The Lee Trio

Since its critically acclaimed Wigmore Hall debut in 2002, the Lee Trio continues to move audiences and critics around the globe. The Trio's awards include the Recording Prize at the Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition in Finland, 2nd Prize in the G. Zinetti International Chamber Competition in Italy, and the Gotthard-Schierse-Stiftung grant in Berlin for rising international artists. As a recipient of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music Musical Grant, the Lee Trio commissioned and premiered Nathaniel Stookey's Piano Trio No. 1, and the Trio continues to premier works by celebrated living composers. The Trio served as the first Ensemble-in-Residence of the Chelsea Music Festival in New York City, premiering Jane Antonia Cornish's Duende there in 2010. The Trio's recording of Duende was then released on the Delos label to critical acclaim. Also integral to the Trio’s mission is educating the next generation of musicians, and the Trio regularly performs outreach and concerts in areas where the arts have little or no exposure, partnering with organizations like BRAVO Youth Orchestras and Music Camp International. The members of the Lee Trio are graduates of the Curtis Institute, the Juilliard School, Yale and Harvard, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. Lisa Lee plays on a 1872 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume; Angela Lee performs on a 1762 Nicolo Gagliano cello from Naples; and Melinda Lee Masur is a Steinway Artist.