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Yura Lee
viola
Violinist/violist Yura Lee is a multifaceted musician, as a soloist and as a chamber musician, and one of the very few in the world who is equally virtuosic on both violin and viola. She has performed with major orchestras including those of New York, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles; she has given recitals in Wigmore Hall London, Musikverein Vienna, Mozarteum Salzburg, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, and Concertgebouw Amsterdam. She has received numerous prestigious awards including the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Diapason d’Or, and top prize in ARD Musikwett. She won top prizes in major competitions including ARD Musikwettbewerb. She regularly takes part in the festivals of Seattle, Marlboro, Salzburg, Verbier, La Jolla, Caramoor, to name a few. She divides her time between Los Angeles and Copenhagen with her dog, Nugget.