Frank, Lynn Harrell, David Shifrin, Janos Starker, and Isaac Stern. He can be heard on the Albany Records label premiering a work by Ezra Laderman and has had radio broadcasts over WFMT Chicago and WXXI Rochester.

In May of 1999, Mr. Jee received his Masters of Music degree from the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Aldo Parisot with whom he continues to study at the Juilliard School.

Wei-Yi Yang has performed throughout the United States, the British Isles, and Asia as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals. Winner of the Gold medal in the Fifth San Antonio International Piano Competition, Mr. Yang's performances have been featured on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney Australia, and KLRNpublic television in Texas. Under the guidance of the renowned Russian pianist Boris Berman, as well as Arkady Aronov, Claude Frank, and Peter Frankl, Mr. Yang received his M.M.A. and D.M.A. degrees from Yale University.

As an avid chamber musician, Mr. Yang has collaborated with members of some of the world's finest orchestras, such as London Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, Orquestra do Estado de Sao Paolo, and Orquestra de Camara VillaLobos, as well as members of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society.

Since August 1999, Mr. Yang has been appointed Assistant Professor of Piano at Syracuse University.