Pianist Dr. Bonghee Lee is an avid soloist and chamber musician. Her interviews, performances and recordings have been broadcast on Americana, HRT (Croatia), Far East Broadcasting Company (South Korea), The Floating Head of Zsa Zsa on WRUV (Vermont), and Korean Gospel Broadcasting Company (California). Having participated in numerous international festivals and concert series, Bonghee has established herself for excellence in both virtuosity and musicality. She has performed in numerous venues including Lincoln Center, Yamaha Hall, and Columbia University in New York, Strathmore Mansion, Baltimore War Memorial, Shriver Hall, Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Friedberg Concert Hall, Falvey Hall in Maryland, and acclaimed venues in France, Canada, China, and South Korea. Highlights from recent seasons include a concert tour and masterclass in China, South Korea, and across the U.S.

Dr. Lee is the pianist of the L’abri Trio, a unique collaborative ensemble of piano, saxophone, and cello; their first album Trios Couleurs was released in 2018. In the same year, she was selected as a finalist at the Pro Musicis International Award with L’abri Trio. With the trio, Bonghee launched ‘52 Weeks New Music Series,’ commissioning and premiering works related to the most prominent genres, ranging from piano solo to piano trio repertoire. This project began in Maryland and will continue with premieres and commissioning of composers across the world in stages next season. Bonghee is also engaged with the Presence Trio, an ensemble featuring piano and two saxophones, whose new album was released in 2019.

Bonghee earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a graduate fellowship at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where she completed her Master’s degree under Sarah Stulman Zieler Prize and the Lillian Gutman Memorial Prize. Bonghee holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Yonsei University in South Korea.

Currently, Dr. Lee is a piano faculty at the Northern Virginia Community College in Virginia, the International School of Music in Washington, D.C., and the Park School of Baltimore in Maryland. Also she is a staff pianist at Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland. Dr. Lee also has an avid interest in musical criticism, writing critiques and reviews, and has been a music columnist for the Korea Times since 2016 and Yewon Music Journal since 2019.