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Eun-Sun
Lee
violin
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Eun-Sun Lee began her violin studies in Seoul, Korea, and continued in Los Angeles, California, where she received first prize in the American String Teachers' Association Competition. She received her Bachelor and Master Degrees from The Juilliard School in New York City, where she was a scholarship pupil of Dorothy DeLay. In 1994, she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California as a teaching assistant to Eudice Shapiro. Dr. Lee's solo and chamber music recitals throughout the United States include performances in New York City for the Beethoven Society, the Metropolitan Museum, Carnegie Hall, Kaufman Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center, the Centennial Celebration Series of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. In the summer of 1997, Dr. Lee taught at the 26th annual American String Teachers' Association International Workshop in Stavanger, Norway, and at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts. Her recent performances include recitals at Pepperdine University and Point Loma Nazarene University where she also conducted a master class. Dr. Lee is on the S.C. Arts Commission Community Tour and Approved Artist Roster, and has released a CD with her violin/piano duo partner, Fabio Parrini. Dr. Lee is a faculty member and conductor of the String Ensemble at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was recognized in 2004 and 2005 as Who's Who Amongst Teachers, and in September 2005, Dr. Lee will be Associate Professor of Music and Director of Wofford Chamber Players at Wofford College.
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Fabio
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Born
in Italy, Fabio Parrini graduated from the Conservatory of Padua and won
first prize at the national competitions of Galatina, Osimo, and Cagliari.
The Fulbright program brought him to Boston University, where he earned
a Master of Music Degree and an Artist Diploma, won the Anne and Aaron Richmond
Competition, and received the Kahn Career Entry Award. After winning more
prizes (¡°Ennio Porrino¡± International Competition, ¡°Premio Citta¡¯ di Treviso¡±),
Mr. Parrini gave recitals in Milan, Turin, Johannesburg, Boston, and San
Diego, became a U.S. resident, and was selected for the South Carolina Arts
Commission¡¯s Community Tour, Showcase, and Approved Artists Roster.
Mr. Parrini has recorded solo programs for the Italian National Radio (RAI) in Rome, the German Swiss Radio (DRS) in Zurich, and other radio and TV stations in Italy and in the U.S. His CD releases(supported in part by grants from the Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville, the Arts Partnership of Spartanburg, the SC Arts Commission, and North Greenville College) include solo repertoire and a duo program in collaboration with violinist Eun-Sun Lee. He has concretized across Italy and the U.S.; this season he has given recitals and master classes in North and south Carolina, Main, Massachusetts Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. He has also performed as soloist with the Orchestra Sinfonia di Lecce, the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the Orchestra da Camera di Belluno, the Orchestra of the Conservatory of Padova, the Heritage Chamber Orchestra, the Greenville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Corolina Youth Symphony, the Hendersonville Symphony and the Clemson University Symphony. As a chamber musician, vocal accompanist, and orchestral pianist, Mr. Parrini has collaborated with many internationally recognized conductors and soloists and has performed for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Hampden-Sydney Chamber Music Festival, Opera New England, the Greenville Symphony, and the Honors Program of the SC Governor¡¯s School for the Arts and Humanities. Mr.
Parrini is Professor of Music and Piano Coordinator at North Greenville
College, in South Corolina. He has taught master classes for the North
Greenville College Piano Seminar, the SC Governor¡¯s School for the Arts
and Humanities, Clemson University, the Longy School of Music, and Emporia
State University , and has been guest artist/teacher at the Point Loma
Nazarene University Piano Institute in San Diego for several years. His
teachers are Anthony di Bonaventura, Micaela Mingardo, Gyorgy Sandor,
Bruno Mezzena, and Adriana Rognoni. |
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