Sally Lee

Violinist Yoonseo Sally Lee currently studies with Radu Blidar at the Royal College of Music in London, where she has been awarded a scholarship and sponsorship from the Bowerman Charitable Trust. Sally was born in South Korea and began to play the violin when she was four years old. She was accepted to the 'Seoul Arts Centre for gifted young children' in Seoul when she was seven and won a number of awards before coming to the UK where she was offered a place to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School. She was described by ‘The Oxford Times’ as “…incredible confidence and maturity, maintaining a gloriously rich tone..” at the Oxford music festival competition. Sally has performed in many prestigious venues, such as the Wigmore Hall, where she performed as a chamber musician, and the Sheldonian Theatre, where she performed Saint-Saëns Concerto no.3 and won the Oxfordshire Youth Concerto Competition. She also performed Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor with the Hayes Symphony Orchestra. Sally has performed in festivals and concerts at Thaxted, Banstead, Harwich, Leamington Hasting, Mansion House (London), Wigmore Hall, Gower, Amsterdam, GMMFS (PyeongChang Music Festival) and Gstaad (Switzerland). Sally has participated in masterclasses with world-renowned teachers and musicians such as Maxim Vengerov, Alexander Markov, Alina Ibragimova, Pavel Vernikov, Vasko Vassilev, and Dmitri Berlinsky.