Beor Lee

Beor Lee

Republic of Korea

25 y.o.

Beor Lee is currently studying at the University of the Arts in Bremen under the tutelage of Prof. Patrick O’byrne.

He started to play the piano at the age of 7 and performed his first recital in 2008. He graduated from the Yewon Art Schhol under Eui-Kyung Erica Ohm. From 2012 to 2017 he studied Piano performance at Yonsei University (College of Music) as a full scholarship student under Young-lan Han, Peter Ovtcharov, Meehyun Ahn and graduated summa cum laude.

Throughout his studies in South Korea, he was granted a lot of prominent awards, such as CBS music competition, Buam Competition, Korea Herald Competition, Samik Competition and Tnb artist Concours.

He has been playing in a variety of recitals and concerts with orchestras such as Yonsei symphony orchestra, W. Symphony orchestra in Korea and also performed in Austria and Italy.

He came to Germany in December 2017 and performed his first recital in Germany at Ganderkesee City Hall in November 2018.

In June 2019 he was awarded the Steinway-Förderpreis in Hamburg.

Envisaged programme

First round

L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major Op. 28 (“Pastoral”)

C. Saint-Saens-F. Liszt-V. Horowitz: Danse Macabre Op. 40

Second round

B. Bartók: Out of Doors Sz. 81 BB 89

R. Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11

Semifinal

C. Debussy: Rêverie in F major, L. 68

F.J. Haydn: Piano Sonata in C major,  Hob. XVI:50, L. 60

M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

Finale

S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18