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Christine Lee joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra in August 2023. Renowned for her unrelenting curiosity, Lee is an exceptionally versatile artist regularly performing as both soloist and chamber musician. Among her many competition triumphs, Lee won first prize in the International Isang Yun Competition and was a top laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Her inaugural album, “Voyage,” was released in May 2021 on the label Outhere. With this album, she invites her listeners to embark on a journey of self-discovery and cultural exchange, building bridges through her musical expression.
She launched “Christine’s Notes” on YouTube and conducts live interviews with leading musicians of her generation on Instagram with the aim of revitalizing classical music’s relevance in contemporary society.
Dedicated to using her talents for the benefit of her community, Lee has organized charity concerts and fundraisers, fostering a sense of togetherness through music. Among her recent endeavors, she raised funds for building a mobile library for underprivileged children in North Philadelphia. She has also orchestrated a benefit concert to aid the victims of the earthquake in Turkey.
Christine Lee is on the faculties of the Tanglewood Music Center and the Curtis Institute of Music, her alma mater.
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Acclaimed by critics worldwide for his exceptional talent and magnificent tone, American violinist Chad Hoopes has established himself as a versatile performer with many of the world’s leading orchestras and ensembles.
Highlights of this season include Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Markus Poschner, Brahms’s Double Concerto with cellist Jan Vogler and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Berg’s Violin Concerto with Aalborg Symfoniorkester. He also appears at major festivals including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Music@Menlo.In recent seasons, Hoopes performed Korngold’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Tarmo Peltokoski, later reuniting with Peltokoski for Tchaikovsky’s Concerto with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. He also appeared with the HR-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt and toured with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Hoopes’ debut recording with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra under Kristjan Järvi featured the Mendelssohn and Adams concertos, and he was most recently featured on a SONY Classical release of chamber works by Dvorák with Jan Vogler.
